Broadwater Down

BROADWATER DOWN, St Mark

Photo DrL 29th Jan 2005

	1 bell
	Tenor: 11-1-26 in G sharp (817Hz as tuned)
	Grid Ref.: TQ576375
	Tonbridge District
	Frame: 1866 Mears. for 5 bells, adapted 1897
	Retuning: Never subsequently retuned
	Ground Floor

Ż Sound clip
(Recorded by Dickon Love, 29th Jan 2005)

DETAILS OF THE BELL

Bell Weight Diameter Pitch Cast Founder

1

11-1-26

39˝"

G sharp

1897

John Taylor & Co.

INSCRIPTION

1. ] DIAMOND JUBILEE ] 1897 ]

[vine border]

VICAR ] REV^D J. H. TOWNSEND. D. D.

CHURCHWARDENS ] H. B. LANGMORE.
] O. J. WILLIAMSON

HEBREWS X. 25.

FORMER BELL

Bell Supplied Weight Scrapped Weight Diameter Cast Founder Fate

1

6-3-2

6-2-24

33˝"

1866

George Mears & Co.

Recast 1897

HISTORY

1864

20th Oct.

First stone of the church was laid. Funding was provided by the Earl of Abergavenny and built to the designs of R. L. Roumieu.

1866

21st Aug.

Church opened. A bell was supplied by Mears as a "New Tenor of 5" in a frame for 5 bells.

1897

The bell was recast into a heavier bell by John Taylor. In enlarging the pit to accommodate this bell, the number of empty pits was reduced to 3.

PHOTOGRAPHS

David Cawley ringing the bell.

The arrangement of the bells in the tower from a sketch by Michael Royalton-Kisch.

One of the empty pits.

Views of the ringing bell.

Bell	Weight	Diameter	Pitch	Cast	Founder
1	11-1-26	39˝"	G sharp	1897	John Taylor & Co.

Bell	Supplied Weight	Scrapped Weight	Diameter	Cast	Founder	Fate
1	6-3-2	6-2-24	33˝"	1866	George Mears & Co.	Recast 1897

1864	20th Oct.	First stone of the church was laid. Funding was provided by the Earl of Abergavenny and built to the designs of R. L. Roumieu.
1866	21st Aug.	Church opened. A bell was supplied by Mears as a "New Tenor of 5" in a frame for 5 bells.
1897		The bell was recast into a heavier bell by John Taylor. In enlarging the pit to accommodate this bell, the number of empty pits was reduced to 3.