Broomfield

BROOMFIELD, St Margaret

3 bells

Tenor 4 cwt in C#

Grid Ref. TQ840525

Frame: 1880? Mears & Stainbank

Never subsequently retuned

Maidstone District

Ground Floor

DETAILS OF THE BELLS

Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder

1

3½ cwt approx.

25³/8"

15th Cent.
Unknown

2

3½ cwt approx.

26³/8"

1663

William Hatch

3

4 cwt approx

27¹/2"

1879

Mears & Stainbank

Tenor before 1879 3-3-19 1579
A Wakefield

INSCRIPTIONS

1.	[Blank]

2.	william hatch made me MB CW 1663

3.	MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1879

HISTORY

c.

1450

Present treble cast.

1579

Former tenor cast, probably by A. Wakefield.

1663

Present 2nd cast.

1879

Tenor recast by Mears & Stainbank.

1880
Bells rehung in a new frame by Mears & Stainbank.

PHOTOGRAPH

Kindly provided by Christopher J. Cooper, 2000.

1	3½ cwt approx.	25³/8"	15th Cent.	Unknown
2	3½ cwt approx.	26³/8"	1663	William Hatch
3	4 cwt approx	27¹/2"	1879	Mears & Stainbank
Tenor before 1879	3-3-19		1579	A Wakefield

c.	1450	Present treble cast.
	1579	Former tenor cast, probably by A. Wakefield.
	1663	Present 2nd cast.
	1879	Tenor recast by Mears & Stainbank.
	1880	Bells rehung in a new frame by Mears & Stainbank.