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BUCKLAND-in-DOVER, St Andrew
Photo DLC collection
6 bells & a Ship's bell in the church
Tenor: 2-3-27 in E
Grid Ref. TR305426
Canterbury District
Frame: 1880
Retuned: 1971 Whitechapel
Manual Chime
Chimed from Ground Floor

DETAILS OF THE BELLS
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder

1

0-3-6

151/2"

1971

Whitechapel

2

1-0-19

171/2"

1971

Whitechapel

3

1-2-15

20"

1971

Whitechapel

4

1-3-14

203/4"

1971

Whitechapel

5

2-1-6

223/8"

1450 - 60

William Chamberlain

6

2-3-27

243/4"

1971

Whitechapel

Ship's Bell

1 cwt approx.

161/2"

1854

Unknown

INSCRIPTIONS
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WHITECHAPEL
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RECAST

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RECAST

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WHITECHAPEL
Ship's  
EARL OF EGLINTON
1854

BELLS PRIOR TO 1971

Bell

Weight

Diameter

Cast

Founder

Comments

1

1-3-11

21"

1754

Unknown

Recast 1971

2

2-1-12

223/8"

1450-60

William Chamberlain

Retuned 1971

3

2-3-23

25"

1683

John Hodson

Recast 1971
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IH :

Flower.jpg (800 bytes) ME Flower.jpg (800 bytes) FECIT Flower.jpg (800 bytes) 1683 Flower.jpg (800 bytes) I Flower.jpg (800 bytes) S Flower.jpg (800 bytes) C Flower.jpg (800 bytes) W (coin)
Of these bells, by 1971, the treble and tenor were cracked by the rusting and expansion of their cast-in crown staples. Three of the double canons of the treble had broken off, and one broken from the tenor was rivetted back on. The bells were hung from solid cast-iron headstocks, the ends of which were rounded to form gudgeons, with iron wedges between the stocks and the canons. The iron-work seemed to be from the previous fittings. An Ellacombe chiming apparatus was later fitted, but this too became derelict.

HISTORY

c. 1450-60

Bell cast by William Chamberlain of London.

1683

Tenor (re)cast by John Hodson of St Mary Cray.
1784 Present 4th (re)cast by Robert Catlin of Holborn.
1851 The 3 bells were rehung in stone gable end.
1854 A bell was cast for the frigate "Earl of Eglinton".
1859 The "Earl of Eglinton" bell was purchased by the churchwardens from the wreck of the frigate in St Margaret's Bay. It was housed in the local school.
1881 Church doubled in length and timber turret built together with an oak bellframe.
c. 1966 The ship's bell was retrieved from the school (which had closed) through the energies of the Revd G A Parlett, and is now mounted in a handsome wrought-iron stand made by the local blacksmith. It is sounded to give notice of the start of divine worship.
1971 The 3 bells were taken down, 2 of them were recast and 3 more added with more metal to make a chime of 6.

OLD PHOTOGRAPH

Photo DLC collection

A view of the small church with its 1851 stone 3-bell gable. This was replaced in 1881when the church was also doubled in length.