CITY OF CANTERBURY, All Saints |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell
Weight
Diameter Cast
Founder
Transferred
3 bells:
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? 1627
Joseph Hatch
1769 Sold
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? 1627
Joseph Hatch
1769 Sold
4½ cwt approx.
30" 1627
Joseph Hatch
1911 Bexleyheath Clock Tower
Clock
2½ cwt approx.
23" 18th Cent
Unknown
1894 St Alphege, Canterbury
INSCRIPTIONS |
| Bexleyheath Bell | ioseph hatch made me 1627 |
| Clock Bell | [Blank] |
The inscriptions on the other two Hatch bells are not recorded.
HISTORY |
c.1200 The first church was built with a nave, chancel, north aisle and south porch with a tower over it. 1552 Record of 3 bells. 1627 The bells were recast by Joseph Hatch. 1757/8 The 3 small Hatch bells were observed by Mr Faussett: "all cast by Joseph Hatch 1627; over these hangs in an open turret a small bell on wch. the clock strikes without inscription". 1768 The mediaeval tower, which impinged on the street and whose clock was suspended half-way across passing right to the other side, was demolished. 1768 2nd Sept Kentish Gazette announces that the first steeple "with all timber and materials thereto belonging except bells and clock, which will be required to be taken down with all speed" was sold to Abraham Rye for £1.6s.0d. 1769 A domed cupola was erected on the west end of the old nave; 2 of the bells were sold. 1828 The church was pulled down and a new church built on the same site. This had a nave, chancel, south aisle and tower at the west end of the aisle set back from the High Street frontage. 1832 The tower on the new church was completed by Thomas Rickman. 1894 The 18th century clock bell was transferred to St Alphege, Canterbury and hung as the treble of the ring of 6 by S.B.Goslin. The Hatch bell at some point became the clock bell in Bexleyheath Clock Tower. 1903 Church closed for worship. 1911 During alterations on the church the 1627 bell was removed. Mr E Barnett of Crayford rescued the bell which was on the groud, Funds were raised by parading it through the streets & it was hung in the new Bexleyheath Clocktower by S.B. Goslin. 1938
October
The Victorian Church was pulled down, although the churchyard is preserved.
THE MEDIAEVAL CHURCH |
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| The old church is seen in this engraving standing on the High Street. Beyond it is the King's Bridge (the one from which the Old Witches' Ducking Stool can be seen). The clock stretched right across the street. The tower was demolished in 1768 to make way for the new church pictured at the head of this page. Both churches are now gone, but the outline of this church is preserved in the layout of the pavement, and part of the churchyard has been preserved, reminding us of these lofty existences. |