CITY OF CANTERBURY, St Dunstan |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell Weight
(prior to 1936 retuning)Weight
(after 1936 retuning)Diameter Cast Founder 1
4-0-27
4-0-9
27"
1777
William Mears
2
4-0-3
3-3-27
28½"
1629
Joseph Hatch
3
5-1-12
5-1-6
30½"
1777
William Mears
4
n/a
7-0-16
34"
1605
Joseph Hatch
5
10-2-6
10-1-22
38½"
1325
William le Belyetere
6
13-3-5
13-2-15
44"
1676
Thomas Palmar II
INSCRIPTIONS |
| 1. | THIS TREBLE WAS ADDID TO THIS PEAL TO MAKE THEM SIX | |||||||||||||
| MEARS & CO LONDON FECIT :: VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION 1777 | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | ioseph hatch made me A THO ROOP ARM IAC PEY VIC SPECER 1629 |
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| 3. | THIS BELL WAS RECAST BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION 1777 | |||||||||||||
| MEARS & CO LONDON FECIT | ||||||||||||||
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| 6. | T.P.M. 1676 HENRY \ LANMAN (roundel) IOHN FLACK TNO C W | |||||||||||||
Prior to being recast, the 3rd was inscribed (according to Hasted in 1758):
THOMAS PALMAR MADE ME 1660 THO SIMPSON CH : WARDEN
HISTORY |
c. 1325
Present 5th cast (probably tenor of 3).
1500
Wackerell Bell recast by Richard Kerner.
1605
Middle bell recast by Joseph Hatch.
1629
New treble cast by Joseph Hatch.
1660
2nd (of 4) recast by Thomas Palmar I.
1676
Ring augmented to 5 with a tenor by Thomas Palmar II (his only known bell).
1777
2nd recast, and new treble cast by William Mears.
1935
Bells removed from tower while concrete ring beam was fitted.
1936
Bells retuned and rehung in a new frame by Mears & Stainbank. (Actually 2 separate frames with bells 1,3 and 5 above the others.)
1969
Clappers rebushed.
1971
Tenor refitted with new gudgeons and reinstated by the Kent C.A.
1975
4th gudgeon repaired. Headstock reinstated by the Kent C.A.
1981
5th rehung with new gudgeons.
2003
Tenor fitted with a pair of new gudgeons after one failed earlier in the year. All the work was done by the Kent CACR.
PHOTOGRAPHS |
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The second bell, cast by Joseph Hatch in 1629. |
