Formerly 4 bells Tenor 7½ cwt approx. Canterbury District Frame: 18th Century Never retuned while in the tower. Upstairs ringing room. Anticlockwise, almost irregular rope circle. Bells transfered to Namibia

Bell

Weight

Diameter

Cast

Founder

1	4¼ cwt approx.	26"	1623	Joseph Hatch
2	4¾ cwt approx.	28½	1616	Joseph Hatch
3	5½ cwt approx.	31"	1623	Joseph Hatch
4	7½ cwt approx.	34½"	1813	Thomas Mears II

1.	ioseph hatch made me 1623
2.	ioseph hatch made me 1616
3.	ioseph hatch made me 1623 WILLIAM CRIPPE C W
4.	T MEARS OF LONDON  WM MUTTON I B MIETTE CHURCH WARDENS 1813

1552		Record of 3 bells in the tower.
1616		One bell recast by Joseph Hatch.
1623		The remaining bells were recast by Joseph Hatch. The ring was also augmented to 4.
1792		The bells were described as being in a poor condition with only the tenor hung for ringing and the second reported broken. (This latter observation is almost certainly inaccurate given Stahlschmidt's observations in 1887.)
1813		Tenor recast by Thomas Mears.
1832		The Northgate of the City (over which the church used to stand) was demolished save for the north wall of the church and the tower. This was rebuilt in a "Meagre wharehouse style".
1922		The church was closed. The bells were advertised in the Daily Mirror and sold to the new Diocesan Cathedral of Damaraland, Namibia. The frame was left in the tower.
1959		The church was restored as the St Gregory's church hall (part of the parish of St Gregory the Great). The former ringing room (which still showed the 4 rope holes) was used as the chapel of St Mary in the Tower, where Holy Communion was celebrated weekly.
1969		Following research by Rev'd David Cawley, the location of 3 of the bells was established as: Tenor - At the Cathedral, Windoek 2nd - At St Paul the Traveller, Usakos One of the 1623 bells - At St Matthew's, Walvis Bay It is not known which of the 1623 bells this is, nor where the other one is.
1985(?)		St Gregory's church was declared redundant, at which time St Mary's was also declared redundant (some 60 years after the church was first closed!) and sold to the King's School as a music centre. David Cawley records (1994) that the school has built an observatory in the top of the tower and the louvres are now gone, the openings being glazed and bricked up behind. It may well be that the frame has also gone.

These plans were noted by Rev'd Daviid Cawley in February, 1969. They show the plan of the frame, part of which had been dismantled as indicated. It also shows up a curious rope circle that could either be described as irregular or anticlockwise.
The former tower shaded above was a bastionof the city wall. David notes that access to the tower was through the hall (formerly the church) to a ladder leading through the tower at ringing room level.
	This photo was taken in 1969 and is looking into the tenor pit where the runner board can be seen to be still in situ.