8 bells Tenor 10-3-14 in A flat Grid Ref. TQ479640 Lewisham District Frame: 1880 Gillett & Bland; extended 2009 Taylors Eayre & Smith Retuning: 1936 Mears & Stainbank Open Gallery PEALS

Bell	Weight (prior to 1936 retuning)	Weight (after retuning measured 1936)	Weight (measured by Taylors 1992 / 2009)	Diameter	Cast	Founder
1	n/a	n/a	5-0-6	25½"	2009	Taylors, Eayre & Smith
2	n/a	n/a	5-1-2	26⅛"	2009	Taylors, Eayre & Smith
3	n/a	4-2-11	5-1-10	27"	2009	Taylors, Eayre & Smith
4	5-0-5	4-3-16	4-3-8	28"	1672	John Hodson
5	5-1-4	5-0-13	5-0-10	30⅛"	1672	John Hodson
6	6-2-5	6-2-2	6-2-0	32"	1672	John Hodson
7	8-1-21	8-1-5	8-0-26	35¼"	1672	John Hodson
8	11-0-14	10-3-15	10-3-14	39"	1672	John Hodson

1.	JOHN TAYLOR MADE ME 20 08
	THESE THREE TREBLE BELLS WERE ADDED A.D. 2009
	RECTOR ~ CANON LESLIE VIRGO CHURCHWARDENS { ANN BLATCHER ANTHONY VERNON JAMES ROOKE (2002 – 2008) BOBBY LAWES (2004 – 2008) FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS; IT TOLLS FOR THEE WILLIAM KENNETH ‘KEN’ WILKINS 1924 – 1985 GIVEN BY THE WILKINS FAMILY
2.	JOHN TAYLOR MADE ME 20 08
	GIVEN IN MEMORY OF THE WARING FAMILY, LATE OF WOODLANDS IN THIS PARISH, BY THEIR DESCENDANT JAMES INGHAM
3.	JOHN TAYLOR MADE ME 20 08
	GIVEN BY RICHARD GEORGE TO COMMEMORATE THE GEORGE FAMILY’S 100 YEARS AT TRIPES FARM, CHELSFIELD
4.	IOHN HODSON MADE ME 1672 IOHN ALLEN ○○○○○○ WILLIAM CHARMAN CHVRCH WARDENS ○○○ CH ○○
5.	IOHN HODSON MADE ME 1672 IOHN ALLEN ○○○○○○ WILLIAM CHARMAN CHVRCH WARDENS ○○○ CH ○○
6.	IOHN HODSON MADE ME 1672 IOHN ALLEN ○○○○○○ WILLIAM CHARMAN CHVRCH WARDENS ○○○ CH ○○
7.	IOHN HODSON MADE ME 1672 IOHN ALLEN ○○○○○○ WILLIAM CHARMAN CHVRCH WARDENS ○○○ CH ○○
8.	IOHN HODSON MADE ME 1672 IOHN ALLEN ○○○○○○ WILLIAM CHARMAN CHVRCH WARDENS ○○○ CH ○○

The bells are closest to the Just Tuned scale, although the 5th is rather flat of it.  The tenor is remarkably true harmonic, although the other 4 bells of the 1672 back 5 have rather flat primes.  They have been augmented with 3 true harmonic bells.

EARLIER BELL

Bell	Weight (supplied)	Weight (measured by Taylors 1992)	Diameter	Cast	Founder
1 of 6	4-2-11	not weighed	27"	1936	Mears & Stainbank

1.
	M & S LONDON TO COMMEMORATE THE RESTORATION OF BELFRY AND SPIRE 1936 B PARSONS RECTOR A. F. NORMAN BUTLER F TERRY CHURCHWARDENS

HISTORY

1552		Record of 3 bells in the tower.
1672		Bells recast into a ring of 5 by John Hodson.
1880		Bells quarter-turned and rehung by Gillett & Bland in a new frame.
1936		Treble added by Mears & Stainbank and the remainder were tuned and rehung.
1962		Ringing gallery built.
1992		Bells rehung by John Taylor.
1993	28th Feb.	Bells rededicated.
2009		The treble was replaced with a bell the more closely matched the Hodson back 5, and two trebles were added in a similar style to make a ring of 8. The work was done by Taylors Eayre & Smith.  The old treble was passed to the Keltek Trust.

GALLERY

From a picture hanging in the church.