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CHIDDINGSTONE CAUSEWAY, St Luke
1 bell
Tenor: 1-1-18 in G sharp (-29)
Grid Ref.: TQ523465
Tonbridge District
Frame: 1887 or 1904. Timber.
Never subsequently retuned
Hung for swing chiming.
¯ Sound clip
(Recorded by Dickon Love, 29th Jan 2005)

DETAILS OF THE BELL
Bell Weight Diameter Pitch Cast Founder

1

1-1-18

19"

G sharp

1887

Gillett & Johnston (1047)
(noted as Gillett & Co. on the bell)

INSCRIPTION
1. GILLETT & CO CROYDON
EXAUDI. DOMINE.
1887.

HISTORY

1887

7th Dec

Bell recorded as being supplied to "Penshurst Mission Church" by Gillett & Johnston.

1904

St Luke's, Chiddingstone Causeway built with a large tower to accommodate a ring of bells. The bells were never installed and the Mission Church bell was transferred here at some point to hang on the floor of the vast belfry in its small frame.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Photo DrL 29th Jan 2005

The Gillett bell in a braced centre posted frame (!) hanging in the middle of the vast belfry. Stonework can be seen in the tower where the bellframe is designed to hang.
Photo DrL 29th Jan 2005