CHISLEHURST |
|
|
DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder
1
4-3-20
1935
John Taylor & Co.
2
5-2-13
1935
John Taylor & Co.
3
6-1-23
1935
John Taylor & Co.
4
7-3-21
1935
John Taylor & Co.
5
9-0-10
36½"
1932
Gillett & Johnston
6
10-3-4
1935
John Taylor & Co.
7
14-2-0
1935
John Taylor & Co.
8
19-3-17
1935
John Taylor & Co.
Sanctus
1915
John Warner & Sons
A notice in the tower gives the 7th as 11-2-0. The weight given above is from the bellfoundry records.
INSCRIPTIONS |
| 1. | JOHN TAYLOR &
CO. |
|||
| FANNY | ||||
| 2. | JOHN TAYLOR & CO.
|
|||
| PETER | ||||
| 3. | JOHN TAYLOR &
CO. |
|||
| FREDERICK BOWATER | ||||
| 4. | JOHN TAYLOR &
CO. |
|||
| ROSEMARY | ||||
| 5. |
|
|||
| CATHARINE 1932 6 |
4472 | |||
| 6. | JOHN TAYLOR &
CO. |
|||
| WILLIAM | ||||
| 7. | JOHN TAYLOR &
CO. |
|||
| SAMUEL | ||||
| 8. | JOHN TAYLOR &
CO. |
|||
| FRANCES, SOLI DEO GLORIA. | ||||
| S | [Border of vines] | |||
| [Border of vines] | ||||
|
ECCE ·
REX · TVVS
· VENIT ·
IN · PACE JOANNES · WARNER · FILIIQUE FECERVNT · MCMXV |
||||
The letters on the Warner bell are incised. Those underlined were not actually observed but summised.
HISTORY |
1868
Church built.
1915
Sanctus bell recast by John Warner & Sons. It hangs in an open gable at the end of the south aisle.
1930
Tower built, detached from the church.
1932
Bell cast by Gillett & Johnston, destined to be the 6th of an octave before the order was stopped.
1935
Ring of 8 cast around the Gillett bell (which forms the 5th) by John Taylor.