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CHISLEHURST
The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

8 bells + nave roof bell
Tenor 19-1-17 in E
Grid Ref. TQ438709
Lewisham District
Frame: 1935 John Taylor, apart from the framework on the 5th which is 1932 Gillett & Johnston.
Retuning: Never subsequently retuned
Upstairs in Detached Tower
PEALS

DETAILS OF THE BELLS

Bell

Weight Diameter Cast Founder

1

4-2-20

28"

1935

John Taylor & Co.

2

5-1-13

29"

1935

John Taylor & Co.

3

6-0-23

31⅛"

1935

John Taylor & Co.

4

7-3-21

34"

1935

John Taylor & Co.

5

9-0-10

36½"

1932

Gillett & Johnston

6

10-3-4

38½"

1935

John Taylor & Co.

7

14-2-0

42⅞"

1935

John Taylor & Co.

8

19-1-17

477/16"

1935

John Taylor & Co.

Sanctus

   

1915

John Warner & Sons

For many years, the tenor was given as 19-3-17.  This was because Paul Taylor, in 1961, deliberately gave false information (as was common at the time for commercial reasons).  The actual weights recorded at Loughborough are as above.

A notice in the tower gives the 7th as 11-2-0.

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FANNY
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PETER
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FREDERICK BOWATER
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ROSEMARY
5.
GILLETT & JOHNSTON, CROYDON.  inscr_GJmark.jpg (1404 bytes)

CATHARINE
1932

6

4472

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WILLIAM
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SAMUEL
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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 surmised.

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.