banner1.jpg (38669 bytes)

CLIFFE-AT-HOO, St Helen

8 bells
Tenor 14-2-18 in E flat
Grid Ref. TQ736766
Rochester District
Retuning: 2006 Taylor, Eayre & Smith
Upstairs Ringing Room
PEALS

DETAILS OF THE BELLS
Bell Weight
(as supplied)		 Weight
(after retuning)		 Diameter Cast Founder

1

6-3-5

31"

1860

John Taylor & Co.

2

6-2-20

tuning

32"

1860

John Taylor & Co.

3

7-0-26

 not

33"

1859

John Taylor & Co.

4

8-0-19

 yet

36"

1859

John Taylor & Co.

5

8-2-0

 complete

371/2"

1859

John Taylor & Co.

6

9-2-21

39"

1859

John Taylor & Co.

7

11-1-16

421/2"

1859

John Taylor & Co.

8

14-2-18

463/8"

1859

John Taylor & Co.

INSCRIPTIONS
1. JOHN TAYLOR & CO    [border]  LOUGHBOROUGH 1860.  [border]
 
 
2. JOHN TAYLOR & CO [border] LOUGHBOROUGH 1860.  [stylised crown mark]
 
 
3. JOHN TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH A:D 1859.  [scroll]
 
 
4. JOHN TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH A:D 1859.  [scroll]
 
 
5. JOHN TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH A:D 1859.  [scroll]
 
 
6. JOHN TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH A:D 1859.  [scroll]
 
 
7. JOHN TAYLOR & CO BELLFOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH LEICESTERSHIRE 1859.[scroll]
 
 
8. JOHN TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH 1859. ARCHDN CROFT RECTOR. REVND E : H : LEE CURATE.
ALBERT G : MURTON }CHURCHWARDENS
JOHN OSMOTHERLY

CO represents two dots underneath the raised O.
On the tenor, there is stop under N of ARCHDN and N and D of REVND
"Scroll" is a border like two S's, one lying on its front and the other on its back, intertwined at the top.

FORMER BELLS (recast 1859)
Bell Scrapping
Weight		 Diameter Cast Founder

1

5-0-15

301/2"

1670

John Hodson

2

5-3-4

311/2"

1630

Joseph Hatch

3

6-3-21

335/8"

c.1585

? Giles Reve

4

10-1-7

371/2"

1630

Joseph Hatch

5

12-1-9

401/2"

1615

Joseph Hatch

6

15-2-12

45"

1675

John Hodson
3. ROBERT BELIBackwardsN.jpg (750 bytes) GAM
[the letters underlined appeared upside down]
5.
ioseph  hatch  made  me Jhatch.jpg (990 bytes) 1615   IC   RV   AC   VL   OE   E   OR   TM  DDT
 
The above 2 inscriptions were taken from Stahlschmidt, although he gave the Hatch bell as 1616.

HISTORY

c.1585

3rd (re)cast, probably by Giles Reve.

1615

5th (of 6) was (re)cast by Joseph Hatch.

1630

2nd and 4th (of 6) recast by Joseph Hatch.

1670

Treble (of 6) recast or added by John Hodson.

1675

Tenor (of 6) recast or added by John Hodson.

1859

Bells recast into a ring of 6 by John Taylor.

1860

2 trebles added by John Taylor. These  bells represent one of the earliest examples of a ring of 8 with independent crown staples from the start.

1923

Bells rehung by Alfred Bowell. He removed the hexagonally formed canons to the crowns (put there to facilitate turning).

1923 March:
To rehanging the eight bells and reconstructing the framework £190. To new chiming apparatus and fiing complete £15. Total £205. Paid cq. on a/c £150 29 March. cq. £55 21 Jan 1924.

2006

Bells retuned and rehung in the existing frame by Taylor, Eayre & Smith.