COBHAM, St Mary Magdalene |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder 1
4-0-26
28"
1907
Gillett & Johnston
2
5-1-13
311/2"
1632
Joseph Hatch
3
7-1-1
343/8"
1994
Whitechapel
4
8-3-9
37"
1623
Joseph Hatch
5
10-2-19
401/2"
1632
Joseph Hatch
6
13-3-13
44"
1632
Joseph Hatch
The treble was supplied at 4-1-7.
INSCRIPTIONS |
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FORMER BELLS |
Bell |
Weight |
Diameter |
Cast |
Founder |
Fate |
3 (of 6) |
33" |
1790 |
Thomas Mears I |
Recast 1994 |
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| THOS MEARS LATE LESTER PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT MESSRS. HUGGINS & WELLS CH. WARDENS 1790 |
HISTORY |
1623 Bells cast (or recast) by Joseph Hatch (certainly the present 4th) 1632 3 or more bells cast or recast by Joseph Hatch to complete the ring of 5. 1689 The 5 bells were rehung. 1692 May The bells were rung to mark victory over the French fleet. 1790 2nd (of 5) recast by Thomas Mears I. 1886 A report was produced on the state of the bells together with the cost of their repair and that of the belfry. 1907 Bells augmented to 6 with a treble from Gillett & Johnston (tuned in August). 1976 Dry summer made the bells unringable. K.C.A. worked on them to make them ringable again. 1994 3rd recast. Bells retuned and rehung in a new frame.