CRANBROOK, St Dunstan |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell
Cast Weight
Weight
(after retuning)Diameter
Cast
Thomas Mears I
1
6-1-7 5-3-26 303/4" 1801
Thomas Mears I
2
6-2-16 6-0-16 313/4" 1801
Thomas Mears I
3
7-1-4 6-2-20 333/8" 1801
Thomas Mears I
4
9-0-12 8-1-5 361/4" 1801
Thomas Mears I
5
11-2-27 10-2-6 403/4" 1825
Thomas Mears II
6
12-3-26 11-3-14 413/4" 1801
Thomas Mears I
7
n/a 15-2-18 46" 1857
Charles & George Mears
8
23-1-4
21-2-15 511/4" 1801
Thomas Mears I
INSCRIPTIONS |
| 1. | JOHN ELLIOTT & WM HARDING CHURCH WARDENS 1801 THOS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT | |||
| 2. | JOHN ELLIOTT & WM HARDING CHURCH WARDENS 1801 THOS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT | |||
| 3. | JOHN ELLIOTT & WM HARDING CHURCH WARDENS 1801 THOS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT | |||
| 4. | JOHN ELLIOTT & WM HARDING CHURCH WARDENS 1801 THOS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT | |||
| 5. | REVD J. MOSSOP VICAR 1825 THOS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT | |||
HENRY MILLER |
} | CHURCH WARDENS PARISH CLERK |
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| 6. | JOHN ELLIOTT & WM HARDING CHURCH WARDENS 1801 THOS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT | |||
| 7. | C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1857 | |||
| 8. | THE REVD
RICHD PODMORE VICAR JOHN ELLIOTT & WM HARDING CH. WARDENS THOMAS
MEARS OF (same line) LONDON FECIT 1801 |
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| MAY ALL WHOM I SHALL SUMMON TO THE GRAVE THE BLESSING OF A W$ LLSPENT LIFE RECEIVE | ||||
FORMER BELL |
Bell |
Cast Weight |
Diameter |
Cast |
Founder |
Fate |
7 |
16-3-0 | 45½" | 1801 |
Charles & George Mears |
Recast 1857 |
| 7. | JOHN ELLIOTT & WM HARDING CHURCH WARDENS 1801 THOS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT |
Bell |
Tuning in 1801 |
1 |
Maiden bell |
2 |
Maiden bell |
3 |
Tuned 1/8" |
4 |
Tuned 1/8" |
5 |
Tuned a little |
6 |
Tuned a little |
7 |
Tuned 1/4" |
8 |
Maiden bell |
HISTORY |
1581
One of the bells recast by Thomas Hatch.
1596
3rd recast by Anthony Wakefield and bells rehung.
1604
Record of 5 bells in the tower.
1606
New ring of 5 cast and hung in a new frame by Joseph Hatch.
1608
New frame installed.
1610
Bells rehung in the new frame.
1671
One of the bells recast by Francis Foster of Salisbury.
1685
Bells rehung.
1715
Bells recast into a ring of 6 by Richard Phelps with a new frame.
1718
With 3 of the bells out of order, they were all recast into a ring of 8 by Richard Phelps.
1801
All 8 bells recast by Thomas Mears.
1812
Bells rehung by William Humphrey.
1825
5th recast by Thomas Mears.
1843
Bells rehung.
1845
Bells rehung again as previous work was unsatisfactory.
1857
7th recast at Whitechapel.
1902
Bells rehung by Mears & Stainbank in a new frame.
1914
Minor repairs took place.
1971
Bells rehung and retuned by John Taylor.
1971
17th Dec.
Bells rededicated.
BELFRY PHOTOGRAPHS |
