CRAYFORD, St Paulinus |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell
Present Weight
Weight
(prior to retuning in 1923)Diameter
Cast
Founder
1
3-3-6
4-0-14 1876
Mears & Stainbank
2
4-1-18
4-2-27 1876
Mears & Stainbank
3
4-1-23
4-3-3 1876
Mears & Stainbank
4
5-0-9
5-1-17 1876
Mears & Stainbank
5
5-3-22
6-1-17 1876
Mears & Stainbank
6
6-3-24
7-1-12 1876
Mears & Stainbank
7
8-3-25
9-2-3 1876
Mears & Stainbank
8
11-2-15
12-1-0 1876
Mears & Stainbank
INSCRIPTIONS |
| 1. | MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1876 | |
| OF WHICH THE TENOR BORE DATE 1624 | ||
| 2. | MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1876 | |
| IN LIEU OF A PEAL OF FIVE BELLS | ||
| 3. | MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1876 | |
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} CHURCHWARDENS |
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| 4. | MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1876 | |
| BENJAMIN FREDERICK SMITH RECTOR | ||
| 5. | MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1876 | |
| TO THE PARISH OF CRAYFORD 1876 | ||
| 6. | MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1876 | |
| THIS PEAL OF 8 BELLS WAS PRESENTED BY HIS FAMILY | ||
| 7. | MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1876 | |
| IN LOVING MEMORY OF DAVID EVANS OF SHENSTONE | ||
| 8. | MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1876 | |
| TO THE GLORY OF GOD | ||
HISTORY |
1552
Record of 3 bells in the tower.
1615
William Land cast a bell.
1624
Tenor recast by Thomas Bartlett.
1672
3 bells (serving as trebles to the Land and Bartlett bells) cast by John Hodson.
1876
Bells recast into an octave by Mears & Stainbank in a new frame.
1923
Bells retuned and rehung by Mears & Stainbank.
INSCRIPTIONS ON THE RING OF FIVE PRIOR TO 1876 |
| 1. | IOHN à HODSON à MADE à
ME à 1672 à THOMAS à EVERS ¡ ¡
 IOHN à HVSSEY à CHVRCH à
WARDENS (same line) CH ¡ ¡ ¡ W H ¡ ¡ |
| 2. | IOHN à HODSON à MADE à
ME à 1672 à THOMAS à EVERS à IOHN à
HVSSEY CHVRCH (same line) WARDENS à WH ¡ ¡ ¡ C H ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ |
| 3. | IOHN ® HODSON ® MADE ® ME ® 1672 ®
THOMAS ® EVERS IOHN ® HVSSEY ® CHVRCH ® (same line) WARDENS CH ¡ ¡ ¡ WH ¡
¡ ¡ |
| 4. | Gvlihelmvf Land Fecit Me I S I H 1615 |
| 5. | THOMAS BARTLET MADE ME 1624 ¡ |
