1470	Church tower raised to its present height and church restored at this time.
1552	Record of 4 bells.
1696	Records: "paid the ringers when the King (William III) came through the town 10s.Paid for six Pounds of candles, which were set upon the church wall and bridge, to light the river."
1702	Ring of 8 cast by Philip Wightman from the former ring of 6.
1723	Repairs were effected to the bells.
1773	4th recast by Pack & Chapman.
1807	The church bells ordered to be put in proper order at a cost of £55 10s. Mr. Mears, bellfounder.
1882	Treble recast by Mears & Stainbank.
1910	Bells fall silent through disrepair.
1917	All eight bells recast by Mears & Stainbank.
1933	7th rehung on ball bearings. At about this time, consideration was given to augmenting the bells to 10.
1975	3rd and 4th rehung by the local band. A pulley block for the 4th was acquired from the bell from St Paul's, Penge. In the course of the decade, all the bells were rehung on ball bearings (except 7th which had them) in pairs as finances allowed.
1978	The gudgeons on the tenor sheared while the bell was being rung, caused by new gudgeons being fitted earlier by a local 'industrialist' (in order to save funds).
1984	Tenor gudgeons were repaired.
1986	Bells inspected by Richard Offen who noted that Dartford might have the oldest Mears *metal* headstocks in Kent (dated 1917). The 2nd clapper broke and was replaced by Whitechapel, and gudgeons on the 5th sheared requiring those to be replaced.
1992	Clappers refurbished, gudgeons of the tenor repaired and new bearings fitted by John Taylor. (Site work carried out by K.C.A.)
1993	Gudgeons of the tenor repaired and new bearings fitted by John Taylor. (Site work carried out by K.C.A.)
1998-9	The gudgeons on the 6th sheared (ringing for Midnight Mass) , displacing the neighbouring 5th bell slightly. The bell had to be retrieved by the KCACR. The headstock was replaced, 5 & 6 rehung and the frame around these bells reinforced with metal plates.