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DEPTFORD, St John

DLC collection
This picture was taken before the pinnacles were removed in the late 1960s.

  
8 bells
Tenor 14-0-18 in F
Grid Ref. TQ374762
Lewisham District
Frame: 1874 Mears & Stainbank
Retuning: Never subsequently retuned
Upstairs Ringing Room
PEALS

DETAILS OF THE BELLS
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder

1

4-2-4

27"

1874

Mears & Stainbank

2

4-3-17

28"

1874

Mears & Stainbank

3

5-1-21

33¾"

1874

Mears & Stainbank

4

6-1-10

31½"

1874

Mears & Stainbank

5

6-3-21

33¾"

1874

Mears & Stainbank

6

8-1-7

35½"

1874

Mears & Stainbank

7

10-0-21

38¾"

1874

Mears & Stainbank

8

14-0-18

43¼"

1874

Mears & Stainbank

INSCRIPTIONS
1. MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON.
THE GIFT OF GEORGE HENRY SPRULES.
1874
2. MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON. 1874.
3. MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON. 1874.
4. MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON. 1874.
5. MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON.
THE GIFT OF JOHN SIMPSON ESQ.
1874.
6. MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON. 1874.

THIS PEAL OF EIGHT BELLS WAS PLACED HERE
BY THE PARISHIONERS OF ST JOHN'S DEPTFORD.
DECEMBER 1874
C. F. S. MONEY M. A. VICAR
E. S. HICKS
G. H. SPRULES		 } CHURCHWARDENS
7. MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON.

THIS PEAL OF EIGHT BELLS WAS PLACED HERE
BY THE PARISHIONERS OF ST JOHN'S DEPTFORD.
DECEMBER 1874

THIS BELL
WAS PRESENTED TO
ST JOHN'S CHURCH
IN MEMORY OF
J.J.S.S. LUCAS,
BY HIS SISTERS
C. F. S. MONEY M. A. VICAR
E. S. HICKS
G. H. SPRULES		 } CHURCHWARDENS
8. MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON. 1874
(crest)
In Memoriam
JOHN ALLAN
WHO DIED 29. MAY. 1865
GIVEN BY HIS ELDEST SON
JOHN H. ALLAN.
1874.

HISTORY

1855

Tower built by P.C. Harwick.

1874

Ring of eight cast by Mears & Stainbank.

1912

Rehung and frame strengthened by Alfred Bowell.
1912 4 Apr:
To rehanging the eight bells £50. Paid. cq. 26 Apr 1912.