Formerly 8 bells (only 2 are left) 6 bells in storage Tenor: 19¼ cwt approx. (in tower) Tenor: 8-1-9 in storage Lewisham District Frame: 2 tier (3, 6 & 7) still in the tower; 1904 John Warner & Sons Retuning: Never subsequently retuned Rung from a ringing gallery (demolished c. 1955) PEALS There are plans to install the former 6 bells from St Paul's, Homerton, now in storage, augmented to 8.

In the Tower:

Bell	Weight	Diameter	Cast	Founder
1	5 cwt approx.	30"	1701	Samuel Newton & Isaac Hadley
2	5-2-27	30¼"	1701	Samuel Newton & Isaac Hadley
3	6-1-10	32¼"	1701	Samuel Newton & Isaac Hadley
4	8-1-19	36½"	1701	Samuel Newton & Isaac Hadley
5	9-3-14	39"	1702	Samuel Newton & Isaac Hadley
6	13-0-10	41½"	1701	Samuel Newton & Isaac Hadley
7	14-3-3	44¾"	1701	Samuel Newton & Isaac Hadley
8	19¼ cwt approx. Originally cast 20-1-2	49"	1842	Thomas Mears II

c. 1120		Church built.
1552		Record of 5 bells.
1697		Significant rebuilding of the church.
1701		Ring of 8 bells cast (although the 5th was dated 1702) by Newton and Hadley.
1714		Significant rebuilding of the church.
1780		Tenor recast.
1842		Tenor recast by Thomas Mears.
1904		Top stage of the tower rebuilt. The canons were removed and the bells were rehung by John Warner & Sons in a new 2-tier cast iron frame.
1904	11th Nov	Tower reopened and bells rededicated by the Bishop of Rochester. The canons were removed from the tenor.
1911		Church reopened after restoration.
1939		Bells last rung. In May, John Taylor quoted for a new frame and fittings. ("From the manner in which the frame moves we would not come to rehang the bells upon it.")
1940		The church was badly damaged by incendiary bombs.
1951	May	Mears & Stainbank quoted for removing the bells.
1955	July	Mears & Stainbank quoted for rehanging the bells with partly new fittings to make them ringable.
1955	Oct.	Mears & Stainbank visited again. "5th cracked, possibly also 4th, bells dirty. Frame and majority of fittings sound and in excellent condition but bells are too high in the tower and too heavy." They quoted for a new ring of 8 (in A, A flat or G) and for rehanging in new fittings and framework lower in the tower. They also quoted to rehang the existing bells lower in the tower.
1955	Nov.	Mears & Stainbank quoted for removing the middle six bells including a plea that they might reconsider even keeping 6 bells for ringing which would attract ringers. All of this fell on deaf ears!
1956		Bells removed from the tower and sold for scrap to help pay for the restoration of the church (apart from the treble and tenor which were rehung without their wheels in the lower frame with their clappers adapted for clocking).
2000		The church was awarded a substantial grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to restore the tower. Whilst the restoration of a ring of bells was not included in the plans for this grant, the church was now keen to see a ring of bells return. The Keltek Trust has offered the redundant ring from Homerton, Middx around which to model a new ring of 8. Discussions continue.
2005		The Kent CA bought the 6 Homerton bells from the Keltek Trust and keep them in Trust for the church pending the launch of an appeal to augment them to 8 and hang them in a new frame in the tower.

The tower in a bad way a few years before its partial collapse and rebuilding. This photograph was taken in 1895.

The tenor sitting in its pit in the old frame for 8 bells, without a wheel.

The treble is the only other bell in the tower.

The upper tier of the frame.

The lower tier, in which the remaining two bells hang.

A view of the base of the tower. There used to be a ringing gallery here and you can see where the door used to open up to allow access (on the right).

The two ropes which allow the two bells to be sounded. Also a better view of the door on to the ringing gallery.

A memorial on the wall of the church showing money donated for the casting of the bells.