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EAST FARLEIGH, The Parish Church

8 bells
Tenor 7-3-0 cwt  in A
Grid Ref. TQ734533
Maidstone District
Frame: 1928 S. Snelling
Retuning: Never subsequently retuned
Ground Floor
PEALS

DETAILS OF THE BELLS
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder

1

2-3-26

1979

Whitechapel

2

3-0-14

1979

Whitechapel

3

3-3-16

255/8"

1891

Mears & Stainbank

4

4-0-16

267/8"

1891

Mears & Stainbank

5

4-3-13

287/8"

1891

Mears & Stainbank

6

5¼ cwt approx

30"

1674

John Hodson

7

6 cwt approx.

32"

1610

Joseph Hatch

8

7-3-0

35"

1928

Alfred Bowell

INSCRIPTIONS
1.  
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K.C.A.C.R. CENTENARY
1880 - 1980

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79
WHITECHAPEL
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E II R
SILVER JUBILEE
1977
2.  
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K.C.A.C.R. CENTENARY
1880 - 1980

19

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79
WHITECHAPEL
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E II R
SILVER JUBILEE
1977
3. MEARS & STAINBANK WHITECHAPEL FOUNDRY LONDON. 1891.
GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO
4. MEARS & STAINBANK WHITECHAPEL FOUNDRY LONDON. 1891.
HORA FUGIT ORA
5. MEARS & STAINBANK WHITECHAPEL FOUNDRY LONDON. 1891.
VENITE EXULTEMUS DOMINO
6.
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7.
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                                   WATER
8. JOSEPH HATCH MADE ME 1615.
RECAST BY
BOWELL OF IPSWICH
1928.

HISTORY

1610

Present 7th cast.

1615

Tenor cast by Joseph Hatch.

1674

Present 6th cast.

1891

Rehung and 3 trebles added to make 6 by Mears & Stainbank.

1928

Rehung in a new frame by S. Snelling. Tenor recast by Alfred Bowell.

1928 22 Dec:
To recasting the tenor bell, rehanging same and overhauling chiming apparatus £53-10-0. Paid cq. 20 April 1929.

1954

Work done on the tower, and bells rehung.

1979

2 trebles added by Whitechapel to make 8. Frame strengthened and adapted for 8 by Stuart Taylor.