Eastling

EASTLING, St Mary

Photo RCO 2005

	6 bells
	Tenor 8 cwt in A flat
	Grid Ref. TQ965566
	Canterbury District

	Retuning: Never subsequently retuned
	Frame: 1717 (assumed) timber
	Ground Floor
	Currently unringable. 4 of the bells are cracked.

DETAILS OF THE BELLS

Bell	Weight	Diameter	Cast	Founder
1	3ž cwt approx	25˝"	1793	Thomas Mears I
2	4 cwt approx	26³/16"	1717	Richard Phelps
3	4ž cwt approx.	28⅛"	1717	Richard Phelps
4	5 cwt approx	29ž"	1717	Richard Phelps
5	6˝ cwt approx	32⅜"	1717	Richard Phelps
6	8 cwt approx.	35⅝"	1717	Richard Phelps

1. THO^S MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1793 (Whitechapel border)

2. R: PHELPS FECIT 1717

3. R: PHELPS FECIT 1717

4. R: PHELPS FECIT 1717

5. R: PHELPS FECIT 1717

6. THE REVEREND D^R : W^M : WILKINS SEN : RECT : W^M WILKINS IUN : CURAT DAN : KEMP CH : WARDEN R : PHELPS FECIT 1717

All colons are made from square dots.

Not all the bells were able to be measured as the 4th is cracked.

HISTORY

1717

Present back 5 cast. The frame is probably from this date and given that it was for 6 bells, it is likely that 6 bells were cast.

1793

Present treble cast (probably recast).

1961
7th June
John Taylor & Co reported on the bells noting that the 4th was cracked in the soundbow and the tenor in the head. An estimate for restoration work was given for Ł1,450.

1977
6th April
The KCACR reporting on the bells, noting the 2 cracked bells. They recommended that the back 3 be recast into a new front 3 to produce a 4cwt ring in D.

1986

Whitechapel Bell Foundry reported 4 of the bells to be cracked (the 2nd, 4th, 5th and tenor).

1.	THO^S MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1793 (Whitechapel border)

2.	R: PHELPS FECIT 1717

3.	R: PHELPS FECIT 1717

4.	R: PHELPS FECIT 1717

5.	R: PHELPS FECIT 1717

6.	THE REVEREND D^R : W^M : WILKINS SEN : RECT : W^M WILKINS IUN : CURAT DAN : KEMP CH : WARDEN R : PHELPS FECIT 1717

1717		Present back 5 cast. The frame is probably from this date and given that it was for 6 bells, it is likely that 6 bells were cast.
1793		Present treble cast (probably recast).
1961	7th June	John Taylor & Co reported on the bells noting that the 4th was cracked in the soundbow and the tenor in the head. An estimate for restoration work was given for Ł1,450.
1977	6th April	The KCACR reporting on the bells, noting the 2 cracked bells. They recommended that the back 3 be recast into a new front 3 to produce a 4cwt ring in D.
1986		Whitechapel Bell Foundry reported 4 of the bells to be cracked (the 2nd, 4th, 5th and tenor).