1500		The earliest mention of bells is in the Will of Stephen Hawker of Challock. He pledged £5 "To buying a Great Bell for Eastwell".
1552		Record of 3 bells.
1605		Treble (of 3) recast by Joseph Hatch.
1635		Tenor (of 3) recast by Joseph Hatch.
1794		Bells recast into a single bell by Thomas Mears I.
1842	Apr.	Thomas Mears Ii submitted 2 estimates: £239.1s.4d - augment the existing bell with 4 bells to make 5; £257.2s.8d (less £59.17s.0d. part exchange) for a new ring of 5 bells, tenor 9 cwt. Neither were taken up.
1842	Aug.	The Earl of Winchelsea invoiced for "five new bells to suit the existing complete with frame and fittings" for £295.8s.2d.), i.e. 5 new bells were added to the existing bell to augment them to 6.
late 1840s		The frame and hanging were clearly poor. The Canterbury Cathedral Company visited and found the bells quite unmanageable
1912		Tenor recast and bells rehung in a new iron frame by Mears & Stainbank. The work was completed by Easter.
1950	22nd July	Last peal on the bells.
1951	14th Feb.	The arcade between the nave and aisle collapsed and the roof fell in leaving the tower, porch and chancel intact and the body of the church roofless. (Subsequently the walls were demolished leaving only the tower, west wall and porch intact.)
1952	Jan.	Bells removed and sold to Gillett & Johnston for scrap. They were reckoned to be one of the best sixes in Kent.
1979		The ruined church was finally declared redundant and vested in the Friends of Friendless Churches who have gradually restored what stands.

The tower and west wall from the North. Between them is the rubble of the pillar which collapsed on 14th Feb, 1952, bringing down the roof. The tower arch as at 23rd Nov. 2002. The brick wall which blocked the arch has been removed and the remains of the ringing gallery are shortly to be removed. (The carved front went to Molash in 1953.) The tower will be enclosed within a wrought iron grille provided by the Friends of Friendless Churches in whom St Mary's is vested.