Eltham

ELTHAM, St John the Baptist

Photo DrL 15th May 2004

	8 bells
	Tenor 10-2-24 in G

	Grid Ref. TQ426745
	Lewisham District
	Frame: 1924 Gillett & Johnston
	Retuning: Never subsequently retuned
	Upstairs Ringing Room
	PEALS
	& "The Bells of Eltham" extract from R.R.C.Gregory's "The Story of Royal Eltham"

DETAILS OF THE BELLS

Bell

Weight

Diameter

Cast

Founder

CAST BY GILLETT & JOHNSTON, CROYDON, 1924.

"MARY"
IN MEMORY OF MARY C. L. YEATMAN AND
E. M. YEATMAN

CAST BY GILLETT & JOHNSTON, CROYDON, 1924.

RESTORATION ORGANISED BY
CAPT. W. ANDERSON. M. C.
AND COST DEFRAYED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION
1924.

RECAST BY GILLETT & JOHNSTON, CROYDON, 1924.

THE LOWER SIX BELLS, RECAST BY THOS. MEARS OF LONDON,
IN 1794, WERE AGAIN RECAST AND TWO TREBLES ADDED IN 1924.

THE REV. I. KENYARD SHAW VICAR
THOS. NOYES WM. CLAYBROOK	}	CHURCHWARDENS

}

1794.

THE REV. ELPHINESTONE RIVERS VICAR
THOS. REED PARRY GEO. WM. CHIDLEY	}	CHURCHWARDENS

}

1924.

The bells are tuned to the Just Tuned scale. In fact, this is the most accurately tuned Gillett ring in Kent in this respect.

1552	Record of 3 bells.
1554	A bell was recast with an additional 1� cwt of metal. Tenor rehung.
1556-7	Tenor rehung by Mills, a carpenter from Bexley.
1571	2 more bells recast.
1583	A bell was recast (probably the treble).
1610	Old 9� cwt tenor recast with an additional 3-0-7 of metal.
1618	Record of tenor weighing 9-3-20 and middle bell 8-3-6. Tenor was recast.
1794	6 bells cast by Thomas Mears.
1872	Tower rebuilt by A. W. Blomfield.
1898	Bells rehung by Samuel Goslin.
1924	Bells recast into new ring of 8 by Gillett & Johnston in a new frame. Formerly rung from the ground floor, now rung from an upstairs ringing room.