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EYTHORNE, Ss Peter & Paul |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder 1
4-0-23
27"
1924
Mears & Stainbank
2
4¾ cwt approx
29⅛"
1896
John Warner & Sons
3
5¼ cwt approx
307/16"
1622
Joseph Hatch
4
6¾ cwt approx
335/16"
c.1440
William Chamberlain
5
8 cwt approx.
36¼"
c.1440
William Chamberlain
| 1. | TE DEVM LAVDAMVS | |||
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| 2. | CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LTD LONDON 1896 | |||
| (incised) VENITE EXULTEMUS DOMINO | ||||
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| The TE DEVM LAVDAMVS on the treble is in very beautiful Somercotes' gothic capitals. |
HISTORY |
1442-1468
2 bells cast by William Chamberlain
1622
Treble (of 3) cast by Joseph Hatch.
Late 1750s Rev'd Bryan Faussett wrote:
This Church consists of The Great, and North, Chancells, The Body, and North Isle. The Tower is over the Porch, or Enhance, on the North Side. In it hang 3 Bells thus Inscribed.
1. Joseph Hatch Made Me 1622.
2. Sancta Katarina, Ora pro Nobis.
3. Nomen Magdalene, Campana geret Melodie.
The 2 last have this Impression of a Coin on them, nearly of this size. I cd. not Make out The Legend.1795 Zachariah Cozens wrote:
It is a decent structure, consisting of two ailes, and a chancel, with a square tower, at the North side of the West end of the North aile, containing three Bells; which being over the entrance to the church, they stand to ring them in the porch. 1896
Treble added by John Warner to make 4. Bells rehung in a new frame.
1924
Treble added by Mears & Stainbank to make 5. Bells rehung by Thomas Groombridge.
1983
Bells rehung by Arthur Fidler.
2003
A new floor was installed under the bells.
