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FOLKESTONE, Ss Mary & Eanswythe |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell |
Weight |
Diameter |
Cast |
Founder |
1 |
6-0-15 |
29¾" |
1879 |
John Taylor & Co. |
2 |
6-0-23 |
30¾" |
1879 |
John Taylor & Co. |
3 |
7-1-21 |
32¼" |
1879 |
John Taylor & Co. |
4 |
9-1-5 |
35½" |
1879 |
John Taylor & Co. |
5 |
11-1-2 |
38¾" |
1879 |
John Taylor & Co. |
6 |
13-1-9 |
40¾" |
1879 |
John Taylor & Co. |
7 |
17-1-3 |
45¾" |
1879 |
John Taylor & Co. |
8 |
25-1-5 |
51¼" |
1879 |
John Taylor & Co. |
INSCRIPTIONS |
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EARLIER BELLS |
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In 1759, there is a record of 6 bells: |
Bell |
Cast |
Founder |
1 |
1759 |
Lester & Pack |
2 |
1737 |
Richard Phelps |
3 |
1759 |
Lester & Pack |
4 |
1737 |
Richard Phelps |
5 |
1707 |
Richard Phelps |
6 |
1724 |
John Waylett |
| 1. | WILLIAM DIXON AND WILLIAM SPAIN CH: WARDENS LESTER & PACK OF LONDON 1759 |
| 2. | R. PHELPS FECIT ME. MR LYTCOTT AND MR THO BAGLEY C W 1737 |
| 3. | WILLIAM DIXON AND WILLIAM SPAIN CH: WARDENS LESTER & PACK OF LONDON 1759 |
| 4. | R. PHELPS FECIT ME. MR LYTCOTT AND MR THO BAGLEY C W 1737 |
| 5. | RICHARD PHELPS MADE ME 1707 THO: HOLMES JOHN FEARNE C W |
| 6. | EDWARD HAMMOND AND JOHN CASTLE C W 1724 J.W. |
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These were recast in 1778 into a 22 cwt octave as follows:: |
Bell |
Diameter |
Cast |
Founder |
Fate |
1 |
30½" | 1778 | Pack & Chapman | Recast 1879 |
2 |
32" | 1778 | Pack & Chapman | Recast 1879 |
3 |
1778 | Pack & Chapman | Recast 1813 | |
4 |
37" | 1778 | Pack & Chapman | Recast 1879 |
5 |
40½" | 1778 | Pack & Chapman | Recast 1879 |
6 |
1778 | Pack & Chapman | Recast 1813 | |
7 |
44½" | 1778 | Pack & Chapman | Recast 1879 |
8 |
51" | 1778 | Pack & Chapman | Recast 1879 |
| 1. | ALTHOUGH I AM BOTH LIGHT AND SMALL I WILL BE HEARD ABOVE YOU ALL |
| PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT 1778 | |
| 2. | I MEAN TO MAKE IT UNDERSTOOD THAT THOUGH I AM LITTLE YET I AM GOOD |
| PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT 1778 | |
| 3. |
[Inscription unknown] |
| 4. | WHILE THUS WE JOIN IN CHEERFUL SOUND MAY LOVE AND LOYALTY ABOUND |
| PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT 1778 | |
| 5. | OUR VOICES SHALL WITH JOYFUL SOUND MAKE HILLS AND VALLEYS ECHO ROUND |
| PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT | |
| 6. |
[Inscription unknown] |
| 7. | IN WEDLOCK BANDS ALL YE WHO JOIN WITH HANDS YOUR HEARTS UNITE |
| SO SHALL OUR TUNEFULL TONGUES COMBINE TO LAUD THE NUPTIAL RITE | |
| PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT 1778 | |
| 8. | JOHN BINFIELD AND THOMAS CASTLE CHURCHWARDENS 1778 PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT |
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A couple of these were recast in 1813:: |
Bell |
Diameter |
Cast |
Founder |
Fate |
3 |
34" | 1813 | Thomas Mears II | Recast 1879 |
6 |
42" | 1813 | Thomas Mears II | Recast 1879 |
| 3. |
THOMAS BAKER ESQR MAYOR
JOHN MAYCOCK CH.WARNDEN
JACOB STREDWICK SIDESMAN (same line) T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1813 |
| 6. |
THOMAS BAKER ESQR MAYOR
JOHN MAYCOCK CH.WARNDEN
JACOB STREDWICK SIDESMAN (same line) T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1813 |
HISTORY |
1707
5th (of 6) cast by Richard Phelps.
1724
Tenor recast by John Waylett.
1737
2nd and 4th (of 6) recast by Richard Phelps.
1759
Treble and 3rd (of 6) recast by Lester & Pack.
1759 Rev'd Bryan Faussett wrote:
This Church consists of The Great, North, and South Chancells; The Body, & 2 Side Isles. The Tower is in the Middle, between the Chancell and the Body; In it are 6 Bells, thus inscribed.
1. William Dixon, and William Spain, Ch. Wardens. Lester & Pack of London, 1759.
2. R. Phelps fecit Me. Mr Lytcott Gill, and Mr Tho. Bayley. C.W. 1737.
3. William Dixon, and William Spain, Ch. Wardens. Lester & Pack of London, 1759.
4. R. Phelps fecit Me. Mr Lytcott Gill, and Mr Tho. Bayley. C.W. 1737.
5. Richard Phelps made Me, 1707. Tho. Holmes, John Fearne. C.W.
6. Edward Hammond, and John Castle, C.W. 1724. J.W.1778
Bells recast into a new octave by Pack & Chapman.
1759 Edward Hasted wrote:
The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary and St. Eanswith, consists of three isles and three chances, having a square tower, with a beacon turret in the middle of it, in which there is a clock, and a peal of eight bells, put up in it in 1779. 1813
3rd and 6th recast by Thomas Mears.
1879
All 8 bells recast (as 4 of them were cracked) by John Taylor and hung in a new frame.
1905
Tenor rehung by John Taylor.
1935
Bells rehung.
1974
Bells rehung by Whitechapel.
1975
18th Jan.
Bells rededicated.
