FRINSTED, St Dunstan |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell
Weight (present)
Weight
(prior to retuning)Diameter
Cast
Founder
1
3-1-13
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1997
Whitechapel
2
3-3-3
4-2-0 27½"
1868
Robert Stainbank
3
4-0-10
4-3-6 29"
1868
Robert Stainbank
4
4-2-7
5-0-26 30½"
1868
Robert Stainbank
5
5-2-16
6-1-27 33"
1853
Charles & George Mears
6
6-1-1
7-1-12 35"
1868
Robert Stainbank
INSCRIPTIONS |
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| ST
DUNSTAN'S CHURCH FRINSTED BELL APPEAL 1996 - 1997 |
19 |
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97 |
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WHITECHAPEL |
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| 2. | ROBERT STAINBANK FOUNDER LONDON 1868 | |||||
| 3. | ROBERT STAINBANK FOUNDER LONDON 1868 | |||||
| 4. | ROBERT STAINBANK FOUNDER LONDON 1868 | |||||
| 5. | C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1853 | |||||
| 6. | ROBERT STAINBANK FOUNDER LONDON 1868 | |||||
HISTORY |
1713
4 bells cast by Richard Phelps.
1824
Front 3 (of 4) bells recorded as cracked and that metal had started to "disappear".
1851
Front 3 (of 4) recorded as gone, with the tenor being cracked.
1853
Tenor recast by Charles & George Mears.
1868
4 new bells added by Robert Stainbank to form Nos 1,2,3 and 5 of 5 around the existing bell.
1959
Bells rung again after a silence of many years following the arrival of the Rev'd C.A.R. Walter, a ringer formerly at Hollingbourne.
1995
Treble headstock fell apart - all ringing in the tower stopped.
1997
Bells rehung n a new frame with a new treble added by Whitechapel to make 6.
