GILLINGHAM, St Mary Magdalene |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
| Bell | Weight | Diameter | Cast | Founder |
1 |
4-0-0 |
253/4" |
1912 |
Alfred Bowell |
2 |
4-2-4 |
263/4" |
1912 |
Alfred Bowell |
3 |
5-2-12 |
291/2" |
1737 |
Richard Phelps |
4 |
5-2-0 |
303/4" |
1700 |
Philip Wightman |
5 |
6-0-7 |
323/4" |
1700 |
Philip Wightman |
6 |
7-2-0 |
34" |
1700 |
Philip Wightman |
7 |
8-3-9 |
365/8" |
1912 |
Alfred Bowell |
8 |
11-1-18* |
413/4" |
1892 |
Mears & Stainbank |
*Source of this weight not clear. Bowell recorded it as 11-2-0 in 1912 which was presumably when it was last weighed. Perhaps this is a supplied weight? |
INSCRIPTIONS |
| 1. | RECAST BY BOWELL OF IPSWICH [ T. MEARS OF LONDON FECIT. | |
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RADCLIFFE. D.D. VICAR. S. LONDON. R. DURHAM. BY SUBSCRIPTION 1811. CHURCHWARDENS. CANON WILLIAM HENRY ROBINS VICAR. MYLES HOWARD ATKINS. [ CHARLES LEWIS. CHURCHWARDENS. WILLIAM HAIGH CAPTAIN OF BELLRINGERS. NOVEMBER 1912 |
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| 2. | RECAST BY BOWELL OF IPSWICH [ T. MEARS OF LONDON FECIT. | |
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RADCLIFFE. D.D. VICAR. S. LONDON. R. DURHAM. BY SUBSCRIPTION 1811. CHURCHWARDENS. CANON WILLIAM HENRY ROBINS VICAR. MYLES HOWARD ATKINS. [ CHARLES LEWIS. CHURCHWARDENS. WILLIAM HAIGH CAPTAIN OF BELLRINGERS. NOVEMBER 1912 |
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| 3. | + T : IEFFRIES IA : HICKES CH : WARDENS J737 (ornamental border) | |
| 4. | MADE BY PHILIP WIGHTMAN J700 | |
| 5. | MADE BY PHILIP WIGHTMAN J700 | |
| 6. | MADE BY PHILIP WIGHTMAN J700 | |
| 7. | THOMAS LESTER MADE ME 1749. HENRY WHITE & RICHARD SANDERSON CHURCHWARDEN (ornamental border) | |
| CANON
WILLIAM HENRY ROBINS. VICAR. MYLES HOWARD ATKINS [ CHARLES LEWIS. CHURCHWARDENS WILLIAM HAIGH, CAPTAIN OF BELLRINGERS. 1912 RECAST BY ALFRED BOWELL OF IPSWICH |
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| 8. | THOMAS SIMMONS CHVRCHWARDE MADE BY PHILIP WIGHTMAN J700 | |
HISTORY |
1700
A ring of 5 was cast by Philip Wightman.
1737
A new bell was added to the ring of 5 to form a ring of 6 by Richard Phelps.
1749
5th (of 6) recast by Thomas Lester.
1766
The bell frame was repaired.
1811
2 trebles added to make 8 by Thomas Mears.
1912
Bells 1,2 and 7 were recast and the bells were retuned and rehung by Alfred Bowell in a new steel frame.
1912 30 Dec:
To recasting the 1st, 2nd & 7th bells and rehanging the peal of eight £162-12-6. Extras. To inscriptions on the recast bells £3. To timber supplied and left fixed in tower for lifting the bells 10/- To new clock hammer and connections and refixing clock weights, eyebolts, etc. £3. Total £169-2-6. Paid cq. 11 Jan 1913.
PHOTOGRAPHS |
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One of the bells being taken away. The photo is dated by CJP as 1912. |
The 8 bells in their new frame in Bowell's bellfoundry in Ipswich, 1912. |
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