GRAIN, St James |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell
Weight
Diameter
Pitch
Cast
Founder
1
3-1-10
233/4"
G
1904
Mears & Stainbank
2
3-2-25
245/8"
F sharp
1904
Mears & Stainbank
3
4-0-22
255/8"
E
1904
Mears & Stainbank
4
4-1-12
28"
D
1904
Mears & Stainbank
INSCRIPTIONS |
| 1. | MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON, 1904 |
DAY BY DAY WE MAGNIFY THEE |
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| 2. | MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON, 1904 |
THUS EVERMORE SHALL RISE TO THEE |
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| 3. | MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON, 1904 |
MAY THIS BELL FOR EVER BE, |
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| 4. | MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON. |
| AD
MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM. THIS BELL WAS GIVEN BY SOME MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY RATING FEDERATION TO H.O.R. MACPHERSON, M.A. PRIEST & VICAR. FOUNDER & HON: SEC: C.R.F. IN MEMORY OF THE PASSING OF THE TITHE ACT 1899. A. D. 1904 |
PREVIOUS BELLS |
Prior to the 1904 ring, a single bell hung in the tower;
Single Bell |
1¾ cwt approx. |
19" |
1897 |
Mears & Stainbank |
MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON |
| PRESENTED BY THE 2ND MIDDLESEX VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY TO GRAYNE CHURCH IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 60TH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA 20TH JUNE 1897 |
This in turn replaced a bell (which was placed in the church) recorded as:
Single Bell |
2 cwt approx. |
19½" |
c.1725 |
Samuel Knight (probably) |
WILLIAM ¢ WRI ¢ SAMVELL ¢ LONDON |
HISTORY |
c. 1725 |
A bell was cast at about this time by Samuel Knight and hung in a wooden turret of the church. |
1897 |
The Knight bell was replaced in the turret with a new bell by Mears & Stainbank to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. The old bell was moved to the church. |
1902 |
Tower built at a cost to King Edward VII & other royalties and an 18th century bell was hung in it. |
1904 |
A diatonic ring of 4 was cast and hung by Mears & Stainbank at a cost of £216.17s.6. but hung in pits 1-4 of a 6-bell frame. The Knight bell was scrapped, and the 1897 bell was taken back as new by Mears. |
PHOTOGRAPH |
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This is the church c.1900 (or possible before 1897 when the Knight bell was replaced by the Mears turret bell. |
