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HARBLEDOWN, St Nicholas Hospital Chapel
(formerly St Nicholas' Church)
Photo RCO 2006
4 bells, formerly hung for ringing
Tenor: 4-2-16 in C sharp
Grid Ref. TR131582
Canterbury District
Hung Dead with Ellacombe Apparatus
Formerly rung from the Ground Floor

DETAILS OF THE BELLS
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder

1

3-2-1

231/4"

1622

Joseph Hatch

2

3-0-23

243/4"

c. 1450

William Chamberlain

3

3-3-21

271/8"

1619

Joseph Hatch

4

4-2-16

293/4"

1614

Joseph Hatch

INSCRIPTIONS
1. ioseph hatch made me 1622
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3. ioseph hatch made me 1619
4. ioseph hatch made me 1619

HISTORY

c. 1450

Bell cast by William Chamberlain (treble of 3). Original 3 bell frame constructed.

1614

Bell cast by Joseph Hatch (tenor of 3).

1619

Bell cast by Joseph Hatch (middle of 3).

1622

Treble added by Joseph Hatch and frame altered.

1894

Bells repaired and partly rehung.

1971

Bells last rung full circle.

1996

Bells rehung dead with an Ellacombe chime and new fittings from the Whitechapel Bell Foundry by the KCACR.

PHOTOGRAPH
Photo DLC 1965 The interior of the belfry during ringing in 1965. The bells subsequently became unsafe and were rehung dead by the Association in 1996. Here the 2nd bell can be seen in the up position.