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HAWKHURST, All Saints
Formerly 3 bells
Tenor: 6-1-23 in B
Grid Ref. TQ762305
Tonbridge District
Church redundant. Bells removed in 1997 by the Kent C.Aas follows and distributed to:
1. St John the Baptist, Wittersham to form its new treble of 8.
2. St John RC Cathedral, Limerick to form the 2nd of a new chime of 4.
3. Stored at St Mary the Virgin Eastry

DETAILS OF THE BELLS

Bell

Weight
(1861)

Weight
(after tuning after transfer)

Diameter

Pitch

Cast

Founder

1

5-2-5

5-2-12

29"

D sharp

1861

George Mears & Co.

2

6-1-1

6-1-0

317/16"

C

1861

George Mears & Co.

3

6-1-23

still in storage

331/4"

B

1861

George Mears & Co.
Bell Hum Prime Tierce Quint Nominal
2nd (before tuning) -779.8 -550.4 -421 -201 1084 Hz
2nd (after tuning) 1013.2

INSCRIPTIONS
1.

G. MEARS & Co FOUNDERS LONDON 1861
2. G. MEARS & Co FOUNDERS LONDON 1861
3. G. MEARS & Co FOUNDERS LONDON 1861

HISTORY

1861

 3 bells cast by George Mears & Co at a total cost of £200.7s.11d.
1990 5th Oct Church declared redundant.
1997 Bells removed and put into storage. The treble went to Wittersham to augment their ring to 8. The tenor went to Eastry, although a mistake was made and at the time this was believed to be the 2nd.
1999 What was thought to be the tenor (but was the 2nd) was donated to Waltham to be broken up and the metal used for casting their additional bells. The church elected to sell it to the Keltek Trust.
2002 The Keltek bell was on offer to All Saints, Normanton, W Yorks to augment their bells. This was abandoned and was offered to St John's RC Cathedral, Limerick (tuned at Whitechapel) as the 2nd of a chime of 4 (reweighed at 6-1-0, tuned to 5-3-3).
2005 The fact that Eastry was actually in possession of the tenor was discovered when the tuning figures were measured. Kelteck (and therefore Limerick) had received the 2nd by mistake. The tenor was found to be unsuitable for Eastry!