HAYES, St Mary the Virgin |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder
1
4-0-10
261/2"
1882
Mears & Stainbank
2
4-3-0
281/4"
1882
Mears & Stainbank
3
5-1-9
301/4"
1882
Mears & Stainbank
4
5-3-21
307/8"
1900
Mears & Stainbank
5
6-3-27
33"
1900
Mears & Stainbank
6
8-1-26
35"
1900
Mears & Stainbank
INSCRIPTIONS |
| 1. | MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1882 |
| 2. | MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1882 |
| 3. | MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1882 |
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| T. MEARS OF LONDON FECIT.
1832. THIS BELL, THUS FORMERLY INSCRIBED, WAS RECAST TOGETHER. WITH THE FIFTH AND SIXTH BY MEARS & STAINBANK, AT THE EXPENSE OF EVERARD ALEXANDER HAMBRO. GEORGE CLOWES, M.A., BEING RECTOR, HUSON MORRIS AND CHARLES F. WOOD, CHURCHWARDENS A. D. 1900 |
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| 5. | |
| JOHN D HODSON D
MADE D ME D
1670 D C H D THIS BELL WAS THUS FORMERLY INSCRIBED |
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| ROBERTUS D MOT D ME D FECIT D
1602 SIC HAEC CAMPANA OLIM INSCRIPTA EST |
The inscription on the original 1602 tenor is indicated above. J.C.L. Stahlschmidt noted the following cross, which he also noted on a 15th Century bell at Little Hadham, Herts:
HISTORY |
1552
Record of 3 bells and a sanctus.
1602
Tenor recast by Robert Mot.
1670
Middle bell recast by John Hodson.
1832
Treble recast by Thomas Mears.
1882
3 bells added on the front to form a ring of 6.
1900
Back 3 bells recast by Mears & Stainbank.
