HEADCORN, Ss Peter & Paul |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder 1
4-3-8
29"
1947
Mears & Stainbank
2
5-1-12
30"
1947
Mears & Stainbank
3
6-0-18*
321/2"
1891
John Warner & Sons
4
7-1-13**
345/16"
1922
Alfred Bowell
5
8-3-12
38"
1891
John Warner & Sons
6
10-1-16
40"
1891
John Warner & Sons
7
13-3-6
441/4"
1720
Richard Phelps
8
21-0-5
1989
Whitechapel
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INSCRIPTIONS |
| 1. | GIVEN BY JOHN HUDDS RICHARD GREENHILL EXECUTOR THOS BAYLY THOS LEFGER CH WARDENS 1766 | |||||||
| RECAST BY BOWELL
OF IPSWICH 1922. REV: CLEMENT P. DALE. VICAR. RECAST MEARS & STAINBANK 1947 |
LESTER & PACK
LONDON FECIT 1766 |
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| 2. | GIVEN BY JOHN HUDDS RICHARD GREENHILL EXECUTOR | |||||||
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DEUM LAUDAMUS I WAS RECAST IN MEMORY OF REV: ARTHUR GATEHOUSE VICAR 1912-1917, BY HIS WIDOW AND A FEW FRIENDS, PHILIP HODGKIN, CAPT OF RINGERS. RECAST BY BOWELL OF IPSWICH, 1922 |
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| 7. | EDMOND PECHE DANIEL BENISON CHURCHWARDENS RICHARD PHELPS MADE ME 1720 | |||||||
| 8. | VNTO THE CHVRCH
I DOO YOV CALL DEATH TO THE GRAVE WILL SVMMON ALL RICHARD KITE IOHN WORE CHVRCH WARDENS SAMVELL KNIGHT MADE ME 1732 |
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RECAST
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FORMER BELLS |
Bell |
Supplied |
Scapped Weight |
Diameter |
Cast |
Founder |
Fate |
8 (of 8) |
19-0-8 |
1732 |
Samuel Knight |
Recast 1989 |
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| 1 (of 8) | 5-3-0 | 5-3-2 | 1922 | Alfred Bowell | Recast 1947 | |
| 2 (of 8) | 6-0-23 | 6-0-24 | 30" | 1922 | Alfred Bowell | Recast 1947 |
| 1 (of 8) | 1766 | Lester & Pack | Recast 1922 | |||
| 2 (of 8) | 1766 | Lester & Pack | Recast 1922 | |||
| 4 (of 8) | 1714 | Richards Phelps | Recast 1922 | |||
| 3 (of 8) | 1732 | Samuel Knight | Recast 1891 | |||
| 5 (of 8) | 1714 | Richard Phelps | Recast 1891 | |||
| 6 (of 8) | 1714 | Richard Phelps | Recast 1891 | |||
| 6 (of 8) | 1713 | Richard Phelps | Recast 1891 |
HISTORY |
1714
Present 4th, 5th and 6th cast.
1720
Present 7th cast.
1732
Tenor and present 3rd cast by Samuel Knight.
1766
2 trebles added by Lester & Pack to make 8 in a new timber frame.
1891
Bells 3, 5 and 6 recast by John Warner.
1922
Treble and 4th recast and 7th & tenor rehung by Alfred Bowell. The 2nd was later recast also. It would appear that the 3rd was weighed too at this time.
1922 21 Sept:
To recasting the 4th bell £33. To recasting the 1st bell £15. Rehanging the 7th & tenor bells £10. Total £58. To Revd C.P. Dale. Paid Cq. 1.Nov 1922.1922:
To recasting the 2nd bell, invoiced to Mrs Gatehouse, Biddenden. £22. Paid by cq. 4 Oct 1922.1947
2 trebles recast by Mears & Stainbank.
1973
3rd rehung using local labour.
1981
Bells retuned and rehung by Whitechapel.
1989
Tenor recast by Whitechapel.
1992
Whitechapel fitted new bearing plates to the tenor.
