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HORSMONDEN, St Margaret

8 bells
Tenor 17-2-10 in E flat
Grid Ref. TQ704382
Tonbridge District
Frame: 3rd on top
Retuning: 1926 John Taylor, Whitechapel 1997
Upstairs Ringing Room
PEALS

DETAILS OF THE BELLS
Bell Weight
(measured 1926/1954)		 Weight
(current)		 Diameter Cast Founder

1

5-1-26

5-1-21

29"

1954

John Taylor & Co.

2

6-0-15

6-0-11

30½"

1954

John Taylor & Co.

3

n/a

6-1-14

30¼"

1997

Whitechapel

4

7-2-23

6-3-19

341/8"

1882

Mears & Stainbank

5

8-1-24

7-2-8

37"

1737

Samuel Knight

6

9-2-27

9-2-22

383/8"

1926

John Taylor & Co.

7

12-3-14

12-0-15

43½"

1810

Thomas Mears II

8

19-0-27

17-2-10

48¾"

1769

Pack & Chapman

The 4th was supplied in 1882 at 7-3-13.

INSCRIPTIONS
1. JOHN TAYLOR & CO. Flower.jpg (800 bytes) FOUNDERS Flower.jpg (800 bytes) LOUGHBOROUGH
IN MEMORY OF
BERTRAM BRIDGES
1954
2. JOHN TAYLOR & CO. Flower.jpg (800 bytes) FOUNDERS Flower.jpg (800 bytes) LOUGHBOROUGH
IN MEMORY OF
BERTRAM BRIDGES
1954
3. S v K v 1737
THE WILLARD BELL

RECAST
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WHITECHAPEL
4. MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON.
CARI NATALIS LOCI SEMPER MEMOR
GS HS SMITH MARRIOTT ME D. D A. D. 1882
5. S v K v 1737
6. S v K v 1737
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RECAST 1926
7. THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1810
8. JOHN OLLIVE & JOHN ASHDOWN CH : WARDENS PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT 1769

FORMER BELLS
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder Fate

3 of 8

6-1-5

32"

1737

Samuel Knight

Recast 1997

2 of 6

1737

Samuel Knight

Recast 1882

4 of 6

39"

1737

Samuel Knight

Recast 1926

5 of 6

1737

Samuel Knight

Recast 1810

6 of 6

1737

Samuel Knight

Recast 1769
3. S v K v 1737

HISTORY

1737

6 bells cast by Samuel Knight from the old 5.

1769

Tenor recast by Pack & Chapman.

1810

5th (of 6) recast by Thomas Mears.

1882

2nd (of 6) recast by Mears & Stainbank.

1926

Bells rehung in the old framework with new fittings by John Taylor, who also recast the 4th (of 6). The remaining bells were retuned.

1954

2 new trebles cast by John Taylor.

1955

Trebles hung in the tower to complete the octave.

1989

Back two bells became unringable, so all ringing took place on the front 6.

1997

3rd recast by Whitechapel, 7th welded by Soundweld, and all bells further retuned and rehung with new fittings in the old frame by Whitechapel.