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HORTON KIRBY, St Mary |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder 1
2-2-17 21¾" 2007
Whitechapel
2
2-2-25 22¾" 2007
Whitechapel
3
3-0-10 23½" 2000
Whitechapel
4
3-1-27 25⅛" 1999
Whitechapel
5
3-3-8 26⅜" 1999
Whitechapel
6
4-0-17 27½" 1999
Whitechapel
7
4-2-5 29¾" 1817
Thomas Mears II
8
5-2-26
33" 1826
Thomas Mears II
1.
A GIFT FROM
THE PETTYFER FAMILY OF GRASMERE
IN MEMORY OF
ALFRED PETTYFER
1
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07 WHITECHAPEL
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GIVEN BY
THE OVENDEN FAMILY
JAN, NEIL AND JAMES
IN MEMORY OF
COLIN
2
20
07 WHITECHAPEL
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF BROTHERS
DAVID L. S. SMITH (JEWELLER)
16TH JULY 1935 TO 5TH AUGUST 1996
AND
ROGER F. S. SMITH (SILVERSMITH)
24TH OCTOBER 1939 TO 2ND AUGUST 1994
AD 2000
WHITECHAPEL4.
THE GIFT OF
THE ALLPORT FAMILY
OF CHURCHILL ROAD
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99 WHITECHAPEL 5.
THE GIFT OF
ELIZABETH, PHILIP AND JAMES
IN MEMORY OF
ROBERT, PEGGY AND GRAHAM ROLPH
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99 WHITECHAPEL 6. GOOD CHRISTIANS ALL WE HONOUR TO KING = TRYUMPHS E T L w R: P: FECIT
TO PRAYERS WE CALL AND BRIDES JOY DO BRING w
RECAST
BY THE GIFT OF
THE CROWHURST FAMILY
ONCE OF REYNOLDS PLACE FARM
RECAST
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99 WHITECHAPEL 7. T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1817 8. T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1826
The inscription on the 5th is reproduced in facsimile from the surviving parts of the former middle bell, squeezed in to fit the reduced circumference. The w is a small mark like the mouth of a bell (with clapper) on its side. |
DETAILS OF THE BELLS WHEN STILL A THREE |
Bell |
Weight | Diameter | Strike Note |
Cast |
Founder |
| 1 | 5½ cwt approx. | 30" | 590(12½b) | 1817 | Thomas Mears II |
| 2 | 5 cwt approx. | 30" | ? as cracked | 1733 | Richard Phelps |
| 3 | 6¾ cwt approx. | 33½" | 482* | 1826 | Thomas Mears II |
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flat (International Pitch) = 466 Hz The remains of the inscription on the cracked second appeared as follows (drawing: David Cawley) |
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The cracked segment of the bell is preserved in the ringing room: |
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HISTORY |
1552
Record of 3 bells in the tower.
1733
Bell cast by Richard Phelps.
1760
Hasted noted 5 bells in the tower.
1817
Bell cast by Thomas Mears.
1826
Bell cast by Thomas Mears.
1887
Stahlschmidt noted 3 bells in the tower. The 1817 Mears bell was the treble, with the 1733 Phelps in the middle and the 1826 Mears bell as the tenor. He noted the disappearance ("long since") of the other two bells, but also noted the lower beams of the framing that contained them. He described the middle bell as being "in a most dilapidated condition, having a large piece of the crown and shoulder broken out. As however, the lower part of the bell is perfect, it is capable of being chimed, and in that way is still used."
1999 The treble and tenor were tuned to become the back two bells of a ring of 6. The broken middle bell was recast and 2 bells added to make 5, hung in a frame for 6. The work was done by Whitechapel. 2000 August A treble was cast and installed in the empty pit with help from the Kent CACR. The completed ring of 6 was dedicated by the Bishop of Tonbridge on 26th November. 2007 Bells augmented to 8 with the addition of two trebles.
GALLERY |
The belfry on 29th March, 1969. The cracked middle bell from the old trio. The bell is carefully lowered to the ground by the Kent County Association Bell Restoration Group. Work in the belfry. The 2007 treble.
The 2007 treble.
The 2007 2nd.
