6 bells Tenor 10-2-25 in F sharp Grid Ref. TR023452 Ashford District Frame: 1971 Whitechapel Retuning: Whitechapel 1971 (R C Offen) Glazed Gallery PEALS ¯ SOUND CLIP (Recording by Mark Chittenden-Pile)

Bell	Weight (prior to retuning)	Weight (current after retuning)	Diameter	Cast	Founder
1	5-0-14	4-2-19	285/8"	1883	Mears & Stainbank
2	4-3-27	4-3-6	30"	1804	Thomas Mears I
3	6-0-27	6-0-15	321/2"	1602	Robert Mot
4	6-0-6	6-0-1	333/4"	1784	Chapman & Mears
5	9-2-13	9-1-16	371/4"	Mid 16th Cent.	William Oldfield
6	10-3-13	10-2-25	41"	1602	Robert Mot

1.	MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1883
	VÆ MIHI SI NON EVANGELIZAVERO
2.	THOS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1804
3.	Robertus + Mot + me + fecit 1602
4.	MESSRS JNO ROOTS & FRANCIS SIBERT CH. WARDENS CHAPMAN & MEARS OF LONDON FECERUNT 1784
5.	IHS ¡ EST ¡ AMOR ¡ MEVS (Royal Arms)
6.	Robertus + Mot + me + fecit + 1602

Prior to their recasting in 1804 and 1784 respectively, the 2nd and 4th (formerly the treble and 3rd of a 5 bell peal) were inscribed as follows:

2.	Sancta Maria Ora Pro Nobis
4.	Sancta Paule Ora Pro Nobis

HISTORY

c.1550		1,3 and 4 ( of 5) cast by William Oldfield.
1552		Record of 5 bells.
1602		2nd and tenor (of 5) recast by Robert Mot.
1784		3rd (of 5) recast by Chapman & Mears.
1784	31st Dec.	3rd (of 5) hung by John Steddy.
1804		Treble (of 5) recast by Thomas Mears.
1883		Treble added by Mears & Stainbank to make 6. The bells hung in an anticlockwise frame.
1971		Bells retuned and rehung in a new clockwise frame by Whitechapel.

PHOTOGRAPHS

The 2nd is on the upper tier. The other bell in the foreground is the tenor.

The tenor bell.

Part of the inscription on the 5th.

The canons on the 5th.

The tenor.

The tenor.

The 5th.