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KENNINGTON, St Mary |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
| Bell | Weight (received 1971) |
Weight (after tuning) |
Diameter | Cast | Founder |
1 |
5-0-14 |
4-2-19 |
28⅝" |
1883 |
Mears & Stainbank |
2 |
4-3-27 |
4-3-6 |
30" |
1804 |
Thomas Mears I |
3 |
6-0-27 |
6-0-15 |
32½" |
1602 |
Robert Mot |
4 |
6-0-6 |
6-0-1 |
33¾" |
1784 |
Chapman & Mears |
5 |
9-2-13 |
9-1-16 |
37¼" |
Mid 16th Cent. |
William Oldfield |
6 |
10-3-13 |
10-2-25 |
41" |
1602 |
Robert Mot |
| The treble was supplied in 1883 at 5-1-3. |
| 1. | MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1883 | ||||
| VÆ MIHI SI NON EVANGELIZAVERO | |||||
| 2. | THOS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1804 | ||||
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| 4. | MESSRS JNO ROOTS & FRANCIS SIBERT CH. WARDENS CHAPMAN & MEARS OF LONDON FECERUNT 1784 | ||||
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EARLIER BELLS |
| Bell | Cast | Fate |
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2nd (of 5) |
Pre-Reformation |
Recast 1804 |
5th (of 5) |
Pre-Reformation |
Recast 1784 |
| 5. | Sancta Maria Ora Pro Nobis |
| 6. | Sancta Paule Ora Pro Nobis |
HISTORY |
c.1550 |
1,3 and 4 ( of 5) cast by William Oldfield. |
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1552 |
Record of 5 bells. |
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1602 |
2nd and tenor (of 5) recast by Robert Mot. |
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1784 |
3rd (of 5) recast by Chapman & Mears. |
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1784 |
31st Dec. |
3rd (of 5) hung by John Steddy. |
1804 |
Treble (of 5) recast by Thomas Mears. |
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1883 |
Treble added by Mears & Stainbank to make 6. The bells hung in an anticlockwise frame. |
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1971 |
Bells retuned and rehung in a new clockwise frame by Whitechapel. |
GALLERY |
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| 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. |
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| The canons on the 5th | Two views of the tenor. | |
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The 5th. |
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