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KENNINGTON, St Mary

Photo RCO 2006

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)

 

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.

INSCRIPTIONS

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
 
5.
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6.
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EARLIER BELLS

Bell Cast Fate

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.

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.

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.