Kingston

KINGSTON, St Giles

	2 bells (the front 2 of a former ring of 3)
	Tenor: 5-1-23 in B
	Grid Ref.
	Canterbury District
	Tuned: 1971 John Taylor & Co.
	Hung dead on girders
	Old (cracked) tenor on exhibition in the Poor Priest's Hospital, Canterbury.

DETAILS OF THE BELLS

1. [Blank] (Wide bands at inscription ring and soundbow)

2. ioseph hatch made me 1610

Bell

Weight

Diameter

Pitch

Cast

Founder

3

8 cwt approx.

36⁵/8"

A

c.1325

William le Belyetere

3.

AVE MARIA GRACIA PLENA DNS TECU

c.1325	A bell was cast (later the tenor of 3) by William le Belyetere.
c.1450	The present treble was cast during the 15th Century.
1610	Bell cast by Joseph Hatch, formerly the middle bell of the 3. The 3 bells were rehung in a new timber frame consisting of 3 pits side by side carried on floor beams and consisted of heads, sills, centre-posts, main braces and upper jack braces.
1971	Frame removed as it was badly affected by decay and insect attack, even though it was considered well treated and capable of holding bells hung stationary. The canons of the treble were (perhaps unnecessarily) removed. The 2 trebles were tuned, turned and rehung dead on a girder. The tenor was left on the 1st floor. All this work was done without a faculty.
1988	The old tenor was removed for exhibition at the Poor Priest's Hospital, Canterbury.


The treble bell (an uninscribed casting) probably cast in London in c.1450, fitted for chiming.	The preserved former tenor by William le Belyetere.

1.	[Blank] (Wide bands at inscription ring and soundbow)

2.	ioseph hatch made me 1610