8 bells Tenor 15-3-25 in E Grid Ref. TR161408 Canterbury District Frame: 1904 Mears & Stainbank Retuning: 2002 Whitechapel Ground Floor PEALS ¯ Bells prior to retuning in 2002 Recording by William Hibbert ¯ Bells after retuning in 2002 Recording by William Hibbert

Bell	Weight (Prior to retuning)	Weight (After retuning)	Diameter	Cast	Founder
1	5-1-24	4-3-14	29"	1904	Mears & Stainbank
2	6-0-4	5-1-12	30¼"	1904	Mears & Stainbank
3	6-3-1	6-0-15	32⅜"	1904	Mears & Stainbank
4		6-1-27	33¾"	1631	John Wilnar
5		7-1-0	35¾"	1785	William Mears
6		8-3-6	3711/16"	1727	Samuel Knight
7		9-0-26	40½"	1785	William Mears
8	18-0-11	15-3-25	46"	1759	Lester & Pack

An old plaque (dated April 1904) on the wall of the church gives:

The tenor was weighed in January 2002 at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry and is soon to be retuned.
The tenor bears the inscription J8-0-27 suggesting that this was the originally measured weight.

1.	MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON.
	ROBERT D. EVES., M.A. RECTOR OF LYMINGE, GAVE ME. A.D. 1904. "PRAISE YE THE LORD"
2.	MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON.
	KATHERINE, WIFE OF THE REV: ROBERT D. EVES, RECTOR OF LYMINGE, GAVE ME. A.D. 1904. "THE LORD'S NAME BE PRAISED"
3.
	CAST IN 1810, AND RECAST IN 1904, BY MEARS & STAINBANK. ROBERT D. EVES, M.A. RECTOR. JOHN HOWARD, M.P. ALFRED BROADLEY } CHURCHWARDENS.
4.	IOHN WILNAR MADE ME 1631 W N
5.	WM MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1785 MESSRS THOS FORDERD & JNO SWAINE CH. WARDENS
6.	SAM= KNIGHT FECIT J727 WILL= MARCH ROBART WOOD C W
7.	MESSRS THOS FORDERD & JNO SWAINE CHURCH WARDENS WM MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1785.
8.	J8 = 0 = 27 (engraved on crown of bell under headstock on wheel side)
	MR RICHARD KENNET CHURCH WARDEN J759 LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT (crest) ` ` ` (crest)
	(ornamental border of 36 loops)

EARLIER BELLS

In 1756-7, the composition of the ring was recorded as follows:

1	IOHN WILNAR MADE ME 1631 W N
2.	J B 1585. IN YE NAME OF GOD AMEN  T H
3.	SAM= KNIGHT FECIT J727 WILL= MARCH ROBART WOOD C W
4.	WILLIAM RIDGEN. SAMUEL KNIGHT FECIT 1727
5.	Sancta Maria Ora Pro Nobis

A treble bell was added in 1810 to make 6:

Bell	Weight	Diameter	Cast	Founder	Comments
1	6-2-12	33"	1810	Mears & Stainbank	Recast 1904

HISTORY

1508	Tenor recast at the bequest of Rev'd Thomas Duffyn.
1552	Record of 5 bells.
1585	2nd (of 5) recast by Thomas Hatch.
1631	Treble (of 5) recast by John Wilnar (this is the current 4th). Stahlschmidt writes that "Local tradition affirms that [this] bell was cast on the green near the church, and that silver coins were thrown into the molten metal by members of the Honywood amily of Sibton.
1727	3rd and 4th (of 5) recast by Samuel Knight.
1758	Rev'd Bryan Faussett wrote: The Church is an Handsome Building of Flint Stones; and consists of ye Body, and 1 Side Isle toward ye North. The whole Structure is cover’d with Lead. The Bells, which are 5 in Number, hang in a beautyfull Square Tower, at ye West End, having a Small Spire in ye Middle. The Bells have ye following Inscriptions. 1. John Wilnar made Me. 1631. W.N. 2. J.B. 1585. In ye Name of God. Amen. T.H. 3. William Marche, Robert Wood, Samuel Knight fecit. 1727. 4. William Rigden, Samuel Knight fecit. 1727. 5. Sancta Maria, Ora pro Nobis.
1759	Tenor recast by Lester & Pack. In the inscription is the weight 18-0-27. Mears & Stainbank later estimated this to be too high.
1787	2nd and 4th (of 5) recast by William Mears.
1799	Edward Hasted wrote: The church, which is dedicated St. Mary and St. Eadburgh, consists of two isles and a chancel, having a square tower steeple, with a low pointed turret on it, at the west end, in which are five bells.
1810	Treble added by Thomas Mears to make 6.
1904	Treble recast and 2 trebles added by Mears & Stainbank to make 8. Whole peal rehung in a new frame.
1960	Bells rehung, although only the headstocks were sent to the Whitechapel foundry.
2002	Bells retuned by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry and rehung by Matthew Higby.

The 8 bells were removed in January, 2002, and loaded on this lorry
heading for the Whitechapel Bell Foundry.