LYMINGE, Ss Mary & Ethelburga |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
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
5-1-12 301/4"
1904
Mears & Stainbank
3
6-3-1
6-0-15 323/8"
1904
Mears & Stainbank
4
6-1-27 333/4"
1631
John Wilnar
5
7-1-0 353/4"
1785
William Mears
6
8-3-6 3711/16"
1727
Samuel Knight
7
9-0-26 401/2"
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:
| 1 | 5-1-20 |
| 2 | 6-0-0 |
| 3 | 6-3-9 |
| 8 | 17¾ cwt approx. |
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.
INSCRIPTIONS |
| 1. | MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON. | ||||||||||||||
| ROBERT D.
EVES., M.A. RECTOR OF LYMINGE, GAVE ME. A.D. 1904. "PRAISE YE THE LORD" |
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| 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" |
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| CAST IN 1810, AND RECAST IN 1904, BY MEARS & STAINBANK. ROBERT D. EVES, M.A. RECTOR. |
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JOHN
HOWARD, M.P. |
} | CHURCHWARDENS. |
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| 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 (scribed on crown of bell under headstock on wheel side) | ||||||||||||||
| MR RICHARD KENNET CHURCH WARDEN J759 LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT (crest) ` ` ` (crest) | |||||||||||||||
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FORMER BELLS |
In 1756-7, the composition of the ring was recorded as follows: |
Bell |
Weight | Diameter | Cast |
Founder |
Comments |
1 |
7¼ cwt approx. | 333/4" | 1631 |
John Wilnar |
Present 4th |
2 |
1585 |
Thomas Hatch |
Recast 1785 |
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3 |
9½ cwt approx. | 3711/16" | 1727 |
Samuel Knight |
Samuel Knight |
4 |
1727 |
Samuel Knight |
Recast 1785 | ||
5 |
1508 |
Unknown |
Recast 1759 |
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| 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 KNOGHT 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.
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.
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.
PHOTOGRAPH |
The 8 bells were removed in
January, 2002, and loaded on this lorry
heading for the Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
