MARDEN, St Michael & All Angels |
|
|
DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder
1
3-2-16
650mm
1909
Alfred Bowell
2
4-2-0*
680mm
1909
Alfred Bowell
3
4-3-0
704mm
1909
Alfred Bowell
4
5-1-0
757mm
1909
Alfred Bowell
5
6-3-16
829mm
1909
Alfred Bowell
6
7-2-0**
880mm
1909
Alfred Bowell
7
10-0-1
978mm
1909
Alfred Bowell
8
14-1-0
1095mm
1909
Alfred Bowell
| *Bowell notebook says 3-3-16. ** Bowell notebook says 7-3-0 |
INSCRIPTIONS |
| 1. | ALFRED BOWELL FOUNDER IPSWICH 1909. |
| 2. | ALFRED BOWELL FOUNDER IPSWICH 1909. |
| 3. | ALFRED BOWELL FOUNDER IPSWICH 1909. |
| 4. | ALFRED BOWELL FOUNDER IPSWICH 1909. |
| 5. | ALFRED BOWELL FOUNDER IPSWICH 1909. |
| 6. | ALFRED BOWELL FOUNDER IPSWICH 1909. |
| 7. | ALFRED BOWELL FOUNDER IPSWICH 1909. |
| 8. | ALFRED BOWELL, FOUNDER, IPSWICH. |
| THIS PEAL OF EIGHT WAS
CAST FROM THE SIX ANCIENT BELLS IN A.D. 1909. R. E. JOHNSTON, M.A. VICAR. |
Note that the U of Pilleau (on the
tenor) looks as if it has been removed,
and looks indented into the bell as opposed to being proud from it.
HISTORY |
1693
Tenor (of 6) cast by John Hodson.
1745
Treble and 5th (of 6) cast by Thomas Lester.
1758
3rd (of 6) cast by Lester & Pack.
1775
2nd (of 6) cast by Pack & Chapman.
1777
4th (of 6) cast by Pack & Chapman.
1909
Bells recast into a ring of 8 by Alfred Bowell.
DETAILS OF THE OLD BELLS |
(taken from Stahlschmidt "Church Bells of Kent", 1887)
Bell |
Weight |
Diameter |
Note |
Cast |
Founder |
1 |
32" |
C sharp |
1745 |
Thomas Lester |
|
2 |
33½" |
B |
1775 |
Pack & Chapman |
|
3 |
35½" |
A |
1758 |
Lester & Pack |
|
4 |
38" |
G sharp |
1777 |
Pack & Chapman |
|
5 |
41" |
F sharp |
1745 |
Thomas Lester |
|
6 |
19-3-14 |
46" |
E |
1693 |
John Hodson |
| 1. | AT PROPER TIMES MY VOICE I WILL RAISE & SOUND TO MY SUBSCRIERS PRAISE THOS LESTAR MADE ME 1745 | ||||||||||||
| 2. | MR JOHN BURR CHURCH WARDEN 1775 PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT | ||||||||||||
| 3. | LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT 1758 | ||||||||||||
| 4. | PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT 1777 | ||||||||||||
| 5. | THOS LESTER OF LONDON CAST ME | ||||||||||||
| GEO OSBORNE & IAMES PACKHAM CH WARDENS 1745 | |||||||||||||
| 6. |
|
||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
