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MARGATE,
St John the Baptist |
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Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder 1
6-0-4
32"
1823
Thomas Mears II
2
6-1-23
33"
1823
Thomas Mears II
3
8-1-26
36"
1900
John Taylor & Co.
4
10-3-7
39½"
1785
William Mears
5
12-2-10
41½"
1785
William Mears
6
11-3-14
42"
1785
William Mears
7
14-2-26
45½"
1785
William Mears
8
21-2-3
52"
1785
William Mears
| The tenor is rather flat. The more modern Taylor bell (the 3rd) stands out as being the only good true harmonic bell. |
HISTORY |
c.1400 |
2 bells cast, later forming 3 and 4 of 5. |
c.1440 |
Bell cast by John Sturdy, later forming the tenor. |
c.1585 |
Bell cast by Thomas Hatch (at some time forming the treble of 5). |
1615 |
2nd (of 5) recast by Joseph Hatch. |
1723 |
Lewis, in his "History of Thanet" quotes the five bells as being "tunable". |
1785 |
Bells recast into a ring of 6 by William Mears. |
1823 |
2 trebles added by Thomas Mears to make 8. |
1900 |
3rd recast and bells rehung in a new composite 2-tier frame by John Taylor. Note that they did NOT retune the back 5 bells but did tune the 2 trebles. |
1935 |
Bells overhauled by John Taylor. |
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2011 |
The tenor was given a wooden shafted clapper, by John Taylor. |
| Photographs kindly provided by Christopher J.Cooper, 2000. | ||
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The 7th bell. |
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An old photograph of the bells and ringers in 1900 (with thanks to Simon Friend from Margate for sending this picture in). |
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MARGATE, Jubilee Tower |
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Bell Cast Weight Tuned Weight* Diameter Pitch Cast Founder 1
0-2-18
0-2-17
14⅝"
D
1908
Gillett & Johnston
2
0-3-8
0-3-3
16"
C
1908
Gillett & Johnston
3
1-0-7
0-3-23
17"
A sharp
1908
Gillett & Johnston
4
1-3-20
1-3-11
2115/16"
F
1908
Gillett & Johnston
5
3-0-1
2-3-17
251/16"
D sharp
1908
Gillett & Johnston
*The Cast Weights were given in the Gillett & Johnston tuning book, along with an approximate weight of the tunings. The tuned weights were never recorded, so a calculated tuned weight is given above, but it should be recognised that this is a rough calculation.
| 1. | GILLETT & JOHNSTON CROYDON 1908 |
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| 2. | GILLETT & JOHNSTON CROYDON 1908 |
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| 3. | GILLETT & JOHNSTON CROYDON 1908 |
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| 4. | GILLETT & JOHNSTON CROYDON 1908 |
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| 5. | GILLETT & JOHNSTON FOUNDERS CROYDON 1908. |
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1908 |
The 5 hemispherical bells were recast by Gillett & Johnston. |
| 1887 | Clock tower built to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria and equipped with a clock by Potts of Leeds. 5 hemispherical bells were provided for it. |
| 1908 | Clock overhauled by Gillett & Johnston. The hemispherical bells were replaced with conventional ones. |
MARGATE, "The Centre" Bells |
There are two clock chimes of bells at each end of "The Centre". Ten bells were cast as two sets of 5, tuned identically, Whitechapel. They were installed with internal electromagnetic hammers by Gillett & Johnston (Clocks) Ltd, Croydon in 1985.
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Bell
Weight
Diameter
Pitch
Cast
Founder
1
0-3-11 15¼" D sharp 1985
Whitechapel
2
1-0-10 16⅝" C sharp 1985
Whitechapel
3
1-1-6 18¼" B 1985
Whitechapel
4
2-2-6 23" F sharp 1985
Whitechapel
5
3-1-20 25⅜" E 1985
Whitechapel
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It is not clear which of the two sets of chimes at Margate Shopping Centre are which. The chimes at the south end of the centre are pictured above. |
Bell
Weight
Diameter
Pitch
Cast
Founder
1
0-3-8 15¼" D sharp 1985
Whitechapel
2
1-0-7 16⅝" C sharp 1985
Whitechapel
3
1-1-5 18¼" B 1985
Whitechapel
4
2-2-8 23" F sharp 1985
Whitechapel
5
3-2-6 25⅜" E 1985
Whitechapel
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