Margate, Holy Trinity (Old Church)


1825	27th Sept	Foundation stone laid by Dr Manners-Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury. Mr William Edmunds of Margate was the architect.
1825-29		Church built. The Margate Pier & Harbour Co. made a grant of £2k as the fine 136ft pinnacles tower was to be of value as a sea mark, provided that it was approved as such by Trinity House (who themselves contributed).
1829	11th Jun	Church consecrated by Dr William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury. Bell purchased from Thomas Mears. It was hung for ringing in a frame 9’ 6" high!
1842		Church separated from St John's and assigned its own district, becoming "Holy Trinity Church".
1845		Clock (by Thwaites & Reed) purchased by subscription.
1903		Estimate for a ring of 8 bells prepared by Mears & Stainbank, together with an extension to the church, towards which friends of Canon Pryor (the Vicar) promised £3,000.
1906		"The scheme caused a certain amount of discontent and a deputation waited upon the Vicar. [He] promised that the bells would cause no trouble, that for practices they would be swung dumb, and that in special circumstances they would not be pealed at all. Nevertheless, the idea was dropped".
1943	1st Jun	The church was bombed. The tower and its contents survived. Services continued in the church hall.
1956		Services transferred to St Mary’s Chapel, Northdown Park. The Friend family who owned it gave the chapel and the surrounding land for a new church.
1957	21st Oct	Building of the new church commenced. It is an enlarged version, especially the tower, of Little Chart, by the same architect, Harold Anderson.
1958		The tower of the old church was demolished.

Bell	Weight	Diameter	Pitch	Cast	Founder
Ringing bell	10-3-2	40¼"	G	1829	Thomas Mears II

1	T. MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1829