MURSTON, All Saints |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell Weight
Diameter
Pitch
Cast Founder 1
3-2-12 25" F sharp 1934
Mears & Stainbank
2
4-1-15 263/4" E 1934
Mears & Stainbank
3
4-3-19 29" D 1934
Mears & Stainbank
4
8-0-8 347/8" A 1934
Mears & Stainbank
5
10-3-0 387/8" G 1934
Mears & Stainbank
Service Bell
3½ cwt approx. 251/2" c.1540
William Oldfield
These bells were cast to ringing weights being 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 of an octave in G. |
INSCRIPTIONS |
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| SYNCHRONOME, LONDON. 1934. | |||||
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| SYNCHRONOME, LONDON. 1934. | |||||
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| SYNCHRONOME, LONDON. 1934. | |||||
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| SYNCHRONOME, LONDON. 1934. | |||||
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| SYNCHRONOME, LONDON. 1934. | |||||
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FORMER BELLS |
| Bell | Weight |
Diameter |
Cast | Founder |
Former tenor |
7 cwt approx. | 33" | 1673 |
Anthony Bartlet |
| Disused 1 | ¼ cwt approx. | 9" | ? | Unknown |
| Disused 2 | ½ cwt approx. | 12" | ? | Unknown |
| Former Tenor. |
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| Disused 1 | [blank] | ||
| Disused 2 | [blank] | ||
HISTORY |
| 13th Cent | Old church built. |
| c. 1540 | A bell cast for the old church by William Oldfield (according to Stahlschmidt). |
| 1673 | Bell cast for Leysdown Church, Isle of Sheppey, by Anthony Bartlet. |
| 1873 | Church pulled down except chancel; new church built on new site. |
| 1874 | Leysdown Church rebuilt with 2 new Warner bells; old bell given to Murston where it was hung with the Oldfield bell in the new church. |
| 1887 | Record of the Leysdown bell being cracked. It was subsequently sold, leaving only its clapper. |
| Late 19th Cent | 2 small 'brassfoundry' bells were cast for unidentified building. |
| 1934 | 5 bells cast by Whitechapel per the Synchronome Clock Co., for the clock at The News of the World offices in Bouverie Street. |
| by 1962 | Murston tower contained the Oldfield bell, hung on its old headstock in a simple deal frame, and the smaller disused bell. |
| 1962 | News of the World bells removed, offered to Smeeth, but rejected. |
| 1964 | Bells given to Murston, complete with looped Cambridge Quarter mechanism; hung on the tower roof in 1965. |
| 1966 | Record of the larger disused bell in the bell chamber. |
| by 1994 | All bells apart from the chime and the service bell were no longer in the church. |
| 2006 | At the request of the DAC, the KCACR inspected the strange installation for safety. The bells were, as the letter to the KCACR stated, "supported by no recognisable engineering method" |
Murston Old Church c. 1807.
