NEW ROMNEY, St Nicholas |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell
Weight
(as supplied)Weight
(current)Diameter
Note
Cast
Founder
1
4-3-7
28"
E
1809
Thomas Mears & Son
2
4-3-14
291/8"
D#
1784
Chapman & Mears
3
5-3-26
313/8"
C#
1805
Thomas Mears & Son
4
6-2-2 6-0-1
33"
B
1909
Mears & Stainbank
5
8-0-22
353/4"
A
1776
Pack & Chapman
6
8-1-26
373/4"
G#
1776
Pack & Chapman
7
11-3-19 11-1-3
411/2"
F#
1909
Mears & Stainbank
8
16-1-4 15-1-13
453/4"
E
1909
Mears & Stainbank
Sanctus
4 cwt approx.
277/8"
D
15th Cent.
Unknown
INSCRIPTIONS |
| 1. | THOMAS MEARS & SON OF LONDON FECIT 1809 | |||
| 2. | CHAPMAN & MEARS OF LONDON FECERUNT 1784 | |||
| 3. | THOMAS MEARS & SON OF LONDON FECIT 1805 | |||
| 4. | ||||
| EVELYN THURSTON
STRINGER APRIL 29TH 1881. __ JULY 11TH 1903 WHEN SWEETLY CHIMES THIS BELL O'ER SEA AND HILL AND DELL MAY JESUS CHRIST BE PRAISED H.G.S AND M.V.S |
 RECAST BY MEARS & STAINBANK, LONDON. 1909 |
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| 5. | JACOB WALTER & CHARLES ROLFE CHURCHWARDENS 1776 PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT | |||
| 6. | JACOB WALTER & CHARLES ROLFE CHURCHWARDENS 1776 PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT | |||
| 7. | ||||
| TO THE GLORY OF
GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF MARION WALKER WHO DIED APRIL 20TH, 1909 H.G.S AND M.V.S |
RECAST BY MEARS & STAINBANK, LONDON. 1909 |
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| 8. | PROSPERITY TO THIS CHURCH AND PARISH | |||
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FORMER BELLS |
Bell |
Weight |
Diameter |
Cast |
Founder |
Fate |
1 |
1748 |
Robert Catlin |
Recast 1809 |
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2 |
1748 |
Robert Catlin |
Recast 1784 |
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3 |
1748 |
Robert Catlin |
Recast 1805 | ||
4 |
1748 |
Robert Catlin |
Recast 1805 | ||
| 7-2-8 | 34" | recast 1805 |
Thomas Mears I |
Recast 1909 | |
5 |
1748 |
Robert Catlin |
Recast 1776 | ||
6 |
1748 |
Robert Catlin |
Recast 1776 | ||
7 |
1748 |
Robert Catlin |
Recast 1805 | ||
| 12-2-20 | 43" | recast 1805 |
Thomas Mears I |
Recast 1909 | |
8 |
16-3-9 (?18-0-4) |
47" | 1748 |
Robert Catlin |
Recast 1909 |
| 4. | THOMAS MEARS & SON OF LONDON FECIT 1805 |
| 7. | THOMAS MEARS & SON OF LONDON FECIT 1805 |
| 8. | JAMES BRISSENDEN ¡ IOHN RVSSELL ¡ CHVRCH WARDENS R v C 1748 |
HISTORY |
c.1450
A small blank bell was supplied to All Saints, Hope church. The founder is unknown but probably a London founder.
1685
The bells were rehung by John Hodson. There used to be 5 bells in the tower, although at this time it is known that there were 6. It is possible that Hodson augmented the 5 with the 6th bell in this year.
1748
November A new ring of 8 bells was cast by Robert Catlin and hung in a new anticlockwise frame. These bells probably post date those cast for Faversham in the same year by Catlin.
1776
5th and 6th recast by Pack & Chapman.
1784
2nd recast by Chapman & Mears.
1805
3rd, 4th and 7th recast by Thomas Mears.
1809
Treble recast by Thomas Mears.
1909
4th, 7th and tenor recast by Mears & Stainbank who also rehung all the bells.
1968
The bell from All Saints, Hope was transferred to New Romney as a Sanctus bell.
1975
Bells retuned and rehung in the Catlin frame by Whitechapel.
PHOTOGRAPHS |
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The uninscribed 15th Century chiming bell that came originally from All Saints, Hope, Kent. 1968 |
