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NEWINGTON (near Hythe), St Nicholas |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder 1
3-2-14
25⅞"
1908
Mears & Stainbank
2
4-2-13
27½"
1725
Samuel Knight
3
5-1-2
29¾"
1725
Samuel Knight
4
5-1-24
30⅝"
1725
Samuel Knight
5
7-0-11
34"
1725
Samuel Knight
6
9-0-19
29"
1725
Samuel Knight
INSCRIPTIONS |
| 1. | MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON. | ||
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| 2. | SAML KNIGHT ○ ○ FECIT ○○ 1725 ○○○○○○○ | ||
| 3. | SAML ○ ○ KNIGHT ○ ○ FECIT ○ ○ 1725 | ||
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HE RY BILTO
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CVRET
○○ SK
○ FECIT 1725
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| 5. | WILLIAM ○ SLODDEN ○ THOMAS ○ TAYLOR CH. WARDENS ○ S K FECIT ○ 1725 ○ | ||
| 6. | IAMES BROCKMAN ESQR ○ SAML KNIGHT FECIT 1725 ○○ | ||
HISTORY |
1552
Record of 4 bells.
1665
One of the bells was recast, weighing 4½ cwt. The remainder were rehung with new wheels and fittings.
1725
Bells recast into a ring of 5 by Samuel Knight.
1758 Rev'd Bryan Faussett wrote:
This Church consists of the Great, and North Chancells; The Body, and an Isle to the North. In a small wooden Steeple, capt. with a leaded Spire, at ye West End, hang 5 Bells, thus inscribed.
1. Sam. Knight me Fecit. 1725.
2. Ditto.
3. Henry Bilton, Curet. S.K. Me fecit. 1725.
4. William Slodden, Thomas Taylor, Ch. Wardens, S.K. Fecit. 1725.
5. James Brockman, Esq. S.K. Fecit. 1725.
[James Brockman appears to have been Lord of the Manor at Newington and also the Patron and no doubt benefactor of the bells]1799 Edward Hasted wrote:
The church, which is dedicated to St. Nicholas, consists of two isles, the northern one being both small and low, and two chancels, having a wooden pointed turret set on the roof at the west end, in which hang five bells. 1908
Treble added to make 6 and all the bells were rehung in a new frame by Mears & Stainbank.
1908
27th Nov.
Restored bells rededicated.
