Pluckley

PLUCKLEY, St Nicholas

	6 bells
	Tenor 12-3-25 in E
	Grid Ref. TQ927454
	Ashford District
	Frame: 1964 Whitechapel
	Retuning: Whitechapel 1964
	Upstairs Ringing Room
	PEALS

DETAILS OF THE BELLS

Bell

Weight
(pre-retuning)

Weight (current)

Diameter

Cast

Founder

1

5-2-18

5-1-7

31"

1853

Charles & George Mears

2

6-2-24

6-0-7

33"

1853

Charles & George Mears

3

7-0-17

6-3-16

35"

1853

Charles & George Mears

4

8-0-20

7-2-21

37"

1853

Charles & George Mears

5

9-3-25

9-1-10

40½"

1853

Charles & George Mears

6

13-3-21

12-3-25

44½"

1853

Charles & George Mears

INSCRIPTIONS

1.

C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON
RESTORED JUNE 1853
BY SUBSCRIPTION AND RATE
SIR EDWARD C DERING BART M P
REVD ASHTON OXENDEN RECTOR

JESSE SPICER
JESSE SPICER } CHURCHWARDENS

2.

C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON
RESTORED JUNE 1853
BY SUBSCRIPTION AND RATE
SIR EDWARD C DERING BART M P
REVD ASHTON OXENDEN RECTOR

JESSE SPICER
JESSE SPICER } CHURCHWARDENS

3.

C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON
RESTORED JUNE 1853
BY SUBSCRIPTION AND RATE
SIR EDWARD C DERING BART M P
REVD ASHTON OXENDEN RECTOR

JESSE SPICER
JESSE SPICER } CHURCHWARDENS

4.

C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON
RESTORED JUNE 1853
BY SUBSCRIPTION AND RATE
SIR EDWARD C DERING BART M P
REVD ASHTON OXENDEN RECTOR

JESSE SPICER
JESSE SPICER } CHURCHWARDENS

5.

C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON
RESTORED JUNE 1853
BY SUBSCRIPTION AND RATE
SIR EDWARD C DERING BART M P
REVD ASHTON OXENDEN RECTOR

JESSE SPICER
JESSE SPICER } CHURCHWARDENS

6.

C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON
RESTORED JUNE 1853
BY SUBSCRIPTION AND RATE
SIR EDWARD C DERING BART M P
REVD ASHTON OXENDEN RECTOR

JESSE SPICER
JESSE SPICER } CHURCHWARDENS

FORMER RING OF BELLS

Bell

Weight

Diameter

Cast

Founder

Treble

7-0-25

2nd

8-1-23

3rd

11-1-2

4th

13-1-16

Tenor

14-2-3

HISTORY

1552

Record of 5 bells.

1853

The 5 bells were recast into a ring of 6 and hung in an anticlockwise frame by Charles and George Mears.

1964

Bells retuned and rehung in a new clockwise frame by Whitechapel. A new ringing room floor was erected.

Bell	Weight (pre-retuning)	Weight (current)	Diameter	Cast	Founder
1	5-2-18	5-1-7	31"	1853	Charles & George Mears
2	6-2-24	6-0-7	33"	1853	Charles & George Mears
3	7-0-17	6-3-16	35"	1853	Charles & George Mears
4	8-0-20	7-2-21	37"	1853	Charles & George Mears
5	9-3-25	9-1-10	40½"	1853	Charles & George Mears
6	13-3-21	12-3-25	44½"	1853	Charles & George Mears

1.	C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON RESTORED JUNE 1853 BY SUBSCRIPTION AND RATE SIR EDWARD C DERING BART M P REVD ASHTON OXENDEN RECTOR
		JESSE SPICER JESSE SPICER	} CHURCHWARDENS

2.	C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON RESTORED JUNE 1853 BY SUBSCRIPTION AND RATE SIR EDWARD C DERING BART M P REVD ASHTON OXENDEN RECTOR
		JESSE SPICER JESSE SPICER	} CHURCHWARDENS

3.	C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON RESTORED JUNE 1853 BY SUBSCRIPTION AND RATE SIR EDWARD C DERING BART M P REVD ASHTON OXENDEN RECTOR
		JESSE SPICER JESSE SPICER	} CHURCHWARDENS

4.	C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON RESTORED JUNE 1853 BY SUBSCRIPTION AND RATE SIR EDWARD C DERING BART M P REVD ASHTON OXENDEN RECTOR
		JESSE SPICER JESSE SPICER	} CHURCHWARDENS

5.	C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON RESTORED JUNE 1853 BY SUBSCRIPTION AND RATE SIR EDWARD C DERING BART M P REVD ASHTON OXENDEN RECTOR
		JESSE SPICER JESSE SPICER	} CHURCHWARDENS

6.	C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON RESTORED JUNE 1853 BY SUBSCRIPTION AND RATE SIR EDWARD C DERING BART M P REVD ASHTON OXENDEN RECTOR
		JESSE SPICER JESSE SPICER	} CHURCHWARDENS

Bell	Weight	Diameter	Cast	Founder
Treble	7-0-25
2nd	8-1-23
3rd	11-1-2
4th	13-1-16
Tenor	14-2-3

1552		Record of 5 bells.
1853		The 5 bells were recast into a ring of 6 and hung in an anticlockwise frame by Charles and George Mears.
1964		Bells retuned and rehung in a new clockwise frame by Whitechapel. A new ringing room floor was erected.