Rusthall

RUSTHALL, St Paul

Photo DrL 29th Jan 2005

	1 bell
	Tenor: 18 cwt approx. in E
	Grid Ref. TQ566391
	Tonbridge District
	Frame: 1850
	Retuning: Never subsequently retuned
	Upstairs Ringing Room
	The heaviest 1-bell tower in Kent.
	Ż Sound clip (Recorded by Dickon Love, 29th Jan 2005)

DETAILS OF THE BELL

Bell	Weight	Weight (as supplied)	Diameter	Cast	Founder
1	18 cwt approx.	18-2-3	47ž"	1850	Charles & George Mears

1.	C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1850

HISTORY

1850

Church built and bell cast.

1868

Parish created from St Mary the Virgin, Speldhurst.

1931

Canons removed and bell rehung on a new headstock by Mears & Stainbank, reusing the original wheel.

1992

Bell inspected by Graham Pledger who observed that it was hung in a ringing frame, swinging north-south. The frame was moved southwards on the original sills, presumable to accommodate the heating system in the ringing chamber below (possibly in 1931).

GALLERY

The single bell, hung for ringing (photos DRL) Michael Royalton-Kisch ringing
the single bell (Photo DLC)

1850	Church built and bell cast.
1868	Parish created from St Mary the Virgin, Speldhurst.
1931	Canons removed and bell rehung on a new headstock by Mears & Stainbank, reusing the original wheel.
1992	Bell inspected by Graham Pledger who observed that it was hung in a ringing frame, swinging north-south. The frame was moved southwards on the original sills, presumable to accommodate the heating system in the ringing chamber below (possibly in 1931).


The single bell, hung for ringing (photos DRL)		Michael Royalton-Kisch ringing the single bell (Photo DLC)