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SELLINDGE, St Mary |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder 1
3-1-5
25"
1909
Mears & Stainbank
2
3-3-2
26¾"
1909
Mears & Stainbank
3
4-0-24
28⅝"
1909
Mears & Stainbank
4
5-0-24
30"
1723
Samuel Knight
5
6-3-13
33⅝"
1723
Samuel Knight
6
8-2-19
37"
1783
Chapman & Mears
INSCRIPTIONS |
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FORMER BELLS |
Bell |
Weight |
Diameter |
Cast |
Founder |
Fate |
1 (of 5) |
3-2-22 | 27½" |
1906 |
Samuel B Goslin |
Recast 1909 |
2 (of 5) |
4-1-10 | 29" |
1906 |
Samuel B Goslin |
Recast 1909 |
1 (of 5) |
27½" |
1723 |
Samuel Knight |
Recast 1906 |
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2 (of 5) |
29" |
1723 |
Samuel Knight |
Recast 1906 |
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HISTORY |
1552 Record of 4 bells. 1723 Bells recast into a ring of 5 by Samuel Knight. 1759 Rev'd Bryan Faussett wrote:
This Church consists of The Great and South Chancells, The Body, and a South Isle. The Tower stands at ye West End, and is cap’t with a Shingled low Spire. In it hang 5 Bells, all made by Sam. Knight, 1723. 1799 Edward Hasted makes no mention of the bells in the tower. 1906 2 trebles (of 5) recast by Samuel Goslin and all the bells (unsatisfactorily) rehung in a new frame for 6. 1909 The 2 trebles (of 5) were again recast, this time by Mears & Stainbank, who cast another treble to make 6. 1959 Bells retuned and rehung in the strengthened frame by Mears & Stainbank.
