Sevenoaks

SEVENOAKS, St Nicholas

Photo DrL 13th Aug 2005

	8 bells
	Tenor 16-2-10 in F
	Grid Ref. TQ531543
	Tonbridge District
	Frame: 1966 Whitechapel
	Retuning: Never subsequently retuned
	Upstairs Ringing Room
	PEALS

DETAILS OF THE BELLS

Bell

Weight

Diameter

Cast

Founder

1	4-2-23	27"	1966	Mears & Stainbank
2	4-3-20	27⁵/8"	1966	Mears & Stainbank
3	5-1-10	29⁵/8"	1966	Mears & Stainbank
4	6-0-14	31³/4"	1966	Mears & Stainbank
5	7-0-13	34"	1966	Mears & Stainbank
6	8-2-17	36"	1966	Mears & Stainbank
7	11-3-8	39⁷/8"	1966	Mears & Stainbank
8	16-2-10	44³/4"	1966	Mears & Stainbank

IN MEMORY OF
B. W. FENNELL
CHURCHWARDEN 1950 TO 1964

RECAST
19		66

THE GIFT OF
WILLIAM COOK,
A CHORISTER SINCE 1904.

RECAST
19		66

IN MEMORY OF
CANON A. J. BEANLANDS M.A., F.S.A.,
OF CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL VICTORIA, B,C.
AND ROCHESTER, KENT. D. 1917,
AND HIS SON AND DAUGHTERS.

RECAST
19		66

THE No.4 BELL OF 1771 BORE THE INSCRIPTION
"GOOD PEOPLE ALL WHO HEAR ME RING,
BE FAITHFUL TO YOUR GOD AND KING"
RECAST IN 1966 AS A GIFT OF THE DUNLOP FAMILY
J. K. D., A. M. D., I. G. D., J. H. D.

RECAST
19		66

IN MEMORY OF
MARY JANE CORBY, 1878 TO 1961
GIVEN BY HER SONS JOHN AND PHILIP.

RECAST
19		66

THE GIFT OF
EDITH AND STANLEY BERWICK
IN THANKSGIVING.

RECAST
19		66

ALICE MAUD JOHNSON.
1874 TO 1965.

RECAST
19		66

RECAST 19

66 MEARS & STAINBANK LONDON.

THIS RING OF EIGHT WAS MADE IN 1966 FROM THE
METAL OF THE PREVIOUS PEAL WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY
CAST AT WHITECHAPEL IN 1769 & 1771, FROM THE
METAL OF SIX OLD BELLS AUGMENTED BY THE PARISHIONERS’ GIFTS.

RICHARD SIDNEY BROWNLOW,, 1872 TO 1955
EVA ANNIE BROWNLOW, 1878 TO 1960
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IN HAPPY MEMORY OF
JOSEPH BLANCHET ROWELL, 1877 TO 1963,
FOR MANY YEARS RECTOR’S WARDEN,
AND DOROTHY MANVELL, HIS WIFE, 1877 TO 1940
FROM THEIR FAMILY
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
SIR HERBERT EMERSON 1881 TO 1962
LADY EMERSON, 1884 TO 1964
CHARLES ALAN EMERSON,1912 TO 1943.

1769	The old 6 bells were recast into 8 by Pack & Chapman.
1771	7th recast by Pack & Chapman.
1812	Battlements added to the tower by S.P. Cockerell.
1897	Bells rehung with the 2nd, 4th, 5th and 7th recast by John Warner.
1922	Bells rehung by Messrs Groombrodge and Palmer.
1966	Entire ring recast and rehung by Mears & Stainbank.

DETAILS PRIOR TO RECASTING IN 1966

Bell	Weight	Diameter	Cast	Founder
1	6-2-22	30�"	1769	Pack & Chapman
2	6-1-18	31�"	1897	John Warner & Sons
3	7-0-19	33�"	1769	Pack & Chapman
4	8-1-17	36"	1897	John Warner & Sons
5	10-1-14	39�"	1897	John Warner & Sons
6	11-3-16	41"	1769	Pack & Chapman
7	15-2-20	44�	1897	John Warner & Sons
8	21-2-2	50�"	1769	Pack & Chapman