SHOREHAM, Ss Peter & Paul |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder
1
3-3-14
243/4"
1982
Whitechapel
2
3-3-20
253/4"
1982
Whitechapel
3
4-1-16
273/4"
1693
Unknown
4
4-1-24
283/8"
1675
John Hodson
5
5-0-0
293/4"
1672
John Hodson
6
5-2-24
313/4"
1635
John Wilnar
7
7-1-14
343/4"
1635
John Wilnar
8
9-1-16
393/8"
1850
Charles & George Mears
PRIOR TO 1982 |
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder
1
3-3-14
243/4"
1889
Gillett & Johnston
2
3-3-20
253/4"
1889
Gillett & Johnston
8
10-1-7
393/8"
1850
Charles & George Mears
INSCRIPTIONS |
| 1. | CAST BY GILLETT & CO CROYDON 1889 | |||||||||||||||||
| LOUISE SIDNEY ANDERSON |
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| 2. | CAST BY GILLETT & CO CROYDON 1889 | |||||||||||||||||
| FRANCIS &
KATHERINE BUIST |
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| 3. | IOHN CAPON ROGER ATWOOD CHVRCHWARDENS 1693 | |||||||||||||||||
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| 6. | I
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| 7. | IOH WILAR 1635 |
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| 8. | C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1850 | |||||||||||||||||
HISTORY |
1635
Present 6th and 7th cast.
1672
Present 5th cast.
1675
Present 4th cast.
1693
Present 3rd cast.
1775
Tower rebuilt.
1850
Present tenor cast. (The church guide suggests that it was added to the existing five.)
1889
2 trebles were added by Gillett & Johnston to make 8. Carillon apparatus was also added playing various sacred and secular tunes. This was mainly silent for much of the twentieth century.
1907
Further work was done on the bells.
1975
The carillon was put into working order as a memorial to Kathleen Greenwood and Molly Ashby, former members of the congregation.
1982
The 2 trebles were recast and the bells were retuned and rehung in a new frame by Whitechapel. The carillon was dismantled and sold.
1982
12th Sept Bells rededicated by the Bishop of Rochester.
PHOTOGRAPH |
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| The church from a watercolour painting of the late 18th or early 19th century. |
