St Margaret at Cliffe

ST MARGARET-AT-CLIFFE
St Margaret of Antioch

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	8 bells + service bell
	Tenor: 6-0-2 in C
	Grid Ref. TR358447
	Frame: 16th cent for service bell; rest 1977.
	Canterbury District
	Electric keyboard chime

DETAILS OF THE BELLS

Bell

Weight

Diameter

Note

Cast

Founder

1

1-1-1

17³/8"

C

1977

Whitechapel

2

1-1-20

18¹/4"

B

1977

Whitechapel

3

1-2-6

20"

A

1977

Whitechapel

4

2-1-12

22"

G

1977

Whitechapel

5

3-0-21

24¹/4"

F

1977

Whitechapel

6

3-1-26

25³/8"

E

1977

Whitechapel

7

4-3-2

28"

D

1977

Whitechapel

8

6-0-2

31"

C

1977

Whitechapel

Service Bell

6½ cwt approx

32"

B

1696

John Wood

INSCRIPTIONS

19		77
WHITECHAPEL

19		77
WHITECHAPEL

19		77
WHITECHAPEL

19		77
WHITECHAPEL

19		77
WHITECHAPEL

STEPHEN EASTER
VICAR
JUBILEE YEAR
1977

19		77
WHITECHAPEL

THE ST MARGARET'S BAY TRUST
1977
F. E. CLEARY, M. B. E.
FOUNDER

19		77
WHITECHAPEL

ELIZABETH II
SILVER JUBILEE
1977

19		77
WHITECHAPEL

I C 1696

(4 imprints of a shilling of William III at cardinal points; 3 on soundbow, 1 on lower waist)

HISTORY

1696

Bell cast by John Wood (an itinerant founder, based in Bishopsgate, London). It was hung for ringing in a new double braced king post frame.

1887
Stahlschmidt records that local tradition asserts that there were once more bells in the tower and that they were sold to Ashford or Portsmouth. He notes that the upper part of the tower was ruinous for many years and so may indeed have been repaired through the sale of bells. There is no evidence that they went to Ashford.

1977
A chime of 8 was cast to commemorate the Queen's Silver Jubilee. They were cast without canons and hang in pairs just beneath the concrete roof of the tower on steel joists. They are fitted with internal solenoid operated hammers which are controlled from a small ivory keyboard in the vestry.

Bell	Weight	Diameter	Note	Cast	Founder
1	1-1-1	17³/8"	C	1977	Whitechapel
2	1-1-20	18¹/4"	B	1977	Whitechapel
3	1-2-6	20"	A	1977	Whitechapel
4	2-1-12	22"	G	1977	Whitechapel
5	3-0-21	24¹/4"	F	1977	Whitechapel
6	3-1-26	25³/8"	E	1977	Whitechapel
7	4-3-2	28"	D	1977	Whitechapel
8	6-0-2	31"	C	1977	Whitechapel
Service Bell	6½ cwt approx	32"	B	1696	John Wood

1696	Bell cast by John Wood (an itinerant founder, based in Bishopsgate, London). It was hung for ringing in a new double braced king post frame.
1887	Stahlschmidt records that local tradition asserts that there were once more bells in the tower and that they were sold to Ashford or Portsmouth. He notes that the upper part of the tower was ruinous for many years and so may indeed have been repaired through the sale of bells. There is no evidence that they went to Ashford.
1977	A chime of 8 was cast to commemorate the Queen's Silver Jubilee. They were cast without canons and hang in pairs just beneath the concrete roof of the tower on steel joists. They are fitted with internal solenoid operated hammers which are controlled from a small ivory keyboard in the vestry.