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ST PETER IN THANET, St Peter |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell Weight
(Latest)Weight
(Supplied)Diameter Cast Founder 1
4-1-27
4-3-6
27⅛"
1892
Mears & Stainbank
2
4-1-12 4-3-4 28⅞"
1892 Mears & Stainbank
3
5-2-18 30½"
1777 Thomas Swain
4
5-2-3 30⅞"
1746 Robert Catlin
5
6-1-27 7-0-11 33¼"
1887 Mears & Stainbank
6
8-0-22 36¾"
1822 Thomas Mears II
7
9-2-6 10-1-5 38⅜"
1887 Mears & Stainbank
8
13-2-22 14-3-9 43¾"
1887 Mears & Stainbank
The tower notice states the tenor as weighing 13-2-23.
INSCRIPTIONS |
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EARLIER BELLS |
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder Fate 3 (of 6)
7¼ cwt approx.
34"
1746 Robert Catlin Recast 1887 5 (of 6)
10½ cwt approx.
35½"
1746 Robert Catlin Recast 1887 6 (of 6)
15 cwt approx. 42¾"
1800 Thomas Mears I Recast 1887
| 1. | ROBERT CATLIN FECIT 1746 |
| 2. | ROBERT CATLIN CAST US ALL 1746 |
| 3. | THE REVD JOHN PIGOT VICAR JOHN MOCKETT & THOMAS PAIN CH. WARDENS. THOS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1800. |
| These details are taken from Stahlschmidt's 'Church Bells of Kent'' |
HISTORY |
| 1723 | Lewis' "History of Thanet" states that a few years earlier, the ancient ring of 5 was recast into a ring of 6. |
| 1746 | 2nd, 3rd and 5th (of 6) recast by Robert Catlin. |
| 1777 | Treble (of 6) recast by Thomas Swain. |
| 1800 | Tenor (of 6) recast by Thomas Mears. |
| 1822 | 4th (of 6) recast by Thomas Mears. |
| 1887 | 3rd, 5th and 6th (of 6) were cracked and recast by Mears & Stainbank. |
| 1892 | 2 trebles were added to make 8 and the bells were rehung in a new frame by Mears & Stainbank. |
| 1923 | Mears & Stainbank did some work in the belfry. |
| 1975 | Bells retuned and rehung in the strengthened frame by Whitechapel. |
