STAPLEHURST, All Saints |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell Weight
(before retuning)Weight
(after retuning)Diameter Cast Founder 1
5-0-5
1996
Whitechapel
2
5-0-27
1996
Whitechapel
3
5-3-19
5-1-25
30"
1885
Mears & Stainbank
4
6-2-13
5-3-19
311/4"
1885
Mears & Stainbank
5
7-0-6
6-2-8
325/8"
1885
Mears & Stainbank
6
8-2-6
7-1-26
351/2"
1885
Mears & Stainbank
7
9-1-27
8-2-25
375/8"
1885
Mears & Stainbank
8
12-1-18
11-0-13
401/4"
1885
Mears & Stainbank
9
15-2-8*
13-3-19
441/2"
1605
Joseph Hatch
10
21-2-13
19-2-7
485/8"
1885
Mears & Stainbank
* In 1885, this bell was invoiced in at Whitechapel at 15-2-14, and out again at 15-2-8. This bell has been chip-skirted (presumably by Joseph Hatch) and had also been lightly tuned in the lower waist, which must be put down to the 1885 restoration. It was unusual for Mears to perform tuning on bells at that time. Of course, it has now been tuned further in 1996 (quite savagely ... 10% of the weight was lost in the process, which does not include the canons which had already been removed).
INSCRIPTIONS |
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| TO THE MEMORY OF BRIAN C. MITCHELL 1932 - 1995 DONATED BY PAULINE MITCHELL IDEN COURT |
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| DEDICATED TO THE PEOPLE OF STAPLEHURST AND IN MEMORY OF BRIAN C. MITCHELL B BARNES RECTOR |
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| 3. | MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON | ||||||||
| PRAISE TO GOD THE ETERNAL FATHER G. F. REYNER S T P RECTOR 1885 |
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| 4. | MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON | ||||||||
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| 5. | MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON | ||||||||
| PRAISE TO GOD THE ETERNAL SPIRIT | |||||||||
JOHN NUNN |
} CHURCHWARDENS 1885 |
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| 6. | MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON | ||||||||
| GOD BLESS THE CHURCH THIS BELL IS IN PLACE OF ONE CAST IN 1748 |
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| 7. | MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON | ||||||||
| GOD BLESS THE QUEEN THIS BELL IS IN PLACE OF ONE CAST IN 1663 |
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| 8. | MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON | ||||||||
| GOD BLESS STAPLEHURST THIS BELL IS IN PLACE OF ONE CAST IN 1594 |
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THIS TENOR WHICH IS IN PLACE OF ONE CAST IN 1649 |
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FORMER BELLS (from the Ring of 5) |
| Bell | Weight | Diameter | Cast | Founder |
1 of 5 |
8-1-0 | 34" | 1748 |
Thomas Lester |
2 of 5 |
8-2-14 | 37" | 1663 |
William Hatch |
3 of 5 |
11-3-20 | 41" | 1594 |
Robert Mot |
4 (present 9th) |
15-2-14 |
441/2" |
1605 |
Joseph Hatch |
5 of 5 |
21-0-6 | 49½" | 1649 |
John Palmar |
| 1. | IAMES LOVE THOMAS BARTEN CH : WARDENS 1748 T: LESTER OF LONDON MADE ME | |||
| 2. | william hatch made me 1663 | |||
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| 5. |  O HVIVS SOVS AT CHRISTI SALVS HERICVS
KENT RECTOR THOMAS(same line) SCOO E RICHARD FRACES
WARDENES IOH PALMAR MADE |
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| MEE 1649 M S | ||||
| All the 'N's in the tenor inscription were reversed apart from that in WARDENES. |
HISTORY |
1594
Bell cast by Robert Mot (3rd of 4).
1605
4th (of 5) cast by Joseph Hatch.
1649
Tenor (of 5) cast by John Palmer.
1663
2nd (of 5) cast by William Hatch.
1748
Treble (of 5) cast by Thomas Lester.
1885
The treble, 2nd, 3rd and tenor were recast and 3 bells were added to make 8 bells by Mears & Stainbank. The old Robert Mot bell was put on display at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
1885
St Mark's Day
Bells dedicated.
1921
Bells rehung by Alfred Bowell.
1921 4 Nov:
To rehanging the eight bells £100. Paid cq. 21 Nov 1921.1939
The Robert Mot bell was finally broken up as there was a shortage of raw materials at that time.
1973
Tower made safe for the bells to ring again.
1996
Bells retuned with 2 new trebles added to make 10 by Whitechapel.
1997
The 10 bells were hung in a new frame.
