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| Bell | Weight (latest) |
Weight (as supplied to Homerton) |
Weight (as received by Whitechapel) |
Diameter | Note | Cast | Founder |
| 1 | 3-2-10 | 4-0-3 | 4-0-0 | 257/16" | F sharp | 1890 | Mears & Stainbank |
| 2 | 4-0-7 | 4-2-14 | 4-1-26 | 2613/16" | E | 1890 | Mears & Stainbank |
| 3 | 4-1-22 | 5-0-1 | 4-3-27 | 28⅝" | D | 1890 | Mears & Stainbank |
| 4 | 5-0-2 | 5-2-12 | 5-2-10 | 29⅞" | C sharp | 1890 | Mears & Stainbank |
| 5 | 6-1-12 | 6-3-9 | 6-3-8 | 3215/16" | B | 1890 | Mears & Stainbank |
| 6 | 8-0-1 | - | - | 3515/16" | A | 2010 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry |
Clock bell |
4-1-26 |
- | - | 27¼" | G flat | 1806 |
Thomas Mears & Son |
Swing bell |
5-3-19 |
- | - | 3015/16" | D | 1806 |
Thomas Mears & Son |
The former Homerton tenor was recast. It was originally:
| Bell | Weight (latest) |
Weight (as supplied to Homerton) |
Weight (as received by Whitechapel) |
Diameter | Note | Cast | Founder |
6 |
7-1-27 | 8-1-9 | 8-1-8 | 35⅞" | A |
1890 |
Mears & Stainbank |
Details of inscriptions on the ring of 6 to be advised.
| Clock | THE GIFT OF HENRY DRAPER 1691 THOMAS ELLIOT THOMAS COLYER CHURCH : | ||
| WARDENS RECAST THE REVD THOMAS HEATHCOTE RECTOR WILLIAM (loop) | |||
| Swing | NETLEINGHAM JOHN SHARP CHURCH WARDENS 1806 T : MEARS & SON OF LONDON FECIT | ||
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970
Evidence of a Saxon church in existence.
14th Cent
The church was built under the direction of Westminster Abbey.
1552
Record of 3 bells and a sanctus bell ("Item iij bells in the steple suted of brasse a saints bell of brasse and two sacryng bells of brasse.")
1638
14th Jan. Lightning from a serious storm caused the spire and nave roofs / aisles to be burned down. The 5 bells were melted in the heat. Queen Elizabeth had called these bells her "Nightingales" because of their sweet sound when rung.
1676
A bell was cast by John & Christopher Hodson and hung in the newly restored tower. The frame cannot have been totally destroyed as some of the medieval timbers from the original frame survive today.
1691
A bell was given by Henry Draper.
c. 1750
Hasted records five bells in the tower. It would appear he was mistaken as the five bells had been destroyed a hundred years earlier.
1806
Both bells in the tower were recast by Thomas Mears & Son.
2010 The 6 bells earlier acquired from St Paul's, Homerton were tuned, but it was clear that the tenor was inferior to the rest with a large porous patch in the waist that was visible inside and out! It was therefore recast. 2011 16th Jan The 6 bells were dedicated on the floor of the church. 2011 The bells were hung in a new frame in the tower. The existing two were rehung, one stationary as a clock bell (the smaller) and the other for swing chiming.
These photos (by Dickon Love) were taken of the two bells that were in the tower
before the work was done to install the ring of 6.The larger of the 2 bells. The smaller bell. The two bells side by side, hung for swing chiming (although shown here clocked) in the reconstructed frame from medieval timbers along the east wall of the tower. These photos (by Frank Lewis) were taken after the new ring of 6 was installed:
