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STOWTING, St Mary the Virgin

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6 bells
Tenor 5 cwt approx. in C
Grid Ref. TR125419
Ashford District
Frame: 1721 Samuel Knight with timber additions Bowell
Retuning: Never subsequently retuned
Ground Floor
Anticlockwise
PEALS

DETAILS OF THE BELLS

Bell

Weight

Diameter

Cast

Founder

1

 2-3-21

22¾"

1935

Alfred Bowell

2

2-3-10

23"

1935

Alfred Bowell

3

3-0-16

24"

1927

Alfred Bowell

4

 3 cwt approx.

24⅜"

Early 15th Cent

William Powdrell

5

 4 cwt approx.

279/16"

1721

Samuel Knight

6

5 cwt approx.

29¾"

1721

Samuel Knight

INSCRIPTIONS
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HISTORY
c.1420 Bell cast by William Powdrell, being the treble of 3, now serving as the 4th.
1721 2 of the 3 bells were recast into 3 which formed bells 1, 3, and 4 around the Powdrell bell. Bells cast by Samuel Knight and hung by Job Potter.
1757 Rev'd Bryan Faussett wrote:
This Church consists only of the Chancell, and Body, and has a very low shingled Spire at the West, in which hang 4 small Bells, all of them cast, in the Year 1721.
1799 Edward Hasted wrote:
The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, consists of one isle and one chancel, having at the west end a low pointed turret of wood, projecting over the lower part of it. Which is built of brick. In it are four bells.
1885 The 4 bells were rehung.

1926
1926 3 Sept: to recasting treble bell and rehanging the four bells £70. Extra to bolting the old framework and strengthening same with oak braces. £12. Total £82. Paid cq. 20 Sept 1926.
1927 Bells rehung and 3rd recast by Alfred Bowell.
1935 2 trebles cast by Alfred Bowell to augment the peal to 6.

1935 30 Mar: To supplying two new treble bells £95. To two new bell ropes & carriage £2-2-0. Total £97-2-0. Paid. Cq on a/c £50 2 Apr 1935. Cq £47-2-0. 3 May 1935
1979 5th rehung by KCACR.