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STURRY, St Nicholas

Photo RCO 2005

6 bells
Tenor 9-3-7 in G
Grid Ref. TR176601
Canterbury District
Frame: 1993 Whitechapel
Retuning: Whitechapel 1993
Upstairs Ringing Room
PEALS
¯ The bells prior to retuning in 1993
(recorded by Roger Button)
¯ The bells after retuning
(recorded by Dickon Love 28th Dec)

DETAILS OF THE BELLS

Bell

Weight
(as supplied)

Weight
(after retuning)

Diameter

Cast

Founder

1

4-2-0

3-3-22

27"

1904

Mears & Stainbank

2

3-3-22

27¼"

1622

Joseph Hatch

3

4-2-25

30½"

1802

Thomas Mears I

4

6-0-5

32"

1622

Joseph Hatch

5

8-0-20

36"

1622

Joseph Hatch

6

10-2-24

9-3-7

39"

1856

Charles & George Mears

1. MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1904
MAY JESUS CHRIST BE PRAISED
HERBERT PERRY BREWER M.A., VICAR, 1904

JOHN SEZARD
THOMAS WOOD

}CHURCH WARDENS

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3. THE REVD WM CHAFY VICAR THOS WOTTON THOS CROUCH CH. WARDENS THOS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1802
 
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6. C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1856
REVD CHARLES WHARTON VICAR
THOS RAMMELL
WILLIAM BOCKWELL
} CHURCH WARDENS
 

EARLIER BELLS

Bell

Weight

Cast

Founder

Fate

2 (of 5)

1710

Richard Phelps

Recast 1802

5 (of 5)

10-1-9

1622

Joseph Hatch

Recast 1856

 
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HISTORY

1622

Ring of 5 cast by Joseph Hatch.

1710

2nd (of 5) recast by Richard Phelps.

1757 Rev'd Bryan Faussett wrote:
This Church consists of The Chancell, Body, and 2 side Isles. In The Steeple which is a neat Spire, and stands at the West End, hang 5 Bells, thus inscribed.
1. Joseph Hatch made Me. 1622.
2. Richard Phelps …. 1710.
3. Joseph Hatch made Me. 1622.
4. Joseph Hatch made Me. 1622.
5. Joseph Hatch made Me. 1622.

1856

Tenor (of 5) recast by Charles & George Mears.

1802

2nd (of 5) recast by Thomas Mears.

1904

Treble added to make 6 by Mears & Stainbank.

1929

Bells rehung by Alfred Bowell.

1929 29 June:
To rehanging the bells £120. Paid cq on a/c £60. 3 July 1929. cq. on a/c £50 12 July 1929. cq. £10. 4 Oct 1929.

1993

Bells retuned and rehung in a new frame by Whitechapel.