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SUNDRIDGE, St Mary

6 bells plus Priest's Bell
Tenor 13-3-3 in F sharp
Tuning: 2005 Whitechapel
Grid Ref. TQ486549
Tonbridge District
Upstairs Ringing Room
PEALS

DETAILS OF THE BELLS

Bell Supplied Weight Current Weight Diameter Pitch Cast Founder

1

6-0-3

5-2-11

2913/16"

D sharp

1885

Gillett & Co.

2

6-0-15

311/2"

C sharp

1683

Christopher Hodson

3

6-3-13

33"

B

1666

John Hodson

4

7-3-14

341/2"

A sharp

1666

John Hodson

5

9-3-8

38"

G sharp

1619

Thomas Bartlett

6

15-1-21

13-3-3

439/16"

F sharp

1885

Gillett & Co.

Priest's Bell

0-1-26

131/8"

A

1937

Mears & Stainbank

INSCRIPTIONS

1. 877
BY GILLETT & Co CROYDON 1885
REJOICE EVERMORE
2.
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star.jpg (883 bytes) ESLY star.jpg (883 bytes) CRANWELL star.jpg (883 bytes) CHVRCH star.jpg (883 bytes) W star.jpg (883 bytes) IOHN star.jpg (883 bytes) LYNN star.jpg (883 bytes)
3.
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4.
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5.
THOMAS BARTLET MADE ME 1619 bartlet_thomas.jpg (2950 bytes)
6. 848
RECAST BY GILLETT & Co CROYDON 1885
[border on waist]

HISTORY

1619

Present 5th cast.

1666

Present 3rd and 4th cast.

1683

The two trebles were added or recast by Christopher Hodson.

1737

Tenor recast or added by Samuel Knight.

1882

Most of the fittings of the back five are by Harry Stokes of Woodbury, Devon, dated to this year.

1885

Treble and tenor recast by Gillett & Co.

1937

Sanctus bell recast by Mears & Stainbank. Whitechapel index records: "providing new fittings, repairs to clappers of 2nd, 3rd, 4th and tenor. Rehanging peal in ball bearings, £117.15.0. Nov.1937."

2005

Bells retuned and rehung in the existing frame by Whitechapel.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Photo Frank Lewis 12th Feb 2006
The 2nd (note the blackening due to the welding process).
Photo Frank Lewis 12th Feb 2006
The 2nd again.
Photo Frank Lewis 12th Feb 2006
4th, 5th and tenor.
Photo Frank Lewis 12th Feb 2006
The 3rd.
Photo Frank Lewis 12th Feb 2006
The 4th (just), 5th and tenor.
Photo Frank Lewis 12th Feb 2006
Detailed shot of the 2nd and its canon-retaining headstock.