SUNDRIDGE, St Mary |
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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 | ||||||||||||||
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| 6. | 848 | |||||||||||||
| RECAST BY GILLETT & Co CROYDON 1885 | ||||||||||||||
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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 |
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| The 2nd (note the blackening due to the welding process). |
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| The 2nd again. |
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| 4th, 5th and tenor. |
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| The 3rd. |
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| The 4th (just), 5th and tenor. |
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| Detailed shot of the 2nd and its canon-retaining headstock. |