Temple Ewell

TEMPLE EWELL, Ss Peter & Paul

	1 bell (2nd of a former ring of 3)
	Tenor: 5 cwt approx.
	Grid Ref. TR286441
	Canterbury District
	Tuned: Never subsequently retuned
	Frame: 19th century timber

	Ground floor
	Unringable (swing chime only)

DETAILS OF THE BELL

Bell	Weight	Diameter	Cast	Founder
1	5 cwt approx.	30"	1603	Joseph Hatch

1.	ioseph hatch made me 1603

Bell

Weight

Diameter

Cast

Founder

1 (of 3)

4˝ cwt approx.

c.28"

?

Unknown

3 (of 3)

6ľ cwt approx.

c.33"

1610

Joseph Hatch

[no details ever recorded]

ioseph hatch made me
1610

1603

Present bell (old 2nd) cast by Joseph Hatch, one of his first bells.

1610

Bell cast by Joseph Hatch (tenor).

1821

The treble, being cracked, was sold for Ł14. 10s.

c.1850

During the 19th Century, a new frame was constructed for the present bell.

1859

The tenor (being cracked) was sold for Ł50. 14s. 2d.

1887

Stahlschmidt records that there were formerly 3 bells here.

There were formerly three bells - one was sold in 1821, being probably cracked and useless; of the inscription on this no record remains. Another was sold in 1859; it was 33 inches in diameter. This was also cracked. The barbarous local custom of striking the bells with a hammer at weddings and on other festive occasions is … probably the initial cause of the disappearance of these two bells.

1982

The bell was repaired for swing chiming.