8 bells Tenor 27-3-23 in C Grid Ref. TQ884334 Ashford District Frame: 1971 Whitechapel Retuning:1961 Whitechapel Upstairs Ringing Room PEALS ¯ SOUND CLIP (Recording by Damien Smith)

Bell	Weight (prior to retuning in 1961)	Weight (current)	Diameter	Cast	Founder
1	7-3-24	7-3-6	333/8"	1769	Lester & Pack
2	7-1-14	7-0-17	3315/16"	1884	John Warner & Sons
3	9-1-0	9-1-24	363/8"	1961	Mears & Stainbank
4*	11-2-1	11-0-14	401/16"	1920	Alfred Bowell
5	14-0-3	13-2-3	431/8"	1826	Thomas Mears II
6	16-3-16	16-2-16	451/2"	1961	Mears & Stainbank
7	23-0-7	22-1-21	511/8"	1884	John Warner & Sons
8	29-1-10	27-3-23	561/8"	1884	John Warner & Sons
Sanctus			147/8"	Mid 15th Cent.	Unknown

1461		Richard Herne of Canterbury bequeathed funds to build the tower.
1471		John Godday bequeathed £10 for a bell for the new bell tower.
1619		2nd recast by Joseph Hatch.
1621		Unspecified bell recast by Joseph Hatch.
1628		3rd recast by Joseph Hatch.
1636		3rd recast again, this time by John Wilnar.
1671		Unspecified bell recast by Christopher Hodson.
1709		Tenor broken by 5 "youths" striking it with hammers.
1717		Existing 5 bells recast into 6 by Richard Phelps.
1757		Treble & 4th (of 6) recast by Thomas Lester.
1769		2 treble bells added to make 8 by Lester & Pack.
1774		4th and 7th recast by Pack and Chapman.
1826		5th recast by Thomas Mears.
1884		Bells 2, 6, 7 and 8 recast by John Warner.
1920		4th recast and tenor and 7th rehung on new headstocks and bearings by Alfred Bowell.
		1920 29 Sept: To rehanging the tenor bell £50. To recasting the fourth bell £60. To new headstock & clapper £10. To repairs to framework, etc £25. Inscription on new bell 82 letters @ 4d each £1-7-4. Less allowance for doing all at one time £5-0-0. total £141-7-4. Paid cq on a/c £70 22 Oct 1920. £2 cash on a/c. cq. on a/c £20 23 Jan 1921. cq. on a/c £10. 17 Feb 1922. cq on a/c £25 20 Oct 1922. cq £14-7-4. 26 Mar 1924
1930		The 7th was rehung by Alfred Bowell.
		1930 Nov: To rehanging the 7th bell £20. To eight mufflers £1. Total £21. Paid cq. £21. 1 Dec 1930.
1938		A new clapper ball had to be supplied to the 7th, by Alfred Bowell.
		1938 8 Oct: To new clapper ball for the 7th bell £2. Paid by cq. 11 Oct 1938.
1961		3rd and 6th recast and the remainder retuned by Mears & Stainbank. Bells rededicated after restoration.
1961	September	The start of something momentous.
1969		Sanctus bell rehung by Richard Offen with new fittings from Whitechapel. The bell is hung in a niche on the south side of the east gable of the nave. This bell has a horizontal bell rope which runs the entire length of the nave roof space to the ringing room.
1971		Bells rehung in a new frame lower in the tower by Whitechapel. The previous frame used to be anticlockwise.
1971	11th Dec.	Bells rededicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
1912	12th Jan.	The Archbishop of Canterbury (Lord Davidson) preached at a special service to mark the completion of the restoration of the tower. The tower is 100ft to the top of the parapet, and the pinnacles are 26ft high (with one 29ft high).

Sanctus bell prior to rehanging.	Sanctus bell after rehanging.