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TENTERDEN, St Michael & All Angels

6 bells
Tenor: 10-0-21 in G
Grid Ref. TQ886354
Ashford District
Frame: 1892 oak.
Hung dead with Ellacombe apparatus

DETAILS OF THE BELLS

Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder

1

5-2-21

293/16"

1892

Gillett & Johnston

2

5-2-24

303/16"

1892

Gillett & Johnston

3

6-2-21

3115/16"

1892

Gillett & Johnston

4

7-0-0

339/16"

1892

Gillett & Johnston

5

8-1-21

361/8"

1892

Gillett & Johnston

6

10-0-21

393/8"

1892

Gillett & Johnston

 

INSCRIPTIONS

1. 1353
CAST BY GILLETT & CO CROYDON 1892.
2. 1354
CAST BY GILLETT & CO CROYDON 1892.
3. 1352
CAST BY GILLETT & CO CROYDON 1892.
4. 135-
CAST BY GILLETT & CO CROYDON 1892.
5. 1357
CAST BY GILLETT & CO CROYDON 1892.
6. 13--
CAST BY GILLETT & CO CROYDON.
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
ADMIRAL G. T. GORDON K. H; K. S. F; J. P.
OF INGLESDEN IN THIS PARISH
THESE BELLS ARE PLACED HERE BY
ELLEN JANE. GORDON HIS WIFE
EASTER 1892

HISTORY

1884 Single bell cast by Gillett & Co, weighing approximately 8cwt.
1892 New chime of 6 bells cast and hung dead in a new oak frame in the tower by Gillett & Co.