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Addington, St Margaret


Photo: Dickon Love, Apr 2007

  • 4 bells hung for full circle ringing
  • Tenor: 5-1-11 in B♭.
  • Grid Ref: TQ654589
  • Rung from: Upstairs Ringing Room
  • Frame: 1969 Whitechapel Bell Foundry, made of cast iron with a foundation for 6 bells
  • Denomination: Church of England
    Diocese (Anglican): Rochester
  • Kent County Association of Change Ringers District: Rochester
  • Building Listed Grade: I Click for Heritage details.
  • Peals rung at the tower

Details of the Bells

Bell Weight
(most recent)
Diameter Note Date Founder Canons Retuned
® Treble 3-3-926" E♭ 1969 Whitechapel Bell Foundry Flat 1969 Whitechapel
® 2 4-2-629" D 1635 John Wilnar, Borden, Kent Conventional 1969 Whitechapel
® 3 5-1-1830½" C 1620 John Wilnar, Borden, Kent Conventional 1969 Whitechapel
® Tenor 5-1-1131⅞" B♭ John Wilnar, Borden, Kent Conventional 1969 Whitechapel

®  - Hung for full circle ringing

Bellframes

Frame Bells Year Maker Material Truss(es) Local
Layout
1 All bells 1969 Whitechapel Bell Foundry Cast iron
6

Inscriptions

Prior to 1969

Bell Weight
(most recent)
DiameterNoteDateFounderRetunedFate
Treble3-3-1726"E1710Matthew BagleyNever

History

1
1620 Present 3rd cast.
1635 Present 2nd cast.
1710 Treble cast by Matthew Bagley.
1732 Bells rehung in new frame for 6.
1969 Treble recast a semitone flatter, thus bringing the bells from a Lydian scale into a diatonic scale, all retuned and rehung in a new frame for 6. The Whitechapel card on the wall states this bell to be 4-0-13 rather than the weight given.



Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent Page updated: 1 April 2016