Barming, St Margaret
Photo: Postcard |
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (As dispatched in 1950) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 3-2-8 | 4-0-1 | 26⅜" | E | 1897 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 2014 Whitechapel | |
® | 2 | 3-3-15 | 4-1-16 | 28" | D | 1883 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 2014 Whitechapel | |
® | 3 | 4-2-9 | 4-2-10 | 29¾" | C | William Chamberlain | Conventional | 2014 Whitechapel | ||
® | 4 | 5-1-13 | 5-3-22 | 31⅞" | B | 1883 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 2014 Whitechapel | |
® | 5 | 6-2-19 | 7-1-16 | 34⅞" | A | 1883 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 2014 Whitechapel | |
® | Tenor | 9-0-8 | 9-3-7 | 39" | G | 1883 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 2014 Whitechapel |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells | 1883 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel |
Inscriptions |
Prior to 1883 |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Treble (of 3) | 4-0-9 | 1616 | Joseph Hatch | Never | Recast 1883 | |
Tenor (of 3) | 5-2-8 | 1629 | Joseph Hatch | Never | Recast 1883 |
History |
1442 | -1468 | Present 3rd cast. Later became 3rd of a ring of 4. | |
1616 | Treble of ring of four cast by Joseph Hatch. | ||
1629 | Tenor of ring of four cast by Joseph Hatch. | ||
1883 | Only 3 of the 4 bells survived. Bells 1 and 4 recast by Mears & Stainbank, the missing 2nd was cast, and a new tenor was added, all of which were hung in a new timber frame, forming a ring of 5. | ||
1884 | 11th Feb. | Bells dedicated. | |
1897 | Treble bell added to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. | ||
1950 | Bells rehung on ball bearings. | ||
2014 | The bells were retuned by Whitechapel and rehung with new fittings by Whites of Appleton. |
Peal Boards |
Photo: Jeremy Clitheroe, 25 February 2022 |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |