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1894 |
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Samuel B Goslin reported, "The bell is not cracked, but is a very poor one, and utterly unsuitable for a church of this position and size, and it should be rehung as it is unsafe, and retained as a five-minute bell. A new bell is required, of about 25 inches diameter, note F#, and this bell would be quite large enough at present and it would come in at any time for one of a new ring or peal, should it be deemed advisable (in the future) to increase the number of bells in a new tower. It is the same size as the new second bell which Mr Goslin has recently put in at S. Alphege Canterbury, where it is much approved. He estimates the cost to rehang the old bell and to cast and hang the new one, with all alterations to fittings, at £50. Mr Goslin has attended to one of the bells at Canterbury Cathedral [Great Dunstan] and given great satisfaction to the Dean and Chapter, and also to the Rev. T. G. Crosse and his churchwardens [St Alphege]. |
Photo: David Cawley's collection
