High Halden, St Mary the Virgin
♫ Sound clip of the ring of bells.(Damian S Smith) |
Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 4-1-20 | 28" | D♯ | 1913 | Alfred Bowell, Ipswich | Flat | Never | |
® | 2 | 5-0-8 | 29½" | C♯ | 1955 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Flat | 1914 Alfred Bowell | |
® | 3 | 6-1-4 | 35¼" | B | 1610 | Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent | Removed | 1914 Alfred Bowell | |
® | 4 | 8-1-7 | 35¼" | A♯ | 1609 | Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent | Removed | 1914 Alfred Bowell | |
® | 5 | 9-2-7 | 38¾" | G♯ | 1609 | Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent | Removed | 1914 Alfred Bowell | |
® | Tenor | 13¼ cwt approx | 42¾" | F♯ | 1913 | Alfred Bowell, Ipswich | Flat | Never |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells | 1938 | John Taylor & Co., Loughborough | Metal |
Inscriptions |
Prior to 1955 |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (Bowell weighing 1914) | Diameter | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
2nd | 4-3-11 | 3-1-10 | 29½" | 1609 | Joseph Hatch | Never | Recast 1955 |
History |
1609 | -1611 | New ring of 5 cast by Joseph Hatch and hung in a new frame. | |
1620 | Tenor recast by Joseph Hatch. | ||
1911 | Tenor recast and bells rehung with new steel headstocks. | ||
1914 | New treble added and bells rehung on girder headstocks by Alfred Bowell to make 6 bells. [1] | ||
1938 | Bells rehung in a new metal frame by John Taylor & Co. largely using the fittings from 1911/14 (although new ball bearings were provided). The bells did not leave the church. | ||
1955 | 2nd recast by Mears & Stainbank. |
[1] | To new treble bell fixed complete £46-10-0. Paid cq. 20 Oct 1914. (Bowell records, 11 Sept, 1914) |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |