Higham, St John the Evangelist
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 3-1-14 | 32⁷⁄₁₆" | G | 1914 | Alfred Bowell, Ipswich | Flat | Never | |
® | 2 | 3-1-3 | 24½" | F | 1863 | John Warner & Sons | Removed | Never | |
® | 3 | 3-2-3 | 26⅜" | E♭ | 1861 | John Warner & Sons | Removed | Never | |
® | 4 | 4-0-21 | 27⁷⁄₁₆" | D | 1863 | John Warner & Sons | Removed | Never | |
® | 5 | 5-0-10 | 30" | C | 1863 | John Warner & Sons | Removed | Never | |
® | Tenor | 6-0-0 | 32⁹⁄₁₆" | B♭ | 1863 | John Warner & Sons | Removed | Never |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells | 1914 | Alfred Bowell, Ipswich | Steel |
Inscriptions |
History |
1860 | A new church and tower was built by E W Stephens. | ||
1861 | Bell cast (the present 4th) and installed in a frame for 5 bells by John Warner & Sons. | ||
1863 | 4 more bells were added to the empty pits by John Warner & Sons (1,2,4,5 of 5). | ||
1914 | The bells were rehung in a new frame and a treble added to make a ring of six, by Alfred Bowell. This was done at the same time as Bowell recast the two bells at St Mary's Higham into a chime of three. Both sets of bells were dedicated on the same day (Sun 27 Oct) by the Archdeacon of Rochester. [1] | ||
1916 | Ellacombe chiming apparatus was installed by Alfred Bowell at a cost of £10.10s. [2] |
[1] | To rehanging the five bells in new steel frames £108. To new sixth bell £40. Total £148. Plus Higham St Mary's a/c £51-6-4. Total £199-6-4. Paid cq £188 18 Sept 1914. Cq. £11-6-4 18 May 1915. (Bowell records, 11 Sept, 1914) |
[2] | To chiming apparatus to the six bells £10-10-0. Paid Cq. 18 Apri 1916. (Bowell records, c.1916) |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |