Hoo St Werburgh, St Werburgh
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 5-2-23 | 29¾" | E♭ | 1995 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | Never | |
® | 2 | 6-0-2 | 30½" | D | 1995 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | Never | |
® | 3 | 5-2-27 | 32¼" | C | 1825 | Thomas Mears II | Removed | 1995 Whitechapel | |
® | 4 | 7-1-18 | 34¼" | B♭ | 1662 | John Hodson, Whitechapel | Removed | 1995 Whitechapel | |
® | 5 | 7-1-2 | 36¾" | A♭ | 1588 | Giles Reve, Kent | Removed | 1995 Whitechapel | |
® | 6 | 10-1-11 | 39½" | G | 1641 | William Hatch | Removed | 1995 Whitechapel | |
® | 7 | 13-1-4 | 43¾" | F | 1781 | William Chapman, Whitechapel | Removed | 1995 Whitechapel | |
® | Tenor | 15-3-6 | 47¼" | E♭ | 1738 | Thomas Gardiner, Sudbury, Suffolk | Removed | 1995 Whitechapel |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells | 1995 | Local |
Inscriptions |
History |
1588 | Present 5th cast. | ||
1641 | Present 6th cast. | ||
1662 | Present 4th cast. | ||
1738 | Present tenor cast. | ||
1781 | Present 7th cast. | ||
1825 | Treble added to make 6 by Thomas Mears. | ||
1913 | Bells rehung on new steel headstocks by Alfred Bowell. [1] | ||
1995 | 2 trebles added by Whitechapel. Bells retuned and rehung in a new anticlockwise frame. |
[1] | To rehanging the six bells £80. To sex new chiming hammers & fixing £3. to six best be ropes £4. Total £87. Paid cq on a/c £50 10 Nov 1913. cq.on a/c £30 2 July 1914. cq. £7 25 May 1915. (Bowell records, 3 Nov, 1913) |
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Photo: Jeremy Clitheroe, 6 November 2017 |
Photo: Jeremy Clitheroe, 6 November 2017 |
Photo: Jeremy Clitheroe, 6 November 2017 |
Photo: Jeremy Clitheroe, 6 November 2017 |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |