Bearsted, Holy Cross
Photo: Dickon Love, Sept 2005 |
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 4-3-22 | 28" | E | 1877 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Conventional | Never | |
® | 2 | 5½ cwt approx | 30¼" | D | William Chamberlain | Conventional | Never | ||
® | 3 | 6-0-16 | 31½" | C | 1877 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Conventional | Never | |
® | 4 | 7½ cwt approx | 34⅛" | B | 1590 | Robert Mot, Whitechapel | Conventional | Never | |
® | 5 | 9 cwt approx. | 36⅝" | A | 1606 | Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent | Conventional | Never | |
® | Tenor | 11-0-17 | 39⅝" | G | 1961 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Flat | Never |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells | 1793 | Timber |
Inscriptions |
Prior to 1961 |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Tenor (of 6) | 11-0-8 | 40" | 1742 | Thomas Lester | Never | Recast 1961 |
Prior to 1877 |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Treble (of 6) | 4-0-9 | 1729 | Richard Phelps | Never | Recast 1877 | |
3 (of 6) | 5-2-8 | 1599 | Thomas Hatch | Never | Recast 1877 |
History |
c | 1440 | Present 2nd cast. | |
1590 | Present 4th cast. | ||
1599 | 3rd cast by Thomas Hatch. | ||
1606 | Present 5th cast. | ||
1729 | Treble cast by Richard Phelps. | ||
1742 | Tenor cast by Thomas Lester. | ||
1793 | Bells rehung in a new timber frame. | ||
1877 | Treble and 3rd recast by Mears & Stainbank. | ||
1961 | Tenor recast and rehung on ball bearings by Whitechapel, together with the 5th. | ||
1975 | Bells rehung. | ||
1993 | 5th welded by Soundweld and rehung by the K.C.A. | ||
2013 | The gudgeon of the 2nd broke causing the bell to wedge between the frame and floor. |
Peal Boards |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 11 November 2018 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 11 November 2018 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 11 November 2018 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 11 November 2018 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 11 November 2018 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 11 November 2018 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 11 November 2018 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 11 November 2018 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 11 November 2018 |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |