Kennington, St Mary
Photo: Richard Offen, 2006 |
♫ Sound clip of the ring of bells.(Mark Chittenden-Pile) |
Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (As supplied) | (As received 1971) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 4-2-19 | 5-1-3 | 5-0-14 | 28⅝" | E♭ | 1883 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 1971 Whitechapel | |
® | 2 | 4-3-6 | 4-3-27 | 30" | D♭ | 1804 | Thomas Mears I, Whitechapel | Removed | 1971 Whitechapel | ||
® | 3 | 6-0-15 | 6-0-27 | 32½" | C | 1602 | Robert Mot, Whitechapel | Conventional | 1971 Whitechapel | ||
® | 4 | 6-0-1 | 6-0-6 | 33¾" | B♭ | 1784 | Chapman & Mears, Whitechapel | Removed | 1971 Whitechapel | ||
® | 5 | 9-1-16 | 9-2-13 | 37¼" | A♭ | William Oldfield | Conventional | 1971 Whitechapel | |||
® | Tenor | 10-2-25 | 10-3-13 | 41" | G♭ | 1602 | Robert Mot, Whitechapel | Conventional | 1971 Whitechapel |
Bellframes |
Position |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
Lower tier | 1 | 1,3,4,5,6 | 1971 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Metal | |||||
Upper tier | 2 | 2 | 1971 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Metal |
Inscriptions |
How the bells are tuned |
Earlier bells |
Bell | Date | Founder | Fate | |
Treble (of 5) | Pre-Reformation | Unknown | Recast 1804 | |
3rd (of 5) | Pre-Reformation | Unknown | Recast 1784 |
History |
c | 1550 | 1,3 and 4 ( of 5) cast by William Oldfield. | |
1552 | Record of 5 bells. [1] | ||
1602 | 2nd and tenor (of 5) recast by Robert Mot. | ||
1757 | Record of 5 bells in the tower. [2] | ||
1784 | 3rd (of 5) recast by Chapman & Mears and hung by John Steddy on 31st Dec. | ||
1804 | Treble (of 5) recast by Thomas Mears. | ||
1883 | Treble added by Mears & Stainbank to make 6. | ||
1971 | Bells retuned (by Richard Offen) and rehung clockwise in a new frame by Whitechapel. |
[1] | First fyve bells in the stepyll. (Edwardian Inventory, 1552) |
[2] | The Church is built of Stone, and Consists of The Body and 3 Chancells. The Tower stands on ye South [actually W.] Side of the Church; In it hang 5 Bells, with The following Inscriptions. 1. Sancta Maria, Ora pro Nobis. 2. Robertus Motte Me fecit. 1602. 3. Sancte Paule, ora pro Nobis. 4. Jesus est Amor Meus. 5. Robertus Motte Me fecit. 1602. (Rev’d Bryan Faussett, 1757) |
Gallery |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 29 May 2023 |