Leigh, St Mary
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 3-3-27 | 25⅝" | F♯ | 1931 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | |||
® | 2 | 4-1-23 | 27¼" | E | 1871 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | |||
® | 3 | 4-3-12 | 29¼" | D | 1871 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | |||
® | 4 | 5-3-10 | 31¼" | C♯ | 1871 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | |||
® | 5 | 6-2-4 | 33¼" | B | 1871 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | |||
® | Tenor | 8-2-0 | 36¼" | A | 1871 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel |
Inscriptions |
Earlier ring of five |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Treble | 3-0-21 | 25" | 1731 | Samuel Knight | Never | Recast 1871 | |
2nd | 3-0-27 | 26½" | 1731 | Samuel Knight | Never | Recast 1871 | |
3rd | 4-2-16 | 29½" | 1636 | John Wilnar | Never | Recast 1871 | |
4th | 5-2-5 | 31" | 1636 | John Wilnar | Never | Recast 1871 | |
Tenor | 6-3-17 | 33½" | 1640 | Henry Wilnar | Never | Recast 1871 |
History |
1636 | 3rd and 4th (of later 5) cast by John Wilnar. | ||
1640 | Tenor cast by Henry Wilnar. | ||
1731 | 2 trebles cast or added to make 5. | ||
1871 | Bells recast by Mears & Stainbank. | ||
1887 | Stahlschmidt speculates that some of the Leigh bells came from Bidborough (according to local tradition). | ||
1931 | Treble added by Mears & Stainbank to make 6. [1] | ||
1955 | Bells quarter-turned and rehung by Mears & Stainbank. |
[1] | NEW CHURCH BELL. - On Wednesday the Vicar and some of the belringers visited Messrs. Mears and Stainbank's works at Whitechapel, where the new tenor bell for the Parish Church was cast. (Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser - Fri 27 Mar 1931) |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |