Loose, All Saints
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 5½ cwt approx | 30¾" | John Harding, London | Never | ||||
® | 2 | 7 cwt approx. | 32½" | 1603 | Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent | Conventional | Never | ||
® | Tenor | 8-3-21 | 36¾" | 1952 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Never |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells | Timber |
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Inscriptions |
Previous castings of the tenor. |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (Supplied weight) | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Tenor | 1615 | Joseph Hatch | Never | Recast 1629 | |||
Tenor | 1629 | Joseph Hatch | Never | Recast 1635 | |||
Tenor | 9-0-24 | 8-1-6 (930 li) | 1635 | Joseph Hatch | Never | Recast 1886 | |
Tenor | 8-3-21 | 1886 | Mears & Stainbank | Never | Recast 1952 |
History |
c | 1550 | Present trebles cast. | |
1603 | Present 2nd cast. | ||
1615 | Tenor recast by Joseph Hatch. | ||
1629 | Tenor again recast by Joseph Hatch. | ||
1635 | Tenor recast for the 3rd time by Joseph Hatch. The church registers say it weighed 930li (8-1-6). When Whitechapel received it in 1886 it weighed 9-0-24. | ||
1704 | Bells rehung by John Broomfield. | ||
1886 | Tenor recast by Mears & Stainbank. | ||
1952 | The cracked tenor was recast (or replaced) by Mears & Stainbank who also rehung the other bells. |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |