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Marden, St Michael & All Angels


Photo: Dickon Love

  • 8 bells hung for full circle ringing
  • Tenor: 14-1-0 in F♯.
  • Grid Ref: TQ744446
  • Complete ring cast at the same time
  • Rung from: Upstairs Ringing Room
  • Frame: 1909 Alfred Bowell
  • Denomination: Church of England
    Diocese (Anglican): Rochester
  • Kent County Association of Change Ringers District: Tonbridge
  • Building Listed Grade: I Click for Heritage details.
  • Peals rung at the tower

Details of the Bells

Bell Weight
(most recent)

(Slightly different weight given in Bowell's notebook)
Diameter Note Date Founder Canons Retuned
® Treble 3-2-1625½" F 1909 Alfred Bowell, Ipswich Flat Never
® 2 4-2-03-3-1626¾" E 1909 Alfred Bowell, Ipswich Flat Never
® 3 4-3-027¾" D 1909 Alfred Bowell, Ipswich Flat Never
® 4 5-1-029¾" C 1909 Alfred Bowell, Ipswich Flat Never
® 5 6-3-1632⅝" B♭ 1909 Alfred Bowell, Ipswich Flat Never
® 6 7-2-07-3-034⅝" A 1909 Alfred Bowell, Ipswich Flat Never
® 7 10-0-138⅞" G 1909 Alfred Bowell, Ipswich Flat Never
® Tenor 14-1-043⅛" F 1909 Alfred Bowell, Ipswich Flat Never

®  - Hung for full circle ringing

Bellframes

Frame Bells Year Maker Material Truss(es) Local
Layout
1 All bells 1909 Alfred Bowell, Ipswich Composite
8.2.D
8

Inscriptions

How the bells are tuned

Earlier ring of six

Bell Weight
(most recent)
DiameterNoteDateFounderRetunedFate
Treble32"C♯1745Thomas LesterNeverRecast 1909
233½"B1775Pack & ChapmanNeverRecast 1909
335½"A1758Lester & PackNeverRecast 1909
438"G♯1777Pack & ChapmanNeverRecast 1909
541"F♯1745Lester & PackNeverRecast 1909
Tenor19-3-1446"E1693John HodsonNeverReputed weight. Recast 1909.

History

1693 Tenor (of 6) cast by John Hodson.
1745 Treble and 5th (of 6) cast by Thomas Lester.
1758 3rd (of 6) cast by Lester & Pack.
1775 2nd (of 6) cast by Pack & Chapman.
1777 4th (of 6) cast by Pack & Chapman.
1909 Bells recast into a ring of 8 by Alfred Bowell.



Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent Page updated: 1 April 2016