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Newnham
 

Newnham, Ss Peter & Paul


Photo: Dickon Love, Dec 2010

  • 6 bells hung for full circle ringing
  • Tenor: 7-0-18 in B.
  • Grid Ref: TQ953576
  • Rung from: Ground Floor
  • Denomination: Church of England
    Diocese (Anglican): Canterbury
    Archdeaconry (Anglican): Maidstone
  • Kent County Association of Change Ringers District: Canterbury
  • Building Listed Grade: II* Click for Heritage details.
  • Peals rung at the tower

Details of the Bells

Bell Weight
(most recent)

(As received 2009)
Diameter Note Date Founder Canons Retuned
® Treble 2-3-263-0-1722⅝" G♯ 2009 Taylors Eayre & Smith Flat Never
® 2 2-3-223-0-1024" F♯ 1867 John Taylor & Co., Loughborough Removed 2009 Taylors, Eayre & Smith
® 3 3-0-203-0-2024¾" E John Kebyll, London Conventional Never
® 4 4-0-264-0-2627¹¹⁄₁₆" D♯ John Kebyll, London Conventional Never
® 5 5-2-275-3-230⅜" C♯ 1772 Pack & Chapman, Whitechapel Conventional Never
® Tenor 7-0-187-0-2033⁷⁄₁₆" B John Kebyll, London Conventional Never

®  - Hung for full circle ringing

Bellframes

Position
Frame Bells Year Maker Material Truss(es) Local
Layout
Upper tier 2 1,2

Lower tier 1 3,4,5,6

Inscriptions

How the bells are tuned

History

1460 -1485 Present treble, 2nd and tenor cast (the third may have also been cast at this time).
1772 3rd recast by Pack & Chapman.
1867 Bells rehung in a new 2-tier frame.
1980 Tower declared unsafe for the bells to be rung.
1990 Bells run by a maverick band of ringers (this is the last known ring on the bells). During the 1990s, the church put in a loudspeaker system. They were granted a retrospective faculty for this, provided they initiated measures to restore the bells. Nothing was done for a long time.
2009 The bells were rehung and the 2-tier frame was modified into 3 tiers. A new treble was cast by Taylors Eayre & Smith and a 2nd hand bell was donated by the Keltek Trust (origin unidentified, but came from a farmer in Wales).

Gallery


Old photograph of the church.
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Treble bell.
Photo: David Cawley, 1968

The 6 bells lined up at Loughborough.
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The treble and 2nd.
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The 4 old bells in 2009.
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Looking up through the 3 tiers (tenor, 4th, 2nd).
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The new treble bell.
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Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent Page updated: 1 April 2016