Otham, St Nicholas
Photo: KCACR Maidstone District website |
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (As supplied) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 3-1-11 | 24⅝" | F♯ | 2011 | John Taylor & Co., Loughborough | Flat | Never | ||
® | 2 | 3-2-7 | 25¾" | E | 1925 | Alfred Bowell, Ipswich | Flat | |||
® | 3 | 4-1-0 | 27¼" | D | 1925 | Alfred Bowell, Ipswich | Flat | |||
® | 4 | 5-0-19 | 30³⁄₁₆" | C♯ | 1755 | Lester & Pack, Whitechapel | Conventional | 2018 John Taylor | ||
® | 5 | 6-1-7 | 32¼" | B | William Dawe, London | Conventional | 2018 John Taylor | |||
® | Tenor | 7-1-3 | 7-1-11 | 35¹⁄₁₆" | A | 1906 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Doncaster | 2018 John Taylor |
Bellframes |
Position |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | Resultant Layout | ||
Single level | 1 | 4,5,6 | 1906 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Oak |
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3.1 |
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Single level | 1.1 | 1 | 2012 | John Taylor & Co., Loughborough | Steel |
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4.1 | ||
Single level | 1.2 | 2,3 | 2012 | John Taylor & Co., Loughborough | Steel |
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2.X2 |
6.1 |
Inscriptions |
How the bells are tuned |
Previous bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Tenor | 7-0-22 | 35" | 1714 | Richard Phelps | Never | Recast 1906 |
History |
1385 | -1418 | A bell was cast by William Dawe. | |
1667 | Record of 3 bells. Tenor was rehung on a new headstock. | ||
1672 | Bells rehung. | ||
1714 | Tenor cast by Richard Phelps. | ||
1755 | Present treble cast by Lester & Pack, costing £10. 19s/1d | ||
1906 | Tenor recast by Mears & Stainbank who quarater-turned and rehung the bells in a new frame. Before that the bells used to hang between the tower roof supports. | ||
1963 | Ringing resumed when Mr Tyler begand to teach a band. | ||
2012 | Two Alfred Bowell bells were acquired through the Keltek Trust from the former ring of 5 at Campton, Beds, which themselves were replaced with a new ring of 8 in 2006. These were hung with a new treble, cast by John Taylor in 2011, to augment the ring of 3 to 6 in a new separate cast iron frame, by John Taylor. |
Gallery |
Pictures from the 2018 restoration |
Peal Boards |
Photo: Richard A Love, 1 May 2017 |
Photo: Richard A Love, 1 May 2017 |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 29 July 2018 |