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Pluckley, St Nicholas


  • 6 bells hung for full circle ringing
  • Tenor: 12-3-25 in E.
  • Grid Ref: TQ926453
  • Complete ring cast at the same time
  • Rung from: Upstairs Ringing Room
  • Frame: 1964 Whitechapel Bell Foundry
  • Denomination: Church of England
    Diocese (Anglican): Canterbury
    Archdeaconry (Anglican): Ashford
  • Kent County Association of Change Ringers District: Ashford
  • Building Listed Grade: I Click for Heritage details.
  • Peals rung at the tower

Details of the Bells

Bell Weight
(most recent)

(As supplied)
Diameter Note Date Founder Canons Retuned
® Treble 5-1-75-2-1831" C♯ 1853 Charles & George Mears, Whitechapel 1964 Mears & Stainbank
® 2 6-0-76-1-2433" B 1853 Charles & George Mears, Whitechapel 1964 Mears & Stainbank
® 3 6-3-167-0-1735" A 1853 Charles & George Mears, Whitechapel 1964 Mears & Stainbank
® 4 7-2-218-0-2037" G♯ 1853 Charles & George Mears, Whitechapel 1964 Mears & Stainbank
® 5 9-1-109-3-2540½" F♯ 1853 Charles & George Mears, Whitechapel 1964 Mears & Stainbank
® Tenor 12-3-2513-3-2144½" E 1853 Charles & George Mears, Whitechapel 1964 Mears & Stainbank

®  - Hung for full circle ringing

Bellframes

Frame Bells Year Maker Material Truss(es) Local
Layout
1 All bells 1964 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel

Inscriptions

Earlier ring of five

Bell Weight
(most recent)
DateFounderFate
Treble7-0-25Unknown
2nd8-1-23Unknown
3rd11-1-2Unknown
4th13-1-16Unknown
Tenor14-2-3Unknown

History

1552 Record of 5 bells.
1853 The 5 bells were recast into a ring of 6 by Charles and George Mears. They were hung in an anticlockwise frame.
1964 Bells retuned and rehung clockwise in a new frame by Whitechapel. A new ringing room floor was erected.

Elsewhere in the Parish

Pluckley, School
Single bell


Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent Page updated: 29 May 2023