Preston next Wingham, St Mildred
Photo: Richard Offen, 2005 |
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 3-0-9 | 25⅛" | E | 1700 | Richard Phelps, Whitechapel | Conventional | 1983 Whitechapel | |
® | 2 | 3-1-22 | 27" | D | 1712 | Richard Phelps, Whitechapel | Removed | 1966 Mears & Stainbank | |
® | 3 | 4-0-10 | 29" | C | 1712 | Richard Phelps, Whitechapel | Removed | 1966 Mears & Stainbank | |
® | 4 | 4-1-24 | 30¼" | B | 1712 | Richard Phelps, Whitechapel | Removed | 1966 Mears & Stainbank | |
® | 5 | 5-3-1 | 33½" | A | 1712 | Richard Phelps, Whitechapel | Removed | 1966 Mears & Stainbank | |
® | Tenor | 7-3-21 | 36⅛" | G | 1966 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Flat | Never |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells | 1966 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Cast iron, Steel |
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Inscriptions |
Earlier bell |
Bell | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Tenor | 1712 | Richard Phelps | Never | Recast in 1966 |
History |
1700 | Treble bell cast for St Mary's, Burham by Richard Phelps. This is his earliest known bell. | ||
1712 | Existing 4 bells recast into a ring of 5 by Richard Phelps at a cost of £51. 8s/0d with framework costing £15. 10s/0d. | ||
1760 | Record of 5 bells in the tower. [1] | ||
1966 | Tenor recast and remaining bells retuned and rehung in a new frame for 6 by Mears & Stainbank. | ||
1983 | The treble bell from St Mary's, Burham was hung as the treble at Preston to make 6, by the Kent C.A. |
[1] | This Church consists of the Great, and North, Chancells; The Body, and 2 Side Isles. In the Steeple, which stands at the West End of the Body, hang 5 Bells, all made by R. Phelps, 1712. (Rev’d Bryan Faussett, 1760) |
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Photo: David Cawley, April 1966 |
(l-r) The 4th, 2nd, 3rd and treble (in the foreground) of the ring of 5 lying in the churchyard. Photo: David Cawley, April 1966 |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |