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Queenborough, Holy Trinity

Photo: Dickon Love

Details of the Bells
Bell Weight
(most recent)
(Prior to retuning (or rehanging?))		Diameter Note Date Founder Canons Retuned
® Treble 2-2-102-2-2423¹⁄₁₆" G♯ 1911 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Conventional 1934 Mears & Stainbank
® 2 3-1-133-1-2124⅛" F♯ 1667 Anthony Bartlett, Whitechapel Conventional 1934 Mears & Stainbank
® 3 3-1-83-2-025½" E 1667 Anthony Bartlett, Whitechapel Conventional 1934 Mears & Stainbank
® 4 3-3-174-0-727¼" D♯ 1667 Anthony Bartlett, Whitechapel Conventional 1934 Mears & Stainbank
® 5 4-2-24-2-2629" C♯ 1667 Anthony Bartlett, Whitechapel Conventional 1934 Mears & Stainbank
® Tenor 5-2-225-2-2231⅞" B 1933 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Flat Never

®  - Hung for full circle ringing

Bellframes
Frame Bells Year Maker Material Truss(es) Local
Layout
1 All bells 1911 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Cast iron
8.3.A.e
 6.1

Inscriptions

How the bells are tuned

Prior to 1934
Bell Weight
(most recent)		DateFounderRetunedFate
Tenor5-3-221722Richard PhelpsNever? Cracked through fire damage.

History
1667 5 bells cast by Anthony Bartlett.
1719 Church was burnt out.
1722 Tenor recast by Richard Phelps
1887 Record of tenor being broken and useless.
1911 Treble added to make 6 by Mears & Stainbank.
1933 Tenor recast by Mears & Stainbank. The bells were rehung in the following year.
1967 Bells made ringable after a long period of silence due to essential work on the tower.
1981 Bells rehung with some new fittings by Whitechapel.

Articles

  • "Holy Trinity Queenborough, Kent", Author unknown (The Ringing World) 6 October 1978
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    The belfry

    The treble is in the foreground.
    Photo: Dickon Love, 1990
    Detail in one of the inscriptions.
    Photo: Dickon Love, 2016
    The tenor.
    Photo: Dickon Love, 2016

    The treble.
    Photo: Dickon Love, 2016
    The frame and all 6 bells.
    Photo: Dickon Love, 2016
    The frame and all 6 bells.
    Photo: Dickon Love, 2016

    The ringing room

    The ringing room.
    Photo: Dickon Love, 2016
    The ringing room.
    Photo: Dickon Love, 2016

    Peal Boards
    Timber Performance Board dated approx. 1935
    06 May 1935: 1260 Minor (2m) (In honour of the Silver Jubilee of HM King George V.)

    Photo: Dickon Love, 28 March 2016

    Timber Performance Board dated approx. 1971
    11 Sept 1971: 5040 Minor (7m) (For the institution of the Rev Alan Duke (Vicar).)

    Photo: Dickon Love, 28 March 2016

    Timber Performance Board dated approx. 1992
    05 Sept 1992: 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) (To celebrate the wedding of Stuart Cox and Emma Cundiff.)

    Photo: Dickon Love, 28 March 2016

    Recent Peals
    The most recent performances, according to BellBoard.
    2008-12-305040 Surprise Minor (7m)
    2005-12-295040 Surprise Minor
    2000-07-305040 Surprise Minor
    1986-05-315040 Minor (5m)
    1981-10-035040 Minor (4m)
    Recent Quarter Peals
    The most recent performances, according to BellBoard.
    2022-06-171272 Whatever Surprise Minor
    2019-11-031296 Cambridge Surprise Minor
    2019-06-081260 Plain Bob Minor
    2019-01-161260 Plain Bob Doubles
    2018-11-041269 Cambridge Surprise Minor
    2018-09-271260 Plain Bob Doubles
    2017-11-041260 Plain Bob Minor
    2017-06-171260 Plain Bob Minor
    2016-11-191296 Julie McDonnell Treble Bob Minimus
    2016-09-211284 Plain Bob Minor
    2016-08-031320 Cambridge Surprise Minor
    2014-11-291440 Westminster Surprise Minor
    2014-09-131280 Grandsire Doubles
    2013-04-241260 Doubles (3m)
    2011-08-111272 Carlisle Surprise Minor
    2007-07-091320 London and Wells Surprise Minor
    2005-03-271260 Plain Bob Minor
    1996-08-231296 Cambridge Surprise Minor
    1986-05-051260 Southrepps Doubles
    1978-08-221272 Surprise Minor (7 Methods)
    1935-05-061260 Doubles (2m)
    Full list of peals on Bellboard here
    		 Full list of quarters on Bellboard here

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