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Seal Chart, St Lawrence


Photo: Brian Butcher, 2007

  • 6 bells hung for full circle ringing
  • Tenor: 5-2-21 in B.
  • Grid Ref: TQ572552
  • Complete ring cast at the same time
  • Rung from: Upstairs Ringing Room
  • Frame: 1888 Mears & Stainbank
  • Denomination: Church of England
    Diocese (Anglican): Rochester
  • Kent County Association of Change Ringers District: Tonbridge
  • Peals rung at the tower

Details of the Bells

Bell Weight
(most recent)

(As supplied)
Diameter Note Date Founder Canons Retuned
® Treble 3-0-723¹³⁄₁₆" G 2013 Whitechapel Bell Foundry Flat Never
® 2 5-0-2625⁷⁄₁₆" F♯ 2013 Whitechapel Bell Foundry Flat Never
® 3 3-3-104-2-1726⅞" E 1888 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Removed 2013 Whitechapel
® 4 4-2-225-0-2628⅝" D♯ 1888 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Removed 2013 Whitechapel
® 5 4-3-175-2-2030⅛" C♯ 1888 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Removed 2013 Whitechapel
® Tenor 5-2-216-2-1931¹⁵⁄₁₆" B 1888 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Removed 2013 Whitechapel

®  - Hung for full circle ringing

Bellframes

Position
Frame Bells Year Maker Material Truss(es) Local
Layout
Lower tier 1 1,2,4,6 1888 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Timber

Upper tier 2 3,5 1888 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Timber

Inscriptions

The ring before remodelling in 2013

Bell Weight
(most recent)
DiameterNoteDateFounderRetunedFate
Treble (of 6)4-2-1727⅜"E♯1888Mears & StainbankNeverNow the 3rd
2nd (of 6)5-0-2629⅜"D♯1888Mears & StainbankNeverNow the 4th
3rd (of 6)5-2-2030¾"C♯1888Mears & StainbankNeverNow the 5th
4th (of 6)6-2-1932½"B♯1888Mears & StainbankNeverNow the tenor
5th (of 6)7-3-1035¼"A♯1888Mears & StainbankNeverScrapped 2013
Tenor (of 6)10-0-1138⅜"G♯1888Mears & StainbankNeverScrapped 2013

History

1857 -8 Church built by C. H. Howell.
1867 Parish created from that of Kemsing.
1868 June Church consecrated together with the 2 small bells provided in the open gable.
1887 -8 Tower built by F. W. Hunt.
1888 A new ring of 6 was cast by Mears & Stainbank.
1932 Bells rehung by Mears & Stainbank.
1951 Clappers reforged and refitted with new leather baldricks.
1972 Belfry overhauled and rehung.
2013 The ring was remodelled into a lighter ring of 6 by using the 4th as the tenor and casting 2 new trebles. The work was done by Whites of Appleton, with the new bells cast at Whitechapel. The new ring was first rung on 23rd July.

Articles

  • "St Lawrence, Seal Chart, Sevenoaks, Kent", Author unknown (The Ringing World) 5 December 1975
  • Gallery


    These next three photographs are of the bells before the remodelling in 2013. The bells in this belfry were very difficult to photograph owing to the fact that the bellframe took up most of the space.
    Photo: Dickon Love, 3 Mar 2007


    Photo: Dickon Love, 3 Mar 2007


    Photo: Dickon Love, 3 Mar 2007

    Elsewhere in the Parish

    Seal Chart, School
    Single bell


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