Staplehurst, All Saints
Photo: Dickon Love |
♫ Sound clip of the ring of 10 bells.(Dickon R Love, 13 Apr 2002) |
Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (As dispatched in 1885) | (As received in 1885) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 5-0-5 | 27" | G | 1996 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | Never | |||
® | 2 | 5-0-27 | 28" | F | 1996 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | Never | |||
® | 3 | 5-1-25 | 5-3-19 | 30" | E♭ | 1885 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 1996 Whitechapel | ||
® | 4 | 5-3-19 | 6-2-13 | 31¼" | D | 1885 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 1996 Whitechapel | ||
® | 5 | 6-2-8 | 7-0-6 | 32⅝" | C | 1885 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 1996 Whitechapel | ||
® | 6 | 7-1-26 | 8-2-6 | 35½" | B♭ | 1885 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 1996 Whitechapel | ||
® | 7 | 8-2-25 | 9-1-27 | 37⅝" | A♭ | 1885 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 1996 Whitechapel | ||
® | 8 | 11-0-13 | 12-1-18 | 40¼" | G | 1885 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 1996 Whitechapel | ||
® | 9 | 13-3-19 | 15-2-8 | 15-2-14 | 44½" | F | 1605 | Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent | Removed | 1996 Whitechapel | |
® | Tenor | 19-2-7 | 21-2-13 | 48⅝" | E♭ | 1885 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 1996 Whitechapel |
Bellframes |
Position |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
Lower tier | 1 | 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 | 1996 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Steel | |||||
Upper tier | 2 | 3 | 1996 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Steel |
Inscriptions |
The earlier ring of five |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Treble (of 5) | 8-1-0 | 34" | 1748 | Thomas Lester | Never | Recast 1885 | |
2nd (of 5) | 8-2-14 | 37" | 1663 | William Hatch | Never | Recast 1885 | |
3rd (of 5) | 11-3-20 | 41" | 1594 | Robert Mot | Never | Replaced & stored at WBF 1885 Scrapped 1939. | |
4th (of 5) | 15-2-8 | 44½" | 1605 | Joseph Hatch | Never | The current 9th | |
Tenor (of 5) | 21-0-6 | 49½" | 1649 | John Palmar I | Never | Recast 1885. Palmar I or II? |
History |
1594 | Bell cast by Robert Mot (3rd of 4). | ||
1605 | 4th (of 5) cast by Joseph Hatch. | ||
1649 | Tenor (of 5) cast by John Palmar. | ||
1663 | 2nd (of 5) cast by William Hatch. | ||
1748 | Treble (of 5) cast by Thomas Lester. | ||
1885 | The treble, 2nd, 3rd and tenor were recast and 3 bells were added to make 8 bells by Mears & Stainbank. The 1594 bell was kept at Whitechapel as a museum piece. The 7th shows signs of lathe tuning in 1885. They were dedicated on St Mark's Day. | ||
1921 | Bells rehung by Alfred Bowell. [1] | ||
1939 | The old Robert Mot tenor at Whitechapel was finally scrapped as there was a shortage of bell metal. | ||
1973 | Tower made safe for the bells to ring again. The work was done in memory of Alfred James Walker M.A. Rector 1933-51. | ||
1996 | Bells retuned with 2 new trebles added to make 10 by Whitechapel. | ||
1997 | The 10 bells were hung in a new frame. |
[1] | To rehanging the eight bells £100. Paid cq. 21 Nov 1921. (Bowell records, 4 Nov 1921) |
Articles
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Photo: Daniel Brady, 5 August 2015 |
Photo: Daniel Brady, 5 August 2015 |
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Photo: Daniel Brady, 5 August 2015 |
Photo: Daniel Brady, 5 August 2015 |
Photo: Daniel Brady, 5 August 2015 |
Photo: Daniel Brady, 5 August 2015 |
Photo: Daniel Brady, 5 August 2015 |
Photo: Daniel Brady, 5 August 2015 |
Photo: Daniel Brady, 26 March 2017 |
Photo: Daniel Brady, 26 March 2017 |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |