Stowting, St Mary the Virgin
Photo: Richard Offen |
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 2-3-21 | 22¾" | A | 1935 | Alfred Bowell, Ipswich | Flat | Never | |
® | 2 | 2-3-10 | 23" | G | 1935 | Alfred Bowell, Ipswich | Flat | Never | |
® | 3 | 3-0-16 | 24" | F | 1927 | Alfred Bowell, Ipswich | Flat | Never | |
® | 4 | 3 cwt approx. | 24⅜" | E | 1438 | William Powdrell | Never | ||
® | 5 | 4 cwt approx. | 27⁹⁄₁₆" | D | 1721 | Samuel Knight, Southwark | Never | ||
® | Tenor | 5 cwt approx | 29¾" | C | 1721 | Samuel Knight, Southwark | Never |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells | 1721 | Samuel Knight, Southwark | Metal, Timber |
History |
c | 1420 | Bell cast by William Powdrell, being the treble of 3, now serving as the 4th. | |
1721 | 2 of the 3 bells were recast into 3 which formed bells 1, 3, and 4 around the Powdrell bell. Bells cast by Samuel Knight and hung by Job Potter. | ||
1757 | Record of 4 bells in the tower. [1] | ||
1799 | Record of 4 bells in the tower. [2] | ||
1885 | The 4 bells were rehung. | ||
1927 | Bells rehung and 3rd recast by Alfred Bowell. | ||
1935 | 2 trebles cast by Alfred Bowell to augment the peal to 6. [3] | ||
1979 | 5th rehung by KCACR. |
[1] | "This Church consists only of the Chancell, and Body, and has a very low shingled Spire at the West, in which hang 4 small Bells, all of them cast, in the Year 1721." (Rev’d Bryan Faussett, 1757) |
[2] | The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, consists of one isle and one chancel, having at the west end a low pointed turret of wood, projecting over the lower part of it. Which is built of brick. In it are four bells. ('The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Vol 8', Edward Hasted) |
[3] | To supplying two new treble bells £95. To two new bell ropes & carriage £2-2-0. Total £97-2-0. Paid. Cq on a/c £50 2 Apr 1935. Cq £47-2-0. 3 May 1935 (Bowell records, 30 Mar 1935) |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |