Sundridge, St Mary
Photo: Dickon Love |
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (Supplied weight) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 5-2-11 | 6-0-3 | 30" | D♯ | 1885 | Gillett & Co, Croydon (877) | 2005 Whitechapel | ||
® | 2 | 6-0-15 | 31½" | C♯ | 1683 | Christopher Hodson, Whitechapel | Conventional | 2005 Whitechapel | ||
® | 3 | 6-3-13 | 33" | B | 1666 | John Hodson, Whitechapel | Conventional | 2005 Whitechapel | ||
® | 4 | 7-3-14 | 34½" | A♯ | 1666 | John Hodson, Whitechapel | Conventional | 2005 Whitechapel | ||
® | 5 | 9-3-8 | 38" | G♯ | 1619 | Thomas Bartlett, Whitechapel | Conventional | 2005 Whitechapel | ||
® | Tenor | 15-1-21 | 15-1-21 | 43⁹⁄₁₆" | F♯ | 1885 | Gillett & Co, Croydon (848) | 2005 Whitechapel | ||
Priest's Bell | 0-1-26 | 13⅛" | A | 1937 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Never |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells | Timber | 6.1 |
History |
1619 | Present 5th cast. | ||
1666 | Present 3rd and 4th cast. | ||
1683 | The two trebles were added or recast by Christopher Hodson. | ||
1737 | Tenor recast or added by Samuel Knight. | ||
1882 | Most of the fittings of the back five are by Harry Stokes of Woodbury, Devon, dated to this year. | ||
1885 | Treble and tenor recast by Gillett & Co. | ||
1937 | Nov | Sanctus bell recast by Mears & Stainbank and the other bells were overhauled. [1] | |
2005 | Bells retuned and rehung in the existing frame by Whitechapel. |
[1] | Providing new fittings, repairs to clappers of 2nd, 3rd, 4th and tenor. Rehanging peal in ball bearings, £117.15. (Whitechapel records) |
Gallery |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |