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Birchington on Sea
 

Birchington on Sea, All Saints


  • 8 bells hung for full circle ringing
  • Tenor: 8-2-17 in A.
  • Grid Ref: TR301690
  • Complete ring cast at the same time
  • Rung from: Upstairs Ringing Room
  • Frame: 1955 Mears & Stainbank
  • Denomination: Church of England
    Diocese (Anglican): Canterbury
    Archdeaconry (Anglican): Canterbury
  • Kent County Association of Change Ringers District: Canterbury
  • Building Listed Grade: II* Click for Heritage details.
  • Peals rung at the tower

Details of the Bells

Bell Weight
(most recent)
Diameter Note Date Founder Canons Retuned
® Treble 2-3-1222⅝" A 1956 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Flat Never
® 2 3-0-1823¾" G♯ 1956 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Flat Never
® 3 3-1-925" F♯ 1956 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Flat Never
® 4 4-0-1027" E 1956 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Flat Never
® 5 4-3-1329" D 1956 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Flat Never
® 6 5-0-1830" C♯ 1956 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Flat Never
® 7 6-2-1833" B 1956 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Flat Never
® Tenor 8-2-1736" A 1956 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Flat Never

®  - Hung for full circle ringing

Bellframes

Frame Bells Year Maker Material Truss(es) Local
Layout
1 All bells 1955 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Steel

Inscriptions

How the bells are tuned

Prior to 1956

Bell Weight
(most recent)
DiameterNoteDateFounderRetunedFate
Treble3-3-1824¾"G1901Mears & StainbankNeverRecast 1956
2nd3-3-2425¾"F♯1901Mears & StainbankNeverRecast 1956
3rd4-0-2727"E1887John Warner & SonsNeverRecast 1956
4th4-0-1028½"D1728Samuel KnightNeverRecast 1956
5th4-1-629"C1728Samuel KnightNeverRecast 1956
6th4-2-730½"B1728Samuel KnightNeverRecast 1956
7th7-2-1735"A1633Joseph HatchNeverRecast 1956
Tenor7-3-2036"G1730Samuel KnightNeverRecast 1956

History

1552 2nd (of 3) recast by William Oldfield of Canterbury.
1578 Tenor recast.
1606 A bell was recast by Joseph Hatch.
1620 A bell was recast by Joseph Hatch.
1624 A bell was recast by Joseph Hatch 31 lbs heavier.
1633 A bell was recast by Joseph Hatch.
1663 -5 A new frame was built by Thomas Fuller (for 5 bells).
1728 Front 3 (of 5) recast by Samuel Knight.
1730 Tenor recast by Samuel Knight.
1887 Treble added by John Warner to make 6. The bells were rehung by S. Snelling.
1901 2 trebles were added by Mears & Stainbank to make 8.
1909 Back 6 bells rehung by Mears & Stainbank.
1945 Bells rehung on ball bearings.
1956 Bells recast and rehung in a new frame by Mears & Stainbank.

Peal Boards

Timber Performance Board dated approx. 1905
21 Oct 1905: 5040 Grandsire Triples (Half muffled for death of Dr Ellicott, Bishop of Gloucester, and centenary of the death of Lord Nelson.)

Photo: Tim Attride, 7 February 2018

Framed card Performance Board dated approx. 1974
14 Dec 1974: 5056 Plain Bob Major

Photo: Tim Attride, 7 February 2018

Timber Performance Board dated approx. 1948
20 Nov 1947: 5040 Grandsire Triples (Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh.)

Photo: Tim Attride, 7 February 2018

Timber Performance Board dated approx. 1960
01 Oct 1960: 5040 Grandsire Triples (1st peal on the bells.)

Photo: Tim Attride, 7 February 2018

Timber Performance Board dated approx. 2016
02 Jun 2012: 5040 Doubles (1p/9m/32v) (Diamond Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II.)

Photo: Tim Attride, 7 February 2018

Timber Performance Board dated 2016
01 Jun 2013: 5040 Doubles (10m/1p) (60th anniversary of the Coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II.)

Photo: Tim Attride, 7 February 2018

Timber Performance Board dated 2016
10 Sept 2015: 5040 Doubles (10m/32v) (To congratulate HM The Queen on becoming the country's longest reigning monarch.)

Photo: Tim Attride, 7 February 2018

Timber Performance Board dated 2017
03 May 2016: 5040 Doubles (21m/v) (21st birthday of Douglas Neve.)

Photo: Tim Attride, 7 February 2018

Timber Performance Board dated 2017
01 Apr 2017: 5040 Julie McDonnell Bob Doubles (In support of Bellringers Strike Back Against Blood Cancer, in memory of Tony Horton.)

Photo: Tim Attride, 7 February 2018

Framed card Performance Board dated approx. 1982
06 Nov 1982: 5040 Plain Bob Major (All Saints Tide.)

Photo: Tim Attride, 7 February 2018

Framed card Performance Board dated approx. 1982
07 Dec 1981: 5040 Plain Bob Major

Photo: Tim Attride, 7 February 2018

Framed card Performance Board dated approx. 1981
02 May 1981: 5040 Plain Bob Major

Photo: Tim Attride, 7 February 2018



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