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Throwley, St Michael & All Angels


Photo: Richard Offen, 2005

  • 8 bells hung for full circle ringing
  • Tenor: 12-1-8 in F♯.
  • Grid Ref: TQ991556
  • Rung from: Upstairs Ringing Room
  • Frame: 1933 Mears & Stainbank
  • Denomination: Church of England
    Diocese (Anglican): Canterbury
    Archdeaconry (Anglican): Maidstone
  • Kent County Association of Change Ringers District: Canterbury
  • Building Listed Grade: I Click for Heritage details.
  • Peals rung at the tower

Details of the Bells

Bell Weight
(most recent)

(Prior to retuning)
Diameter Note Date Founder Canons Retuned
® Treble 3-3-2226" F♯ 1933 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Flat Never
® 2 4-3-527" E♯ 1933 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Flat Never
® 3 5-0-45-1-1429" D♯ 1780 Pack & Chapman, Whitechapel Removed 1933 Mears & Stainbank
® 4 5-2-196-0-330½" C♯ 1780 Pack & Chapman, Whitechapel Removed 1933 Mears & Stainbank
® 5 5-3-1432" B 1933 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Flat Never
® 6 7-2-98-0-934½" A♯ 1780 Pack & Chapman, Whitechapel Removed 1933 Mears & Stainbank
® 7 8-1-279-0-737" G♯ 1780 Pack & Chapman, Whitechapel Removed 1933 Mears & Stainbank
® Tenor 12-1-841" F♯ 1933 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Flat Never

®  - Hung for full circle ringing

Bellframes

Frame Bells Year Maker Material Truss(es) Local
Layout
1 All bells 1933 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Teak
6.A
8.1

Inscriptions

Of the ring of 6 prior to 1933

Bell Weight
(most recent)
DiameterDateFounderRetunedFate
3rd (of 6)6-3-1533"1780Pack & ChapmanNeverCracked in the crown. Recast 1933.
Tenor (of 6)12-2-2442"1780Pack & ChapmanNeverCracked in the crown. Recast 1933.

History

1780 Ring of 6 cast by Pack & Chapman.
1933 3rd and tenor (of 6) recast and 2 trebles added by Mears & Stainbank to make 8. The bells were retuned and rehung in a new frame.

Peal Boards

Framed card Performance Board dated approx. 1986
01 Sept 1986: 5280 Spliced S Major (165m) (Most methods for the Association.)

Photo: Andrew Hills, 6 July 2019

Elsewhere in the Parish

Belmont House, Coach House Clock Tower
Clock chime of 3 bells


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