® |
Treble |
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4-1-2 | | 26" |
F♯ |
2000 |
John Taylor & Co., Loughborough |
Flat |
Never |
® |
2 |
|
4-3-12 | | 27½" |
E |
2000 |
John Taylor & Co., Loughborough |
Flat |
Never |
® |
3 |
|
4-2-27 | 4-3-0 | 29" |
D |
1631 |
Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent |
Conventional |
2000 John Taylor & Co (from D♯ to D) |
® |
4 |
|
5-2-4 | 5-2-4 | 30⅞" |
C♯ |
1631 |
Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent |
Conventional |
2000 John Taylor & Co |
® |
5 |
|
6-3-6 | 6-3-6 | 33" |
B |
1602 |
Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent |
Conventional |
2000 John Taylor & Co |
® |
Tenor |
|
8-2-2 | 8-2-17 | 36¹⁵⁄₁₆" |
A |
1631 |
Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent |
Conventional |
2000 John Taylor & Co |
|
1602 |
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A bell was cast by Joseph Hatch, believed to be his earliest known bell. |
|
1631 |
|
3 more bells were cast by Hatch forming bells 1, 2 and 4 around his 1602 bell. |
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1757 |
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Record of 4 bells in the tower in a tower with a small spire. The spire is now gone. [1] |
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1800 |
|
Hasted records 1 bell in the tower, which must be a mistake. [2] |
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1996 |
28th Jul. |
Bells rung for the last time, after which they were condemned as unringable. |
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1997 |
|
Appeal launched to rehang the bells in a new frame, preserving the old frame, the work to be undertaken by Hayward-Mills Associates. |
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1999 |
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Bells removed from the tower and taken to Hayward Mills Associates. Owing to the large workload of the bell foundries at this time, the bells were not restored in time for the Millennium celebrations of 1st January, 2000.. It was decided to rehang the bells clockwise in a new frame for 6 and cast 2 extra bells, tuned to the Lydian Mode. |
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2000 |
|
Following advice from the foundry and demonstrations (on handbells) by Dickon Love (former custodian of the tower), the PCC decided (on 18th June) to retune and augment the bells to the diatonic scale. Two new treble bells were cast at Loughborough on 29th June and the installation of the frame and ring of 6 was completed on 23rd December. |
|
2001 |
24th Jan. |
The bells were dedicated by Rev'd David Cawley. |
(l-r) Third, second and treble bells in the old frame. Photo: Dickon Love |
The tenor bell prior to restoration. Photo: Dickon Love |
The bells arrive from Loughborough on a lorry - the old 4 and the shiny new trebles. Photo: Dickon Love |
The new second sitting at the base of the tower. Photo: Kent CACR website |
The new treble sitting at the base of the tower. Photo: Kent CACR website |
The Thomas Hatch stamp on the 5th (actually cast by Joseph Hatch). Photo: Richard Offen |
This is a drawing of the old timber bellframe by Nick Davies in 1960. Photo: David Cawley collection |
Ringing from the chancel crossing. Photo: Dickon Love, 2013 |