Birling, All Saints
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (As received 1986) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 2-2-0 | 22" | A | 1986 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | Never | ||
® | 2 | 2-3-27 | 22⅝" | G♯ | 1986 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | Never | ||
® | 3 | 3-1-27 | 3-2-19 | 24⅜" | F♯ | 1759 | Lester & Pack, Whitechapel | 1986 Whitechapel | ||
® | 4 | 3-1-22 | 3-3-19 | 25⅞" | E | 1746 | Thomas Lester, Whiechapel | 1986 Whitechapel | ||
® | 5 | 4-0-10 | 4-3-15 | 27¾" | D | 1746 | Thomas Lester, Whiechapel | 1986 Whitechapel | ||
® | 6 | 4-1-12 | 28¾" | C♯ | 1986 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | Never | ||
® | 7 | 5-0-0 | 5-1-1 | 31¼" | B | 1631 | Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent | 1986 Whitechapel | ||
® | Tenor | 6-3-16 | 7-0-9 | 34" | A | 1631 | Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent | 1986 Whitechapel |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells | 1986 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry |
Inscriptions |
How the bells are tuned |
Prior to remodelling in 1986 |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (As supplied 1891) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Treble (of 8) | 3-3-3 | 3-3-3 | 24¾" | G | 1891 | Mears & Stainbank | Never | Sold to Brimpsfield, Glos. | |
5th (of 8) | 4-3-8 | 4-3-8 | 29½" | C | 1891 | Mears & Stainbank | Never | Recast 1986 as 6th of 8 | |
Tenor (of 8) | 8-0-22 | 8-0-22 | 37⅝" | G | 1891 | Mears & Stainbank | Never | Scrapped 1986 for metal |
Prior to 1891 |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
4th (of 8) | 4-1-6 | 26" | C♯ | 1631 | Joseph Hatch | Never | Recast 1891 a semitone deeper |
History |
1631 | 3 bells cast by Joseph Hatch, destined to form 4,5,6 of a ring of 6. | ||
1746 | 2 bells cast by Thomas Lester, forming 2,3 of 6. | ||
1759 | Treble cast by Lester & Pack. | ||
1891 | A new treble and tenor added by Mears & Stainbank, and the 4th was recast a semitone flatter. Bells rehung in a two tier anticlockwise frame. | ||
1961 | Bells rung again after many years of silence. | ||
1982 | June | Bells removed by members of the K.C.A. and stored at Whitechapel. | |
1986 | Old treble had been sold to Brimpsfield, Glos. New bell cast a semitone sharper and another treble cast. Old 5th recast a semitone sharper and tenor scrapped. Bells rehung in new clockwise frame. They were tried out on 20th Feb and dedicated on 10th Mar 1986. |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |