Westgate on Sea, St Saviour
Photo: Dickon Love |
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (As received 1975) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 4-0-9 | 26⅝" | F | 1975 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | Never | ||
® | 2 | 4-3-1 | 4-3-4 | 28½" | E♭ | 1739 | Thomas Lester, Whiechapel | Removed | 1975 Whitechapel | |
® | 3 | 4-2-6 | 5-0-10 | 29" | D♭ | 1608 | Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent | Conventional | 1975 Whitechapel | |
® | 4 | 5-1-27 | 5-2-17 | 31¾" | C | 1615 | Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent | Conventional | 1975 Whitechapel | |
® | 5 | 8-2-2 | 8-2-24 | 35¼" | B♭ | Stephen Norton, London | Conventional | 1975 Whitechapel | ||
® | Tenor | 9-3-16 | 10-3-1 | 38¼" | A♭ | 1608 | Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent | Conventional | 1975 Whitechapel |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells | 1975 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Iroko |
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Inscriptions |
Original church bell |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (Supplied weight) | Diameter | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Single bell | 3-1-14 | 3-1-23 | 25" | 1884 | Gillett & Johnston | Never | Replaced in 1913 |
Subsequent church bell before the new ring was installed |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (Cast weight) | (As supplied 1913) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Single bell | 17-1-20 | 18-0-27 | 17-2-6 | 47" | F | 1913 | John Taylor & Co. | Never | Hung for ringing. Scrapped 1975. Cast weight 18-0-27. Exactly half way between E and F. |
History |
1360 | -1380 | Bell cast by Stephen Norton (future 4th of 5) for Holy Cross, Canterbury. | |
1608 | Treble and tenor (of 4) recast by Joseph Hatch at Holy Cross, Canterbury. | ||
1615 | 2nd (of 4) recast by Joseph Hatch at Holy Cross, Canterbury. | ||
1739 | Treble added by Thomas Lester to make 5 at Holy Cross, Canterbury. | ||
1883 | Tower built by C. N. Beazley between 1883 and 1884. | ||
1884 | Single bell cast and hung by Gillett & Co. in the new tower. Church consecrated and parish formed from Acol, Birchington, Minster and Margate (St James). | ||
1913 | The Gillett bell was removed and a new bell by John Taylor & Co. was hung for ringing in a composite wood and cast iron frame. | ||
1972 | May | The 5 bells from Holy Cross Canterbury were removed by Association members and stored at Whitechapel under license from the Diocese. | |
1975 | The 5 bells from Holy Cross, Canterbury were tuned and transferred here and hung with a new treble to make 6 in a new frame by Whitechapel (using metal from a bell from Wellington School). Dedicated in July by the Archdeacon of Canterbury. |
Belfry photographs |
The treble. Photo: Joe Aust, June 2022 |
Photo: Joe Aust, June 2022 |
Photo: Joe Aust, June 2022 |
Note the 2 empty pits. Photo: Joe Aust, June 2022 |
Photo: Joe Aust, June 2022 |
Elsewhere in the Parish |
Westgate on Sea, Wellington House School School demolished. Formerly 2 bells, 3-2-5 |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 29 May 2023 |