® |
Treble |
|
4½ cwt approx | 27¼" |
D♯ |
1886 |
Llewellins & James, Bristol |
|
Never |
® |
2 |
|
5½ cwt approx | 29½" |
C♯ |
1769 |
Lester, Pack & Chapman, Whitechapel |
Conventional |
Never |
® |
3 |
|
8 cwt approx. | 31¼" |
B |
1605 |
Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent |
|
Never |
® |
4 |
|
7 cwt approx. | 33¾" |
A♯ |
1605 |
Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent |
|
Never |
® |
5 |
|
9 cwt approx. | 37½" |
G♯ |
1625 |
Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent |
|
Never |
® |
Tenor |
|
12 cwt approx. | 40⅞" |
F♯ |
1623 |
Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent |
|
Never |
c |
1220 |
|
Tower built although the spire was added some considerable time later. |
|
1552 |
|
Record of 4 bells. [1] |
|
1605 |
|
Treble, 2nd and 3rd (of 5) recast by Joseph Hatch. |
|
1623 |
|
Tenor (of 5) recast by Joseph Hatch. |
|
1625 |
|
4th (of 5) recast by Joseph Hatch. |
|
1758 |
|
Record of 5 bells in the tower. [2] |
|
1769 |
|
Treble (of 5) recast by Lester, Pack & Chapman. |
|
1865 |
|
Spire rebuilt (exactly as before). |
|
1886 |
|
Treble added to make 6 by Llewellins & James. |
|
1898 |
|
Clock erected to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. |
|
1930 |
|
Bells rehung by Alfred Bowell. [3] |
[1] |
Item fower great bells in the Steple.
Item iij small bells called Sacryng bells.
Item one bell being called a hand bell stollen out of the wyndowe of the churche. (Edwardian Inventory, 1552) |
[2] |
This Church consists of The Chancell, Body, South Chancell, & South Isle; and a Small Vestry, on the North Side of the Great Chancell. In a tallish Shingled Spire’d Steeple, at the West End hang 5 Bells thus Inscribed.
1. Josephus Hatch Made Me. 1605.
2. Josephus Hatch Made Me. 1605.
3. Joseph Hatch made Me. 1605.
4. William Flintstone. C.W. Josephus Hatch fecit Me. 1623.
5. Giles Maisters. C.W. Josephus Hatch Me fecit. 1623. (Rev’d Bryan Faussett, 1758) |
[3] |
1930 24 Feb:
To rehanging the six bell £130. Extras. To new timber, etc. for frame £5. To six new bell ropes £6. Creosoting old frame £2. Total £143. Paid 2 cqs on a/c £90. cq. £53 28 June 1930.
1931 1 Apr:
To expenses incurred in overhauling bells 10/- paid by cq. 13 Apr 1931.
1934 17 Apr:
2 new ropes 50' nic @ 21/- c pd £2-2-0. But made £2-0-0. Contra a/c 8/- Total £1-12-0. Paid by cq. 10 July 1935. (Bowell records) |