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1718 |
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2nd (of 4) cast by Richard Phelps (this bell is now the tenor). |
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1719 |
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3rd (of 4) cast by Richard Phelps. |
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1731 |
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3 bells were cast by Samuel Smith II of York for West Bretton, Yorkshire. |
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1851 |
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3 bells were cast by C. & G. Mears for St Gregory's, Canterbury. |
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1863 |
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Treble and tenor (of 4) replaced with 2 steel bells by Naylor Vickers. |
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1885 |
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Tower deemed unsafe for bells to be rung properly. |
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1944 |
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Albert Hughes from Whitechapel inspected the bells with a view to installing a ring of 6. There are local memories of there being 3 (rather than 2) steel bells - a check with the Whitechapel Foundry may be able to confirm this. The steel bells were scrapped shortly afterwards. |
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1963 |
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The 3 bells from St Gregory's, Canterbury were recast by Mears & Stainbank. |
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1985 |
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The 3 bells from St Gregory's, Canterbury were removed from the church and stored at Richard Offen's house. |
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1988 |
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The 1718 bell was welded by Soundweld and hung in a new frame for 6 in the tenor pit. The frame was designed by Whitechapel and built by M. Nightingale in Faversham. The 3 St Gregory bells were hung in pits 1, 2 & 3. |
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1995 |
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The treble and 2 from West Bretton were hung in the 2 empty Wormshill pits on 13th May. The West Bretton tenor was retained for possible use in Murston Old Church. The remodelled ring was then dedicated by R't Rev'd David Say on 8th October. |
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2010 |
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The treble was recast into a heavier bell by Whitechapel. |