Wrotham, St George
Photo: Dickon R Love, 29 Feb 2020 |
♫ Sound clip from a peal on the bells.(Phillip R J Barnes, 26 Dec 2000) |
Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 4-3-9 | 27⅝" | E | 1911 | Gillett & Johnston, Croydon (2495) | Flat | Never | |
® | 2 | 4-2-26 | 28" | D♯ | 1911 | Gillett & Johnston, Croydon (2498) | Flat | Never | |
® | 3 | 5-1-6 | 30¹⁄₁₆" | C♯ | 1911 | Gillett & Johnston, Croydon (2499) | Flat | Never | |
® | 4 | 7-0-8 | 33" | B | 1911 | Gillett & Johnston, Croydon (2494) | Flat | Never | |
® | 5 | 8-2-5 | 36" | A | 1911 | Gillett & Johnston, Croydon (2493) | Flat | Never | |
® | 6 | 9-3-12 | 38" | G♯ | 1911 | Gillett & Johnston, Croydon (2496) | Flat | Never | |
® | 7 | 13-3-12 | 42⁷⁄₁₆" | F♯ | 1911 | Gillett & Johnston, Croydon (2497) | Flat | Never | |
® | Tenor | 20-0-10 | 48⅛" | E | 1911 | Gillett & Johnston, Croydon (2492) | Flat | Never |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells | 1911 | Gillett & Johnston, Croydon | Metal |
Inscriptions |
How the bells are tuned |
Original Lester and Pack octave |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Treble (of 8) | 6-3-15 | 30½" | D | 1754 | Lester & Pack | Never | Recast 1911 | |
2nd (of 8) | 6-1-24 | 31½" | C♯ | 1754 | Lester & Pack | Never | Recast 1896 | |
3rd (of 8) | 7-3-0 | 33½" | B | 1754 | Lester & Pack | Never | Recast 1896 | |
4th (of 8) | 7-0-0 | 36½" | A | 1754 | Lester & Pack | Never | Recast 1911 | |
5th (of 8) | 8-1-8 | 39" | G | 1754 | Lester & Pack | Never | Recast 1911 | |
6th (of 8) | 11-3-21 | 41¼" | F♯ | 1754 | Lester & Pack | Never | Recast 1904 | |
7th (of 8) | 13-2-0 | 45½" | E | 1754 | Lester & Pack | Never | Recast 1911 | |
Tenor (of 8) | 19-3-25 | 51" | D | 1754 | Lester & Pack | Never | Recast 1911 |
Subsequent recasts |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Note | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
2nd (of 8) | 5-2-0 | C♯ | 1896 | John Warner & Sons | Never | Recast 1911 | |
3rd (of 8) | 6-0-21 | B | 1896 | John Warner & Sons | Never | Recast 1911 | |
6th (of 8) | 10-2-16 | F♯ | 1904 | John Warner & Sons | Never | Recast 1911 |
History |
c | 964 | Earliest church was built. | |
1404 | 4 marks bequeathed by Richard Melchebourne (Vicar of Wrotham 1397 - 98) for the purchase of bells. | ||
1754 | The 6 bells in the tower were recast into a ring of 8 by Lester & Pack. | ||
1896 | 2 & 3 recast by John Warner & Sons. | ||
1904 | 6th recast by John Warner & Sons and all were tuned. | ||
1911 | Ring recast and rehung in a new frame by Gillett & Johnston. [1] | ||
1976 | Bells overhauled by Gillett & Johnston. |
[1] | Old bells weighed 5-3-0, 5-2-0, 6-0-21, 7-0-0, 8-1-8, 10-2-16, 13-2-0, 19-3-25 (Gillett order book, 16 Feb 1911) |
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Photo: Dickon R Love, 29 February 2020 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 29 February 2020 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 29 February 2020 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 29 February 2020 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 29 February 2020 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 29 February 2020 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 29 February 2020 |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |