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Yalding, Ss Peter & Paul
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (As supplied 1696) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 6-0-21 | 6-2-4 | 32½" | C♯ | 1696 | Philip Wightman, Clerkenwell | Removed | 1978 Whitechapel | |
® | 2 | 7-1-27 | 8-0-9 | 35" | B | 1696 | Philip Wightman, Clerkenwell | Removed | 1978 Whitechapel | |
® | 3 | 8-3-20 | 9-1-19 | 37½" | A | 1696 | Philip Wightman, Clerkenwell | Removed | 1978 Whitechapel | |
® | 4 | 10-0-12 | 11-1-19 | 40" | G♯ | 1697 | Philip Wightman, Clerkenwell | Removed | 1978 Whitechapel | |
® | 5 | 12-3-24 | 43½" | F♯ | 1759 | Lester & Pack, Whitechapel | Removed | 1978 Whitechapel | ||
® | Tenor | 17-0-5 | 18-1-15 | 48" | E | 1696 | Philip Wightman, Clerkenwell | Removed | 1978 Whitechapel |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells | 1978 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Timber |
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Earlier bell |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
5th (of 6) | 14-0-13 | 1696 | Philip Wightman | Never |
History |
1695 | A fire in the corn chandler's property spread to the tower bringing both it and the bells down. | ||
1696 | A new ring of 6 was cast by Philip Wightman. | ||
1759 | 5th was removed and its clapper was mended. The bell was recast by Lester & Pack. | ||
1800 | Work took place on the bells. | ||
1847 | Work took place on the bells. | ||
1913 | The bells were rehung by Alfred Bowell with new steel headstocks. They were quarter turned. The oak frame was strengthened with new timber and massive iron braces and tie bars. A rope guide was fitted as the draft was rather long. [1] [3] | ||
1928 | Bells again attended to. | ||
1976 | Oct. | All ringing stopped as the tower and frame were found to be unsafe. This necessitated a new ring beam to be installed. | |
1978 | Bells retuned and rehung with new fittings in a new frame by Whitechapel hung lower in the tower. |
[1] | To rehanging the six bell £94. Paid cq. 6 June 1913. (Bowell records, 10 May 1913) |
[3] | BELL RESTORATIONS IN KENT. The grand old ring of six with a tenor of 18 cwt., in E, at Yalding, Kent, have been quarter-turned and rehung with steel headstocks and all modern fittings, by Mr. Alfred Bowell, of Ipswich. The old oak frame has been strengthened with new timber and massive iron braces and tie bars. Guides have also been fixed to steady the ropes in the rather long draft. On a recent evening several members of the Kent County Association met to try the bells from Maidstone, Boxley, Linton, Peckham, Hadlow, Horsmonder, Marden, etc. and 720 Kent Treble Bob, 720 Plain Bob, 360 Grandsire Minor, and 20 of Stedman Doubles were rung. All the visitors expressed their entire satisfaction with the "go" of the bells, and it is to be hoped that the local ringers will now take up change ringing, a thing impossible with the bells before they were rehung. (The Ringing World, 13 Jun 1913) |
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Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 29 May 2023 |