c |
1450 |
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Present 5th cast. |
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1552 |
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Record of 4 bells in the tower. |
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1616 |
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Present tenor cast. |
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1692 |
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Present 3rd cast. |
c |
1750 |
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A clock bell is cast for All Saints' church. This is destined to become the treble of the ring of 6 at St Alphege. |
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1888 |
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The 3 bells rehung in a new frame for 6 by Samuel Goslin. The top of the tower was replaced. |
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1893 |
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Ring augmented to 4 with a new treble from Samuel Goslin. |
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1894 |
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Ring again augmented with one bell cast by Samuel Goslin and the clock bell from All Saints' church. The bells were rung from the ground floor. They were dedicated on 26th September, |
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1931 |
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Rehung by Alfred Bowell. The ringing chamber was moved to the first floor. [1] |
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1957 |
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Bells overhauled by the King's School Society of Ringers and ringing resumed after a silence of some 20 years. |
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1969 |
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The bells were overhauled by the KCACR and the tower was completely cleared of vast quantities of lumber. |
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1982 |
7th April |
Church declared redundant |
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1983 |
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The church became the Urban Studies Centre. Some years later the name changed to Canterbury Environment Centre. |
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1992 |
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Ringing resumed from the intermediate chamber, the old ringing chamber having become an office. |
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2018 |
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The ringing chamber was returned to the first floor, co-existing with the office. |
The church as it appeared in c.1826 (E J Langdon).
Canterbury Cathedral is in the background. Photo: David Cawley collection. |
The church photographed from the top of the Arundel Tower of Canterbury Cathedral. Photo: Dickon R Love, c.1990 |
The staircase to the ringing room, which was restored to use in 2020. Photo: Dickon R Love, 11 Sept 2020 |
The ringing room just after it moved back to the 1st floor office. Photo: Simon Adams, 2018 |
Goslin's timberwork in the intermediate chamber (for some time used as the ringing room). Photo: Simon Adams, 2018 |