East Farleigh, The Parish Church
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 2-3-26 | A | 1979 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Never | |||
® | 2 | 3-0-14 | G♯ | 1979 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Never | |||
® | 3 | 3-3-16 | 25⅝" | F♯ | 1891 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Never | ||
® | 4 | 4-0-16 | 26⅞" | E | 1891 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Never | ||
® | 5 | 4-3-13 | 28⅞" | D | 1891 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Never | ||
® | 6 | 5¼ cwt approx | 30" | C♯ | 1674 | John Hodson, Whitechapel | Never | ||
® | 7 | 6 cwt approx. | 32" | B | 1610 | Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent | Never | ||
® | Tenor | 7-3-0 | 35" | A | 1928 | Alfred Bowell, Ipswich | Never |
Bellframes |
Position |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
Single level | 1 | 3,4,5,6,7,8 | 1928 | Samuel Snelling, Sittingbourne | 6 |
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Single level | 1.1 | 1,2 | 1979 | Local |
Inscriptions |
History |
1610 | Present 7th cast. | ||
1615 | Tenor cast by Joseph Hatch. | ||
1674 | Present 6th cast. | ||
1891 | Rehung and 3 trebles added to make 6 by Mears & Stainbank. | ||
1928 | Rehung in a new frame by S. Snelling. tenor recast by Alfred Bowell. [1] | ||
1954 | Work done on the tower, and bells rehung. | ||
1979 | 2 trebles added by Whitechapel to make 8. Frame strengthened and adapted for 8 by Stuart Taylor. |
[1] | To recasting the tenor bell, rehanging same and overhauling chiming apparatus £53-10-0. Paid cq. 20 April 1929. (Bowell records, 1928 22 Dec:) |
Articles
Elsewhere in the Parish |
East Farleigh, School Single bell hung for swing chiming |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |