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Hollingbourne, All Saints


Photo: Richard Offen, Apr 2004

  • 8 bells hung for full circle ringing
  • Tenor: 13-1-24 in E.
  • Grid Ref: TQ843550
  • Rung from: Upstairs Ringing Room
  • Frame: 1975 Whitechapel Bell Foundry
  • Denomination: Church of England
    Diocese (Anglican): Canterbury
    Archdeaconry (Anglican): Maidstone
  • Kent County Association of Change Ringers District: Maidstone
  • Building Listed Grade: I Click for Heritage details.
  • Peals rung at the tower

Details of the Bells

Bell Weight
(most recent)
Diameter Note Date Founder Canons Retuned
® Treble 4-3-328¼" E 2016 Whitechapel Bell Foundry Flat Never
® 2 5-0-829" D♯ 2016 Whitechapel Bell Foundry Flat Never
® 7 5-3-1131" C♯ 1723 Samuel Knight, Southwark Removed 1975 Whitechapel
® 6 6-2-2533⅝" B 1723 Samuel Knight, Southwark Removed 1975 Whitechapel
® 5 7-2-035⅞" A 1723 Samuel Knight, Southwark Removed 1975 Whitechapel
® 4 8-3-237½" G♯ 1723 Samuel Knight, Southwark Removed 1975 Whitechapel
® 3 9-3-040⅛" F♯ 1723 Samuel Knight, Southwark Removed 1975 Whitechapel
® Tenor 13-1-2444⅜" E 1723 Samuel Knight, Southwark Removed 1975 Whitechapel

®  - Hung for full circle ringing

Bellframes

Position
Frame Bells Year Maker Material Truss(es) Local
Layout
Single level 1 All bells 1975 Whitechapel Bell Foundry Iroko

Inscriptions

History

1723 New ring of 6 cast by Samuel Knight.
1897 28th Oct. 1st change ringing took place on the bells which was shortly after they were rehung by Gillett & Johnston.
1923 Bells rehung by Alfred Bowell. [1]
1975 Retuned and rehung in a new frame designed for 8 bells by Whitechapel.
2016 2 trebles were added and hung in the empty pits to augment the ring to 8.
[1] To rehanging the six bells £180. Paid cq. 22 Oct 1923. (Bowell records, Oct 1923)

Articles

  • "A small village triumphs over inflation", Author unknown (The Ringing World) 12 December 1975
  • Gallery


    Plaque in the tower.
    Photo: Richard Offen, Apr 2004

    The belfry.
    Photo: Richard Offen


    Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent Page updated: 26 June 2016