Snodland, All Saints
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (Measured 1920 by Bowell) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 4-0-15 | 4-1-11 | E | 1920 | Alfred Bowell, Ipswich | Flat | 1990 Whitechapel | ||
® | 2 | 4-1-10 | 4-2-5 | 29" | D | 1873 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 1920 Alfred Bowell, 1990 Whitechapel | |
® | 3 | 5-0-2 | 5-0-9 | 31½" | C | 1873 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 1920 Alfred Bowell, 1990 Whitechapel | |
® | 4 | 5-3-4 | 6-0-25 | 34" | B | 1589 | Giles Reve, Kent | Removed | 1920 Alfred Bowell, 1990 Whitechapel | |
® | 5 | 6-2-21 | 7-0-0 | 35¼" | A | 1873 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 1920 Alfred Bowell, 1990 Whitechapel | |
® | Tenor | 8-2-7 | 8-3-16 | 39" | G | 1636 | John Wilnar, Borden, Kent | Removed | 1990 Whitechapel |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells | 1920 | Alfred Bowell, Ipswich | Steel & cast iron |
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Inscriptions |
History |
1589 | Bell cast by Giles Reve (later 2nd of 4). | ||
1636 | Tenor cast by John Wilnar (of 4). | ||
1654 | 3rd (of 4) cast by Anthony Bartlett. | ||
1796 | Treble (of 4) broke and was sold for scrap. | ||
1873 | Treble (of 3) recast and treble and bell between 2nd and tenor inserted to make 5, by Mears & Stainbank. Bells hung without wheels for chiming. | ||
1920 | Treble added to make 6 and bells rehung for ringing, by Alfred Bowell, who retuned all the bells (it seems apart from the tenor). [1] | ||
1990 | Bells quarter-turned, retuned and rehung by Whitechapel.. | ||
1991 | 27th Jan. | Bells rededicated. | |
1996 | Ringing room moved from the ground floor to upstairs. |
[1] | To rehanging the five bells and adding a sixth £250. To chiming apparatus and refixing clock hammers £10.. Extra. To bringing ropes through to the ground floor, with tubes & turned wood ceiling bosses and extra length of rope which was not included in my estimate £5. Total £265. Less. Allowance for being done with Halling £5. Paid by Cq. 7 May 1920. £260 (Bowell records, 30 Apr 1920) |
Photographs and drawings |
The belfry. Photo: Michael A Birkbeck, Oct 2023 |
Layout of the frame. Photo: Drawn by Michael A Birkbeck, 2023 |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |