Boughton Monchelsea, St Peter
♫ Sound clip of the ring of bells.(Roger Button) |
Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 30" | D♯ | 1880 | John Warner & Sons | Removed | 1992 Whitechapel | ||
® | 2 | 31" | C♯ | 1880 | John Warner & Sons | Removed | 1992 Whitechapel | ||
® | 3 | 5-3-15 | 32" | B | 1592 | Giles Reve, Kent | Conventional | 1992 Whitechapel | |
® | 4 | 35⅜" | A♯ | 1693 | James Bartlett, Whitechapel | Conventional | 1992 Whitechapel | ||
® | 5 | 38¾" | G♯ | 1614 | Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent | Conventional | 1992 Whitechapel | ||
® | Tenor | 13-3-2 | 43¼" | F♯ | 1727 | John Waylett, Cripplegate | Conventional | 1992 Whitechapel |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells | 1860 | Charles & George Mears, Whitechapel | Timber |
Inscriptions |
History |
1592 | Present 3rd cast. | ||
1614 | Present 5th cast. | ||
1693 | Present 4th cast. | ||
1727 | Present tenor cast. | ||
1832 | Church badly damaged by fire. | ||
1860 | Bells rehung in a new frame by Mears & Stainbank. | ||
1880 | Two trebles added by John Warner, who adapted the existing frame to make 6. The 8 bell frame would be of the standard 2-4-2 format, however the 2 vacant pits are in the wrong place and not even adjacent. The original 4-bell frame (Mears c.1860-70) occupied the two outer limbs with the 4-bell central space left vacant. | ||
1903 | Repairs to fittings effected by Mears & Stainbank. | ||
1992 | Bells tuned and rehung in old frame by Whitechapel. |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |