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Teynham, St Mary


Photo: Dickon Love, 2006

  • 6 bells hung for full circle ringing
  • Tenor: 10-3-7 in G.
  • Grid Ref: TQ966636
  • Rung from: Upstairs Ringing Room
  • Denomination: Church of England
    Diocese (Anglican): Canterbury
    Archdeaconry (Anglican): Maidstone
  • Kent County Association of Change Ringers District: Canterbury
  • 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 4-3-927¾" E 1743 Robert Catlin, Holborn Removed 1989 Whitechapel
® 2 5-0-129½" D 1924 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Flat 1989 Whitechapel
® 3 5-2-1030½" C 1743 Robert Catlin, Holborn Removed 1989 Whitechapel
® 4 6-0-2131¾" B 1743 Robert Catlin, Holborn Removed 1989 Whitechapel
® 5 6-3-1334¾" A 1899 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Removed 1989 Whitechapel
® Tenor 10-3-739" G 1743 Robert Catlin, Holborn Removed 1989 Whitechapel

®  - Hung for full circle ringing

Bellframes

Frame Bells Year Maker Material Truss(es) Local
Layout
1 All bells Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Cast iron

Earlier bells

Bell DiameterDateFounderRetunedFate
2nd (of 6)30½"1743Robert CatlinNeverRecast 1924
5th (of 6)1843Mears & Co.NeverRecast 1899
5th (of 6)36"1743Robert CatlinNeverRecast 1843

History

1743 Ring of 6 cast by Robert Catlin.
1843 5th recast by Mears & Co.
1899 Bells rehung and 5th recast, by Mears & Stainbank.
1924 2nd recast by Mears & Stainbank.
1989 The cast-in crown staples were removed and the bells retuned by Whitechapel, and rehung in the existing frame with new fittings.

Articles

  • "Work completed at Teynham", Tumber, Bryan (The Ringing World) 11 August 1987


  • Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent Page updated: 1 April 2016