Woolwich, St Mary Magdalene
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (Cast weight 1932) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 4-3-6 | 27¼" | G | 1821 | Thomas Mears II, Whitechapel | 1892 John Warner & Sons | |||
® | 2 | 4-3-19 | 28" | F♯ | 1821 | Thomas Mears II, Whitechapel | 1892 John Warner & Sons | |||
® | 3 | 5-2-4 | 30" | E | 1821 | Thomas Mears II, Whitechapel | 1892 John Warner & Sons | |||
® | 4 | 6-1-7 | 31½" | D | 1821 | Thomas Mears II, Whitechapel | 1892 John Warner & Sons | |||
® | 5 | 6-3-23 | 32⅞" | C | 1821 | Thomas Mears II, Whitechapel | 1892 John Warner & Sons | |||
® | 6 | 8-0-2 | 35¼" | B | 1821 | Thomas Mears II, Whitechapel | 1892 John Warner & Sons | |||
® | 7 | 9-2-25 | 37⅞" | A | 1821 | Thomas Mears II, Whitechapel | 1892 John Warner & Sons | |||
® | Tenor | 12-3-6 | 13-1-14 | 40½" | G | 1932 | John Taylor & Co., Loughborough | Flat | Never |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells | Timber |
Inscriptions |
Prior to 1932 |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Note | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Tenor (of 8) | 12-3-20 | G | 1821 | Thomas Mears II | Never | Weight from JT records. Recast 1932. |
History |
c | 1120 | Church in existence. | |
1401 | A bell was supposedly cast and installed inscribed "Guillelmus Prene me fecit in honorem sanctae trinitas" | ||
1552 | Record of 3 bells. [1] | ||
1726 | -32 | Church rebuilt by Matthew Spray (builder). | |
1738 | -9 | Bells transferred to the new tower. | |
1821 | Ring of 8 cast by Thomas Mears. | ||
1892 | Bells retuned and rehung by Warners for £204.16.10. | ||
1893 | Bells rehung in a new frame by T. Blackbourn of Salisbury. [This fact needs checking.] | ||
1894 | Chancel built. | ||
1929 | The tenor was reported to be cracked. | ||
1932 | Tenor recast by John Taylor who rehung the remainder with new fittings in the old frame. |
[1] | Item iij bells of bell mettell suted hanging in the Steple there. Item j little Saints bell of brasse hanging in the saide steple. (Edwardian Inventory, 1552) |
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Elsewhere in the Parish |
Woolwich, Cambridge Barracks (formerly Royal Marine Barracks) 3 bell clock chime | |
Woolwich, Dockyard Chapel Chapel closed, formerly 1 bell | |
Woolwich, Military Academy, Military Barracks | |
Woolwich, Royal Arsenal Chapel Chapel dismantled, formerly single bell, 1-3-26 | |
Woolwich, Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society building 3 bell clock chime | |
Woolwich, Royal Arsenal Gatehouse Single bell hung for swing chiming | |
Woolwich, Union Street Board School. School demolished, formerly single bell, 0-3-18 |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 29 May 2023 |