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Darenth, St Margaret
 Photo: Dickon Love
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Details of the Bells |
| Bell | Weight (most recent) | (As supplied in 1856) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
| ҂ | 1 | 2-3-16 | 24" | 1400 | Unknown | 1966 Whitechapel Bell Foundry | ||||
| ҂ | 2 | 3-0-16 | 26⅝" | 1609 | Stephen Swan, Kent | 1966 Whitechapel Bell Foundry | ||||
| ҂ | 3 | 4-3-24 | 5-0-15 | 29⅞" | 1856 | Charles & George Mears, Whitechapel | 1966 Whitechapel Bell Foundry |
Inscriptions |
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Prior to 1856 |
| Bell | Weight (most recent) | Date | Founder | Fate | |
| Former tenor | 4-3-25 | Unknown | Recast 1856. Gross weight 5-0-5 |
History |
| c | 1400 | A bell was cast by an unknown founder. | |
| 1552 | Record of 3 bells in the tower. | ||
| 1609 | Bell cast by Stephen Swan. | ||
| 1856 | Tenor recast at Whitechapel. Whitechapel daybook 26 May 1856 – old bell 5-0-5 gross (4-3-25 nett) allowed £32.9.10; Daybook 27 Aug.1856 – Bell 5-0-15 cost £43.2.6, supplied with clapper (£1) and fittings (£3.10) | ||
| 1914 | 24th August | Alfred Bowell produced a report discussing repairs to the bells and fittings including estimates. Work may have been done at this stage. | |
| c | 1925 | Front 2 bells rehung with partial new fittings by Samuel Goslin (evidence by attribution not documentary: the fittings might have been by Bowell and not Goslin). | |
| 1937 | Bells rehung by Alfred Bowell. | ||
| 1966 | The bells were retuned and rehung for swing chiming with levers by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. |
Gallery |
Treble bell. Photo: David Cawley, 29 Mar 1969 |
Second bell. Photo: David Cawley, 29 Mar 1969 |
| Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |