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Brabourne, St Mary the Blessed Virgin
 Photo: Dickon Love
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♫ Sound clip of the ring of 6 before they were augmented to 8.(Mark Chittenden-Pile) |
Details of the Bells |
| Bell | Weight (most recent) | (As supplied 1917) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
| ® | Treble | 3-3-17 | 25¹⁄₁₆" | G | 2002 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | Never | ||
| ® | 2 | 4-1-0 | 26³⁄₁₆" | F♯ | 2002 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | Never | ||
| ® | 3 | 4-1-3 | 4-2-0 | 27¾" | E | 1917 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 1966 Mears & Stainbank | |
| ® | 4 | 4-3-26 | 5-1-9 | 29⅝" | D | 1917 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 1966 Mears & Stainbank | |
| ® | 5 | 5-2-9 | 31¹⁄₁₆" | C | 1656 | William Hatch | Conventional | 1966 Mears & Stainbank | ||
| ® | 6 | 7-1-4 | 33⅜" | B | 1774 | Pack & Chapman, Whitechapel | Removed | 1966 Mears & Stainbank | ||
| ® | 7 | 9-0-27 | 37⅛" | A | 1774 | Pack & Chapman, Whitechapel | Removed | 1966 Mears & Stainbank | ||
| ® | Tenor | 11-2-15 | 39½" | G | 1605 | Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent | Conventional | 1966 Mears & Stainbank |
Bellframes |
| Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
| 1 | All bells | 1966 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Steel | 8 |
Inscriptions |
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Earlier bells |
| Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
| Treble (of 5) | 4-2-0 | 29" | 1656 | William Hatch | Never | Recast 1917 | |
| 3rd (of 5) | 1656 | William Hatch | Never | Recast 1774. | |||
| 4th (of 5) | 1656 | William Hatch | Never | Recast 1774. |
History |
| 1552 | Record of 4 bells in the tower. [1] | ||
| I | 1605 | Present tenor cast. | |
| 1656 | 4 treble bells cast by William Hatch. | ||
| 1699 | -1702 | Tower pulled down and rebuilt; the bells were rehung. | |
| 1758 | Record of 5 bells. | ||
| 1774 | 4th and 5th recast by Pack & Chapman. | ||
| 1799 | Record of 5 bells in the tower. | ||
| 1917 | Treble recast and new treble added to make 6. | ||
| 1918 | Bells, with new bells, rehung by Mears & Stainbank. | ||
| 1966 | Bells retuned and rehung in a new frame for 8 with new fittings by Whitechapel. Only the 3rd and tenor retained their canons. | ||
| 2002 | Two trebles cast at Whitechapel and hung in the empty pits to complete the octave. |
| [1] | Item iiij bells in the steple. Item one herse bell. (Edwardian Inventory, 1552) |
Articles
Gallery |
The new treble. Photo: Ray Lucas |
The new 2nd. Photo: Ray Lucas |
The trebles being recast at Whitechapel. Photo: Ray Lucas |
Photo of the new treble and 2nd in 1917. Photo: Paul C Johnson |
| Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |