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Luddesdown, Ss Peter & Paul
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent)* | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
ꓕ | 1 | 2-0-26 | 22¾" | F♯ | 1973 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | Never | |
ꓕ | 2 | 3-0-11 | 24¾" | E | 1973 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | Never | |
ꓕ | 3 | 3-2-13 | 26¾" | D | 1973 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | Never | |
ꓕ | 4 | 4½ cwt approx. | 27⅞" | C♯ | c.1440 | Unknown | Removed | 1973 Whitechapel | |
ꓕ | 5 | 5½ cwt approx. | 30¾" | B | c.1440 | Richard Hill, Aldgate | Conventional | 1973 Whitechapel | |
ꓕ | 6 | 6-2-22 | 33¹³⁄₁₆" | A | 1866 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Conventional | 1973 Whitechapel |
History |
c | 1440 | Two bells (at least) cast. | |
1866 | Bell cast (or recast) by Mears & Stainbank. | ||
1925 | Bells rehung by Samuel B. Gosling. (NJD thinks it was by Mears when they provided new headstocks, gudgeons and bearings for bells 2 and 3.) | ||
1973 | 3 new bells added and all 6 bells rehung as a chime, dead using Ellacombe hammers. |
Gallery |
![]() Photo: David Cawley collection |
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Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 30 December 2021 |