Sittingbourne, Sacred Heart (RC)
Photo: Dickon Love |
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (As received WBF 1983) | (Former pitch) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
ꓕ | 1 | 0-2-12 | 14⅝" | E♭ | 2000 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | Never | |||
ꓕ | 2 | 0-2-18½ | 0-2-21 | 14⅞" | D | 1905 | Felix van Aerschodt, Louvain, Belgium | Conventional | 2000 Whitechapel | ||
ꓕ | 3 | 0-2-16 | 15⅛" | C | 1905 | Felix van Aerschodt, Louvain, Belgium | Conventional | 2000 Whitechapel | |||
ꓕ | 4 | 0-3-18 | 1-0-0 | Formerly B. Former Flat 2nd (of 6) | 17¼" | B♭ | 1905 | Felix van Aerschodt, Louvain, Belgium | Conventional | 2000 Whitechapel | |
ꓕ | 5 | 1-1-12 | Former Flat 4th of 6 | 19⅝" | A♭ | 1905 | Felix van Aerschodt, Louvain, Belgium | Conventional | 2000 Whitechapel | ||
ꓕ | 6 | 1-2-24 | 1-3-12 | Formerly G | 20½" | G | 1905 | Felix van Aerschodt, Louvain, Belgium | Conventional | 2000 Whitechapel | |
ꓕ | 7 | 2-1-18 | 2-2-5 | Formerly F | 23⅛" | F | 1905 | Felix van Aerschodt, Louvain, Belgium | Conventional | 2000 Whitechapel | |
ꓕ | 8 | 3-0-27 | 25⅜" | E♭ | 2000 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | Never | |||
ꓕ | Service 1 | 0-2-25 | Formerly 2nd of 6. | 16¾ | A♯ | 1905 | Felix van Aerschodt, Louvain, Belgium | Conventional | Never | ||
ꓕ | Service 2 | 1-1-21 | Formerly 4th of 6. | 19" | G♯ | 1905 | Felix van Aerschodt, Louvain, Belgium | Conventional | Never |
How the bells are tuned |
History |
1905 | A chime of 8 incorporating a flat 2nd and 4th was cast and hung in the tower in a frame on 2 levels, with the 2,3,4,5 on top. | ||
c. | 1925 | The apparatus for chiming the bells was replaced by an Ellacombe-type chiming manual situated on the gallery connected to the existing overhead drop hammers and transmission. | |
1983 | On 27 May the 6 diatonic bells (of the 8) were taken down to the Whitechapel Bell Foundry as part of a restoration programme. Funds ran out and the bells lay in the foundry yard for years. On 12 July The (then) two semitone bells (A flat and B) were restored by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry and rehung for chiming by the Kent CA and were dedicated with the names Eugene and Anselm by Bishop John Jukes, Auxiliary for Kent. Further work was suspended following Fr Dunn's transfer on Diocesan work. | ||
2000 | On 21 Oct, bells 1,flat 2, 3, flat 4, 5 and 6 were tuned and a treble and tenor were added to create a chime of 8 which was hung in the tower. The flat 2nd was tuned down in favour of the former 3rd as the former 3rd had a very flat hum. The other two bells were hung in the tower used as service bells. |
Gallery |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 12 May 2021 |