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Bredgar, St John the Baptist
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Details of the Bells |
| Bell | Weight (most recent)* | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
| ® | Treble | 3-3-1 | 26¾" | E | 1967 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Flat | 1967 Mears & Stainbank | |
| ® | 2 | 4-0-27 | 28" | D | 1967 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Flat | 1967 Mears & Stainbank | |
| ® | 3 | 4-3-20 | 30¼" | C | 1692 | Jacob Bartlet, Whitechapel | Conventional | 1967 Mears & Stainbank | |
| ® | 4 | 5-3-22 | 32³⁄₁₆" | B | 1650 | John Wilnar, Borden, Kent | Conventional | 1967 Mears & Stainbank | |
| ® | 5 | 7-1-22 | 35¹¹⁄₁₆" | A | 1579 | Robert Mot, Whitechapel | Conventional | 1967 Mears & Stainbank | |
| ® | Tenor | 9-1-6 | 39" | G | 1634 | John Wilnar, Borden, Kent | Conventional | 1967 Mears & Stainbank |
Bellframes |
| Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
| 1 | All bells | 1967 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel |
Inscriptions |
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Earlier bells |
| Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
| Tenor (of 5) | 11-2-25 | 40½" | 1842 | Thomas Mears II | Never | Recast into 2 trebles, 1967 | |
| Tenor (of 5) | 11-2-8 | Pre-reformation | Unknown | Never | Recast 1842 |
History |
| 1579 | Present 5th cast (then the 3rd) | ||
| 1634 | Present tenor cast (then the 4th) | ||
| 1650 | Present 4th cast (then the 2nd) | ||
| 1692 | Present 3rd cast (then the treble). | ||
| 1760 | Record of 5 bells, the tenor of which was dedicated to St John, and struck the hours. | ||
| 1842 | Pre-Reformation tenor recast by Thomas Mears. | ||
| 1967 | Tenor scrapped, the Lydian ring of 5 bells were retuned into a diatonic scale and rehung with 2 new trebles to form a ring of 6, by Mears & Stainbank. |
