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North Cray, St James
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
ꓕ | 1 | 2-0-1 | 21½" | 1874 | John Warner & Sons | 1999 Whitechapel Bell Foundry | |||
ꓕ | 2 | 2-3-15 | 25" | 1857 | Charles & George Mears, Whitechapel | 1999 Whitechapel Bell Foundry | |||
ꓕ | 3 | 3-3-4 | 28" | 1727 | Richard Phelps, Whitechapel | 1999 Whitechapel Bell Foundry |
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History |
1552 | Record of 3 bells. | ||
1727 | Tenor recast. | ||
1857 | 27th Feb | Whitechapel Daybook records Bell 3-0-5 and fittings, fittings for tenor, and new (fir) frame for three bells. | |
1874 | Treble recast. | ||
1999 | The cracked tenor was welded by Soundweld. The 3 bells were retuned and rehung dead with new fittings in the existing frame by Whitechapel. |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 31 March 2020 |