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Offham, St Michael
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent)* | (WBF as received 1997) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
ꓕ | 1 | 2-2-22 | 25⁵⁄₁₆" | B♭ | 1590 | Giles Reve, Kent | Conventional | Never | ||
ꓕ | 2 | 4-2-14 | 5-0-4 | 30¹⁄₁₆" | A | 1674 | John Hodson, Whitechapel | Conventional | 1998 Whitechapel | |
ꓕ | 3 | 6-1-15 | 6-2-17 | 33⅞" | G | 1633 | John Wilnar, Borden, Kent | Removed | 1998 Whitechapel |
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History |
1590 | Current treble cast by Giles Reve. | ||
1633 | Current tenor cast by John Wilnar. | ||
1674 | Current middle bell cast by John Hodson. | ||
1998 | The bells were rehung dead as a chime by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. The canons were removed from the tenor and the back two bells were retuned. Prior to this, they were stored on the floors of the tower unhung. |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 5 August 2022 |