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Brookland, St Augustine
 Photo: Richard Offen, 2005
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♫ Sound clip of the ring of bells.(c. 1979) |
Details of the Bells |
| Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
| ® | Treble | 4-0-22 | 26½" | F♯ | 1973 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | Never | |
| ® | 2 | 4-3-10 | 28½" | E | 1973 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | Never | |
| ® | 3 | 6-0-8 | 31" | D | 1685 | John Hodson, Whitechapel | Conventional | 1973 Whitechapel | |
| ® | 4 | 6-3-13 | 32½" | C♯ | 1685 | John Hodson, Whitechapel | Conventional | 1973 Whitechapel | |
| ® | 5 | 7-3-25 | 34⁷⁄₁₆" | B | William Chamberlain | Conventional | 1973 Whitechapel | ||
| ® | Tenor | 8-2-0 | 36⁹⁄₁₆" | A | 1685 | John Hodson, Whitechapel | Conventional | 1973 Whitechapel |
Inscriptions |
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Prior to 1973 |
| Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
| 5th (of 5) | 12-0-0 | 41" | 1685 | John Hodson | Never | Recast into 2 trebles, 1973 |
History |
| 1440 | Present 5th cast. | ||
| 1552 | Record of 4 bells in the tower. [1] | ||
| 1685 | 4 bells cast by John Hodson forming bells 1,2,4,5 of a five around the Jordan bell. The frame was evidently for 6 bells. | ||
| 1799 | Record of 5 bells in a bellframe for more. [2] | ||
| 1973 | New ring formulated out of the old anticlockwise bells using the 4th as the tenor and adding 2 trebles. Rehung clockwise and retuned by Whitechapel. |
| [1] | Item in the steple iiij small bells, and in the church one warning bell, one hand bell, and one sacringe bell. (Edwardian Inventory, 1552) |
| [2] | The church, which is dedicated to St. Augustine, is a very large handsome building, consisting of three isles and three chancels. The steeple stands on the north side, and at some small distance from it, in which are five bells. The steeple is framed of remarkable large timber. It is built entirely of wood, of an octagon form, perpendicular about five feet from the bottom, and from thence leffening to a spire at top, in which it has three different copartments or stories, the two uppermost larger at the bottom, and projecting over those underneath them. Although there are but five bells in it, yet it has frames for several more. The whole is much out of the perpendicular leaning towards the church. ('The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Vol 8', Edward Hasted) |
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The ringing room. Photo: Dickon Love |
| Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |