Swingfield, St Peter
Photo: Richard Offen, 2005 |
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Single Bell | 7 cwt approx. | 34⅜" | B | 1696 | John Wood, Bishopsgate | Never |
Inscriptions |
Prior to c.1796 |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Treble (of 3) | 4¾ cwt approx. | 29" | 1696 | John Wood | Never | Sold c. 1796 | |
2nd (of 3) | 5¼ cwt approx. | 31" | 1696 | John Wood | Never | Sold c. 1796 |
History |
1552 | Record of 3 bells in the tower. | ||
1696 | Bells recast by John Wood of Bishopsgate. This may have been his only known complete ring? | ||
1758 | Record of 3 bells in the tower. [1] | ||
c | 1796 | The 2 trebles were sold. | |
1799 | Record of 1 bell. [2] | ||
1896 | Remaining bell rehung in old fittings in a new frame, locally made. | ||
1971 | Bell rehung un new fittings (for ringing, but with no stay or slider) in the old frame by Whitechapel. | ||
2000 | Church made redundant. |
[1] | This Church is but Small, and consists only of The Chancell and the Body. At The West End is a pretty handsome Tower in which hang 3 Bells, thus inscribed. 1. I.W. – I.R. 1696. 2. I.W. – I.R. 1696. (These 2 are gone). 3 John RICHARDS W. 1696 (Rev’d Bryan Faussett, 1758) |
[2] | The church, which is dedicated to St. Peter, consists of one isle and one chancel, having a square tower, with a beacon turret at the west end, in which is one bell. ('The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Vol 8', Edward Hasted) |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 9 May 2020 |