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Charing, Ss Peter & Paul


Photo: Dickon Love, 16 May 2022

  • 6 bells hung for full circle ringing
  • Tenor: 12-2-10 in G.
  • Grid Ref: TQ954494
  • Complete ring cast at the same time
  • Rung from: Upstairs Ringing Room
  • Frame: 1878 John Taylor & Co., made of timber
  • Denomination: Church of England
    Diocese (Anglican): Canterbury
    Archdeaconry (Anglican): Ashford
  • Kent County Association of Change Ringers District: Ashford
  • Building Listed Grade: I Click for Heritage details.
  • Peals rung at the tower

Details of the Bells

Bell Weight
(most recent)

(As dispatched 1878)
Diameter Note Date Founder Canons Retuned
® Treble 5-0-225-2-028⁵⁄₁₆" E 1878 John Taylor & Co., Loughborough Removed 1993 John Taylor & Co
® 2 5-3-146-1-1230⅝" D 1878 John Taylor & Co., Loughborough Removed 1993 John Taylor & Co
® 3 6-3-27-1-432⁹⁄₁₆" C 1878 John Taylor & Co., Loughborough Removed 1993 John Taylor & Co
® 4 7-1-07-3-233¹¹⁄₁₆" B 1878 John Taylor & Co., Loughborough Removed 1993 John Taylor & Co
® 5 9-3-810-1-036¾" A 1878 John Taylor & Co., Loughborough Flat 1993 John Taylor & Co
® Tenor 12-2-1013-0-1541⁵⁄₁₆" G 1878 John Taylor & Co., Loughborough Flat 1993 John Taylor & Co

®  - Hung for full circle ringing

Bellframes

Frame Bells Year Maker Material Truss(es) Local
Layout
1 All bells 1878 John Taylor & Co., Loughborough Timber

Inscriptions

Prior to 1878.

Bell Weight
(most recent)
DateFounderRetunedFate
Single Bell5-2-01608Joseph HatchNeverBroken up 14th Jan 1879. Metal used in Folkestone tenor.

History

1552 Record of 4 bells in the tower.
1590 4th Aug. Church and bells destroyed by fire.
1608 Joseph Hatch cast a single bell to replace those destroyed.
1878 Ring of six cast and installed by John Taylor.
1926 Bells rehung by Alfred Bowell. [2]
1980 Clappers rebushed; new pulleys fitted by the K.C.A.
1993 Bells retuned, their canons removed, and rehung by John Taylor.
[2] To rehanging the six bells £95. Paid. Cq. 1 Oct 1926. (Bowell records, Sept 1916)

Elsewhere in the Parish

Charing, School
Single bell


Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent Page updated: 24 May 2022