![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Boughton Aluph, All Saints
![]() |
|
Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Retuned |
Inscriptions |
![]() |
Prior to their scrapping in 1952. |
Bell | Weight (most recent) |
Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate |
Treble | 4½ cwt approx. | 28½" | C♯ | 1653 | William Hatch | Never | Scrapped in 1952. |
2nd | 5 cwt approx. | 29" | B | 1652 | William Hatch | Never | Scrapped in 1952. |
3rd | 7¾ cwt approx. | 35" | A♯ | c.1510 | William Culverden | Never | Scrapped in 1952. |
4th | 8¾ cwt approx. | 37" | G♯ | 1702 | Richard Phelps | Never | Scrapped in 1952. |
Tenor | 13-2-10 | 40½" | F♯ | c.1540 | William Oldfield | Never | Scrapped in 1952. |
History |
1510 | Bell cast by William Culverden. | ||
c | 1540 | Tenor (of 4) cast by William Oldfield. | |
1552 | Record of 4 bells in the tower. | ||
1652 | -3 | Bells augmented to 5 with two new bells from William Hatch. | |
1702 | 4th (of 5) recast by Richard Phelps. | ||
1757 | Record of 5 bells in the tower. [1] | ||
1887 | Stahlschmidt reported the bells as being dilapidated and the treble being cracked. | ||
1942 | The church tower was damaged by a fire bomb. | ||
1945 | The belfry was reported to be in a terrible condition - the SW corner was badly burned by the bomb, the treble was broken at the lip (but still sounded fair) and the tenor was cracked. | ||
1952 | January | Bells controversially sold for scrap to Gillett & Johnston. Part of the tenor inscription band was saved by Ranald Clouston who later presented it to the Canterbury Heritage Centre for display. The metal was used for the St Nicholas Aberdeen Carillon. | |
1954 | The frame was repaired, although no bells have hung in it ever since. |
[1] | "This Church consists of Two Chancells, The Body, 2 Isles, and a Cross One or Transept. The Tower, in which hang 5 Bells (The Inscriptions upon which it was to dark for Me to read) is in ye Middle of ye Church, and stands upon Four Stout Pillars." (Rev’d Bryan Faussett, 1757) |
Gallery |
Drawings of the Frame |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |