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Broadstairs, Holy Trinity
 Photo: David L Cawley, July 2011
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Details of the Bells |
| Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
| Single bell | 1¾ cwt approx. | 20" | B | 1924 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Never |
Inscriptions |
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Earlier bells |
| Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
| Single bell | 12-1-9 | 40½" | G | 1903 | John Taylor & Co. | Never | Hung for ringing. Scrapped 1952 | |
| Single bell | 6 cwt approx. | 34½" | 1861 | Naylor Vickers & Co. | Never | Scrapped 1903 | ||
| Single bell | 1829 | Thomas Mears II | Never | Recast 1924 |
History |
| 1829 | Small bell cast by Thomas Mears II, given by John Powell Powell of Quex Park (creator of the ring of 12 there) for the new church. | ||
| 1830 | Church consecrated. Originally a chapel of ease to St Peter's, known as "Bradstow Chapel". | ||
| 1850 | Separated from St Peter's and assigned its own district. | ||
| 1861 | Steel bell cast by Naylor Vickers. | ||
| 1862 | The church was given a tower, built by architect G.L. Taylor at a cost of £846. A clock was given by Thomas Crampton and the bell presented. The church was known as "The Petrified Haystack". | ||
| 1866 | Church became Broadstairs Parish Church with its own parish formed from St Peter's. | ||
| 1903 | The steel bell was removed and a new bell was cast and hung for ringing. The initial letters of the inscription spelled the name of the donor, Thomas Raven. It was hung with a cast-iron headstock and Hesse clapper. | ||
| 1915 | -1 | Partial rebuilding of the church commenced (Michael Durrant, Architect) converting it from a Commissioners Gothic box into a Romanesque basilica. A bell turret was erected to take a Sanctus bell at the east end. | |
| 1924 | The tower, said to be insecure was demolished. The church was further rebuilt anmd extended. The Taylor bell and the clock were stored pending the building of a new tower. The Mears bell was recast by Mears & Stainbank. | ||
| 1952 | The tower project having been abandoned, the Taylor bell and fittings and the clock were all sold to a Thanet scrap dealer. Perhaps they still exist! The Sanctus bell is that now used for services. | ||
| 2011 | The bells, which had been hung for electric chiming, was rehung for swing chiming by John Taylor Bellfounders. | ||
| 2019 | The electrical chiming was reinstated by John Taylor & Co. following the repeated snagging of the rope in the roof space. |
Gallery |
Church as it looked prior to 1924. Postcard used 1922. Photo: David Cawley collection |
Church in 1872. Photo: David Cawley collection |
The Sanctus bell. Photo: David Cawley collection |
Picture dated c.1920 after removal of pinnacles and shortly before the whole west end was demolished and the church extended. The base of the new tower is on the north side of the chancel. Photo: David Cawley collection |
| Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 27 June 2020 |