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1552 |
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Record of 3 bells in the tower. |
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1616 |
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One bell recast by Joseph Hatch. |
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1623 |
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The remaining bells were recast by Joseph Hatch who also added a 4th bell. |
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1792 |
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Bells described as being in poor condition with only the tenor hung and the second reported broken (the latter almost certainly inaccurate as Stahlschmidt testifies otherwise in 1887). |
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1813 |
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Tenor recast by Thomas Mears. |
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1832 |
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The church originally stood over the Northgate. In this year, the gate was demolished excepting for the tower and north wall and rebuilt in a "Meagre, wharehouse style". |
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1922 |
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Church closed. The bells were advertised in the Daily Mirror and sold to the new Diocesan Cathedral of Damaraland, Namibia. The tenor went to the cathedral, Windhoek, the 2nd to St Paul the Traveller, Usakos & a 1623 bell to St Matthew, Walvis Bay. |
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1959 |
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Church restored as the St Gregory's church hall. The former ringing room (which has ropes holes) acted as the Chapel of St Mary in the Tower where Communion was celebrated weekly. At this time, most of the old frame was still in situ. |
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1969 |
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The location of 3 bells was established as: tenor: the cathedral, Windhoek, 2nd: St Paul the Traveller, Usakos, a 1623 bell: St Matthew, Walvis Bay. The location of the other 1623 bell is unknown. Each hangs in an old iron structure outside the church. |
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1970 |
1st Dec |
Church declared redundant. |
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1971 |
25th Jun |
Declaration of redundancy scheme. |
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1985 |
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Church sold to the King's School as a music centre where an observatory in the top of the tower and the louvres were glazed & bricked. |
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