Capel le Ferne, St Mary the Virgin
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 21⅜" | 1890 | John Warner & Sons | |||||
® | Tenor | 24¹⁄₁₆" | 1890 | John Warner & Sons |
Prior to 1890 |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Single Bell | 3-1-0 | c.25" | Medieval | Unknown | Never | Blank |
History |
c | 1300 | Tower built. | |
1759 | Record of one bell in the tower. [1] | ||
1799 | Hasted makes no mention of bells. [2] | ||
1887 | Stahlschmidt records 25" blank bell (in an area with a large number of such bells). | ||
1890 | Bell replaced by two bells by John Warner & Sons, who hung these with new frame and fittings at the expense of Capel Norris, Esq. | ||
1986 | 8th July | Church declared redundant and vested in the Churches Conservation Trust. The bells were retained in ringing order at the church and represent the only ringable set of two in the county. |
[1] | "This Church consists only of The Chancell and Body, and a low Tower at the West End, in which hangs 1 small Bell without Inscription." (Rev’d Bryan Faussett, 1759) |
[2] | No mention of bells. ('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: 1 April 2016 |