® |
Treble |
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1-3-10 | | 19" |
D |
2020 |
John Taylor & Co., Loughborough |
Flat |
Never |
® |
2 |
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1-3-25 | | 19⅝" |
C♯ |
2011 |
John Taylor & Co., Loughborough |
Flat |
Never |
® |
3 |
|
2-0-23 | | 20½" |
B |
2012 |
John Taylor & Co., Loughborough |
Flat |
Never |
® |
4 |
|
2-0-19 | | 21½" |
A |
2011 |
John Taylor & Co., Loughborough |
Flat |
Never |
® |
5 |
|
2-1-5 | 2-1-15 | 22" |
G |
2011 |
John Taylor & Co., Loughborough |
Flat |
2021 John Taylor & Co. |
® |
6 |
|
2-1-26 | | 23" |
F♯ |
2011 |
John Taylor & Co., Loughborough |
Flat |
Never |
® |
7 |
|
2-2-26 | | 23⅞" |
E |
2011 |
John Taylor & Co., Loughborough |
Flat |
Never |
® |
Tenor |
|
3-1-18 | | 26½" |
D |
2020 |
John Taylor & Co., Loughborough |
Flat |
Never |
® |
Single bell |
|
9-2-19 | | 36" |
A |
1951 |
Gillett & Johnston, Croydon (6949) |
Flat |
Never |
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1552 |
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Record of 3 bells in the tower ("Item iij bells suted of brass in the steple"). [1] |
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1631 |
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The church was so damaged by a storm on 26 Dec that it was necessary to take it down and rebuild it. |
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1664 |
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Small bell cast by John Hodson. This became cracked in the past century and was stored in the porch until it was stolen in recent years. This was known as the "Tinker" bell. |
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1667 |
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Larger bell recast by John Hodson. |
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1724 |
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The tower and spire was damaged by a storm. |
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1766 |
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The present clock bell was cast by Lester & Pack. It was not originally for the church and it is not precisely known where it came from. |
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1838 |
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Tower struck by lightning, severely damaging it requiring it to be extensively rebuilt. The timber spire was not replaced and the tower was given a flat roof with a parapet crowned with a stone pinnacle at each corner. |
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1887 |
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Record of 2 bells in the tower. |
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1907 |
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Single bell recast by Gillett & Johnston. It was cast at 6-1-16 and sent out on 4th July. [2] |
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1949 |
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The tower was gutted by fire in Jan, which destroyed the bells. Gillett & Johnston offered estimates for bells of various sizes, pointing out that they had cast the original bell. |
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1950 |
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Tower rebuilt under the supervision of Hobday and Maynard, architects, of Bromley, completed the following year. The old clock from the Stables at the Rookery, Bromley Common was purchased for £25. |
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1951 |
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The tower was restored under Miss Cunningham, church architect and Hobday & Maynard, architects in Bromley. At this time the spire was restored to the tower also. A bell cast by Gillett & Johnson on 28th January using metal from the old bell. It was hung in a new cast iron frame and cost ?282. The old clock from the Stables at The Rookery, Bromley Common (a large house which once stood on what is now the Bromley College of Technology), was purchased for the church for ?25 and refurbished by Gillett & Johnston. The clock strikes the hours on the 1766 bell which possibly came from The Rookery also. |
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1969 |
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John Taylor & Co estimated for adding five bells to make a ring of six (£3,400) or seven bells to make a chime of eight - the tenor remaining hung for ringing (£2,600). |
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2012 |
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Six bells were acquired from John Taylor Bellfounders (having been earlier cast as the front six of a new ring of ten for St Martin in the Cornmarket in Worcester, but subsequently made available after a different ring of ten was cast). The 2nd was recast (on 16th Feb) as Taylors weren't especially happy to pass on the specification requested by Worcester to Farnborough. All six were hung in a new grillage frame with additional holes cut ready to take framesides for a future top and tail augmentation to eight. The existing bell was refitted and rehung with full circle ringing fittings elsewhere in the tower. The bells were dedicated by the Bishop of Tonbridge on 18th Nov. |
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2020 |
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The ring of 6 was remodelled into 8 by adding a treble and a tenor and retuning the 4th (of 6) down a semitone to form the new 5th. Hanging didn't take place until the following year owing to the coronavirus pandemic. |
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2021 |
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The 7th (of 8) was hung in new framework above the other bells. The presence of this new framework meant that the clock bell, hung from the ceiling, had to be taken down while its future was considered. The Gillett bell was still left in situ hung for ringing, although advice from the structural engineer was that this bell should not be rung when the main ring is rung. Hanging was finished 1 April. |
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2023 |
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The former clock bell was transferred to Thurloxton in Somerset to augment the ring of 5 there to 6 by forming the new treble. |
The Gillett bell at Loughborough in 2011. Photo: Nicholas Wilkins, 2012 |
The five ex-Worcester bells being prepared for their arrival to Farnborough. Photo: Nicholas Wilkins, 2012 |
The bellframe being constructed at Loughborough. Photo: David Cawley, 2012 |
One of the ex-Worcester bells on the tuning machine. Photo: David Cawley, 2012 |
The belfry photographed on the day of the dedication of the bells. Photo: Dickon Love, 18 Nov 2012 |
Photo: Dickon Love, 18 Nov 2012 |
Photo: Dickon Love, 18 Nov 2012 |
Photo: Dickon Love, 18 Nov 2012 |
Photo: Dickon Love, 18 Nov 2012 |
Photo: Dickon Love, 18 Nov 2012 |
Photo: Dickon Love, 18 Nov 2012 |
Photo: Dickon Love, 18 Nov 2012 |
Photo: Dickon Love, 18 Nov 2012 |
Photo: Dickon Love, 18 Nov 2012 |
Photo: Dickon Love, 18 Nov 2012 |
The ringing room Photo: Dickon Love, 18 Nov 2012 |
The treble, with taping on the clapper to help solve double clappering. Photo: Dickon Love, 11 Mar 2023 |
The 2nd (former treble). Photo: Dickon Love, 11 Mar 2023 |
View of the belfry. The 7th is in the upper frame. The position of this frame meant that the clock bell had to go. Photo: Dickon Love, 11 Mar 2023 |
Photo: Dickon Love, 11 Mar 2023 |
Photo: Dickon Love, 11 Mar 2023 |
Photo: Dickon Love, 11 Mar 2023 |
The treble. Photo: Dickon Love, 11 Mar 2023 |
The treble. Photo: Dickon Love, 11 Mar 2023 |
The treble. Photo: Dickon Love, 11 Mar 2023 |