Cliffe at Hoo, St Helen
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (As supplied) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 6-1-12 | 6-3-5 | 30¾" | E♭ | 1860 | John Taylor & Co., Loughborough | Removed | 2006 John Taylor & Co | |
® | 2 | 6-1-9 | 6-2-20 | 32" | D | 1860 | John Taylor & Co., Loughborough | Removed | 2006 John Taylor & Co | |
® | 3 | 6-3-0 | 7-0-26 | 33⅜" | C | 1859 | John Taylor & Co., Loughborough | Removed | 2006 John Taylor & Co | |
® | 4 | 7-2-8 | 8-0-19 | 35⅜" | B♭ | 1859 | John Taylor & Co., Loughborough | Removed | 2006 John Taylor & Co | |
® | 5 | 7-3-15 | 8-2-0 | 37½" | A♭ | 1859 | John Taylor & Co., Loughborough | Removed | 2006 John Taylor & Co | |
® | 6 | 9-0-25 | 9-2-21 | 39" | G | 1859 | John Taylor & Co., Loughborough | Removed | 2006 John Taylor & Co | |
® | 7 | 10-1-14 | 11-1-16 | 42" | F | 1859 | John Taylor & Co., Loughborough | Removed | 2006 John Taylor & Co | |
® | Tenor | 13-2-10 | 14-2-18 | 46⅜" | E♭ | 1859 | John Taylor & Co., Loughborough | Removed | 2006 John Taylor & Co |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells |
Inscriptions |
Prior to 1859. |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Treble (of 6) | 5-0-15 | 30.5" | 1670 | John & Christopher Hodson | Never | Recast 1859. | |
2nd (of 6) | 5-3-4 | 31½" | 1630 | Joseph Hatch | Never | Recast 1859. | |
3rd (of 6) | 6-3-21 | 33⅝" | c.1585 | Giles Reve | Never | Founder ? Recast 1859. | |
4th (of 6) | 10-1-7 | 37½" | 1630 | Joseph Hatch | Never | Recast 1859. | |
5th (of 6) | 12-1-9 | 40½" | 1615 | Joseph Hatch | Never | Recast 1859. | |
Tenor (of 6) | 15-2-12 | 45" | 1675 | John & Christopher Hodson | Never | Recast 1859. |
History |
c | 1585 | Bell cast by a founder thought to be Giles Reve. This was destined to become the 3rd of a ring of 6. | |
1615 | A bell was cast or recast by Joseph Hatch destined to be the 5th of 6. | ||
1630 | Two bells were cast or recast by Joseph Hatch, destined to be 2nd and 4th of 6. | ||
1670 | A bell was cast or recast by Hodson destined to become the treble of 6. | ||
1675 | A bell was cast or recast by Hodson being the tenor of the 6. | ||
1859 | The ring of 6 was recast by John Taylor. | ||
1860 | 2 trebles added by John Taylor. These bells represent one of the earliest examples of a ring of 8 with independent crown staples from the start. | ||
1923 | Bells rehung by Alfred Bowell. He removed the hexagonally formed canons to the crowns (put there to facilitate turning). [1] | ||
2006 | Bells retuned and rehung in the existing frame by Taylor, Eayre & Smith. |
[1] | To rehanging the eight bells and reconstructing the framework £190. To new chiming apparatus and fiing complete £15. Total £205. Paid cq. On a/c £150 29 March. Cq. £55 21 Jan 1924. (Bowell records, 1923 March) |
Pages from the John Taylor Bellfounders archive |
Peal Boards |
Photo: Jeremy Clitheroe, 7 July 2018 |
Photo: Jeremy Clitheroe, 7 July 2018 |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |