Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent

Halstead, St Margaret

Photo: Dickon Love, Jan 2005

Single bell hung for swing chiming with lever in open gable
Tenor: 5 cwt approx. in C♯.
Formerly ring of 5, now 1 bell with remainder scrapped.
Grid Ref: TQ483617
Rung from: Ground Floor
Denomination: Church of England
Diocese (Anglican): Rochester

♫ Sound clip of the single bell.(Dickon R Love, 29 Jan 2005)

Details of the Bells

	Bell		Weight (most recent)	Diameter	Note	Date	Founder	Canons	Retuned
҂	Single Bell		5 cwt approx.	29½"	C♯	1612	William Carter, Whitechapel		Never

҂ - Hung for swing chiming

Inscriptions

How the bells are tuned

Prior to 1845

History

1609		The church (which was the chapel of Halstead Park) was rebuilt by Thomas Watson Esquire and equipped with 4 bells.
1612		Up to 4 new bells cast by William Carter, probably the ones given by Sir Thomas Watson.
1846	3rd Jan	Whitechapel Daybook notes:- Revd. Edward Heawood, To Cash for 2 old bells, 3-3-18 and 6-3-20 (together 10-3-2 gross, 10-2-20 nett) £39.17.0. Another note claims the first bell was 3-3-10.
1880		Present church built (on a different site).
1897		Church enlarged.

Gallery

A close up of the bell hanging in the gable end.
Photo: Dickon Love, 29 Jan 2005

A print, dated 1838, of the original church. The tower used to contain a ring of 5 bells.
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Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent

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