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Leaveland, St Laurence
 Photo: Paul Moore, 2011 www.flickr.com/photos/rhedae
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Details of the Bells |
| Bell | Weight (most recent) | (Prior to retuning (2016)) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
| Single | 1-1-6 | Prior to retuning (2016) | 18.31" | B♭ | 1868 | Robert Stainbank, Whitechapel | 2016 Whitechapel |
How the bells are tuned |
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Prior to 2012 |
| Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
| Single bell | 1 cwt approx. | 18" | 1581 | Unknown | Never | Stolen 2012 |
History |
| 1222 | Church consecrated. | ||
| 1581 | Bell cast. Stahlschmidt described it in 1887 as somewhat eccentric in shape and proabably the work of a local genius, not a bell founder by trade. According to the Churchwarden in 2016, it sounded dreadful! [1] | ||
| 1882 | Vestry added. | ||
| 2012 | November | Bell stolen from the turret. | |
| 2014 | A bell became available from the Keltek Trust from St Aidan, Hellifield, N Yorks. This was transferred to one of the local halls and stored there pending hanging. [2] | ||
| 2016 | The bells in storage was taken to the Whitechapel Bell Foundry where it was sandblasted, tuned and fitted in the empty cupola with stationary chiming fittings including a trigger action clapper. |
| [1] | Bell somewhat eccentric in shape, and probably the work of a local genius, not a bellfounder by trade. What date he meant by the hieroglyph he has put on the bell it is difficult to say - I incline to 1581; 3 the figures are clearly reversed. ("Church Bells of Kent" J C L Stahlschmidt, 1887) |
| [2] | Bell reference 12042. (Keltek Reference) |
Gallery |
The new (second hand) bell hanging in the cupola. Photo: Bryn Clinch, Oct 2016 |
| Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 2 August 2017 |