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Crayford, St Paulinus


  • 8 bells hung for full circle ringing
  • Tenor: 11-2-15 in F.
  • Grid Ref: TQ512752
  • Complete ring cast at the same time
  • Rung from: Upstairs Ringing Room
  • Frame: 1876 Mears & Stainbank, made of metal
  • Denomination: Church of England
    Diocese (Anglican): Rochester
  • Kent County Association of Change Ringers District: Lewisham
  • Building Listed Grade: II* Click for Heritage details.
  • Peals rung at the tower

Details of the Bells

Bell Weight
(most recent)

(As supplied)
Diameter Note Date Founder Canons Retuned
® Treble 3-3-64-0-1426½" F 1876 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Removed 1923 Mears & Stainbank
® 2 4-1-184-2-2727¾" E 1876 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Removed 1923 Mears & Stainbank
® 3 4-1-234-3-328½" D 1876 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Removed 1923 Mears & Stainbank
® 4 5-0-95-1-1730½" C 1876 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Removed 1923 Mears & Stainbank
® 5 5-3-226-1-1732¾" B♭ 1876 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Removed 1923 Mears & Stainbank
® 6 6-3-247-1-1234½" A 1876 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Removed 1923 Mears & Stainbank
® 7 8-3-259-2-338¼" G 1876 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Removed 1923 Mears & Stainbank
® Tenor 11-2-1512-1-042½" F 1876 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Removed 1923 Mears & Stainbank

®  - Hung for full circle ringing

Bellframes

Frame Bells Year Maker Material Truss(es) Local
Layout
1 All bells 1923 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Cast iron

Inscriptions

Earlier ring of five

Bell Weight
(most recent)
DiameterDateFounderRetunedFate
Treble5-0-929"1672John HodsonNeverRecast 1876
2nd5-3-031"1672John HodsonNeverRecast 1876
3rd6-3-1133"1672John HodsonNeverRecast 1876
4th8-2-1936½"1615William LandNeverRecast 1876
Tenor12-0-1741"1624Thomas BartlettNeverRecast 1876

History

1552 Record of 3 bells in the tower. [1]
1615 William Land cast a bell.
1624 The tenor was recast by Thomas Bartlett.
1672 3 bells (serving as trebles to the Land and Bartlett bells) were cast by John Hodson.
1876 The five bells were recast into an octave by Mears & Stainbank and hung in a new frame. The bells were given in memory of David Evans of Shenstone by this family.
1923 The bells were retuned and rehung by Mears & Stainbank.
[1] Item iij greate bells of bellmettell hanging in the Steple there. (Edwardian Inventory, 1552)

Articles

  • "The Barnetts of Crayford, Kent", Author unknown (The Ringing World) 4 March 1977
  • Gallery


    The bells standing outstide the church with the Rector, Canon Benjamin Franklin Smith, in 1876. (Shame about the watermark!)
    Photo: Bexley Local Studies and Archives

    Peal Boards

    Framed card Performance Board dated approx. 1995
    01 May 1995: 5040 Grandsire Triples (In memoriam William E Bond, Tower Captain for 67 years.)

    Photo: Dickon R Love, 26 October 2018

    Framed card Performance Board dated approx. 1996
    09 Sept 1996: 5072 Plain Bob Major (10th anniversary of Rupert Cheeseman's 1st handling lesson.)

    Photo: Dickon R Love, 26 October 2018

    Framed card Performance Board dated approx. 1993
    12 Dec 1992: 5040 Plain Bob Minor (Wedding of Princess Royal and Commander Tim Lawrence.)

    Photo: Dickon R Love, 26 October 2018

    Framed card Performance Board dated approx. 1890
    01 Aug 1890: 5184 Canterbury Pleasure Major

    Photo: Dickon R Love, 26 October 2018

    Framed card Performance Board dated approx. 1934
    21 Apr 1934: 5024 Plain Bob Major (Youngest band to every complete a peal on church bells.)

    Photo: Dickon R Love, 26 October 2018

    Framed card Performance Board dated approx. 1890
    29 Mar 1890: 5040 Grandsire Triples

    Photo: Dickon R Love, 26 October 2018

    Framed card Performance Board dated approx. 1890
    18 Oct 1890: 5120 Canterbury Pleasure Major

    Photo: Dickon R Love, 26 October 2018

    Framed card Performance Board dated approx. 1891
    12 Mar 1891: 5040 Union Triples

    Photo: Dickon R Love, 26 October 2018

    Stone Performance Board dated approx. 1931
    05 Jun 1931: 5088 Treble Bob Major (Records E A Barnett's 1st as conductor, aged 12½, and his 1st peal in 1929 aged 11.)

    Photo: Dickon R Love, 26 October 2018

    Timber Performance Board dated approx. 1882
    29 Dec 1881: 5040 Grandsire Triples
    28 Oct 1882: 5040 Grandsire Triples

    Photo: Dickon R Love, 26 October 2018

    Timber Performance Board dated approx. 1882
    17 Nov 1877: 5040 Grandsire Triples (1st peal on the bells.)

    Photo: Dickon R Love, 26 October 2018

    Stone Memorial Board dated approx. 1934

    Photo: Dickon R Love, 26 October 2018

    Framed card Memorial Board dated approx. 1918

    Photo: Dickon R Love, 26 October 2018

    Elsewhere in the Parish

    Bexley, Hall Place


    Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent Page updated: 1 April 2016