Nackington, St Mary
Photo: Richard Offen, 2006 |
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | 1 | 28" | 1724 | Samuel Knight, Southwark |
History |
1724 | Bell cast by Samuel Knight. | ||
1758 | Record of a single bell in the tower by the antiquary, Rev'd Bryan Faussett, who himself was from Nackington. [1] | ||
1887 | Stahlschmidt notes that the belfry floor is very rotten. | ||
1998 | The KCACR gave the church advice on the bell and how it should be moved to allow the floor to be renewed. |
[1] | The Desk is at ye North Side of this Church; and, the Pulpit, at the South Side. It consists of the Great & South Chancells, and the Nave, or Body. The Steeple, which is a low Tower, cap’t with a Low Shingled Spire, is at the North West Corner of the Body; In it hangs only one Small Bell, thus inscribed. John Tadhunter. C.W. – S.K. 1724. (Rev’d Bryan Faussett, 1758) |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |