Rusthall, St Paul
Photo: Dickon Love, 29th Jan 2005 |
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (As supplied) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Single Bell | 18 cwt approx. | 18-2-3 | 47¾" | E | 1850 | Charles & George Mears, Whitechapel | Never |
Inscriptions |
How the bells are tuned |
History |
1850 | Church built and bell cast. | ||
1868 | Parish created from St Mary the Virgin, Speldhurst. | ||
c | 1931 | Canons removed and bell rehung on a new headstock by Mears & Stainbank, reusing the original wheel. | |
1992 | Bell inspected by Graham Pledger who observed that it was hung in a ringing frame, swinging north-south. The frame was moved southwards on the original sills, presumable to accommodate the heating system in the ringing chamber below (possibly in 1931). |
Gallery |
Michael Royalton-Kisch ringing the single bell. Photo: David Cawley, 29 Jan 2009 |
The single bell, hung for ringing. Photo: Dickon Love, 29 Jan 2009 |
Photo: Dickon Love, 29 Jan 2009 |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |