East Langdon, St Augustine
Photo: Richard Offen, 2005 |
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 3-1-14 | 26" | F | 1627 | Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent | Removed | Never | |
® | 2 | 4-0-7 | 27¼" | E | 1627 | Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent | Removed | Never | |
® | 3 | 4-3-0 | 29½" | D | 1911 | Alfred Bowell, Ipswich | Flat | Never | |
® | Tenor | 6-1-14 | 32" | C | 1749 | Robert Catlin, Holborn | Removed | Never |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells | 1911 | Alfred Bowell, Ipswich | Steel |
Inscriptions |
How the bells are tuned |
Earlier bell |
Bell | Diameter | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
3rd (of 4) | 30" | 1627 | Joseph Hatch | Never | Recast 1911 |
History |
1627 | 4 bells cast by Joseph Hatch. | ||
1749 | Tenor recast by Robert Catlin. | ||
1759 | Record of 4 bells in the tower. [1] | ||
1795 | Record of 4 bells in the tower. [2] | ||
1911 | Bells rehung in a new steel frame with steel headstocks by Alfred Bowell, who recast the 3rd. |
[1] | "This Church consists only of the Chancell and Body ... in a wooden Spire, at ye West End, hang 4 Bells ... ye 3 first, made by Joseph Hatch 1627 and the 4th by Robert Catling 1749." (Rev’d Bryan Faussett, 1759) |
[2] | It is a pretty village, seated in a bottom of near twenty houses with a Church at the South end of it, consisting of two ailes and a chancel, with a small spire at the West end, containing four bells, all inscribed: Joceph Hatch made me. (O.E.). (Zechariah Cozens, 1795) |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |