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Edenbridge, Ss Peter & Paul


  • 8 bells hung for full circle ringing
  • Tenor: 14-0-7 in G♭.
  • Grid Ref: TQ444461
  • Complete ring cast at the same time
  • Rung from: Open Gallery
  • Frame: 1911 Gillett & Johnson
  • Denomination: Church of England
    Diocese (Anglican): Rochester
  • Kent County Association of Change Ringers District: Tonbridge
  • Building Listed Grade: I Click for Heritage details.
  • Peals rung at the tower

Details of the Bells

Bell Weight
(most recent)
Diameter Note Date Founder Canons Retuned
® Treble 3-3-325¼" G♭ 1911 Gillett & Johnston, Croydon (2458) Flat Never
® 2 3-2-1925⁹⁄₁₆" F 1911 Gillett & Johnston, Croydon (2456) Flat Never
® 3 3-3-1727⅛" E♭ 1911 Gillett & Johnston, Croydon (2455) Flat Never
® 4 4-2-1429" D♭ 1911 Gillett & Johnston, Croydon (2449) Flat Never
® 5 5-2-2531⁷⁄₁₆" C♭ 1911 Gillett & Johnston, Croydon (2450) Flat Never
® 6 6-3-333½" B♭ 1911 Gillett & Johnston, Croydon (2457) Flat Never
® 7 9-0-336¹⁵⁄₁₆" A♭ 1911 Gillett & Johnston, Croydon (2453) Flat Never
® Tenor 14-0-741⅞" G♭ 1911 Gillett & Johnston, Croydon (2454) Flat Never

®  - Hung for full circle ringing

Bellframes

Frame Bells Year Maker Material Truss(es) Local
Layout
1 All bells 1911 Gillett & Johnston, Croydon

Inscriptions

How the bells are tuned

Earlier ring of Eight

Bell Weight
(most recent)
DiameterDateFounderRetunedFate
Treble1896Samuel B. GoslinNeverRecast 1911
2nd1896Samuel B. GoslinNeverRecast 1911
3rd5-2-030"1807Thomas Mears INeverRecast 1911
4th6-1-2431½"1807Thomas Mears INeverRecast 1911
5th7-0-2133¾"1807Thomas Mears INeverRecast 1911
6th8-1-635"1807Thomas Mears INeverRecast 1911
7th9-2-1538½"1807Thomas Mears INeverRecast 1911
Tenor1813Thomas Mears INeverRecast 1911

Prior to 1813

Bell Weight
(most recent)
DiameterDateFounderRetunedFate
Tenor12-1-942"1807Thomas Mears INeverRecast 1813

History

1807 Existing bells recast into a ring of 6 by Thomas Mears.
1813 Tenor recast by Thomas Mears.
1896 May 2 trebles added by Samuel Goslin to make 8 in May. They were dedicated on 8th July.
1911 All 8 bells recast and rehung in a new frame by Gillett & Johnston. The tuning took place in April.
1969 Bells rehung by Whitechapel.

Peal Boards

Timber Performance Board dated approx. 1896
04 Oct 1896: 5040 Grandsire Triples (1st peal on the bells.)

Photo: Christopher J Cooper, 10 March 2018

Timber Performance Board dated approx. 1904
06 Feb 1904: 5040 Grandsire Triples (1st peal by all except the conductor. On the Vicar's 1st anniversary.)

Photo: Christopher J Cooper, 10 March 2018

Timber Performance Board dated approx. 1912
17 Jun 1912: 5088 Kent T B Major

Photo: Christopher J Cooper, 10 March 2018

Timber Performance Board dated approx. 2009
14 Feb 2009: 5040 Plain B Triples (In memory of Brian Jeffrey, Tower Captain for 45 years, and his wife.)

Photo: Christopher J Cooper, 10 March 2018

Timber Performance Board dated approx. 1913
31 Dec 1912: 5040 Stedman Triples

Photo: Christopher J Cooper, 10 March 2018

Timber Performance Board dated approx. 1922
28 Feb 1922: 5040 Stedman Triples (For the Royal Wedding (Mary, Princess Royal to Viscount Lascelles).)

Photo: Christopher J Cooper, 10 March 2018

Timber Performance Board dated approx. 1977
11 Jun 1977: 5040 Grandsire Triples (Silver Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II.)

Photo: Christopher J Cooper, 10 March 2018

Timber Performance Board dated approx. 1990
07 Jul 1990: 5024 Cambridge S Major (Patronal Festival and first Edenbridge Festival of Music & Art and installation of the new organ.)

Photo: Christopher J Cooper, 10 March 2018

Timber Performance Board dated approx. 2004
09 Oct 2004: 5184 Superlative S Major (1400th anniversary of the founding of the Rochester Diocese.)

Photo: Christopher J Cooper, 10 March 2018

Elsewhere in the Parish

Edenbridge, Fircroft Way (The Royal Jubilee Bells)
Formerly ring of 8 bells, tenor 9-1-25 hung in this temporary location.


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