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Details of the Bells

Bell Weight
(most recent)

(Quoted prior to retuning)

(Quoted as supplied)
Diameter Note Date Founder Canons Retuned
® Treble 3-2-153-3-425⅛" F♯ 1903 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Removed 1965 Mears & Stainbank
® 2 3-3-04-0-226¼" E♯ 1903 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Removed 1965 Mears & Stainbank
® 3 4-0-14-1-94-1-527½" D♯ 1897 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Removed 1965 Mears & Stainbank
® 4 4-3-25-0-929¼" C♯ 1897 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Removed 1965 Mears & Stainbank
® 5 5-1-255-3-1131½" B 1897 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Removed 1965 Mears & Stainbank
® 6 5-2-11?33" A♯ 1906 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Removed 1965 Mears & Stainbank
® 7 7-2-238-2-58-2-436" G♯ 1746 Thomas Lester, Whiechapel Removed 1965 Mears & Stainbank
® Tenor 9-2-1310-0-1639¼" F♯ 1906 Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Removed 1965 Mears & Stainbank

®  - Hung for full circle ringing

Earlier bells

Bell Weight
(most recent)
DiameterDateFounderRetunedFate
Treble (of 6)4-1-2028"1674John HodsonNeverRecast in 1897
2nd (of 6)5-1-2128.5"1674John HodsonNeverRecast in 1897
3rd (of 6)5-3-331"1651Michael DarbieNeverRecast in 1897
4th (of 6)6-1-2533"1651Michael DarbieNeverRecast in 1906
Tenor (of 6)9-2-1039"1674John HodsonNeverRecast in 1906

History

1552 Record of 3 bells. [1]
1651 3rd & 4th (of 5) cast by Michael Darbie.
1674 Treble and tenor (of 5) cast by John Hodson.
1746 4th (of 5) recast by Thomas Lester.
1748 Treble added by Robert Catlin to make 6.
1897 Front 3 bells recast by Mears & Stainbank.
1903 2 trebles added by Mears & Stainbank to make 8.
1906 6th and tenor recast by Mears & Stainbank.
1965 Retuned and rehung in the existing frame by Mears & Stainbank.
1974 Formerly rung from the ground floor, bells now rung from an upstairs ringing room.
[1] First, iij bells suted of bras in the steple. (Edwardian Inventory, 1552)

Peal Boards

Timber Performance Board dated approx. 1907
15 Mar 1907: 5056 Plain Bob Major

Photo: Richard A Smith, 21 August 2018

Timber Performance Board dated approx. 1984
26 May 1984: 5022 Lincolnshire S Major (20th anniversary of the ordination of Rev Dennis Sweetman.)

Photo: Richard A Smith, 21 August 2018

Timber Performance Board dated approx. 1999
28 Nov 1999: 5040 Grandsire Triples

Photo: Richard A Smith, 21 August 2018

Timber Performance Board dated approx. 1989
30 Dec 1989: 5040 Grandsire Triples

Photo: Richard A Smith, 21 August 2018

Timber Performance Board dated approx. 1892
18 Dec 1892: 720 Plain Bob Minor (1st 720 by a local band.)

Photo: Richard A Smith, 21 August 2018

Framed card Performance Board dated approx. 1967
27 May 1967: 1260 Grandsire Doubles (21 birthday: Elizabeth Marshall.)

Photo: Richard A Smith, 21 August 2018

Framed card Performance Board dated approx. 1903
05 Jun 1903: 5040 Plain Bob Minor (1st peal on the bells.)

Photo: Richard A Smith, 21 August 2018

Framed card Performance Board dated approx. 2012
03 Jun 2012: 1260 Grandsire Triples (Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.)

Photo: Richard A Smith, 21 August 2018

Timber Performance Board dated approx. 1995
08 May 1995: 1260 Plain Bob Triples (50th anniversary of VE Day.)

Photo: Richard A Smith, 21 August 2018

Timber Performance Board dated approx. 1945
08 May 1945: (VE Day)

Photo: Richard A Smith, 21 August 2018



Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent Page updated: 29 May 2023