Eynsford, St Martin
♫ Sound clip of the ring of bells.(c. 1979) |
Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (Quoted prior to retuning) | (Quoted as supplied) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 3-2-15 | 3-3-4 | 25⅛" | F♯ | 1903 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 1965 Mears & Stainbank | ||
® | 2 | 3-3-0 | 4-0-2 | 26¼" | E♯ | 1903 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 1965 Mears & Stainbank | ||
® | 3 | 4-0-1 | 4-1-9 | 4-1-5 | 27½" | D♯ | 1897 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 1965 Mears & Stainbank | |
® | 4 | 4-3-2 | 5-0-9 | 29¼" | C♯ | 1897 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 1965 Mears & Stainbank | ||
® | 5 | 5-1-25 | 5-3-11 | 31½" | B | 1897 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 1965 Mears & Stainbank | ||
® | 6 | 5-2-11 | ? | 33" | A♯ | 1906 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 1965 Mears & Stainbank | ||
® | 7 | 7-2-23 | 8-2-5 | 8-2-4 | 36" | G♯ | 1746 | Thomas Lester, Whiechapel | Removed | 1965 Mears & Stainbank | |
® | Tenor | 9-2-13 | 10-0-16 | 39¼" | F♯ | 1906 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 1965 Mears & Stainbank |
Earlier bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Treble (of 6) | 4-1-20 | 28" | 1674 | John Hodson | Never | Recast in 1897 | |
2nd (of 6) | 5-1-21 | 28.5" | 1674 | John Hodson | Never | Recast in 1897 | |
3rd (of 6) | 5-3-3 | 31" | 1651 | Michael Darbie | Never | Recast in 1897 | |
4th (of 6) | 6-1-25 | 33" | 1651 | Michael Darbie | Never | Recast in 1906 | |
Tenor (of 6) | 9-2-10 | 39" | 1674 | John Hodson | Never | Recast 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 |
Photo: Richard A Smith, 21 August 2018 |
Photo: Richard A Smith, 21 August 2018 |
Photo: Richard A Smith, 21 August 2018 |
Photo: Richard A Smith, 21 August 2018 |
Photo: Richard A Smith, 21 August 2018 |
Photo: Richard A Smith, 21 August 2018 |
Photo: Richard A Smith, 21 August 2018 |
Photo: Richard A Smith, 21 August 2018 |
Photo: Richard A Smith, 21 August 2018 |
Photo: Richard A Smith, 21 August 2018 |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 29 May 2023 |