Eythorne, Ss Peter & Paul
Photo: Richard Offen, 2005 |
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 4-0-23 | 27" | E | 1924 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Never | ||
® | 2 | 4¾ cwt approx | 29⅛" | D | 1896 | John Warner & Sons | Never | ||
® | 3 | 5¼ cwt approx | 30⁷⁄₁₆" | C♯ | 1622 | Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent | Never | ||
® | 4 | 6¾ cwt approx | 33⁵⁄₁₆" | B | William Chamberlain | Removed | Never | ||
® | Tenor | 8 cwt approx. | 36¼" | A | William Chamberlain | Removed | Never |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells | 1896 | John Warner & Sons |
History |
c | 1440 | 2 bells cast by William Chamberlain. | |
1622 | Treble (of 3) cast by Joseph Hatch. | ||
c | 1758 | Record of 3 bells in the tower. [1] | |
1795 | Record of 3 bells in the tower. [2] | ||
1896 | Treble added by John Warner to make 4. The bells were rehung in a new timber frame. | ||
1924 | Treble added by Mears & Stainbank to make 5. Bells rehung by Thomas Groombridge. | ||
1983 | Bells rehung by Arthur Fidler n memory of Revd Anthony E.S.Karney, Rector 1955-76. | ||
2003 | A new floor was installed under the bells. |
[1] | "This Church consists of The Great, and North, Chancells, The Body, and North Isle. The Tower is over the Porch, or Enhance, on the North Side. In it hang 3 Bells thus Inscribed. 1. Joseph Hatch Made Me 1622. 2. Sancta Katarina, Ora pro Nobis. 3. Nomen Magdalene, Campana geret Melodie. The 2 last have this Impression of a Coin on them, nearly of this size. I cd. not Make out The Legend." (Rev’d Bryan Faussett, Late 1750s) |
[2] | It is a decent structure, consisting of two ailes, and a chancel, with a square tower, at the North side of the West end of the North aile, containing three Bells; which being over the entrance to the church, they stand to ring them in the porch. (Zechariah Cozens, 1795) |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |