® |
Treble |
|
6 cwt approx. | 6-0-15 | 29¾" |
E |
1879 |
John Taylor & Co., Loughborough |
Removed |
Never |
® |
2 |
|
6 cwt approx. | 6-0-23 | 30¾" |
D♯ |
1879 |
John Taylor & Co., Loughborough |
Removed |
Never |
® |
3 |
|
7 cwt approx. | 7-1-21 | 32¼" |
C♯ |
1879 |
John Taylor & Co., Loughborough |
Removed |
Never |
® |
4 |
|
9 cwt approx. | 9-1-5 | 35½" |
B |
1879 |
John Taylor & Co., Loughborough |
Removed |
Never |
® |
5 |
|
11 cwt approx. | 11-1-2 | 38¾" |
A |
1879 |
John Taylor & Co., Loughborough |
Removed |
Never |
® |
6 |
|
13 cwt approx. | 13-1-9 | 40¾" |
G♯ |
1879 |
John Taylor & Co., Loughborough |
Removed |
Never |
® |
7 |
|
17-1-3 | 17-1-3 | 45¾" |
F♯ |
1879 |
John Taylor & Co., Loughborough |
Flat |
Never |
® |
Tenor |
|
25-1-5 | 25-1-5 | 51¼" |
E |
1879 |
John Taylor & Co., Loughborough |
Flat |
Never |
|
1707 |
|
5th (of 6) cast by Richard Phelps. |
|
1724 |
|
Tenor recast by John Waylett. |
|
1737 |
|
2nd and 4th (of 6) recast by Richard Phelps. |
|
1759 |
|
Record of 6 bells in the tower. Treble and 3rd (of 6) recast by Lester & Pack. [1] |
|
1778 |
|
Bells recast into a new octave by Pack & Chapman and hung by Robert Turner. |
|
1779 |
|
The new ring of bells was opened on Thur 18 Mar. [2] |
|
1799 |
|
Record of 8 bells in the tower. [3] |
|
1813 |
|
3rd and 6th recast by Thomas Mears. Visiting ringers were invited to come and ring on the restored bells in the presence of the Mayor on 8 September. [4] |
|
1879 |
|
All 8 bells recast (as 4 of them were cracked) by John Taylor and hung in a new frame. The metal from the Hatch bell at Charing was used in the tenor. The old bells were never weighed individually. |
|
1905 |
|
Tenor rehung by John Taylor. |
|
1935 |
|
Bells rehung. |
|
1974 |
|
Bells rehung by local ringers (led by Alan Berry) using Whitechapel fittings. The canons were either taken off the front six bells at this point, or in 1935. |
|
1975 |
18th Jan. |
Bells rededicated. |
[1] |
"This Church consists of The Great, North, and South Chancells; The Body, & 2 Side Isles. The Tower is in the Middle, between the Chancell and the Body; In it are 6 Bells, thus inscribed.
1. William Dixon, and William Spain, Ch. Wardens. Lester & Pack of London, 1759.
2. R. Phelps fecit Me. Mr Lytcott GILL, and Mr Tho. BAYLEY. C.W. 1737.
3. William Dixon, and William Spain, Ch. Wardens. Lester & Pack of London, 1759.
4. R. Phelps fecit Me. Mr Lytcott Gill, and Mr Tho. Bayley. C.W. 1737.
5. Richard Phelps made Me, 1707. Tho. HOolmes, John Fearne. C.W.
6. Edward Hammond, and John Castle, C.W. 1724. J.W." (Rev’d Bryan Faussett, 1759) |
[2] |
On THURSDAY, the 18th Instant, will be opened A New Peal of Eight Bells, At FOLKSTONE in KENT, Cast by PACK and CHAPMAN, of Whitechapel, and hung by ROBERT TURNER, of London. (Kentish Gazette, Sat 13 Mar 1779) |
[3] |
The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary and St. Eanswith, consists of three isles and three chances, having a square tower, with a beacon turret in the middle of it, in which there is a clock, and a peal of eight bells, put up in it in 1779. ('The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Vol 8', Edward Hasted) |
[4] |
RINGING. WEDNESDAY, September the 8th being the Mayor’s choice at Folkstone, the attendance of any company of Bell Ringers will be esteemed. The bells have lately undergone a complete repair, and two new ones have been added. The neighbouring Ringers are desirous of joining the Company. A good Ordinary at two o‘clock at Mrs. STREDWICK'S, at the Rose, Folkstone. (Kentish Weekly Post or Canterbury Journal (Friday 03 September 1813)) |