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Foots Cray, All Saints
 Photo: Richard Offen, 2006
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Details of the Bells |
| Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
| ® | Treble | 1-2-11 | 19" | B | 1987 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | Never | |
| ® | 2 | 1-3-2 | 20" | A | 1987 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | Never | |
| ® | 3 | 2-0-6 | 21" | G♯ | 1987 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | Never | |
| ® | 4 | 2-2-3 | 23" | F♯ | 1987 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | Never | |
| ® | Tenor | 3-1-27 | 25" | E | 1987 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | Never |
Bellframes |
| Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
| 1 | All bells | 1889 | Gillett & Co, Croydon |
Inscriptions |
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Prior to 1987 (as measured by Whitechapel) |
| Bell | Weight (most recent) | (As supplied in 1889) | (As received in 1951) | (As dispatched in 1951) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
| Treble | 1-1-20 | 1-2-11 | 1-2-2 | 1-1-26 | 19" | B♭ | 1889 | Gillett & Johnston | Never | Recast 1987 (main weight as scrapped) | |
| 2 | 1-2-13 | 1-2-11 | 1-2-24 | 1-2-23 | 20⅛" | A♭ | 1889 | Gillett & Johnston | Never | Recast 1987 (main weight as scrapped) | |
| 3 | 1-3-4 | 1-3-23 | 1-3-16 | 21" | G | 1863 | John Warner & Sons | Never | Recast 1987 (main weight as scrapped) | ||
| 4 | 2-1-4 | 2-1-20 | 2-1-16 | 22⅞" | F | 1863 | John Warner & Sons | Never | Recast 1987 (main weight as scrapped) | ||
| Tenor | 3-0-6 | 3-1-0 | 3-1-0 | 25⅜" | E♭ | 1863 | John Warner & Sons | Never | Recast 1987 (main weight as scrapped) |
History |
| 1552 | Record of 2 bells. [1] | ||
| 1863 | Both bells recast and third added by John Warner. | ||
| 1889 | Bells rehung in a new frame and 2 trebles added to make 5 by Gillett & Co. | ||
| 1901 | 20th October | Steeple dedicated. | |
| 1951 | Bells retuned and rehung by Gillett & Johnston in existing frame (unsuccessfully). Canons retained on 3rd, 4th, 5th. | ||
| 1966 | Bells rehung in the existing frame by Mears & Stainbank. | ||
| 1987 | Bells recast by Whitechapel and rehung by the Kent CACR. The bells were rededicated on 11th April. |
| [1] | Item ij bells suted in the steple conteynyng in compas eyther of Item iij foote and a half of brasse. Item ij sacrying bells. (Edwardian Inventory, 1552) |
Articles
| Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |