Aylesford, St Peter
Photo: Dickon Love, Apr 2007 |
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 4-0-24 | 26" | F | 1885 | Gillett & Co, Croydon (866) | Never | ||
® | 2 | 4-1-4 | 27" | E | 1885 | Gillett & Co, Croydon (867) | Never | ||
® | 3 | 4-3-0 | 28" | D | 1885 | Gillett & Co, Croydon (863) | Never | ||
® | 4 | 5-3-14 | 31" | C | 1652 | Michael Darbie | Never | ||
® | 5 | 6-3-21 | 33" | B♭ | 1652 | Michael Darbie | Never | ||
® | 6 | 8-1-2 | 36" | A | 1885 | Gillett & Bland, Croydon (862) | Never | ||
® | 7 | 10-1-20 | 39" | G | 1661 | Anthony Bartlett, Whitechapel | Never | ||
® | Tenor | 13-2-7 | 43" | F | 1885 | Gillett & Co, Croydon (861) | Never |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells | 1885 | Gillett & Co, Croydon | Timber |
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Inscriptions |
How the bells are tuned |
Prior to 1885 |
Bell | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
3 | 1708 | Richard Phelps | Never | Recast in 1885. | |
4 | 1661 | Anthony Bartlett | Never | Recast in 1885. | |
Tenor | 1666 | Anthony Bartlett | Never | Recast in 1885. |
Prior to 1666 |
Bell | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Tenor | 1641 | William Hatch | Never | Recast in 1666. |
History |
1518 | Thomas Cossington bequeathed 20s for buying a new treble to augment the existing 3. | ||
1621 | -1622 | One of the 4 bells was recast. | |
1629 | -1630 | 3rd (of 4) recast. | |
1632 | -1633 | 3rd (of 4) recast. | |
1641 | -1641 | Tenor recast by William Hatch; bells rehung in a new frame made by George Daye. | |
1652 | Treble recast and new treble added to make 5. | ||
1661 | 4th (of 5) recast by Anthony Bartlett. | ||
1666 | Tenor recast by Anthony Bartlett. | ||
1682 | -1683 | 3 of the 5 bells rehung. | |
1688 | -1689 | 2 of the 5 bells rehung. | |
1708 | 3rd (of 5) recast by Richard Phelps; all bells rehung. | ||
1885 | Tenor recast; 3 trebles added; all rehung in a new frame. The new octave was dedicated on 19 Dec. | ||
1887 | Stahlschmidt records the eight bells together with a blank 13 inch Priest's bell, which appears to be no longer at the church, but might be one of the bells currently in the courtyard of Aylesford Priory. | ||
1921 | Bells rehung by Alfred Bowell. (1921 25th Nov: To rehanging the eight bells, tightening up the framework and supplying new steel headstock to the tenor £105. Paid cq. 3rd Dec. 1921.) [1] | ||
1978 | The back three were rehung by Whitechapel on ball bearings. | ||
2005 | 10th Dec. | New wheels were provided for 1 and 2 by Whites of Appleton who also refurbished the existing wheels for 3 & 4 and reduced the diameter of the existing wheel for No. 5 to make it fit into the sequence better. New bearings were provided. | |
2006 | Bells returned and rehung by the KCACR. A new wheel was fitted to the 5th, completed 25 Feb. The newly refurbished bells were rededicated during morning service on 12 Mar. |
[1] | 1921 25th Nov: To rehanging the eight bells, tightening up the framework and supplying new steel headstock to the tenor £105. Paid cq. 3rd Dec. 1921. (Alfred Bowell records) |
Articles
Peal Boards |
Photo: Richard A Smith, 18 August 2018 |
Photo: Richard A Smith, 18 August 2018 |
Photo: Richard A Smith, 18 August 2018 |
Elsewhere in the Parish |
Aylesford, Carmelite Shrine Church of our Lady of Mt Carmel & St Simon Stock (RC) (Aylesford Friary) A church bell, a courtyard bell, a hall bell and an old refectory bell | |
Aylesford, Preston Hall Formerly 1 clock bell, since stolen |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |