Frinsted, St Dunstan
Photo: Richard Offen, 2007 |
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (As dispatched 1868) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 3-1-13 | 24¹⁵⁄₁₆" | F♯ | 1997 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | Never | ||
® | 2 | 3-3-3 | 4-2-0 | 26¹¹⁄₁₆" | E | 1868 | Robert Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 1997 Whitechapel | |
® | 3 | 4-0-10 | 4-3-6 | 28½" | D | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 1997 Whitechapel | ||
® | 4 | 4-2-7 | 5-0-26 | 29½" | C♯ | 1868 | Robert Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 1997 Whitechapel | |
® | 5 | 5-2-16 | 6-1-27 | 33⅛" | B | 1853 | Charles & George Mears, Whitechapel | Removed | 1997 Whitechapel | |
® | Tenor | 6-1-1 | 7-1-12 | 33¹⁵⁄₁₆" | A | 1868 | Robert Stainbank, Whitechapel | Removed | 1997 Whitechapel |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells | 1997 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Steel |
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Inscriptions |
Earlier bell |
Bell | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
2nd (of 5) | 1868 | Robert Stainbank | Never | Replaced by Mears & Stainbank, date unknown |
Original ring of 4 |
Bell | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Treble | 1713 | Richard Phelps | Never | Became broken, then vanished between 1824-1851. | |
2nd | 1713 | Richard Phelps | Never | Became broken, then vanished between 1824-1851. | |
3rd | 1713 | Richard Phelps | Never | Became broken, then vanished between 1824-1851. | |
Tenor | 1713 | Richard Phelps | Never | Became cracked and recast into present 5th. |
History |
1713 | 4 bells cast by Richard Phelps. | ||
1824 | Front 3 (of 4) bells recorded as cracked and that metal had started to "disappear". | ||
1851 | Front 3 (of 4) recorded as gone, with the tenor being cracked. | ||
1853 | Tenor recast by Charles & George Mears. | ||
1868 | 4 new bells added by Robert Stainbank to form Nos 1,2,3 and 5 of 5 around the existing bell. Some time later the 2nd was replaced with a (probable) stock bell by Mears & Stainbank. The date of this substitution is not known. | ||
1959 | Bells rung again after a silence of many years following the arrival of the Rev'd C.A.R. Walter, a ringer formerly at Hollingbourne. | ||
1995 | Treble headstock fell apart - all ringing in the tower stopped. | ||
1997 | Bells rehung in a new frame with a new treble added by Whitechapel to make 6. |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |