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Little Chart, St Mary the Virgin (New Church)


Photo: Dickon Love, Mar 1992

  • 6 bells hung for full circle ringing
  • Tenor: 6-0-21 in B.
  • Grid Ref: TQ944458
  • Rung from: Upstairs Ringing Room
  • Denomination: Church of England
    Diocese (Anglican): Canterbury
    Archdeaconry (Anglican): Ashford
  • Kent County Association of Change Ringers District: Ashford
  • Peals rung at the tower

  • Sound clip of the ring of bells.(Mark Chittenden-Pile)

Details of the Bells

Bell Weight
(most recent)
Diameter Note Date Founder Canons Retuned
® Treble 2-2-2022½" G♯ 1956 John Taylor & Co., Loughborough Flat Never
® 2 3-0-1123⅞" F♯ 1956 John Taylor & Co., Loughborough Flat Never
® 3 3-0-2324⅞" E 1956 John Taylor & Co., Loughborough Flat Never
® 4 3-1-1825⅞" D♯ 1956 John Taylor & Co., Loughborough Flat Never
® 5 4-1-1928¼" C♯ 1956 John Taylor & Co., Loughborough Flat Never
® Tenor 6-0-2131¹⁵⁄₁₆" B 1956 John Taylor & Co., Loughborough Flat Never
Ell. Chimed ¾ cwt approx.10¹¹⁄₁₆" 1850 John Warner & Sons Never
Clock 2 cwt approx.20⁷⁄₁₆" 1872 John Taylor & Co., Loughborough Never

®  - Hung for full circle ringing
 - Hung dead

Inscriptions

History

1944 The old church was destroyed by a doodlebug on 16 Aug. The cracked bells were rescued and stored beside a railway line. The tenor was subsequently stolen.
1945 The bells were removed from the tower of the old church and stored by the railway line from where the 4th was stolen. The belfry stage of the tower was then largely demolished.
1955 The 5 surviving bells were taken to John Taylor & Co., Loughborough. The new church and tower were completed.
1956 6 new bells were cast from the metal of the 5 remaining old bells and hung in a new tower in the new church by John Taylor. The clock bell was also brought from Calehill (which was being demolished) and hung. The service bell was also installed, neither by Taylor's. The Service of Consecration of the new church and new bells was conducted by Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher on 29 Sept.

Gallery


The belfry.
Photo: Andrew Johnson, Aug 2005

The belfry.
Photo: Andrew Johnson, Aug 2005

The clock bell hung dead from the ceiling. This bell was originally from Calehill.
Photo: Andrew Johnson, Aug 2005

The small Warner bell hung dead on the floor.
Photo: Andrew Johnson, Aug 2005


Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent Page updated: 1 April 2016