Grain, St James
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 3-1-10 | 23¾" | A♭ | 1904 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Doncaster | Never | |
® | 2 | 3-2-25 | 24⅝" | G | 1904 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Doncaster | Never | |
® | 3 | 4-0-22 | 25⅝" | F | 1904 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Doncaster | Never | |
® | Tenor | 4-1-12 | 28" | E♭ | 1904 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Doncaster | Never |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells | 1904 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | 6 |
Inscriptions |
How the bells are tuned |
1725 bell |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Single Bell | 2 cwt approx. | 19½" | c 1725 | Samuel Knight | Never | Moved to church 1897, taken away 1904 |
1897 bell |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Single Bell | 1¾ cwt approx. | 19" | 1897 | Mears & Stainbank | Never | Recast 1904 |
History |
c | 1725 | A bell was cast at about this time by Samuel Knight and hung in a wooden turret of the church. | |
1897 | The Knight bell was replaced in the turret with a new bellby Mears & Stainbank to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. The old bell was moved to the church. | ||
1902 | Tower built at a cost to King Edward VII & other royalties and an 18th century bell was hung in it. | ||
1904 | A diatonic ring of 4 was cast and hung by Mears & Stainbank at a cost of £216.17s.6. but hung in pits 1-4 of a 6-bell frame. The Knight bell was scrapped, and the 1897 bell was taken back as new by Mears. |
Gallery |
This is the church c.1900 (or possible before 1897 when the Knight bell was replaced by the Mears turret bell. Photo: David Cawley collection |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |