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Harbledown, St Nicholas Hospital Chapel
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
ꓕ | Treble | 3-2-1 | 23¼" | 1622 | Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent | Never | |||
ꓕ | 2 | 3-0-23 | 24¾" | 1450 | William Chamberlain | Never | |||
ꓕ | 3 | 3-3-21 | 27⅛" | 1619 | Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent | Never | |||
ꓕ | Tenor | 4-2-16 | 29¾" | C♯ | 1614 | Joseph Hatch, Ulcombe, Kent | Never |
Inscriptions |
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History |
c | 1450 | Bell cast by William Chamberlain (treble of 3). Original 3 bell frame constructed. | |
1614 | Bell cast by Joseph Hatch (tenor of 3). | ||
1619 | Bell cast by Joseph Hatch (middle of 3). | ||
1622 | Treble added by Joseph Hatch and frame altered. | ||
1894 | Bells repaired and partly rehung. | ||
1971 | Bells last rung full circle. | ||
1996 | Bells rehung dead with an Ellacombe chime and new fittings from the Whitechapel Bell Foundry by the KCACR. |
Gallery |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |