Headcorn, Ss Peter & Paul
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (Weighed in 1922) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
® | Treble | 4-3-8 | 29" | D | 1947 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Flat | 1981 Whitechapel | ||
® | 2 | 5-1-12 | 30" | C♯ | 1947 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Flat | 1981 Whitechapel | ||
® | 3 | 6-0-18 | 6-1-19 | 32½" | B | 1891 | John Warner & Sons | Removed | 1981 Whitechapel | |
® | 4 | 2-1-13 | 7-2-0 | 34⁵⁄₁₆" | A | 1922 | Alfred Bowell, Ipswich | Flat | 1981 Whitechapel | |
® | 5 | 8-3-12 | 38" | G | 1891 | John Warner & Sons | Removed | 1981 Whitechapel | ||
® | 6 | 10-1-16 | 40" | F♯ | 1891 | John Warner & Sons | Removed | 1981 Whitechapel | ||
® | 7 | 13-3-6 | 44¼" | E | 1720 | Richard Phelps, Whitechapel | Removed | 1981 Whitechapel | ||
® | Tenor | 21-0-5 | 49" | D | 1989 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Flat | Never |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells |
Inscriptions |
1732 tenor |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Tenor (of 6) | 19-0-8 | 1732 | Samuel Knight | Never | Recast in 1989 |
Bowell trebles |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | (Supplied weight) | Diameter | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Treble (of 8) | 5-3-2 | 5-3-0 | 1922 | Alfred Bowell | Never | Recast in 1947 | ||
2nd (of 8) | 6-0-24 | 6-0-23 | 30" | 1922 | Alfred Bowell | Never | Recast in 1947. |
Bells recast in 1922 |
Bell | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Treble (of 8) | 1766 | Lester & Pack | Never | Recast in 1922 | |
2nd (of 8) | 1766 | Lester & Pack | Never | Recast in 1922 | |
2nd (of 6) | 1714 | Richard Phelps | Never | Recast in 1922 |
Bells recast in 1891 |
Bell | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Treble (of 6) | 1732 | Samuel Knight | Never | Recast in 1891 | |
3rd (of 6) | 1714 | Richard Phelps | Never | Recast in 1891 | |
4th (of 6) | 1714 | Richard Phelps | Never | Recast in 1891 |
History |
1714 | Present 4th, 5th and 6th cast. | ||
1720 | Present 7th cast. | ||
1732 | Tenor and present 3rd cast by Samuel Knight. | ||
1766 | 2 trebles added by Lester & Pack to make 8 in a new timber frame. | ||
1891 | Bells 3, 5 and 6 recast by John Warner. | ||
1922 | Treble and 4th recast and 7th & tenor rehung by Alfred Bowell. The 2nd was later recast also. [1] | ||
1947 | 2 trebles recast again by Mears & Stainbank. | ||
1973 | 3rd rehung using local labour. | ||
1981 | Bells retuned and rehung by Whitechapel. | ||
1989 | Tenor recast by Whitechapel. | ||
1991 | Whitechapel fitted new bearing plates to the tenor. |
[1] | 21 Sept: To recasting the 4th bell £33. To recasting the 1st bell £15. Rehanging the 7th & tenor bells £10. Total £58. To Revd C.P. Dale. Paid Cq. 1.Nov 1922. 1922: To recasting the 2nd bell, invoiced to Mrs Gatehouse, Biddenden. £22. Paid by cq. 4 Oct 1922. (Bowell records, 1922) |
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Photo: Dickon R Love, 20 October 2018 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 20 October 2018 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 20 October 2018 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 20 October 2018 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 20 October 2018 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 20 October 2018 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 20 October 2018 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 20 October 2018 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 20 October 2018 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 20 October 2018 |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 1 April 2016 |