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WALTHAM, St Bartholomew

 
6 bells
Tenor 8-2-2 in A
Grid Ref. TR113484
Canterbury District
Retuning: 2000 John Taylor (apart from the 4th & 5th)
Ground Floor Chancel Ring
PEALS

DETAILS OF THE BELLS

Bell

Weight
(old untuned 4)

Weight

Diameter

Pitch
(prior to retuning)

Pitch
(after retuning)

Cast

Founder

1

4-1-2 F sharp F sharp

2000

John Taylor & Co.

2

4-3-12 E E

2000

John Taylor & Co.

3

4-3-0

4-2-27

29"

D sharp D

1631

Joseph Hatch

4

5-2-4

5-2-4

307/8"

C sharp C sharp

1631

Joseph Hatch

3

6-3-6

6-3-6

33"

B B.

1602

Joseph Hatch

4

8-2-17

8-2-2

3615/16"

A A.

1631

Joseph Hatch

INSCRIPTIONS

1. [vines]
REJOICE IN THE LORD
VALERIE JENKINSON
CHURCHWARDEN
A. D. 2000
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2. [vines]
GLORY TO GOD
PAMELA COX
CHURCHWARDEN
A. D. 2000
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3. ioseph hatch made me 1631
4.
ioseph hatch made me

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1631

5.
ioseph hatch made me

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1602

6.
IOSEPHVS HATCH ME FECIT

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1631

HISTORY

1602

Bell cast by Joseph Hatch - believed to be his earliest known bell. Note that this bell bears Thomas Hatch's stamp!

1631

3 more bells cast by Joseph Hatch forming bells 1, 2 and 4 around the 1602 bell.

1996

28th July

Bells last rung, following which they were condemned as unringable.

1997

Appeal launched to rehang the bells in a new frame, preserving the old frame, the work to be undertaken by Hayward-Mills Associates.

1999

Bells removed from the tower. Owing to the large workload of the bell foundries at this time, the bells were not restored in time for the Millennium celebrations of 1st January, 2000.

2000

29th June Two new bells were cast to augment the ring to 6. The plan was initially to create a ring of 6 in the Lydian Mode, however, the parish decided to retune the existing bells such that a diatonic 6 could be produced.

2000

23rd Dec. Rehanging of the remodelled ring of six was completed and the bells were first rung, just in time for Christmas.

2001

24th Feb. The new ring was dedicated.
Photo DrL (l-r) Third, second and treble bells in the old frame.

The tenor bell prior to restoration.

 

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The bells arrive from Loughborough on a lorry - the old 4 and the shiny new trebles.

Photo DrL
The new second sitting at the base of the tower. waltham4.jpg (53091 bytes)
waltham5.jpg (54418 bytes) The new treble sitting at the base of the tower.
Photo RCO

The Thomas Hatch stamp on the 5th (actually cast by Joseph Hatch).