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WESTBROOK, All Saints

Photo BGB 2005
1 bell
Tenor: 6¾ cwt approx. in B flat
Grid Ref.: TR344701
Canterbury District
Frame: Barwell
Never subsequently retuned
Hung for swing chiming with lever

DETAILS OF THE BELL
Bell Weight Diameter Pitch Cast Founder

1

6¾ cwt approx.

33½"*

B flat

1911

Barwell

INSCRIPTION
1. BARWELL FOUNDER BIRMINGHAM 1911
A. M. D. G.
IN MEMORIAM
CHARLES TADDY HATFEILD
BORN DEC : 19TH 1835
DIED SEP : 19TH 1910
R.I.P.

FORMER BELL

The following bell was observed in 1975. Its fate is unknown.
Bell Weight Diameter Pitch Cast Founder

Single

½ cwt approx.

127/8"

F

1880

John Warner & Sons
1.     
J WARNER & SONS LONDON 1880

HISTORY

1874

Church built as a Mission Church.

1880

A bell by Warner was provided for the Mission Church.

1894

Nave and chancel of present church built by T. Andrews.

1897

Lower part of the (oblong) tower incorporating the vestries was built by E. S. Prior.

1909

The uppder stages of the tower were built by W. D. Caroe.

1911

Bell cast and installed in the tower by Barwell of Birmingham.

1975

Tower inspected by David Cawley who observed the Barwell bell and noted another second hand bell lying on the steps in the tower cast by John Warner & Sons in 1880.

PHOTOGRAPHS
Photo BGB 2005
Photo BGB 2005

Hung for swing chiming with levers.