WHITSTABLE, St Alphege |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder
1
1-0-7
15¼"
1973
Whitechapel
2
1-0-15
15¾"
1973
Whitechapel
3
1-2-2
17"
1975
Whitechapel
4
1-1-26
18"
1969
Whitechapel
5
1-2-22
19"
1969
Whitechapel
6
1-3-13
20"
1969
Whitechapel
7
2-1-15
22"
1969
Whitechapel
8
3-1-13
24"
1969
Whitechapel
INSCRIPTIONS |
| 1. | NISI DOMINUS FRUSTRA | ||||||||||
| WE SIX
WERE MADE EIGHT BY ST. ALPHEGE RINGERS & FRIENDS |
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| 2. | GLORY BE TO GOD ON HIGH | ||||||||||
| LINDA
CAWLEY 1902 - 1969 THE GIFT OF HER FAMILY |
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| GILBERT
WATSON CAWLEY 1899 - 1967 CHURCHWARDEN 1964 - 1967 THE GIFT OF HIS FAMILY |
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| 1851 ALFRED & AUGUSTA NICHOLLS |
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| J755 JAMES HUBERT BURROUGH |
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| J755 WYNN AND MARY ELLIS |
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| (orn.
loop) LESTER & PACK J755 BARRETT BEQUEST 1968 |
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| ROBARD [ GVRNEY MADE ME [ 1665 FIVE BELLS FROM ST ANDREW, TOTTINGTON, NORFOLK ALL RECAST 1969.
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FORMER BELLS |
3 |
1-1-6 |
17" |
1969 |
Whitechapel |
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| GILBERT
WATSON CAWLEY CHURCHWARDEN 1964 - 1967 THE GIFT OF HIS FAMILY |
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This bell was purchased by Whites of Appleton and hung in a church in Oxfordshire where it is a chiming bell.
HISTORY |
1560 Bells from the old church stolen by Mayor Lynche of Sandwich! 1592 Bell cast for the old church by Robert Mot of Whitechapel (rehung by Whitechapel in 1967). 1665
5th cast for St Andrew, Tottington, Norfolk by Robert Gurney. 1755
2nd, 3rd and 4th cast for St Andrew, Tottington, Norfolk by Lester & Pack. 1845
A bell, weighing 12-2-17, was cast by C. & G. Mears.
1845 9th Oct.
The present church was consecrated by Archbishop Howley.
1846 The nave of the old church was demolished. The bell was rehung in the chancel turret. 1851
Treble cast for St Andrew,
Tottington, Norfolk by John Taylor.1920
A set of tubular bells, cast by Messrs Harrington, Holland & Co of Coventry was given to the church. The treble weighed 0-2-7 and the tenor 1-1-11. The whole installation weighed 7-0-13. They were given by Mr & Mrs Alfred Nicholls of Stocksfield, Newcastle-upon-Tyne as a private War Memorial. 1942
The church of St Andrew,
Tottington, Norfolk was closed and the bells removed.1947
Tubular bells restored by Mrs M. Burrough as a memorial to her son who was killed in action in 1943. 1968 The tubular bells and the larger bell were removed and sold, the proceeds of which helped to pay for the installation of six new ringing bells. 1969
31st Jan. 5 smaller bells were brought from Tottington, Norfolk. 1969
23rd Apr.
A new ring was cast from the metal of the front 5 bells from St Andrew, Tottington, Norfolk at Whitechapel, with a new treble given to make 6. 1969
21st Sep. New ring of six dedicated by the Bishop of Dover.
1973
2 trebles added to make 8 by Whitechapel.
1974
6th Jan
New bells dedicated by the Archdeacon of Canterbury.
1975
3rd replaced with a bell 24 lbs heavier, cast at Whitechapel, dedicated by the Rev'd David Cawley on 31st January, 1976.
DETAILS OF THE RING FROM |
Bell |
Weight |
Diameter |
Pitch |
Cast |
Founder |
1 |
3-2-25 |
247/8" |
F# |
1851 |
John Taylor & Son |
2 |
2-2-20 |
255/8" |
E |
1755 |
Lester & Pack |
3 |
2-3-19 |
261/2" |
D |
1755 | Lester & Pack |
4 |
3-0-0 |
273/4" |
C# |
1755 | Lester & Pack |
5 |
2-3-26 |
30" |
B |
1665 |
Robert Gurney, Bury St Edmunds |
6 |
6½ cwt approx. |
33" |
A |
1650 |
John Brend, Norwich |
The tenor was stolen subsequently to the removal of bells 1-5.
| 1. | Iohn Taylor and Son 1851 |
| + Gloria : in : excelsis : Deo | |
| 2. | LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT J755 |
| 3. | LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT J755 |
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| LESTER & PACK FECIT (2 ornamental loops)(roughly inscribed) | |
| 5. | ROBARD [ GVRNEY MADE ME [ 1665 |
| 6. | IOH BRED MADE ME 1650 |
INSCRIPTION ON THE ORIGINAL BELL |
C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON
THE GIFT OF MRS WYNN ELLIS OF TANKERTON 1845
Bell |
Weight |
Diameter |
Pitch |
Cast |
Founder |
Single |
12-2-17 |
42" |
F# |
1845 |
Charles & George Mears |
BELFRY EPHEMERA |
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St Alphege, SEASALTER (Old Church) |
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE BELLS |
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The Tottington bells leave
Norfolk for ever on31st January, 1969, to be recast into the back 5 at St Alphege.
The old "Great Bell"
of Seasalter |
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 Whitechapel bellhanger, Philip Jakeman (with his son Stephen) with the smallest bells he ever hung for ringing - in his own tower in Whitstable! |
The new ring of 6 bells at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, July 1969. |
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