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WOODCHURCH, All Saints

Photo DrL April 1993

 
6 bells
Tenor 15-3-26 in F
Grid Ref. TQ942349
Ashford District
Frame:
Retuning: Never subsequently retuned
Upstairs Ringing Room
PEALS
¯ SOUND CLIP
(9.05s)

DETAILS OF THE BELLS

Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder

1

6-0-11

31"

1905

Mears & Stainbank

2

6¾ cwt approx.

33"

1608

Joseph Hatch

3

8 cwt approx.

35"

1608

Joseph Hatch

4

10 cwt approx.

38"

1608

Joseph Hatch

5

12 cwt approx.

42"

1623

Joseph Hatch

6

15-3-26

45"

1755

Lester & Pack

INSCRIPTIONS

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FORMER BELLS

Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder Fate

1 (of 6)

6-0-14

31"

1755

Lester & Pack

Recast 1905

HISTORY

1608

Present 2nd, 3rd and 4th cast.

1623

Present 5th cast.

1755

Treble and tenor cast by Lester & Pack.

1905

Treble recast by Mears & Stainbank, who also rehung the bells.

1992

A new upstairs ringing room floor was installed and bells rehung by Whitechapel with new frictional parts.

BELFRY PHOTOGRAPHS

Below: the belfry. Right: the tenor.

Photo Christopher J. Cooper 2001

Photo Christopher J. Cooper 2001