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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder 1
1-0-9
17"
1963
Mears & Stainbank
2
1-1-27
19"
1963
Mears & Stainbank
3
2-0-2
21"
1963
Mears & Stainbank
4
2-1-0
1731
Samuel II Smith
5
2-1-7
1731
Samuel II Smith
6
3-1-15
25⅝"
1718
Richard Phelps
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THESE THREE BELLS |
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EX DONO GULIELMI WENTWORTH BARONETTI |
| 5. | EX DONO GULIELMI WENTWORTH BARONETTI |
| 6. | R PHELPS FECIT 1718 |
| 4th and 5th translated as "The Gift of Sir William Wentworth, Baronet". |
THE EARLIER RING OF FOUR |
Bell
Diameter
Cast
Founder
1
1863
Naylor Vickers & Co.
2
25½"
1718
Richard Phelps
3
27"
1719
Richard Phelps
4
31½"
1863
Naylor Vickers & Co
1. NAYLOR VICKERS & Co 1863 2. R PHELPS FECIT 1718 3. THOMAS DVTNALL CHVRCH WARDEN : R : PHELPS FECIT 1719 4. NAYGOR VICK$RS & Co 1863
(The treble and tenor were steel bells; the 2nd and 3rd were bronze.
Diameters are taken from Stahlschmidt's "Church Bells of Kent", 1887.) .
HISTORY |
1718
2nd (of 4) cast by Richard Phelps (this bell is now the tenor).
1719
3rd (of 4) cast by Richard Phelps.
1731
3 bells were cast by Samuel Smith II of York for West Bretton, Yorkshire.
1851
3 bells were cast by C. & G. Mears for St Gregory's, Canterbury.
1863
Treble and tenor (of 4) replaced with 2 steel bells by Naylor Vickers.
1885
Tower deemed unsafe for bells to be rung properly.
1944
Albert Hughes from Whitechapel inspected the bells with a view to installing a ring of 6. There are local memories of there being 3 (rather than 2) steel bells - a check with the Whitechapel Foundry may be able to confirm this! The steel bells were scrapped shortly afterwards. 1963
The 3 bells from St Gregory's, Canterbury were recast by Mears & Stainbank.
1988
The 1718 bell was welded by Soundweld and hung in a new frame for 6 in the tenor pit. The frame was designed by Whitechapel and built by M. Nightingale in Faversham. The 3 St Gregory bells were hung in pits 1, 2 & 3.
1995
13th May
The treble and 2 from West Bretton were hung in the 2 empty Wormshill pits. The West Bretton tenor was retained for possible use in Murston Old Church and stored in the benefactor's foundry. It hasn't been used at Murston and its whereabouts its currently unknown.
1995
8th Oct.
Bells dedicated by R't Rev'd R. David Say.
GALLERY |
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The three St Gregory bells in Wormshill tower. The bell up is the treble, with its large clapper flight. |
