Bilsington

	1 bell in tower and 1 on display (formerly ring of 3)
	Tenor: 5-0-4 in D flat (Nominal 1100 Hz)
	Tenor of former ring: 9 cwt approx. in G
	Grid Ref. TR042343
	Ashford District
	Tuning: Never subsequently retuned
	Frame: c.1590 designed for 4 bells.
	Hung dead.
	Ż Sound Clip of the bell in the tower (37kB recorded by Dickon Love, 27th Dec 2004)
	Ż Sound Clip of the cracked Chamberlain Bell (86kB recorded by Dickon Love, 28th Dec 2003)

c.1430	Present tenor cast by William Chamberlain.
1552	Record of 3 bells ("iij belles in the steple").
c.1590	Frame for 4 was constructed. The 3rd pit was never occupied.
1710	Treble recast.
c.1750-1800	2nd (of 3) sold.
1887	Stahlschmidt records 2 bells, both cracked, and that there were formerly 3.
1931	Treble again recast and rehung dead in the 4 bell frame with a lever clapper. The tenor was hung on display outside in a "wishing well" type structure.

	The cracked Chamberlain bell hanging outside the church. (Pictured also are the Vicar, Rev'd Richard Love, and Tim Dean.)

Facing west. Richard Love is in the pit formerly occupied by the Chamberlain bell. Three other pits are in the foreground. The pit to the far right is the one that contains the only bell in the tower.

The Mears bell hung dead.

A curved brace in the pit that used to contain the 2nd.

The pit that has always been empty.

The deadstock on the bell.
	The 1931 bell.
	The remains of the latchet style slider. Unusually it is wrought iron throughout.

Looking south. The pit at the back is the one that has always been empty. The foreground pit used to contain the missing 2nd. The empty tenor pit is to the right.

1.	MICHAEL IEMETT CH:WARDEN RICHARD PHELPS MADE ME. 1710.