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BROOK, St Mary

3 bells
Tenor: 6½ cwt approx. in C#
Grid Ref. RO66443
Ashford District
Hung Dead with Ellacombe Apparatus

DETAILS OF THE BELLS

Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder

1

4½ cwt approx

28"

c. 1460

John Kebyll

2

5¼ cwt approx

29¾"

c. 1460

John Kebyll

3

6¼ cwt approx

32½"

1612

Joseph Hatch

INSCRIPTIONS

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3. ioseph hatch made me 1612

PHOTOGRAPHS

Photo DLC collection Photo RCO
The tenor bell in its pit, cracked, prior to restoration. The tenor bell at Whitechapel Bell Foundry prior to welding, July 1971