6 bells Tenor 7½ cwt approx. in B Grid Ref. TR149580 Canterbury District Frame: 1888 Retuning: Never subsequently retuned Upstairs Ringing Room Treble came from All Saints, Canterbury PEALS

Bell

Weight

Diameter

Cast

Founder

1	2¾ cwt approx	23"	18th Cent	Unknown
2	3¼ cwt approx	251/8"	1894	Samuel B. Goslin
3	4¼ cwt approx	271/2"	1893	Samuel B. Goslin
4	3¾ cwt approx	281/2"	1692	John Hodson
5	5¼ cwt approx	301/2"	15th Cent	Unknown
6	7½ cwt approx	3315/16"	1616	Joseph Hatch

1.
	(engraved on waist)                   GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO
2.	S. B. GOSLIN. LONDON.
	ADORAMUS DEO _____ .
		T. G. CROSSE H. HEWARD	} CLERGY
		T. BUNCE F. W. YOUNG	} CHURCHWARDENS
	1894
3.	S. B. GOSLIN. FOUNDER. LONDON. 1893
	LAUS DEO
		T. G. CROSSE T. BUNCE T. W. YOUNG	RECTOR | CHURCHWARDENS
4.	HENRY TOMLIN GEORGE MAY CH : WARDENS I H MADE ME 1692
5.
	[Blank]
6.
	ioseph hatch made me 1616

c.1450		Present 5th cast.
1552		Record of 4 bells in the tower.
1616		Present tenor cast.
1692		Present 3rd cast.
c.1750		A clock bell was cast for All Saints' church, Canterbury. This was destined to become the treble of the ring of 6 at St Alphege.
1888		The 3 bells rehung in a new frame for 6 by Samuel Goslin.
1893		Ring augmented to 4 with a new treble from Samuel Goslin.
1894		Ring again augmented with one bell cast by Samuel Goslin and the clock bell from All Saints' church. The bells were rung from the Ground Floor.
1894	26th Sept.	Ring dedicated.
1931		Bells rehung by Alfred Bowell. The ringing chamber was moved to the first floor.
		1931 31st Mar: To new gudgeons and bearings and overhauling the six bells £60. Extra 2 new stocks & ironwork £3. Total £63. Paid by money orders 1 May 1931.
1957		Bells overhauled by the King's School Society of Change Ringers and ringing recommenced after a silence of some 20 years.
1969		Bells overhauled by the KCACR and the tower completely cleared of vast quantities of lumber.
1983		Church made redundant and turned into the Urban Studies Centre.
1992		Ringing resumed from the intermediate chamber (2nd floor), the old ringing chamber having become an office.