Canterbury St Gregory

CITY OF CANTERBURY, St Gregory the Great
Now The St Gregory Centre

	Formerly 3 bells hung in an open gable
	Tenor: 2-0-22 in A
	Canterbury District

	Bells removed in 1985 and transferred to St Giles, Wormshill in 1987.
	Church redundant, now forming the St Gregory Centre for Christchurch College.

DETAILS OF THE BELLS

Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder

1
1-0-12 17"
1963

Mears & Stainbank

2
1-2-5 19"
1963

Mears & Stainbank

3
2-0-22 21"
1963

Mears & Stainbank

INSCRIPTIONS

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	THESE THREE BELLS WHICH WERE CAST BY C. & G. MEARS IN 1851 WERE RECAST BY MEARS & STAINBANK IN 1963

DETAILS OF THE 1851 BELLS

Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder

1
1-0-16 17"
1851

Charles & George Mears

2
1-1-23 18¹/2"
1851

Charles & George Mears

3
2-0-4 20⁵/8"
1851

Charles & George Mears

HISTORY

1851	3 bells cast by Charles & George Mears and hung in the open gable end of the church.
1963	Bells recast by Mears & Stainbank.
1985	Bells removed from the tower and stored at Richard Offen's house.
1988	The bells were tuned and hung as bells 1-3 of 6 at St Giles, Wormshill.

OLD PHOTOGRAPH

This photo was taken in 1969 and shows the church with the three 1963 bells hanging in the gable end.

Photo DLC 4/3/1969