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CITY OF CANTERBURY, St Martin
An old picture
3 bells
Tenor: 6-2-0 in B flat
Grid Ref. TR159578
Canterbury District
Frame: c.1650
Tuning: 1987 Whitechapel
Rehung in 1987 for swing chiming.

DETAILS OF THE BELLS
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder

1

2-1-4

2411/16"

15th Cent.

Unknown

2

4-0-26

291/8"

1829

Thomas Mears II

3

6-2-0

337/16"

1392-1418

Robert Burford

INSCRIPTIONS
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2. T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1829
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HISTORY

1392-1418

Present Tenor cast.

c.1450

Present Treble cast with an unusual design of 3 ornate and 3 plain canons.

c.1650

Middle bell (re)cast and present frame constructed.

1829

Present Middle Bell recast by Thomas Mears II.

1920

Bells rehung by Samuel Goslin.

1987

Bells tuned, refittedd for swing chiming (with levers) by Whitechapel and rehung by the KCACR.