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CITY OF CANTERBURY, St Paul
Photo RCO 2006
3 bells
Tenor: 6-2-7 in C.
Grid Ref. TR154577
Canterbury District
Frame c.1661
Tuning: 1987 Whitechapel
Rehung for swing chiming in 1987.
Ground Floor

DETAILS OF THE BELLS
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder

Treble

3-1-11

261/8"

1661

Thomas Palmar I

2

4-1-8

283/4"

1661

Thomas Palmar I

Tenor

6-2-7

32"

1987

Whitechapel

INSCRIPTIONS
1. THOMAS PALMAR MADE MEE 1661 EDWARD BACKER IOHN WILLIAMS Backwards C.jpg (1147 bytes)W
2. THOMAS PALMAR MADE MEE 1661 EDWARD BACKER IOHN WILLIAMS CW
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RECAST . BY . S B . GOSLIN . 1902 .
THE . CORONATION . YEAR . OF . K . ED . VII

RECAST

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WHITECHAPEL

HISTORY

c. 1420

Tenor cast.

1552

Record of 3 bells plus a clock bell.

1661

Bells 1 and 2 recast by Thomas Palmar I.

c. 1850

Tower largely rebuilt with the frame and bells reinstated.

1887

Stahlschmidt records 3 bells only.

1902

Tenor recast with facsimile inscription and the bells rehung by Samuel Goslin. The ropes had huge fat sallies.

1987

Tenor again recast with facsimile inscription, the trebles were tuned and all were refitted for swing chiming (levers) by Whitechapel and rehung by the KCACR.

FORMER TENORS

Tenor

7 cwt approx.

32"

c. 1420

Unknown
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Tenor

7 cwt approx.

317/8"

1902

Samuel B. Goslin
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Eternis Annis Resonet Campana Iohannis

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RECAST . BY . S B . GOSLIN . 1902 .
THE . CORONATION . YEAR . OF . K . ED . VII