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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder 1
5-0-9
28¾"
1858
John Warner & Sons
2
5-2-18
30¾"
1858
John Warner & Sons
3
6-1-11
32"
1858
John Warner & Sons
4
6-3-8
34"
1858
John Warner & Sons
5
8-1-24
36½"
1858
John Warner & Sons
6
9-0-13
37¾"
1858
John Warner & Sons
7
10-3-15
40¾"
1858
John Warner & Sons
8
15-2-19
45¾"
1858
John Warner & Sons
In his book "Among the Bells", The
Rev'd F.E.Robinson gives the following weights/diameters
which may be assumed to be those supplied by John Warner.
| Bell | Weight | Diameter |
1 |
5-2-20 |
28¾" |
2 |
6-0-26 |
30½" |
3 |
6-3-21 |
33½" |
4 |
7-1-18 |
34¾" |
5 |
9-1-10 |
36¾" |
6 |
10-0-7 |
38" |
7 |
11-2-16 |
41" |
8 |
17-2-2 |
46" |
INSCRIPTIONS |
| 1. | CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LONDON 1858 |
| 2. | CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LONDON 1858 |
| 3. | CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LONDON 1858 |
| 4. | CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LONDON 1858 |
| 5. | CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LONDON 1858 |
| 6. | CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LONDON 1858 |
| 7. | CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LONDON 1858 |
| 8. | CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LONDON 1858 |
FORMER (MAIDEN) RING OF SIX BELLS
Bell
Weight
Diameter
Cast
Founder
1
5-2-12
29½"
1830
Thomas Mears II 2
6-2-23
31½"
1830 Thomas Mears II 3
7-1-0
33½"
1830 Thomas Mears II 4
8-0-9
34½"
1830 Thomas Mears II 5
10-0-18
38"
1830 Thomas Mears II 6
13-2-0
42"
1830 Thomas Mears II
HISTORY
1552
Record of 4 bells in the tower.
1830
Ring of 6 cast by Thomas Mears II (tenor 13-2-0).
1857
Bells destroyed by fire. A bell was hired from the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, diameter 16", weighing 0-3-17¾ together with clapper, stock, lever and brasses. It was returned in June 1858.
1858
New ring of 8 cast by John Warner (tenor 16-1-21) cast mainly using old metal.
1924
Bells quarter turned and rehung by Thomas Groombridge Jnr.
1937
Bells retuned and rehung in a new frame by Mears & Stainbank.
1984
New rope guides fitted.
1988
Major overhaul of bearings and fittings by Whitechapel.
