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DARENTH, St Margaret

3 bells
Tenor: 4-3-24 in C sharp
Grid Ref. TQ561713
Lewisham District
Swing chiming (with levers)

DETAILS OF THE BELLS
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder

1

2-3-16

24"

c. 1400

Unknown

2

3-0-16

265/8"

1609

Stephen Swan

3

4-3-24

297/8"

1856

Charles & George Mears

Prior to retuning the tenor weighed 5-0-15 (as measured in 1856). This replaced a bell weighing 5-0-5 gross (4-3-25 nett).

INSCRIPTIONS
1. [Blank]
2. à STEPHANVS à SWAN à ME à FECIT à ANNO à DOMINI à 1609
¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡
3. C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON
REVD JOHN EVELEIGH VICAR

JOHN SEARS
GEORGE CATES

} CHURCHWARDENS

HISTORY

c.1400

A bell was cast by an unknown founder.

1552

Record of 3 bells in the tower.

1609

Bell cast by Stephen Swan.

1856

Tenor recast at Whitechapel. Whitechapel daybook 26 May 1856 – old bell 5-0-5 gross (4-3-25 nett) allowed £32.9.10; Daybook 27 Aug.1856 – Bell 5-0-15 cost £43.2.6, supplied with clapper (£1) and fittings (£3.10)

1914

24th August

Alfred Bowell produced a report discussing repairs to the bells and fittings including estimates. Work may have been done at this stage.

c.1925

Front 2 bells rehung with partial new fittings by Samuel Goslin (evidence by attribution not documentary: the fittings might have been by Bowell and not Goslin).

1937

Bells rehung by Alfred Bowell

1937 17 Nov:
To rehang the bells £35. Paid cq. 19 Nov 1937.

1966

The bells were rehung for swing chiming with levers by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry.

PHOTOGRAPHS
Photo DLC Photo DLC
Treble bell. Second bell.
Both pictures taken 29th March, 1969