Formerly 6 bells Tenor: 7-3-20 in A flat Grid Ref. TQ934466 Ashford District Frame: Timber Retuning: 1932 Alfred Bowell Ground Floor Church destroyed by bombing in 1944 Bells transferred to the New Church 1st 4 peals in PEALS

Bell	Weight (1932)	Scrapping Weight	Diameter	Note	Cast	Founder
1	4-0-18	4-0-14	26"	F	1932	Alfred Bowell
2	4-1-6	4-0-21	271/2"	E flat	1722	Samuell Knight
3	4-3-11	4-3-12	29"	D flat	1932	Alfred Bowell
4	5-3-3	n/a	32"	C	1722	Samuell Knight
5	6-3-23	6-2-13	34"	B flat	1722	Samuell Knight
6	7-3-21	7-3-20	361/8"	A flat	1932	Alfred Bowell

1.
	CAST BY BOWELL OF IPSWICH, 1932 "SING UNTIL THE LORD AND BLESS HIS NAME"
2.	AM— KIGHT FECIT J722 NATHAELL ○ COLIGTON IV
3.	SAMUEL KNIGHT, FECIT. 1722.
	RECAST BY BOWELL OF IPSWICH, 1932.
4.	IOHN ASHBEE IOHN IENINGS C W K FECIT 1722
5.	AMUELL KIGHT MADE ME J722
6.	R. CATLIN, FECIT, 1742. THE REVD MR THOS PEARSON, RECTOR. JON ASHBEE,  ·  JOHN ATWAY, CHURCHWARDENS.
	RECAST BY BOWELL OF IPSWICH, 1932.

The details of the 4th are those given by Stahlschmidt, excepting the weight which, with the others, is that given by Alfred Bowell in 1932. The inscriptions and diameters come from John Taylor.

FORMER BELLS

2.	AMVELL KIGHT ¡ FECIT ¡ 1722 ¡¡¡¡
5.	THE REVD MRTHOS PEARSON RECTOR. ION ASHBEE ION ATWAY CH @ WARDENS  R @ CATLIN FECIT 1742 @

HISTORY

1552		Record of 4 bells in the old church.
1722		5 bells were cast by Samuel Knight.
1742		Tenor recast by Robert Catlin.
1932		Bells tuned and augmented to 6 with the 2nd and tenor recast by Alfred Bowell of Ipswich. The bells were rehung in a new steel frame.
		1932 16 May: To recasting the tenor & 2nd bells, adding a new treble bell and rehanging the peal £205. To new set of 5 bell ropes £5. Total £210. paid cq. on a/c £50 20 Feb 1932. Cq. £100 8 June 1932. cq £30 8 Nov 1932. cq £15 14 March 1933. cq. £15 17 Nov 1933.
1944	16th Aug.	The church received a direct hit from a flying bomb. Only the badly damaged tower and parts of the chancel wall survived.
1945		The bells were removed from the tower and stored by the railway line from where the 4th was stolen. The belfry stage of the tower was then largely demolished.
1955		The 5 surviving bells were taken to John Taylor & Co., Loughborough. The new church and tower were completed.
1956		6 new bells were cast from the metal of the 5 remaining old bells and hung in a new tower in the new church by John Taylor.
1956	29th Sept.	Service of Consecration of the new church and new bells, conducted by Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher.
c. 1964		The ruins of the old church were made safe and a concrete floor was inserted in the tower at "1st floor" level.

The interior of the old church showing the ground floor ringing room and the six ropes hanging down. The window at the top has fragments of old glass with a seated Madonna in a golden crown and the Child kneeling.	The church shortly after bombing.