Maidstone St Paul

MAIDSTONE, St Paul (Old Church)

	Formerly 5 bells
	Tenor 8-0-23 in A
	Maidstone District
	Frame: Formerly 1901 Mears & Stainbank
	These bells, cast to ringing weights but hung as a chime, were taken out after the church was destroyed by fire in 1970. The bells were tuned and transferred to All Saints, Wighton, Norfolk.
	St Paul's New Church was built up the road.

DETAILS OF THE BELLS

Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder

1

4-1-26
27"
1901

Mears & Stainbank

2

4-3-25
28⅞"
1901

Mears & Stainbank

3

5-0-20
29ž"
1901

Mears & Stainbank

4

6-0-0
32
1901

Mears & Stainbank

5

8-0-23
35˝"
1901

Mears & Stainbank

INSCRIPTIONS

1. MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON. 1901

LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS

2. MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON. 1901

DAY BY DAY WE MAGNIFY THEE

3. MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON. 1901

REJOICE WITH THEM THAT DO REJOICE
AND WEEP WITH THEM THAT WEEP

4.
MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON. 1901

THERE SHALL BE UPON THE BELLS
HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD

5.
MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON. 1901

LORD, MAY THESE BELLS FOR EVER BE
A TUNEFUL VOICE O'RE LAND AND SEA
TO CALL THY PEOPLE UNTO THEE
ARTHUR POWELL, LL.D., VICAR
RICHARD J. BALSTON
JOHN L. HARRISON, CHURCHWARDENS
A.D. 1901

FORMER STEEL BELL

Bell	Weight	Diameter	Cast	Founder	Fate
1	3˝cwt approx.	29˝"	1860	Naylor Vickers	Prob scrapped 1901.

NAYLOR VICKERS & C^O 1860 SHEFFIELD
(Royal Arms)
No. 2129
E. RIEPE'S PATENT CAST STEEL

HISTORY

1859

Church built.

1860
A new steel bell was cast and hung in the new church.

1861

Church consecrated.

1901

5 bells cast and hung as a chime in the church by Mears & Stainbank.

1963
Oct.
Church burnt down.

1970

Bells removed from the church, originally to recast into a light eight (tenor 4˝ cwt) for the tower of the new church. The 2nd of this new eight was given and hung, but the remainder never were as the tower was never completed. The old church ruins were demolished in this year.

1980

Bells sold to Wighton, Norfolk where they were tuned and augmented with a treble to form a ring of six.

Alfred Bowell may have also done some work or an inspection here as he lists the weights (as given above) in his notebook.

GALLERY

Photos DLC:

Two of the bells hanging dead in their frame in the tower.
This was the state of the church shortly after the fire in 1963.
The church was finally demolished in 1970.

The tenor.

All Saints, WIGHTON, Norfolk

Photo DRL

1.	MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON. 1901
	LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS
2.	MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON. 1901
	DAY BY DAY WE MAGNIFY THEE
3.	MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON. 1901
	REJOICE WITH THEM THAT DO REJOICE AND WEEP WITH THEM THAT WEEP
4.	MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON. 1901
	THERE SHALL BE UPON THE BELLS HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD
5.	MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON. 1901
	LORD, MAY THESE BELLS FOR EVER BE A TUNEFUL VOICE O'RE LAND AND SEA TO CALL THY PEOPLE UNTO THEE ARTHUR POWELL, LL.D., VICAR RICHARD J. BALSTON JOHN L. HARRISON, CHURCHWARDENS A.D. 1901

1859		Church built.
1860		A new steel bell was cast and hung in the new church.
1861		Church consecrated.
1901		5 bells cast and hung as a chime in the church by Mears & Stainbank.
1963	Oct.	Church burnt down.
1970		Bells removed from the church, originally to recast into a light eight (tenor 4˝ cwt) for the tower of the new church. The 2nd of this new eight was given and hung, but the remainder never were as the tower was never completed. The old church ruins were demolished in this year.
1980		Bells sold to Wighton, Norfolk where they were tuned and augmented with a treble to form a ring of six.
*Alfred Bowell may have also done some work or an inspection here as he lists the weights (as given above) in his notebook.*

Photos DLC:

Two of the bells hanging dead in their frame in the tower.	This was the state of the church shortly after the fire in 1963.	The church was finally demolished in 1970.

		The tenor.