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ST MARY IN THE MARSH, St Mary
Photo RCO Nov 2004
3 bells
Tenor: 10-1-10 in G
Grid Ref.
Ashford District
Frame: 1956 Whitechapel (transverse beams)
Retuning: 1956 Whitechapel

DETAILS OF THE BELLS
Bell Weight Diameter Pitch Cast Founder

1

 5½ cwt approx. 30"

B

15th Cent

John Danyell

2

 7½ cwt approx. 36¼"

A

1371-92

William Burford

3

 10-1-10 40"

G

1956

Mears & Stainbank

INSCRIPTION
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Sancte Ora Pro Nobis

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2.
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In Multis Annis Re∫onet Campana Iohannis

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RESURGO
MCMLVI
NON NOBIS SED POSTERIS
ANNE ROPER
CHARLES SINDEN		 } WARDENS

MEARS
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LONDON
 

EARLIER BELLS
Bell Weight Diameter Pitch Cast Founder Fate

3 (of 3)

 10 cwt approx. 40"

G

c.1400

Robert Burford

 Recast 1956
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In Multis Annis Re∫onet Campana Iohannis

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HISTORY
1450 Bell cast by John Danyell (treble).
1371-92 Bell cast by William Burford (middle bell)
c.1400 Bell cast by Robert Burford (tenor).
1552 Record of 3 bells in the tower.
1799 Edward Hasted wrote:
The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, consists of three isles and one chancel, having a pointed turret steeple at the west end, in which hang three bells.
1956 The cracked tenor was recast at Whitechapel, preserving the crown in the church including all the canons & inscription. The dilapedated ringing fittings & framework were removed, the bells tuned, quarter turned & staples drilled out & rehung on transverse beams. Bells 1 and 2 were never weighed.
1968 An attempt to steal the preserved crown of the old tenor failed.