The bells in 2000
The following information was provided by Whites of Appleton, Church Bell Hangers.
After many years of dereliction the tower was restored and the six bells
re-tuned and rehung with new ringing fittings in a new cast iron bell
frame in A.D. 2000.
The pitch of the tenor is G-35/100 of a semitone.
| BELL
| DIAMETER
| DATE
| FOUNDER
| NOTE
| WEIGHT
|
|
| feet inches
|
|
|
| cwt-qr-lb
|
| Tenor
| 2' 11 9/16"
| 1892
| Mears and Stainbank
| G
| 7-2-03
|
| 5
| 2' 8 7/16"
| 1665
| Ellis and Henry Knight
| A
| 6-3-04
|
| 4
| 2' 4 5/16"
| 1623
| Ellis Knight
| B
| 4-1-09
|
| 3
| 2' 3 1/16"
| 1710
| William & Robert Corr
| C
| 3-3-23
|
| 2
| 2' 2 1/16"
| 1892
| Mears and Stainbank
| D
| 3-1-01
|
| Treble
| 2' 1 3/8"
| 1892
| Mears and Stainbank
| E
| 3-0-09
|
The Inscriptions
The inscriptions are on the shoulder for all except the third.
- Treble cast 1892 inscribed
- MEARS & STAINBANK, WHITECHAPEL FOUNDRY, LONDON
- Second cast 1892 inscribed:
- MEARS & STAINBANK, WHITECHAPEL FOUNDRY, LONDON
- Third cast 1710
inscribed just above the moulding wires:
- © PETER LEWSON & WILLIAM PAYNE
(L)::::::::::::::::::::::: C
::::::::::::::::: W
::::::::::::::::: J7J0
::::::::::::::::::::::::
where the © is the impression of a coin, (L) denotes a strip of leaf ornament
cast by: William & Robert Corr of Aldbourne
- Fourth cast 1623 inscribed:
- LET YOVAR HOPE BE XN THE LORD EK X623
cast by Ellis Knight I
- Fifth cast 1665 inscribed:
- FEARE GOD HONOVR THE KING 1665
cast by Ellis and Henry Knight II
- Tenor cast 1892 inscribed:
- MEARS & STAINBANK, WHITECHAPEL FOUNDRY, LONDON
on a separate line below the shoulder is
RECAST 1892
Note: further information to be added later.
Page last updated 20 May 2004
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