All Hallows Staining

ALL HALLOWS STAINING, Mark Lane

Photo DrL 15th Aug 2001

	Formerly 6 bells
	Tenor: 8-2-21 in A
	Church demolished in 1870 leaving the tower.
	Bells removed 1890, 5 were recast and hung at St Paul's, Homerton and now hang at Stone-by-Dartford, Kent. 1 is on display in the Grocers' Hall.

DETAILS OF THE BELLS

Bell	Weight	Diameter	Note	Cast	Founder
1	3-1-2	24½"	F sharp	1697	James Bartlett
2	3-2-26	25½"	E	1607	Joseph Carter
3	4½ cwt approx.	27½"	D	1458	Mechelen Foundry
4	5-2-10	30"	C sharp	1682	James Bartlett
5	6-1-0	32½"	B	1682	James Bartlett
6	8-2-21	36½"	A	1647	Anthony Barlett

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1458	Bell cast by the Mechelen Foundry, Belgium.
1492	Churchwardens Accounts mention a Sanctus bell.
1509	Churchwardens Accounts report that the Great Bell was recast.
1552	Record of 4 bells, a Sanctus and a clock in the tower.
1579	Churchwardens Accounts report that a new 2nd bell was cast by Robert Mot weighing 3-1-6.
1583-4	Churchwardens Accounts report that a small broken bell of 78 lbs was replaced with a larger one of 118 lbs.
1592	Churchwardens Accounts report that a bell was recast by Robert Mot.
1607	Bell (re)cast by Joseph Carter.
1610	Payment was made to "Mr Lamb the Bell founder".
1647	Bell (re)cast by Anthony Bartlett.
1666	Church survived the Great Fire.
1682	2 bells (re)cast by James Bartlett.
1697	Bell (re)cast by James Bartlett.
1708	Record of "Six bells to ring in peal, besides a small one".
1824	Record of six bells and a small one.
1870	Church demolished except for the tower and crypt. Parish united with that of St Olave, Hart Street.
1890	Bells removed from the tower. All except the 3rd were recast by Mears & Stainbank to the order of the Grocers' Company (the Patrons) who had built a replacement church of St Paul at Homerton. A new 3rd was substituted and the whole ring hung in the new tower. The Belgian bell was stored for some years in the Finsbury Pantechnicon but later set up at the Grocers' Hall.
1968	The Belgian bell was cracked in a fire that destroyed the Grocers' Hall but it was subsequently welded and restored.
1983	The six bells were removed from St Paul, Homerton and put into storage with a view to installing them at St Anne's, Limehouse. In the event, Limehouse received its bells from St Peter, Walworth, so they remained in storage under the care of the Keltek Trust.
2000	The bells were offered to St Nicholas, Deptford by the Keltek Trust.
2005	The Kent CA bought the 6 Homerton bells from the Keltek Trust and keep them in Trust for the church pending the launch of an appeal to augment them to 8 and hang them in a new frame in the tower.
2007	A change in management at St Nicholas, Deptford led to disinterest in the bells, so the bells were reacquired by the Keltek Trust.
2010	The bells were tuned ready to be hung in Stone-by-Dartford. It was clear that the tenor was inferior to the rest with a large porous patch in the waist that was visible inside and out! It was therefore recast. The bells were hung at Stone the following year.

The tower has been cleared of the frame and new floors have been put in. It is now a part of St Olave's (Hart Street) Church Hall.

THE BELLS FOR ST PAUL, HOMERTON

Bell	Weight (as supplied to Homerton)	Weight (as received by Whitechapel)	Weight (supplied to Stone)	Diameter	Note	Cast	Founder
1	4-0-3	4-0-0	3-2-10	25⁷/16"	F sharp	1890	Mears & Stainbank
2	4-2-14	4-1-26	4-0-7	26¹³/16"	E	1890	Mears & Stainbank
3	5-0-1	4-3-27	4-1-22	28⅝"	D	1890	Mears & Stainbank
4	5-2-12	5-2-10	5-0-2	29⅞"	C sharp	1890	Mears & Stainbank
5	6-3-9	6-3-8	6-1-12	32¹⁵/16"	B	1890	Mears & Stainbank
6	8-1-9	8-1-8	7-1-27	35⅞"	A	1890	Mears & Stainbank (recast 2010)

The cost of the bells, frame and fittings was £223 10s. They hung in a large timber belfry perched in a central position on top of the nave roof.


The former 3rd from the Mechelen Foundry on display in the Grocers' Hall.	The old 4th in 1968 shortly after the fire that cracked it.