St Andrew, Holborn

ST ANDREW, HOLBORN

	8 bells hung for ringing
	Weight: 18-1-21 in F
	Grid Ref: TQ315815
	Tuning: Never subsequently retuned
	Frame: 1961 Mears & Stainbank
	Upstairs ringing room.
	PEALS

DETAILS OF THE BELLS

Bell

Weight

Diameter

Note

Cast
Founder

1
5-1-0 28" F
1961
Mears & Stainbank

2
5-2-5 29" E
1961
Mears & Stainbank

3
6-1-1 31" D
1961
Mears & Stainbank

4
7-2-18 33" C
1961
Mears & Stainbank

5
8-1-8 35" B flat
1961
Mears & Stainbank

6
9-2-24 37" A
1961
Mears & Stainbank

7
12-1-20 41" G
1961
Mears & Stainbank

8
18-1-21 46" F
1961
Mears & Stainbank

INSCRIPTION

R PHELPS FECIT 1731

RECAST
19		61
MEARS LONDON

RECAST
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MEARS LONDON

R. PHELPS FECIT 1731

RECAST
19		61

R : PHELPS MADE ME 1731

RECAST
19		61
MEARS LONDON

MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON

RECAST 1920
EDWIN CURTIS BEDFORD, M.A. RECTOR
FREDERICK EDWARD DAVIS FREDERICK STANLEY BREWER WALTERS	}	CHURCHWARDENS
SYDNEY PITT VESTRY CLERK

RECAST
19		61
MEARS LONDON

RICHARD PHELPS FECIT 1731

RECAST
19		61

R : PHELPS MADE ME 1731

THE REVEREND JEFFERY BARTON L:L:D:RECTOR

RECAST
19		61
MEARS LONDON

MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON

RECAST
19		61
MEARS LONDON

The inscriptions on the former 1731 bells were reproduced in facsimile.

FORMER BELLS

Bell	Weight (on scrapping 1960)	Diameter	Note	Cast	Founder	Founder
1	6cwt approx.	31�"	D flat	1731	Richard Phelps	Recast 1961
2	7 cwt approx.	32�"	C	1731	Richard Phelps	Recast 1961
3	8-0-2	34�"	B flat	1731	Richard Phelps	Recast 1961
4	9-1-21	37"	A flat	1731	Richard Phelps	Recast 1961
5	11-3-7		G flat	1920	Mears & Stainbank	Recast 1961
6	13-1-3	43�"	F	1731	Richard Phelps	Recast 1961
7	18-2-4	48�"	E flat	1731	Richard Phelps	Recast 1961
8	26-3-2		D flat	1920	Mears & Stainbank	Recast 1961
Clock	4 cwt approx.	26"		1587	Robert Mot	Destroyed

The tenor was weighed as 26-3-5 in 1920 when it was cast.
The treble and 2nd together weighed 13-0-8 when scrapped, although were never weighed individually.
The diameters came from Walters.

R PHELPS FECIT 1731

R. PHELPS FECIT 1731

R : PHELPS FECIT 1731

MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON

RECAST 1920
EDWIN CURTIS BEDFORD, M.A. RECTOR
FREDERICK EDWARD DAVIS FREDERICK STANLEY BREWER WALTERS	}	CHURCHWARDENS
SYDNEY PITT VESTRY CLERK

RICHARD PHELPS FECIT 1731

R : PHELPS MADE ME 173 1

THE REVEREND JEFFERY BARTON L:L:D:RECTOR

MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON

Robertus u mot u me

fecit u 1587

Prior to 1920, the 5th and tenor were as follows:

Bell	Weight	Diameter	Note	Cast	Founder	Founder
5	12 cwt approx.	41"	G flat	1731	Richard Phelps	Recast 1921
8	27 cwt approx.	54"	D flat	1731	Richard Phelps	Recast 1921

R : PHELPS FECIT 1731

RICHARD PHELPS MADE ME 1731. MESS^RS ROBERT WADDILOVE JOSHUA COX CHURCH WARDENS.

(assumed to be on same line) DEO ECCLESIAE REGISQUE CANO LAUDES

There was a single dot under the superscript on the old tenor.

HISTORY

1447	Tower built.
1457	Four bells installed in the tower.
1506	One of the 4 bells was recast.
1529	Bells recast by Thomas Lawrence into a new ring of 4, tenor 18-0-13.
1552	Record of 4 bells in the tower.
1566	One of the bells was recast.
1567	Another bell was recast.
1587	All the bells were recast with extra metal by Robert Mot to create a ring of 8 bells, tenor 28-2-7. A Sanctus bell was also cast - which was to remain in the tower until 1941.
1667	The church escaped the Great Fire of London.
1684-92	The church was rebuilt by Wren, although part of the old tower was left.
1709	Record of 6 bells in the tower (Paterson) "and two more intended".
1731	Bells recast into a ring of 8 bells by Richard Phelps.
1920	The 5th and tenor were recast by Mears & Stainbank when the bells were rehung with new fittings in a new iron frame at a total cost of �515.
1941	The church was gutted in an air raid. The bells had been left up and were heard to ring down as the church was burning. They were left hanging, cracked in the tower until they were replaced 20 years later.
1961	The old bells were recast into a lighter ring of 8 by Mears & Stainbank and were rung for the reopening of the church in this year.

PHOTOGRAPHS

The treble in the belfry.

The 7th in the foreground and tenor behind it.