ST BOTOLPH, ALDERSGATE |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell Weight Diameter
Note Cast Founder Single Bell
12-0-14 41" G 1755
Lester & Pack Small Bell
2 cwt approx. 22" 1847
Charles & George Mears
INSCRIPTIONS |
| CALL | 1755 | |||
| SERVICE | C&G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON | |||
| RECAST 1847. REV. W.C.E. WEBBER INCUMBENT | ||||
FRANCIS BAYLEY |
} | CHURCH WARDENS |
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HISTORY |
1552 |
Record of "iij (?) bells & a sayntes bell" (i.e. 3 bells and a sanctus) |
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1627 |
Old church repaired and a large portion of the steeple rebuilt. |
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1666 |
Church slightly damaged in the Great Fire. |
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1708 |
Record of "5 bells to ring in a Peal". |
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1714 |
Paterson notes "five bells". |
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1755 |
Bell cast. |
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1790 |
Church pulled down and a new one erected at a cost of £10,000, by Nathaniel Wright. |
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1796 |
Church rebuilt. |
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1847 |
The single bell was recast by Whitechapel and the Sanctus was refitted. |
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1847 |
23rd Aug |
Whitechapel Daybook records "Churchwardens of St.Botolph, Aldersgate Street. By old bell 11-3-21, less 14 staple and dirt, 11-3-7 nett @ £4/4/2 £49.12.3 |
1847 |
1st Dec |
Bell 12-0-14 £76.7.9, clapper, stock wheel ironwork stay and slider, stock and ironwork complete and roller for a 22 Inch Bell £11.10.0, 1 bell rope £2.2.0" |
1897 |
28th Apr |
F.C. Eeles records two bells: one (the small one) on top of the steeple, the other in the tower. |
c.1996 |
A major restoration took place in the church and the service bell was rehung dead in its frame to allow it to be rung with an internal hammer. |
PHOTOGRAPHS |
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The sanctus bell hung in the top of the cupola as seen from below. |
