Formerly 1 service bell and 1 priest's bell Weight: 22-2-20. Church bombed 1940, Partially demolished 1977 Large bell scrapped 1960, Small bell transferred to Christ's Hospital 1982.

Bell	Weight	Diameter	Cast	Founder
Service Bell	22-2-0	50¾"	1851	Charles & George Mears
Priest's Bell	2-0-0*	22"	1825	Thomas Mears II
*Weight after tuning in 1982.

S.	C. & G. MEARS FOUNDERS, LONDON, 1851.
	THE REVD MICHAEL GIBBS, M.A. VICAR & RECTOR MR ROBERT MILBURN MR CHARLES F. WACE } CHURCH WARDENS.
P	T. MEARS OF LONDON FECIT. 1825
	G. CLARIDGE W. YOUNG S. Buckingham J. Rudge } } C. C. S. L. } CH. WS.

EARLIER BELL

Bell	Weight	Cast	Founder	Fate
Service Bell	21-2-0	1731	Richard Phelps	Recast 1851

HISTORY

1306-27		First gothic church built as the conventual church of a Franciscan monastery established on the site.  Franciscans wear grey habits, so the church was known as "Greyfriars".  It was the 2nd largest mediaeval church in London
1538		Henry VII dissolved the monasteries and gave the church to the City.
1687		Church completed by Sir Christopher Wren, without the tower and spire.
1704		Tower and spire added to the church rising to 160 feet.
1708		Record of one bell in the tower "wherein is only as yet one bell".
1731	10th August	Richard Phelps cast a large bell and hung it in the tower.
1825		Smaller bell cast by Thomas Mears.
1851		Whitechapel foundry records (daybook 21 August 1851) the purchase of the old bell weighing 21-2-20 gross (less 20 lbs for staple and dirt making 21-2-0 nett) @ £4/4/0 . A new bell was invoiced out on 30 August 1851, weight 22-2-20.
1897		Record of two bells in the tower.
1940	29th December	The church was severely damaged in the Blitz leaving the walls of the church and the tower and spire.
1949		The decision was taken not to rebuild the church.
1954		The parish was merged with that of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate.
1960		The spire was disassembled and rebuilt.  The larger bell was scrapped by Mears & Stainbank.
1982		The smaller bell was tuned and hung in Christ's Hospital by Whitechapel.  The original Christ's Hospital used to stand next to the church and provide most of the congregation, but in 1902 it moved to Horsham.
1989		The former nave was converted into a public garden.
2006		The tower and spire were converted into a private 3 bedroom residence.

GALLERY

1814	1830	1838
The bell that went to Christ's Hospital.	Christ's Hospital as it appeared with Christ Church in 1720.