ST GEORGE, BOTOLPH LANE |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell Weight Diameter
Note Cast Founder 1
19½" 1674
Anthony Bartlet 2
30¾" 1674 Anthony Bartlet
INSCRIPTIONS |
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HISTORY |
1552 |
Record of 3 bells in the tower ("Item in the stepell thre medell belles and a Lyttel bell") |
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1634 |
Record of a new wheel given to a bell. |
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1642 |
Record of a new clapper to the great bell and mending of a clapper to one of the bells. |
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1649 |
Record of £1.12.0 paid to a bellhanger for work on the bells. |
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1649-50 |
10s was paid to mend the wheel of the Saints bell. |
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1650 |
23rd Feb |
£1.5.0 was paid to "John Hudson for a new wheel to the great bell and other things". |
1666 |
Church destroyed in the Great Fire. |
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1671 - 9 |
Church rebuilt by Wren. |
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1674 |
Church rebuilt. |
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1675 |
8th July |
Record of £15 paid "by mony paid to yet Bell founder". |
1708 |
Record of 2 bells. |
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1884 |
26th Oct |
Church reopened. |
1898 |
Church fell into disuse. |
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1901 |
Parish united with that of St Mary at Hill. |
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1903 - 4 |
Church demolished. |
PHOTOGRAPHS |
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All there is left of this church are the gates to the churchyard. The building behind is attached to St Mary at Hill Church. This photograph was taken in Dec 2002. |
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