St James, Garlickhythe

ST JAMES GARLICKHYTHE
GARLICK HILL

Photo Dickon Love July 2011

	3 bells
	Tenor: 6-1-14. in D flat
	Retuned: 1988 Whitechapel
	Frame: 2 timber frames: 1 and 2 hung dead in one frame, tenor hung lever swinging in another.
	Tower Stages: 1. Ground: Service bell rung. 2. Ellacombe and clock 3. Casket with mummified corpse 4. Bells
	Access: ground floor door staircase in south east of tower to all 4 stages. Metal straight staircases to roof.
	Formerly a ring of 4 prior to the Great Fire.
	New ring of eight bells, titled "The Royal Jubilee Bells" are being cast in 2012 for the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant and will be hung in the tower in Summer 2012.

Bell	Weight	Diameter	Note	Cast	Founder
1	1-1-25	19⅜"	A	1686	William & Philip Wightman
2	2-0-17	22"	G flat	1682	James Bartlett
3	6-1-14	32"	D flat	1700	Philip Wightman

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THIS BELL IS THE GIFTE OF WILLIAM DAWES

IOHN OLIVER FOR Y^e USE OF QVEN HITHE
TRINITY PARISH

1686

2. THOMAS OSBORN CAPT. IOHN EDWARDS CHVRCHWARDENS 1682

3. MADE BY PHILIP WIGHTMAN J700

The inscription on the treble's inscription band is incised.

HISTORY

1552

No record in the 1552 Inventory.

1624

The ancient parish church was extensively repaired and enlarged.

1650

An attempt was made to sell the 4 bells in the tower. This was unsuccessful and they appear to have remained until the Great Fire.

1666

Church and bells destroyed in the Great Fire.

1676

Foundation for new church, designed by Wren, was laid.

1682

Church opened for worship, being completely finished the following year with a west tower rising to 125 ft. One of the bells was cast, the bellfounder's bill being Ł13.13.0.

1686

Bell cast by William & Philip Wightman for St Michael Queenhithe. (This was the old treble.)

1700

Bell cast by Philip Wightman.

1708

Paterson records no bells in the tower. This is clearly a mistake.

1854

Major restoration of tower and spire.

1875

St Michael, Queenhithe was demolished, and its bell given to St James'.

1988

Bells cleaned and retuned by Whitechapel, crown staples removed and stress relieving centre holes drilled. The 2 trebles were rehung dead with the clock striking on the 2nd. The tenor was rehung for swinging with a lever.

2011
An appeal was launched for a new ring of 8 bells. These bells are planned to appear in a tower on barge, hung for full circle ringing, to lead the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant in June 2012 and will be hung in the church shortly thereafter.

GALLERY

Bells 1 and 2 hanging in their frame. Tenor bell.

Tenor in its frame. Tenor with lever. Tenor.

Old tenor wheel stored in the
3rd stage of the tower. Board on the ground floor recording the restoration work of 1854.