ST KATHERINE COLEMAN |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell Weight Diameter
Note Cast Founder Clock Bell
2 cwt approx. 21" 1749
Unknown Service Bell
8 cwt approx. 36" 1741 Thomas Lester
INSCRIPTIONS |
| CLOCK | J749 |
| SERVICE | THOMAS LESTER MADE ME 1741 |
HISTORY |
1552 |
No mention of bells in the 1552 Inventory. |
1620 |
Old church repaired. |
1624 |
Church repaired. |
1666 |
The church escaped the Great Fire. |
1703 |
Church repaired. |
1708 |
Record of "3 bells to ring in peal". |
1734 |
The old church was pulled down. |
1739-40 |
A new church was erected from the designs of James Horne, surveyor. It was of brick and stone dressings with a tower at the west end. |
1897 |
Record of 2 bells. |
1921 |
Church closed and parish united with that of St Olave, Hart Street. |
1925 |
Church demolished. One or more bells went to St Catherine Westway White City Fulham, completed in 1923. One of the bells from St Katherine's is still there. |
EARLY ENGRAVING |

Engraving Robert West, 1736