ST OLAVE, Hart Street |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell Weight Diameter
Note Cast Founder 1
3-1-11 241/2" G 1953
Mears & Stainbank 2
3-2-11 251/8" F sharp 1953
Mears & Stainbank 3
4-0-14 27" E 1953
Mears & Stainbank 4
4-3-11 293/8" D 1953
Mears & Stainbank 5
5-1-22 313/8" C 1953
Mears & Stainbank 6
6-2-18 33" B 1952
Mears & Stainbank 7
8-1-6 361/2" A 1952
Mears & Stainbank 8
11-3-23 40" G 1972
Whitechapel Sanctus
1-1-12 18" C 1953
Mears & Stainbank
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FORMER BELLS |
| These are the bells that were destroyed in the War. |
| Bell | Weight (after tuning in 1929) |
Diameter |
Note | Cast | Founder |
1 of 8 |
3-3-27 | 25" | G | 1929 |
Mears & Stainbank |
2 of 8 |
3-3-23 | 26" | F sharp | 1929 |
Mears & Stainbank |
3 of 8 |
4-2-11 | 271/2" | E | 1694 |
James Bartlet |
4 of 8 |
4-3-18 | 29" | D | 1662 |
Anthony Bartlet |
5 of 8 |
5-1-14 | 305/8" | C | 1662 |
Anthony Bartlet |
6 of 8 |
6-3-6 | 323/4" | B | 1662 |
Anthony Bartlet |
7 of 8 |
8-2-22 | 361/4" | A | 1662 |
Anthony Bartlet |
8 of 8 |
11-0-2 | 40" | G (390Hz) | 1662 |
Anthony Bartlet |
Clock |
2 cwt approx. | 221/2" | G | 1784 |
| The present tenor of 1972 replaces an earlier tenor as follows:. |
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Note | Cast | Founder |
8 of 8 |
11-1-1 | 40" | G | 1952 |
Mears & Stainbank |
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| 3. | THO : COPPING RECTOR ROBERT FVLLER RICHARD TILDEN CH : WARDENS |
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IACOBVS BARTLET ME FECIT . 1694 |
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| The 1952 tenor was inscribed as follows: |
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HISTORY |
| 1552 | Record of 4 bells and a Sanctus ("Itm ther remanyth in the Stiple iiij greate beles and a Saunce bell"). | |
| 1662 | T he old bells were recast into a ring of 5 by Anthony Bartlet. |
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1 665 |
30th Jul | S amuel Pepys in his diary noted "It was a sad noise to hear our bell to tell and ring so often today either for death or burials: I think five or six time". |
| 1666 | The bells survived the Great Fire. | |
| 1694 | A treble was added by James Bartlet to make a ring of 6. The new bell was hung by Mr Cole who also repaired the fittings of the other bells. |
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| 1708 | R ecord of 6 bells. |
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1 714 |
R ecord of "six large bells". |
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| 1785 | 28th Mar | T he vestry ordered "a new bell in the steeple for the clock, the other broke". |
1 732-3 |
T he top stage of the tower was rebuilt, necessitating the installation of a new bellframe. The bells were rehung by William Cole. |
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| 1891 | 30th Oct | C hurch reopened. |
| 1928 | 8th Oct | J ohn Taylor & Co inspected the bells, noting the diameters, frame plan and describing the fittings as "very old". |
1 929 |
B ells rehung and retuned by Mears & Stainbank. They were augmented with two trebles (the gift of Viscount Wakefield) to make eight. |
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1 941 |
May | C hurch damaged by enemy action and the bells were destroyed. Some of the metal was salvaged. |
| 1952 | 3 stock bells were supplied for a new ring of 8 (these being the back 3). |
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1 953 |
B ells 3-5 were cast for the church. In October the church ordered the two trebles, which were then also supplied. All 8 bells were hung in a new frame and first rung on Christmas Day. |
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| 1972 | T he tenor had come cracked and was recast by Whitechapel. An identical inscription was put on the new bell to the old. |
PHOTOGRAPHS |
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The Sanctus bell in the cupola on top of the tower. |
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2 views of the belfry. |
