The Church Bells of the City of London

TEMPLE CHURCH
1 bell
Tenor: 9 cwt approx. in B flat
Never subsequently retuned
Frame: timber
Extra-parochial church.
Floors and Access:
Single turret staircase from ground to belfry
   

DETAILS OF THE BELL

Bell

Weight

Diameter

Note

Cast

 Founder

1

 9 cwt approx. 38" B flat

1686

 James Bartlett
 
1. SIR ROBT SAWYER ATTORNEY GENERALL TREASVRER OF THE INNER TEMPLE
  SIR HARRY CHAVNCY KNIGHT TREASVRER OF THE MIDDL TEMPLE
IAMES BARTLET MADE ME 1686

HISTORY
1185 Church consecrated.  It was originally the headquarters of the Knights Templar.
1307 The Knights Templar were abolished and the church went to the Crown.
1666 The church was undamaged in the Great Fire of London.
1686 Bell cast by James Bartlett, as part of Sir Christopher Wren's refurbishment, and hung for ringing in its own frame at the top of a turret tower on the north side of the church.  The church also has the base of a larger bell tower that was never completed above the 1st storey.
 

GALLERY
There is very little room in the belfry
as it is only just large enough to fit
the bell.
Photos Dickon Love, 24th November, 2011