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Love's
Guide to The Bells of the City of London |
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St Edmund King & Martyr, Lombard St
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Retuned | ||
® | Smaller | 2 cwt approx. | 20½" | B♭ | 1739 | Thomas Lester, Whiechapel | Never | |
® | Larger | 14¾ cwt approx. | 42¾" | G♭ | 1675 | Anthony Bartlett, Whitechapel | Never |
Inscriptions |
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History |
1292 | Church known as "St Edmund towards Garcherche". | ||
1348 | Church known as "St Edmund in Lombardestrete". | ||
1666 | Old church destroyed in the Great Fire. | ||
1675 | A large and a small bell were cast for the church. | ||
1690 | New church completed by Wren with a tower designed like a lighthouse, ornamented at the angles by flaming urns in allusion to the Great Fire. | ||
1739 | Sanctus bell recast. | ||
1864 | Church restored. | ||
1880 | Church restored again. | ||
2005 | Church renovated and reopened as a Spiritual Bookshop. |
Pictures of the church |
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Pictures of the belfry |
![]() The larger bell. Photo: Dickon R Love, 25 Jan 2007 |
![]() The smaller bell. Photo: Dickon R Love, 25 Jan 2007 |
![]() Photo: Dickon R Love, 25 Jan 2007 |
![]() Photo: Dickon R Love, 25 Jan 2007 |
The Tulse Memorial |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of the City of London | Page updated: 13 October 2019 |