® |
Treble |
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3-1-11 | 24½" |
G |
1953 |
Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Never |
® |
2 |
|
3-2-11 | 25⅛" |
F♯ |
1953 |
Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Never |
® |
3 |
|
4-0-14 | 27" |
E |
1953 |
Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Never |
® |
4 |
|
4-3-11 | 29⅜" |
D |
1953 |
Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Never |
® |
5 |
|
5-1-22 | 31⅜" |
C |
1953 |
Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Never |
® |
6 |
|
6-2-18 | 33" |
B |
1952 |
Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Never |
® |
7 |
|
8-1-6 | 36½" |
A |
1952 |
Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Never |
® |
Tenor |
|
11-3-20 | 40" |
G |
1972 |
Whitechapel Bell Foundry | Never |
ꓕ |
Sanctus |
|
1-1-12 | 18" |
C |
1953 |
Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Never |
|
1552 |
|
Record of 4 bells and a Sanctus. [1] |
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1662 |
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The old bells were recast into a ring of 5 by Anthony Bartlet. |
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1665 |
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Samuel Pepys in his diary of 30 July 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 |
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The bells survived the Great Fire. |
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1694 |
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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 |
|
Record of 6 bells in the tower. |
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1714 |
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Record of "six large bells". |
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1732 |
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The top stage of the tower was rebuilt, necessitating the installation of a new bellframe, completed the following year. The bells were rehung by William Cole. |
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1749 |
|
Record of the sanctus bell. [2] |
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1785 |
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The vestry ordered on 28 March that "a new bell in the steeple for the clock, the other broke". |
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1891 |
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The church was reopened on 30 October. |
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1928 |
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John Taylor & Co inspected the bells, noting the diameters, frame plan and describing the fittings as "very old". |
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1929 |
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The bells were rehung and retuned by Mears & Stainbank. They were augmented with two trebles (the gift of The Lord Wakefield of Hythe) to make eight. They were dedicated on 29th July (St Olave's Day). At the time, the back bells were described as the oldest peal available for ringing in the City of London (as St Bartholomew the Great was described as unavailable for ringing, as presumably were St Andrew Undershaft). [3] |
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1941 |
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The church was damaged by enemy action and the bells were destroyed. Some of the metal was salvaged. |
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1952 |
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3 stock bells were supplied for a new ring of 8 (these being the back 3). |
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1953 |
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Bells 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 |
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The tenor had come cracked and was recast by Whitechapel. An identical inscription was put on the new bell to the old. |
The Sanctus bell in the cupola on top of the tower. Photo: Dickon R Love, Mar 2005 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, Mar 2005 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, Mar 2005 |
The space above the bells. Photo: Dickon R Love, 26 Nov 2013 |
View down on to the bells. Photo: Dickon R Love, 26 Nov 2013 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 26 Nov 2013 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 26 Nov 2013 |