Love's
Guide to The Bells of the City of London |
St Alban Wood St, Wood St
Photo: Dickon Love, 24 April 2004 |
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Destroyed in 1941 |
Bell | Weight | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Service bell | 4 cwt approx. | 21" | 1704 | John Peele | Never | Destroyed 1941 | ||
Sanctus | 1 cwt approx. | 17" | A | 1767 | Lester & Pack | Never | Destroyed 1941 |
History |
1552 | Record of 5 bells and sanctus. [1] | ||
1633 | -4 | Church rebuilt by Inigo Jones as the old church was dangerously dilapidated. | |
1666 | Church partially destroyed in the Great Fire. | ||
1682 | -7 | Church restored by Wren at a cost of ?3,165-0-8, retaining the outer walls of the earlier building. The north west tower is the work of Wren. | |
1708 | Record of 2 bells. [2] | ||
1897 | Record of 2 bells. [3] | ||
1941 | Church destroyed during a bombing raid leaving only the tower, which has been preserved. The bells have since been moved out of the tower. | ||
1954 | Parish united with that of St Vedast, Foster Lane. |
[1] | "Itm a Chime and a Clocke, Belles V and one smalle belle called a sanctes belle" (Edwardian Inventory, 1552) |
[2] | () |
[3] | (Amherst D Tyssen) |
Old pictures of the church |
Photo: DLC collection |
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The church in c.1875 Photo: Spitalfields Life |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of the City of London | Page updated: 13 October 2019 |