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1119 |
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Church first recorded. |
c |
1400 |
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Church rebuilt. |
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1552 |
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Record of 5 bells and 2 sanctus bells. [1] |
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1578 |
-9 |
A "small bell for morninge service" was purchased from Whitechapel and hung in the tower. It weighed 1-2-16. |
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1599 |
-1600 |
A bell may have been recast. |
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1607 |
-8 |
The tenor and the sanctus bell were recast. The frame was repaired by Philip Walton, Carpenter. |
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1625 |
-6 |
The tenor was again recast and other work took place in the tower. |
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1649 |
-50 |
The tenor was recorded as being "in danger of falling", so it was taken down. |
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1651 |
-2 |
The tenor was recast by William Eldridge and hung by Mr Turner. The bells were "tewned" by Mr Blackwell. |
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1666 |
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Church destroyed in the Great Fire. |
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1668 |
-9 |
The bell metal and lead from the church roof was removed and stored. |
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1672 |
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31 cwt of bell metal was sold and a new bell was purchased from Mr Hudson. |
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1678 |
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Rebuilding of the church commenced by Wren. |
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1684 |
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The church was completed. |
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1687 |
-88 |
A spire was added. |
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1708 |
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Record of 1 bell. |
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1714 |
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Record of "some fine bells". [2] |
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1717 |
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2 bells cast by Richard Phelps. |
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1874 |
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The church was demolished under the Union of Benefices Act (a protest temporarily saved the tower). |
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1876 |
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The tower was demolished. A memorial to it stood on the site: it is now in St Mary Aldermary. The spire was sold to a gentleman at Sydenham for £50. The top part of it still stands in Sydenham. |
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1878 |
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The successor church of St Antholin, Nunhead was consecrated. The 2 bells from the city church were transferred here. The tenor was recast at Whitechapel at a cost of £69.9s.7d in 1925, and the church was gutted by incendiaries on 27/28th December. The bells taken down and rehung on RSJs in the angle between two walls by Mears & Stainbank in 1957 and the church was reconsecrated on 12 October, at which point the dedication was changed to St Anthony. The parish united with that of St Silas, Peckham Rye (St Silas church was demolished) in 2001. A new church (Ss Anthony and Silas, Nunhead) was built on the old St Silas Site in 2003. It has a stone clad steel tower wherein the two bells were rehung "dead" for electrical operation. The work was carried out by Hayward Mills Associates. |