Weights and Inscriptions

Number Inscription Founder Year Diameter Weight (cwt-qtr-lb)
Treble “CONFITEMINI DOMINO” A.D.G. IAC. B. ET E.H.WINTERBOTHAM A.D.MCMXI DEDT. Mears & Stainbank 1911 25" 4-0-0
2 “CHRISTIE AUDI NOS” A.D.G. IAC B. ET E.H.WINTERBOTHAM A.D.MCMXI DEDT. Mears & Stainbank 1911 26¼" 4-2-0
3 THIS TREBLE AND THE SECOND BELL WERE PRESENTED TO THE PARISH BY THE SOCIETY OF RINGERS JUNE J833 I. Rudhall 1833 28" 5-1-0
4 MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON. RECAST 1883. CHARLES DENT BELL, RECTOR. IN NOMINE DEI. HINC CLARIOR ET FORTIOR. GEORGE PARSONAGE ESQRE MAYOR I. Rudhall, Recast Mears & Stainbank 1833 recast 1883 28" 5-1-0
5 IOHN RUDHALL FECT. J883 I. Rudhall 1823 30¾" 6-0-12
6 RECAST 1883. MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS LONDON. G.M.KITE R. GRIFFITH CHURCHWARDENS. J.BELCHER, CONDUCTOR. F. WHITE, BELLHANGER. I. Rudhall, Recast Mears & Stainbank 1823 recast 1883 31¼ 6-2-2
7 IOHN RUDHALL FECT. J833 I. Rudhall 1823 32½" 7-0-3
8 MEARS & STAINBANK LONDON. THIS BELL WAS RECAST AND WITH NINE OTHERS REHUNG, DECEMBER 1911. FRANCIS L’ESTRANGE FAWCETT, M.A., RECTOR & RURAL DEAN. EDWARD BESTBRIDGE WETHERED, J.P., THOMAS OVERBURY CHURCHWARDENS. I. Rudhall, Recast Mears & Stainbank 1823 recast 1911 35½" 8-0-0
9 THESE BELLS WERE CAST AT GLOUCESTER BY IOHN RUDHALL J823 I. Rudhall 1823 38½" 9-2-26
10 THE REVD. CHAS. JERVIS A.M. MINISTER J823. I RUDHALL FECT. I. Rudhall 1823 40½" 12-1-15
11 JAMES FOWLER & WILLM. BUCKLE CHURCHWARDENS. J823. I RUDHALL FECT. I. Rudhall 1823 45" 15-0-25
Tenor I CALL IN PRAYER THE LIVING TO COMBINE, THE DEAD MUST HEAR A LOUDER SOUND THAN MINE J823 I. Rudhall 1823 50½" 22-2-16
Clock Bell IOHN NICHOLSON & E. HATCH CHURCHWARDENS 1826 IOHN RUDHALL I. Rudhall 1826 36"(DH) 8-2-0

Rudhall cast the original eight bells in 1823. Rudhall augmented them to 10 in 1833 with two new trebles cast after he had sold his foundry to Mears and Stainbank. The present 4th and 6th were recast in 1883 by Mears and Stainbank. The bells were augmented to twelve in 1912 with two new trebles cast by Mears and Stainbank and the 8th was also recast.

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Edited by Philip Abbey