The Bells

The church has a ring of eight bells re-hung by John Warner and Sons in 1877 following the rebuilding of the tower in the previous year. Three of the bells, the present fourth (Thomas Mears, 1810), sixth (James Bagley, 1712) and seventh (Ellis Knight, 1637) were retained from the ring of six that had hung in the old tower, with the other three bells (the present second, third and fifth) being ‘recast’ with the treble and tenor added to form the present ring of eight.

Details of the bells

Treble

3cwt 3qr 0lb, 265/8’’ diameter, F

Cast by J. Warner & Sons in 1877

“CAST BY JOHN WARNER AND SONS LONDON 1877”

2nd

3cwt 3qr 14lb, 273/8’’ diameter, E

Recast by J. Warner & Sons in 1877

“RECAST BY JOHN WARNER AND SONS LONDON 1877”

3rd

4cwt 1qr 0lb, 28’’ diameter, D

Recast by J. Warner & Sons in 1877

“RECAST BY JOHN WARNER AND SONS LONDON 1877”

4th

approx. 5cwt 0qr 0lb, 30’’ diameter, C

Cast by Thomas Mears of Whitechapel in 1810

“JOHN HARRISON THOS COLLETT CHURCH WARDENS

1810 THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT”

5th

approx. 6cwt 0qr 0lb,  3211/16’’ diameter, B flat

Recast by J. Warner & Sons in 1877

“RECAST BY JOHN WARNER AND SONS LONDON 1877”

6th

approx. 7cwt 0qr 0lb, 345/16’’ diameter, A

Cast by James Bagley of Moorfields in 1712

“THO-HAWKINS-AND-THO-FRY-CHURCH-WARDENS-JAMES-BAGLEY-ME-FECIT-1712”

7th

9cwt 3qr 0lb,  381/2’’ diameter, G

Cast by Ellis Knight of Reading in 1637

“DANIELL-FEATLEY-D-D-RECTOR-MADE-IN-ANNO-DOMENI-1637-ROGER-COCKS-MINISTER”

Tenor

13cwt 3qr 0lb, 423/16’’ diameter, F

Cast by J. Warner & Sons in 1877

“CAST BY JOHN WARNER AND SONS LONDON 1877”