WESTMINSTER |
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Bell |
Weight |
Diameter |
Note |
Cast |
Founder |
1 |
6-2-22 | 31⅝" | E flat | 1850 |
Charles & George Mears |
2 |
7-1-18 | 33⅛" | D | 1850 | Charles & George Mears |
3 |
8-3-2 | 35⅜" | C | 1850 |
Charles & George Mears |
4 |
9-2-13 | 37⅞" | B flat | 1850 | Charles & George Mears |
5 |
11-3-0 | 40⅞" | A flat | 1850 |
Charles & George Mears |
6 |
14-0-2 | 43¼" | G | 1850 | Charles & George Mears |
7 |
18-0-10 | 47⅝" | F | 1850 |
Charles & George Mears |
8 |
24-0-18 | 52" | E flat | 1850 | Charles & George Mears |
| Diameters from a Whitechapel inspection 21st October, 1991. The inscriptions are taken from J.R.Jerram's reading in 1902 (where he doesn't give the layout). While the inscriptions of 1-7 are verified, that on the tenor is subject to verification. |
The former treble weights were taken from the Whitechapel settings book. |
| 1. | C & G MEARS FOUNDERS, LONDON, 1850. |
| BLESSING | |
| 2. | C & G MEARS FOUNDERS, LONDON, 1850. |
| GLORY | |
| 3. | C & G MEARS FOUNDERS, LONDON, 1850. |
| WISDOM | |
| 4. | C & G MEARS FOUNDERS, LONDON, 1850. |
| THANKSGIVING | |
| 5. | C & G MEARS FOUNDERS, LONDON, 1850. |
| HONOUR | |
| 6. | C & G MEARS FOUNDERS, LONDON, 1850. |
| POWER | |
| 7. | C & G MEARS FOUNDERS, LONDON, 1850. |
| MIGHT | |
| 8. | C & G MEARS FOUNDERS, LONDON, 1850. |
| BE UNTO OUR GOD FOR EVER AND EVER AMEN. HALLELUJAH |
HISTORY |
| 1847-50 | Church built by Benjamin Ferrey. |
| 1850 | A ring of 8 bells was cast by Charles and George Mears and hung in the new tower in a new frame. The bells were donated to the church by Angela Burdett Coutts and cost £820 13s. 2d. These bells were replicated in the now destroyed ring at New Westminster Cathedral, Canada, also given by Baroness Burdett-Coutts (as she became). The bells were opened on 24th June. |
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The Whitechapel Day Book records: "Miss Burdett Coutts for St.Stephen’s Church, Wrestminster. To a Peal of 8 Musical Church Bells 6-2-22, 7-1-18, 8-3-2, 9-2-13, 11-3-0, 14-0-2, 18-0-10, 24-0-18 (100-2-1) @ 14d £656.13.2., 8 Clappers £10, 8 Stocks, Wheels, Ironwork, Brasses, Rollers & Ropes £64, Oak frame making & fixing & hanging Bells £84, 8 extra rollers, 105 Yards line 17/-, 32 ft Oak 4 by 2 11/6 nails 2/2 C. Oliver Junr T. Hurry J. Hurry 1 day each £5.5.0., Boxes for ringers to stand upon Timber 5/7, Hurry ¼ day nails 1/6 15s, total £820.13.2." |
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| 1918 | Bells rehung and quarter turned by Mears & Stainbank |
GALLERY |
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The ring of 8. (Photographs of the belfry by Dickon Love, Christmas Eve, 2006.) |
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