Woodchurch, Details of Bells

THIS RING WAS MADE FROM THE METAL OF A PREVIOUS PEAL WITH A TENOR OF 9C CAST AT WHITECHAPEL 1846-1884 (and on opposite side...) RAYMOND S. WILKINSON RECTOR
ROBERT FOSTER	CHURCHWARDENS
DOUGLAS HAUGE
19 (Founder's Mark) 71 WHITECHAPEL

3-3-27

The Whitechapel Foundry
1971

Tenor inscription: The C after 9 has a slash through it indicating, one assumes, cwt.
The spelling of the name of the second churchwarden is erroneous. It should be HAGUE.

Earlier Woodchurch Bells

In 1846 the existing three bells at Woodchurch were replaced by a ring of five and this ring was augmented to six in 1884.
Details of these bells are as follows:

Ring of Three
No.	Weight
1	7-1-3
2	8-1-7
3	12-0-16

1884 Ring of Six
No. Note Dia. Weight Founder
Date
1 D^# - 4-2-23 C. & G. Mears of Whitechapel
1884
2 C^# - 4-3-13 C. & G. Mears of Whitechapel
1846
3 B - 6-0-18 C. & G. Mears of Whitechapel
1846
4 A^# - 6-1-27 C. & G. Mears of Whitechapel
1846
5 G^# - 7-1-15 C. & G. Mears of Whitechapel
1846
6 F^# 3' 2½" 9-1-3 C. & G. Mears of Whitechapel
1846

Details of weights, notes ("Old Concert Pitch") obtained from July, 1939 survey.
Whilst the bells were being rung for a wedding on 15th July 1970, the tenor cracked, which precipitated action leading to the casting of the present octave.

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1884 Ring of Six
No.	Note	Dia.	Weight	Founder Date
1	D^#	-	4-2-23	C. & G. Mears of Whitechapel 1884
2	C^#	-	4-3-13	C. & G. Mears of Whitechapel 1846
3	B	-	6-0-18	C. & G. Mears of Whitechapel 1846
4	A^#	-	6-1-27	C. & G. Mears of Whitechapel 1846
5	G^#	-	7-1-15	C. & G. Mears of Whitechapel 1846
6	F^#	3' 2½"	9-1-3	C. & G. Mears of Whitechapel 1846