All Saints Church - All Saints Drive, Blackheath, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Master Mariner
N 51° 28.090 E 000° 00.452
31U E 292160 N 5706136
This 1857 church with its towering steeple, stands in an oasis on the south side of the heath to the north of Blackheath village. The tower, below the steeple, contains two bells.
Waymark Code: WMK5Z0
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/18/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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The Loves Guide website (http://kent.lovesguide.com/blackheath_all_saints.htm) tells us about the bells:

 

Bell

Weight

Diameter

Pitch

Cast

Founder

1

10-3-21

38"

A-12

1879

John Taylor & Co

Sanctus

½ cwt approx.

13½"

D-48

1858

John Warner & Sons

1857-67

Church built by Benjamin Ferrey, architect.

1858

Small bell cast by John Warner & Sons.

1859

Parish created from St Mary the Virgin, Lewisham.

1879

An 11cwt bell was cast by John Taylor and Sons and hung in its own timber frame on a timber frame foundation for more bells. It was hung complete with ringing fittings. It was dispatched on 19th November.

1887

Stahlschmidt records two bells (including a priest's bell) by Warner & Sons, one of them dated 1858 with the larger "presumably from the same foundry and later in date". He was wrong in this respect as the larger bell was by John Taylor.

c.1904

Taylor catalogue lists "Blackheath, All Saints - 1 bell, 11cwt".

 


 

Address of Tower:
All Saints Drive
Blackheath
London, United Kingdom

Still Operational: yes

Number of bells in tower?: 2

Relevant website?: [Web Link]

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Tours or visits allowed in tower?: Not listed
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