Bell Tower - St Peter & St Paul - Newnham, Kent
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N 51° 17.057 E 000° 48.029
31U E 346613 N 5683737
Bell tower of SS Peter & Paul's church, Newnham.
Waymark Code: WMT0GW
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/03/2016
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Bell tower of SS Peter & Paul's church, Newnham.
Newnham, Kent
SS Peter & Paul
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Bells |
Bell |
Weight |
Nominal |
Note |
Diameter |
Dated |
Founder |
Canons |
Turning |
1 |
2-3-26 |
1691.0 |
G# |
22.63" |
2009 |
Taylors, Eayre & Smith |
F |
N |
2 |
2-3-22 |
1500.0 |
F# |
24.00" |
1867 |
John Taylor & Co |
R |
Y |
3 |
3-0-20 |
1337.5 |
E |
24.75" |
c1485† |
John Kebyll |
Y |
Y |
4 |
4-0-26 |
1266.0 |
D# |
27.69" |
c1485† |
John Kebyll |
Y |
Y |
5 |
5-2-27 |
1127.0 |
C# |
30.38" |
1772 |
Pack & Chapman |
Y |
Y |
6 |
7-0-18 |
1005.0 |
B |
33.44" |
c1485† |
John Kebyll |
Y |
Y |
SOURCE - (Visit Link)
History -
1460
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- 1485 |
Present treble, 2nd and tenor cast (the third may have also been cast at this time). |
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1772 |
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3rd recast by Pack & Chapman. |
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1867 |
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Bells rehung in a new 2-tier frame. |
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1980 |
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Tower declared unsafe for the bells to be rung. |
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1990 |
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Bells run by a maverick band of ringers (this is the last known ring on the bells). During the 1990s, the church put in a loudspeaker system. They were granted a retrospective faculty for this, provided they initiated measures to restore the bells. Nothi |
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2009 |
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The bells were rehung and the 2-tier frame was modified into 3 tiers. A new treble was cast by Taylors Eayre & Smith and a 2nd hand bell was donated by the Keltek Trust (origin unidentified, but came from a farmer in Wales). |
SOURCE - (Visit Link)
Address of Tower: St Peter & St Paul The Street Newnham, Kent England ME9 0LL
Still Operational: yes
Number of bells in tower?: 6
Relevant website?: [Web Link]
Rate tower:
Tours or visits allowed in tower?: Not listed
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Visit Instructions: Please post an original picture of the tower taken while you were there. Please also record how you came to be at this tower and any other interesting information you learned about it while there.
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