Bell Tower - St Peter & St Paul - Lynsted, Kent
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N 51° 18.836 E 000° 47.163
31U E 345707 N 5687063
The bell tower of SS Peter & Paul's church, Lynsted.
Waymark Code: WMT0M7
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/04/2016
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The bell tower of SS Peter & Paul's church, Lynsted.
"The Church Bells were cast between 1597 and 1639, and the belfry is most likely earlier judging by the references above, prior to which the tower would have finished at the top of the stonework. The bellmakers were John Wilnar of Borden, and Robert Mot, first owner of the Foundry in Whitechapel, started in 1570. He was probably the son of a John Mot of East Kent who bought up discarded metal goods from churches after the Reformation. A family by the name of Motte lived in ‘Linstead’ in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, and Richard Mot was the executor to Rev. William Tofft, vicar of the parish who left many gifts to both the church and the parishioners. The inscriptions on the bells are as follows: –
“John Wilnar made me, 1639” and one of the other five; “Robertus Mot me fecit, 1597”, and two of the others in 1600. one of which was recast by John Warner in 1884, and one other was recast in 1900."
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Lynsted, Kent
SS Peter & Paul |
Bells |
Bell |
Weight |
Nominal |
Note |
Diameter |
Dated |
Founder |
Canons |
Turning |
1 |
3-0-21 |
1311.0 |
E |
25.75" |
1889 |
John Warner & Sons |
R |
|
2 |
4-1-16 |
|
D |
28.63" |
1639 |
John Wilnar |
|
|
3 |
5-2-16 |
|
C |
30.88" |
1952 |
Mears & Stainbank |
|
|
4 |
5-3-2 |
|
B |
32.13" |
1639 |
John Wilnar |
|
|
5 |
8-0-0 |
|
A |
35.88" |
1884 |
John Warner & Sons |
|
|
6 |
10-2-25 |
|
G |
39.50" |
1600† |
Robert Mot |
Y |
|
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1597 |
|
2nd cast by Robert Mot. |
c |
1600 |
|
4th cast by Robert Mot. Stahlschmidt later described it as "a very indifferent specimen of his workmanship". The tenor was also cast. |
|
1639 |
|
Treble and 3rd cast by John Wilnar. |
|
1884 |
|
4th recast by John Warner. |
|
1944 |
|
Bells rehung in a new frame for 6. |
|
1952 |
|
2nd recast and bells retuned and rehung by Mears & Stainbank. |
|
2007 |
|
The bells were augmented to 6 with the addition of the clock bell from St George, Perry Hill, as the new treble. |
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