Bell Tower - All Saints - Eastchurch, Kent - Bell Towers on Waymarking.com

Bell tower of All Saints' church, Eastchurch, with a ring of 6 bells.

Eastchurch, Kent All Saints
Bells
Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning
1	3-2-20	1316.0	E	27.13"	1911	Mears & Stainbank
2	3-2-1	1181.6	D	27.50"	1634	John Wilnar
3	4-2-27	1055.5	C	30.00"	1623	John Wilnar
4	6-1-6	987.0	B	33.50"	1623	John Wilnar
5	7-3-16	881.0	A	36.00"	1605	Joseph Hatch
6	10-0-7	787.6	G	40.00"	1911	Mears & Stainbank

Frames
Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
1	1,2,3,4,5,6	1911	Oak & cast iron	Mears & Stainbank

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"History

	1243		Original church established and belonged to the Abbey of Our Lady of the Dunes. (It was on a different site.)
	1431		William Cheyne gave a portion of land on which to build a new church. The church was designed and built by William Nudds, a Cisterian monk of Boxley, who became the first vicar.
	1432	All Saints Day	The new church was consecrated.
	1605		Present 5th cast.
	1623		Present 3rd & 4th cast. Tenor cast by John Wilnar.
	1634		Treble (of 5) added or recast (?).
	1665		Bells rehung by an Essex bell hanger. [1]
	1695	-1696	Bells rehung with new fittings.
	1911		Trebles added, tenor recast (as a piece had been broken out of the sound bow) and all bells rehung in a new frame by Mears & Stainbank.
	2005		Bells retuned and rehung in a strengthened frame by Whitechapel.

[1]	The Bel-hanger for new hanging our bells was paid £5-2s and 15s and 6d was given for five new bell ropes (Church Warden accounts (1665))"

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"The church, which is dedicated to All Saints, is a large handsome building, of three isles and three chancels, with a flat roof, leaded and surrounded with battlements. The inside of the roof is wainscotted and painted, and it is handsomely pewed with east country oak. The steeple, which is at the west end, is a square tower, in which are five bells.

The present church seems to have been erected subsequent to the 9th year of king Henry VI. for there is a patent of that year for a piece of land in this parish, to the abbot and convent of Boxley, for the building of a new church here"

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Address of Tower: All Saints High Street Eastchurch, Kent England ME124BN Still Operational: yes Number of bells in tower?: 6 Relevant website?: [Web Link] Rate tower: Not listed Tours or visits allowed in tower?: Not listed

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