PADDINGTON |
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DETAILS OF THE BELLS |
Bell Weight Diameter
Note Cast Founder 1
4-3-6 1846
Charles & George Mears 2
12-3-4 1846 Charles & George Mears Bourdon
30-2-21 55½" 1887 John Taylor & Co
INSCRIPTIONS |
| 1. | (tba) |
| 2. | (tba) |
| B. | WALTER ABBOTT. VICAR. J. WILLIAMS. W.H. MILLS. CHURCHWARDENS. |
| JUBILATE
DEO. THE GIFT OF JOSEPH MAYNARD IN THE JUBILEE YEAR OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA. 1887 |
The
inscription on the tenor is from the Taylor records, and so probably omits the fact that |
EARLIER BELLS |
| Bell | Weight | Diameter | Cast | Founder | Fate |
Smaller bell |
1-2-11¼ | 19" |
1846 |
Charles & George Mears | Replaced 1846 |
Larger bell |
4-0-25 | 1842 | Thomas Mears II | Replaced 1846 |
HISTORY |
| 1841-3 | Church built (Commissioners church, 2nd Parliamentary Grant), Goldicutt and Gutch architects, at a cost of £11,500. | |
| 1842 | Church supplied with a bell by Thomas Mears II. Foundry records note the provision of a new bell, clapper, stock, wheel and hanging etc. costing £35.11s.3d. | |
| 1845 | Charles and George Mears supplied another, smaller bell to the church. Foundry records note the provision of a 19" bell for £10.9s.2d., with clapper, stock, ironwork, crane neck brasses and fixing costing a further £6.5s. | |
| 1846 | These bells were replaced with two bells by Charles & George Mears, hung in a new oak frame for ringing. Foundry records note the provision of the two bells for £199.0s.5d with clappers, stocks, wheels, ironwork, brasses, oak frame, fixing and hanging for a further £34.10s. | |
| 1882 | 11th Feb | Foundation stone of a new church was laid. It cost £17,000. |
| 1882 | 22nd Dec | New church was consecrated. The bells were obviously rehung in the new tower. |
| 1887 | A large bourdon bell was cast and hung for swing chiming in a new frame, by John Taylor, just in time for Christmas. |
