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1789 |
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St Margaret's chapel was built. |
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1849 |
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Building started on the present church built, William Butterfield architect. This was the successor to the chapel. It was opened in 1859. |
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1858 |
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3 bells were cast and hung in a new frame for 5 bells in the tower by John Warner and Sons. Of these bells, Lord Grimthorpe (to whose specification they were cast) said, "Bells sound better in a large chamber than a small one. Anyone who has heard the Doncaster bells will hardly believe that the three bells of All Saints, Margaret Street, are repetitions by the same founder of the 1st, 4th and tenor of Doncaster. But Doncaster bell chamber is 23 ft square, and Margaret Street not more than 14, or just two fifths of the area." The frame was a lowside oakframe (the missing bells being apparently D and G, muscailly the 2nd and 6th giving 1,2,4,6,8. |
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1895 |
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The church was reopened after restoration on 22 Sept. |
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1958 |
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Mears & Stainbank inspected and recommended part rehanging with new ironwork and chiming hammers, either electrically or manually operated. |
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1965 |
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Mears & Stainbank recommended recasting the three bells into a chime of eight, tenor 6¼ cwt in C. |
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1966 |
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Bells inspected by David Cawley. He reported that none of the bells appeared ever to have been rung full circle probably due to fears for the security of this tall slender brick tower with a spire 200 feet high. Only the treble had any appreciable soundbow wear. This bell had angular canons and had a cast-in crown staple; the two larger had Lord Grimthorpe's Doncaster head with independent staples. |
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1971 |
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The tenor was broken up in the tower by Mears & Stainbank, who rehung the other two "dead"w ith lever-clappers. |