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Pimlico, St Gabriel, Warwick Square
Photo: 15 Oct 2011 |
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent)* | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Retuned | ||
® | 1 | 5-0-1 | 29" | F | 1855 | Charles & George Mears, Whitechapel | Never | |
® | 2 | 5-1-8 | 30" | E | 1855 | Charles & George Mears, Whitechapel | Never | |
® | 3 | 6-1-17 | 32" | D | 1855 | Charles & George Mears, Whitechapel | Never | |
® | 4 | 6-3-2 | 34" | C | 1855 | Charles & George Mears, Whitechapel | Never | |
® | 5 | 7-2-13 | 36" | B♭ | 1855 | Charles & George Mears, Whitechapel | Never | |
® | 6 | 8-3-8 | 38" | A | 1855 | Charles & George Mears, Whitechapel | Never | |
® | 7 | 11-0-17 | 41½" | G | 1855 | Charles & George Mears, Whitechapel | Never | |
® | 8 | 15-3-10 | 46½" | F | 1855 | Charles & George Mears, Whitechapel | Never |
Bellframes |
Frame | Bells | Year | Maker | Material | Truss(es) | Local Layout | |||
1 | All bells | 1855 | Charles & George Mears, Whitechapel | Timber | 8.3 |
History |
1853 | A bell was supplied for the new church by Charles and George Mears. [1] | ||
1854 | The church was finished. | ||
1855 | The new church was equipped with a ring of 8 bells in a new frame by Charles and George Mears. The old bell was bought in part exchange. The fittings of the old bell were reused on one of the new bells. [2] | ||
1888 | The church was restored at a cost of £3,200. | ||
1901 | The fittings were repaired by Mears & Stainbank. [3] | ||
1967 | There was an unadvertised peal attempt (lost after 4,500 changes). The local band continued toring for a little while after this before ringing then stopped. | ||
1978 | Ringing resumed on the first Sunday of each month, however by the mid-1980s, all ringing stopped and the bells were silent for nigh on 20 years. | ||
2002 | Some remedial action in the belfry and goodwill in the church allowed the bells to be rung again, and regular ringing resumed. |
[1] | Rev. Brymer Belcher for St.Gabriel's Church, Warwick Square, Pimlico. To a Bell 6-0-9 @ 8/8/- £51.1.6, clapper stock wheel ironwork & brasses £6.10.0, frame for bell & fixing & hanging as per estimate £13.10.0 (Whitechapel daybook, 29 Mar 1853) |
[2] | Revd. Brymer Belcher for St.Gabriel’s, Pimlico. To a Peal of 8 Bells 5-0-1, 5-1-8, 6-1-17, 6-3-2, 7-2-13, 8-3-8, 11-0-17 and 15-3-10 (total 66-3-20) @ £8, £535.8.7, seven sets of fittings (clappers, stocks, wheels, ironwork & brasses) £51.15.0, A set of 8 ropes £4.4.0, and altering frame and hanging bells as per estimate £62. Buy old bell 6-0-9 @ £8, £48.12.10; (Whitechapel Daybook 17 April 1855) |
[3] | (Whitechapel Daybook 11 Dec.1901 - repairs to fittings [details given], £93) |
Gallery |
The belfry. Photo: Dickon R Love, Oct 2011 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, Oct 2011 |
Photo: Dickon R Love, Oct 2011 |
Love's Guide to the Bells of the City of Westminster | Page updated: 15 April 2022 |