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Little Venice, St Saviour, Warwick Avenue
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent)* | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Retuned | ||
Single bell | 6-1-20 | 31" | 1876 | Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel | Never |
The bells of the old church |
Bell | Weight* | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
1 | 4-2-20 | 1876 | Mears & Stainbank | Never | Broken up in 1972 | |||
2 | 6-1-20 | 31" | 1876 | Mears & Stainbank | Never | Transferred to the new church |
Prior to 1876 |
Bell | Weight | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
1 | 2-3-8 | 1856 | Charles & George Mears | Never | Replaced 1876 |
History |
1855 | 1. Rehanging the 3 bells dead with either trigger action clappers or electro-magnetic clappers | ||
1876 | 2. Recasting the 2 smaller bells into 8 with a tenor of 7˝ cwt in B flat, with either Ellacombe chiming apparatus or electrically operated, giving the tenor a trigger action clapper of electro-magnetic action. | ||
1972 | 3. Recasting the 3 bells into a new chime of 8 in E flat with either Ellacombe chiming apparatus or electrically operated. | ||
1973 | The Parish had decided on the 2nd option, but never pursued it. | ||
1976 | The remaining bell was rehung for electric chiming in the new spire. It wasn't tuned, but the crown staple was removed. |
Love's Guide to the Bells of the City of Westminster | Page updated: 15 April 2022 |