Ardingly, Expo 68

Bell
Weight
Diameter
Nominal
Note
Founder
Cast
Canon
Hanging
1
4-3-20 cwt
28.00"
1445.5 Hz
F
Mears & Stainbank
1896
Flat
Full Circle
2
5-0-22 cwt
29.00"
1344 Hz
E
Mears & Stainbank
1896
Flat
Full Circle
3
5-2-4 cwt
30.38"
1193 Hz
D
Mears & Stainbank
1896
Flat
Full Circle
4
6-0-16 cwt
32.50"
1077.5 Hz
C
Mears & Stainbank
1896
Flat
Full Circle
5
7-0-0 cwt
34.75"
955.5 Hz
B♭
Mears & Stainbank
1896
Flat
​Full Circle
6
7-3-16 cwt
36.50"
895 Hz
A
Mears & Stainbank
1896
Flat
Full Circle
7
9-2-8 cwt
38.63"
808.4 Hz
G
Mears & Stainbank
1767
​Flat
​Full Circle
8
14-0-16 cwt
44.50"
714 Hz
F
Mears & Stainbank
1896
​Flat
Full Circle

About the Bells

8 Bells, 14-0-16 In F

Visited:
.24/04/2022

Inscriptions:

*Underlined text is inscriptions within the inscription band*
1
MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF
JOHN BROWN BORN AT SHOREHAM
ORBIT 14TH FEBY 1811 AETAT 76
THIS BELL IS GIVEN BY HIS SON
JOHN ELLMAN BROWN
ALSO A NATIVE OF SHOREHAM
​3RD NOV : 1896
2
MEARS ET STAINBANK LONDINI FECERVNT
+ A.M.D.G  ET IN PIAM MEMORIAM
THOMAE DYER EDWARDES QVI MVLTIS
BENEFICIIS HANC ECCLESIAM ORNAVIT
VNICVS EIVS FILIVS ME FECIT FERI IN
OCTAVIS OMNIVM SANCTORVM A.D MDCCCXCVI
3
MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1896
D.D GREX ET AMICI IN PIAM MEMORIAM CAR  .  E  . STEWARD
A.M.  HUJUS PAROCHIAE PASTORIS 1890 - 1893
BEATI MORTUI QUI IN DOMINO MORIUNTOR
4
MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1896 
CONFLATA DENUO AD GLORIAM DEI ET IN PIAM
MEMORIAM CAR.  E.  STEWARD.  AM  HUJUS PARACHIAE
PASTORIS 1890 - 1893
​UT REQUIESCANT A LABORIBUS SUIS
5
MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1896
CONFLATA DENUO AD GLORIAM DEI ET PIAM 
MEMORIAM ED:  F.  G.  TYNDALE A.M HUJUS PAROCHIAE
PASTORIS 1889
OPERA ENIM ILLORUM SEQUUNTUR ILLIS
6
MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1896
CONFLATA DENUO AD GLORIAM DEI ET PIAM
MEMORIAM NATHANIEL WOODARD,  D.C.L. QUI HUIC
PAROCHIAE IN SACRIS ADJUTOR MINISTRABIT 1846 - 1849
FUNDATOR IDEM COLL S.S MARIAE ET NICOLAI
BENEDICTE SACERDOTES DOMINI DOMINO
7
OUR VOICES SHALL WITH JOYFUL SOUND MAKE HILLS AND VALLEYS ECHO ROUND * LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT 1767
8
A.M.D.G.  IN PIAM MEMORIAM OMNIUM HUJUS PAROCHIAE SACERDOTUM FIDELIUM
BENEDICITE SPIRITUS ET ANIMAE JUSTORUM DOMINO
CAMPANAE PRIUS DISSONAE UNA CUM TURRI SENIO
QVASSATA DONIS ULTRONEIS RESTITUTAE ERANT AD MDCCCCXCVI
CAR: M.A. TOWER A.M PASTORE H. BROWN
F.C. PILMORE
HUJUS ECCLESIAE CUSTODIBUS
​EX OFFICINA MEARS ET STAINBANK LONDINIENSIUM
Old 1
LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT 1767
Old 2
OUR VOICES SHALL WITH JOYFUL SOUND MAKE HILLS AND VALLEYS ECHO ROUND * LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT 1767
Old 3
​IN WEDLOCK BANDS ALL YE WHO JOIN WITH HANDS YOUR HEARS UNITE SO SHALL OUR TUNEFUL TONGUES COMBINE TO LAUD THE NUPTIAL RITE. LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT 1767
Old 4
OUR VOICES SHALL WITH JOYFUL SOUND MAKE HILLS AND VALLEYS ECHO ROUND * LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT 1767
Old 5
​JNO. BUTCHER & THOS. POOLE CH WARDENS. THESE BELLS WERE RECAST BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION  ANNO DO 1767 LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT.
◉ = Fig. ARH, 1  (Bells 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
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