Ashdown Park, St Richard de Wych
About the Bells
6 Bells
St Richard de Wych in Ashdown Park had a chime of 6 bells, all cast by John Warner & Sons in 1885.
There's not a lot to go from, and being the age I am, I never got to see the church, nor the bells myself.
Most of the information in this profile is taken from other sources.
The place where the church once was is now dominated by trees, and small bits of rubble.
The bells were never hung for change ringing, but for chiming.
Taken from hartfieldhistorygroup.org.uk/thechurches/
In the very far western edge of the Parish – near Wych Cross – is Ashdown Park once owned by Mr Thomas Charles Thompson who, in 1886, built a church in his grounds for his employees and neighbours. He called it St Richard de Wych. At that time his son-in-law was Vicar of the medieval St Mary’s at Beverley and the new church was based on it. Thomas died in 1892 and the estate was inherited by his daughter, Mary and her husband, George Carnac Fisher and remained in the possession of that family till 1918 when they sold it to a Mr Anderson. The following year a Teaching Order of Nuns, the Sisters of Notre Dame, turned up from Belgium and paid £15,000 for it all, with the exception of St Richard de Wych Church as it lay too far from the house. Instead they erected a temporary wood and asbestos chapel close to the house.
Taken from George Elphick Sussex Bells & Belfries
The church and bells were a memorial to the two sons of Thomas Charles Thompson and his wife. The church was sold in 1940 to Stephen Easten. It was later demolished and the bells sold to a scrap merchant who had to break them up to get them out the tower. Visited April, 1942.
St Richard de Wych in Ashdown Park had a chime of 6 bells, all cast by John Warner & Sons in 1885.
There's not a lot to go from, and being the age I am, I never got to see the church, nor the bells myself.
Most of the information in this profile is taken from other sources.
The place where the church once was is now dominated by trees, and small bits of rubble.
The bells were never hung for change ringing, but for chiming.
Taken from hartfieldhistorygroup.org.uk/thechurches/
In the very far western edge of the Parish – near Wych Cross – is Ashdown Park once owned by Mr Thomas Charles Thompson who, in 1886, built a church in his grounds for his employees and neighbours. He called it St Richard de Wych. At that time his son-in-law was Vicar of the medieval St Mary’s at Beverley and the new church was based on it. Thomas died in 1892 and the estate was inherited by his daughter, Mary and her husband, George Carnac Fisher and remained in the possession of that family till 1918 when they sold it to a Mr Anderson. The following year a Teaching Order of Nuns, the Sisters of Notre Dame, turned up from Belgium and paid £15,000 for it all, with the exception of St Richard de Wych Church as it lay too far from the house. Instead they erected a temporary wood and asbestos chapel close to the house.
Taken from George Elphick Sussex Bells & Belfries
The church and bells were a memorial to the two sons of Thomas Charles Thompson and his wife. The church was sold in 1940 to Stephen Easten. It was later demolished and the bells sold to a scrap merchant who had to break them up to get them out the tower. Visited April, 1942.
Inscriptions:
*Underlined text is inscriptions within the inscription band*
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CAST BY JOHN WARNER AND SONS LONDON 1885 |
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CAST BY JOHN WARNER AND SONS LONDON 1885 |
3 |
CAST BY JOHN WARNER AND SONS LONDON 1885 |
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CAST BY JOHN WARNER AND SONS LONDON 1885 |
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CAST BY JOHN WARNER AND SONS LONDON 1885 |
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CAST BY JOHN WARNER AND SONS LONDON 1885 |
