Chichester, St Martin
About the Bells
1 Bell
St Martin's had a single bell, hung in a
"Sitting astride the roof is a tower, clad in weatherboarding, with twin gothic louvred windows through which the single bell dispensed its dulcet tones.
1403: "The bell-tower is defective in its covering."
-wardens of the St Mary hospital.
September 1678: "Wee present that two of the bells belonging to the Church of said parish is crack'd and not fit to be rung. It had not been replaced by May 1685
1750: "and a spire steeple with two bells"
that same Mr Gorsuch was paid 9s in 1816 for repairing the steeple
April 16 1843: It is the opinion of the undermentioned Parishioners that if the Rev W W Holland will go around the out-parishioners who attend the church as well as those within the Parish he will gather more money than the churchwardens he having more influence, for the purpose of repairing the spire.
The tower is topped by what appears to be a flagpole, but the minutes books carries reports in 1843 and 1845 about the "dilipidated state of the spire" and the need to raise money to repair it.
In 1849 concerns extends to the tower itself. Clearly by 1895 there was no spire so, unlsess the churchwaedens used the terms spire and tower interchangeably, any spire must have been removed in the 1840s as there is no further mention of it.
1849: 21 subscribers gave £33 10s 6d to repairing the tower but as we have seen, by the time of the Fig 23 photo there was no spire, so what actuallt happened to it has to remain a mystery.
"ruinous dilipidated and dangerous to the public. 1904
Church pulled down in 1906.
St Martin's had a single bell, hung in a
"Sitting astride the roof is a tower, clad in weatherboarding, with twin gothic louvred windows through which the single bell dispensed its dulcet tones.
1403: "The bell-tower is defective in its covering."
-wardens of the St Mary hospital.
September 1678: "Wee present that two of the bells belonging to the Church of said parish is crack'd and not fit to be rung. It had not been replaced by May 1685
1750: "and a spire steeple with two bells"
that same Mr Gorsuch was paid 9s in 1816 for repairing the steeple
April 16 1843: It is the opinion of the undermentioned Parishioners that if the Rev W W Holland will go around the out-parishioners who attend the church as well as those within the Parish he will gather more money than the churchwardens he having more influence, for the purpose of repairing the spire.
The tower is topped by what appears to be a flagpole, but the minutes books carries reports in 1843 and 1845 about the "dilipidated state of the spire" and the need to raise money to repair it.
In 1849 concerns extends to the tower itself. Clearly by 1895 there was no spire so, unlsess the churchwaedens used the terms spire and tower interchangeably, any spire must have been removed in the 1840s as there is no further mention of it.
1849: 21 subscribers gave £33 10s 6d to repairing the tower but as we have seen, by the time of the Fig 23 photo there was no spire, so what actuallt happened to it has to remain a mystery.
"ruinous dilipidated and dangerous to the public. 1904
Church pulled down in 1906.
Recording of the bell:
Bell 1
Hum - 323Hz - E-34
Prime - 644Hz - E-40
Tierce - 771.5Hz - G-27Hz - (minor 3rd)
Quint - 964Hz - B-41
Nominal - 1291.5Hz - E-35
Prime - 644Hz - E-40
Tierce - 771.5Hz - G-27Hz - (minor 3rd)
Quint - 964Hz - B-41
Nominal - 1291.5Hz - E-35
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Inscriptions:
*Underlined text is inscriptions within the inscription band*
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Latin Translation:
Old 1: FECIT - Made
Ⓖ = Fig. CFJ,5
Old 1: FECIT - Made
Ⓖ = Fig. CFJ,5
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