Wanstead, St Mary

Bell	Weight	Diameter	Nominal	Note	Founder	Cast	Canon	Hanging
1	3-2-18 cwt	25.50"	1284 Hz	E	John Taylor & Co	1899	Flat	Hung Dead
2	4-1-8 cwt	28.00"	1152 Hz	D	John Taylor & Co	1899	Flat	Hung Dead
3	5-3-23 cwt	31.13"	1024.5 Hz	C	John Taylor & Co	1899	Flat	Hung Dead
4	12 cwt	40.25"	757 Hz	G	William & Thomas Mears	1789	Yes	Hung Dead

The Frame

About the Bells

4 Clock Bells, in G ( Tuning 2-4,7 of 8)
Ex. Inf. L Bent, Jan 2022: Also chimed by an Ellacombe Apparatus, first floor of tower. Tower accessed from the gallery, through a narrow doorway behind the organ. The ‘ringing chamber’ is a small tall room behind the organ. Clock chamber accessed by a 25 rung vertical ladder. Belfry accessed by first climbing up onto a platform above the clock case, then climbing out of a window onto the church roof, climbing up a ladder to the apex of the roof and then entering the belfry through one of the arches.

The 4 bells are hung dead on two levels, bells 2 & 3 on the higher level and bells 1 & 4 on the lower level. There is very little space under the tenor. Bells 1-3 have one clock hammer each, whereas the tenor has 3 clock hammers. All bells have Ellacombe chiming hammers.

Inscriptions:

*Underlined text is inscriptions within the inscription band*

1	JOHN ☸ TAYLOR ☸ & CO ☸ FOUNDERS ☸ LOUGHBOROUGH ☸ 1899 ☸ ☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘
2	JOHN ☸ TAYLOR ☸ & CO ☸ FOUNDERS ☸ LOUGHBOROUGH ☸ 1899 ☸ ☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘
3	JOHN ☸ TAYLOR ☸ & CO ☸ FOUNDERS ☸ LOUGHBOROUGH ☸ 1899 ☸ ☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘
4	W. & T. MEARS LATE LESTER PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT. MADE IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY 1789.