Chichester, Cemetery ChapelChichester Cemetery had a single bell, hung in a central tower. The cemetery was opened in 1859 due to overcrowding in inner-city church burial grounds. The chapel was built with an octagonal tower, having four bell openings and a stone spire. The tower was demolished in 1953, leaving only the chapel buildings at ground level today.
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The Bell
Bell |
Founder |
Date |
Hanging |
1 |
Naylor Vickers & Co |
1857 |
Swing? |
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Inscriptions
1 Bell
Sheffield-based founders, Naylor Vickers & Co., supplied a steel bell cast in 1857. There is no record of its size or note, except for its inscription, as given in Tyssen’s The Church Bells of Sussex. Its serial number would not have been any higher than 475.
The bell, along with the tower, was lost in 1953, likely having been discarded.
There is no bell here today, not even at All Saints’ Chapel at the east end of the cemetery.
Sheffield-based founders, Naylor Vickers & Co., supplied a steel bell cast in 1857. There is no record of its size or note, except for its inscription, as given in Tyssen’s The Church Bells of Sussex. Its serial number would not have been any higher than 475.
The bell, along with the tower, was lost in 1953, likely having been discarded.
There is no bell here today, not even at All Saints’ Chapel at the east end of the cemetery.
Inscriptions:
1 |
E RIEPE'S PATENT, NAYLOR VICKERS & Co. 1857 |
Sources:
- ELPHICK, George. P (1970): Sussex Bells & Belfries p.255
- TYSSEN, Amhurst. D (1864): The Church Bells of Sussex
- DAWSON, George A: Naylor Vickers Index
- https://www.whykeburials.com/history#:~:text=By%20the%20middle%20of%20the,came%20within%20the%20city%20boundary.
