Langley Green, St Leonard

Langley Green has a single bell, unhung on the floor.
The church was built in 1954, and opened the following year when Crawley developed into Crawley New Town.
The church is made of brick and has no tower. At the west end is a rectangular structure taller than the nave, and could be classed as the tower.

The Bell

Bell	Weight	Diameter	Nominal	Note	Founder	Cast	Canon	Hanging
1	2 cwt	20.50"	1602.5 Hz	G	Sandys, Vivian & Co	1852	Doncaster	Unhung

Recordings of the Bells

Inscriptions

Photographs

1 Bell, 2cwt in G
The present bell was cast by Sandys, Vivian & Co and is apparently the only bell ever cast by this foundry.
Sandys, Vivian & Co was a Cornwall-based copper foundry in Hayle.
It's still a wonder why this bell came to Langley Green of all places. When this bell was cast, it was first supplied to the Penandrea mine in Cornwall and then in 1880, it was transferred to Redruth, St Andrew church. Redruth's church guide states that the bell was last used there in 1937, and was possibly put into storage until it was transferred to Langley Green.
The bell now sits stationary and unhung on the brick floor at the back of the church under the tower.
It has a lovely patina and a fairly heavy inscription around the inscription band. It is strapped to a wooden headstock and appears to have been hung dead.

Elphick mentions that the church had a bell which came from the old Ifield school, it what is now Ifield, and measured 14.13" in diameter. The bell was cast by Thomas I Mears and was fixed on the North East side of the tower.

Visited: 29/12/2021

Recording of the bell:

How the bell is tuned in relation to the nominal, using Simpson's theory.

Key [measured in cents]:
-99 ~ -90 -89 ~ -80 -79 ~ -70 -69 ~ -60 -59 ~ -50 -49 ~ -40 -39 ~ -30 -29 ~ -20 -19 ~ -10 -9 ~ -0
0 ~ 9 10 ~ 19 20 ~ 29 30 ~ 39 40 ~ 49 50 ~ 59 60 ~ 69 70 ~ 79 80 ~ 89 90 ~ 99+