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Hurstpierpoint, Holy Trinity

Picture
Bell
Weight
Diameter
Nominal
Note
Founder
Cast
Canon
Turning
1
4-1-6 cwt
25.75"
1520 Hz
F#
Robert Stainbank
1868
Removed
Full Circle
2
4-2-1 cwt
26.75"
1425 Hz
F
Pack & Chapman
1775
Removed
Full Circle
3
4-3-17 cwt
28.63"
1267 Hz
D#
Pack & Chapman
1775
Removed
Full Circle
4
4-3-2 cwt
29.75"
1141 Hz
C#
Charles & George Mears
1846
Removed
Full Circle
5
5-2-12 cwt
31.50"
1013 Hz
B
Thomas Blackbourn
1901
Removed
Full Circle
6
6-2-0 cwt
33.50"
950 Hz
A#
Charles & George Mears
1846
Removed
Full Circle
7
8-2-22 cwt
36.00"
855 Hz
G#
​Gillett & Johnston
1953
Flat
Full Circle
8
​12-3-6 cwt
41.63"
760 Hz
F#
Charles & George Mears
1846
Removed
Full Circle
Sanctus
 
19.50"
 
 
Charles & George Mears
1843
Yes
Swing Chime

*The Frame*

About the Bells

8 Bells, 12-3-6 in F#

​Inscriptions:

1
ROBERT STAINBANK FOUNDER LONDON
ROBORE ET LABORE
C.H.B
​1868

2
I MEAN TO MAKE IT UNDERSTOOD THAT THO' I AM LITTLE I'M GOOD PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT
​1775

3
≍≍≍≍IF YOU HAVE A SWEET JUDICIOUS EAR YOU'LL OWN MY VOICE IS SWEET & CLEAR≍≍≍≍
​PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON 1775
4
+ ECCE QUAM BONUM ET QUAM IUCUNDUM HABITARE FRATRES IN UNUM+
5
YE PEOPLE. ALL WHO HEAR US RING, BE FAITHFUL TO YOUR GOD & KING
PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT 1775

⛨
RECAST BY THOMAS BLACKBOURNE 1901
SALISBURY THOMAS
6
+ ADHAEREAT LINGUA MEAFAUCIBUS MEIS SI NON MAMINERO TUI +
​C & G MEARS LONDON 1846
7
CORONATION 2 JUNE 1953 LONG LIVE OUR QUEEN
C & G MEARS
FOUNDERS
LONDON 1846

⍔
RECAST BY 
GILLETT & JOHNSTON
CROYDON
7.
⋥
8
+ DOMINUS MORTIFICAT ET VIVIFICAT DEDUCIT AD INFEROS ET REDUCIT +
+ GENEROSI DE HURSTPIERPOINT ME FIERI FECERUNT +
​C & G MEARS LONDON 1846

≍ = Fig. XLVIII,a
​⛨ = Fig. LXXIII,e
⍔ = Fig. LXXII,c
​⋥ = Fig. LXX,c

   
Fig. LXIX,a
Fig. LXIX,d

​Photographs:


References:
Data on the bells: Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers


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