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Warnham, St Margaret

Picture
Bell
Weight
Diameter
Nominal
Note
Founder
Cast
Canon
Hanging
1
4-2-15 cwt
27.38"
 
G
Whitechapel Bell Foundry
1972
Flat
Full Circle
2
5-0-10 cwt
28.38"
 
F
Whitechapel Bell Foundry
1972
Flat
Full Circle
3
6-3-24 cwt
30.50"
 
E♭
Lester & Pack
1752
Removed 
Full Circle
4
6-3-10 cwt
32.44"
 
D
Thomas II Mears
1815
Removed 
Full Circle
5
7-0-8 cwt
32.88"
1040.5 Hz
C
Mears & Stainbank
1921
Flat
Full Circle
6
9-0-25 cwt
36.31"
 
B♭
Mears & Stainbank
1921
Flat
Full Circle
7
11-0-24 cwt
38.75"
 
A♭
Thomas Lester
1752
​ Removed
Full Circle
8
​14-1-26 cwt
41.88"
 
G
Mears & Stainbank
1972
Flat 
Full Circle
9
16-1-12 cwt
44.13"
 
F
Thomas II Mears
1815
Removed
Full Circle
10
22-2-24 cwt
50.38
619 Hz
E♭
Thomas II Mears
1838
Removed
Full Circle

*The Frame*

About the Bells

10 Bells, 22-2-24 In Eb

​Inscriptions:

*Underlined text is inscriptions within the inscription band*
1
 
2
 
3
+ FIRST MADE BY LEWIS 1885 + + + RECAST BY MEARS & STAINBANK 1897
"LITTLE JOEY"
I'M CALLED SO AFTER C.E.L
IN MEMORY OF HIS BIRTH.
I'M BUT A VERY LITTLE BELL; THO BIG IN JOY AND MIRTH
. . . . . .
I HERE WAS PLACED BY C.J.L
WHO LIVES AT WARNHAM COURT
EVERY BODY WISHED ME WELL : AND SO I THINK THEY OUGHT
. . . . . .
FOR MY SOLE WISH IS LONG TO SWING
WITH SEVEN OTHERS HERE
OFT TIMES TO SOUND A MERRY RING
ALL WARNHAM HEARTS TO CHEER
​16TH APRIL 1885
4
RECAST BY MEARS & STAINBANK 1897 + + MADE BY LEWIS 1885
"WILFRED"
I WAS PUT HERE WITH LITTLE JOEY
TO COMPLETE THE RING 1885
. . . . . .

RING OUT THE OLD, RING IN THE NEW
​RING OUT THE FALSE, RING IN THE TRUE
5
RECAST BY MEARS & STAINBANK 1897. FIRST MADE BY THOMAS MEARS LONDON 1842
ANON WE PEAL WITH JOYFUL MIRTH
FOR MARRIAGE, FESTIVAL AND BIRTH
ANON RING OUT A MOURNFUL TOLL
​TO SPEED TO HEAVEN THE PARTING SOUL
6
+ ME REFECERUNT MEARS ET STAINBANK 1897 + GULIELMUS ELDRIDGE ME FECIT 1704
WHEN ORANGE BLOSSOM DECKS THE HEAD
OF WARNHAM BELLE TO TRUE LOVE WED
MY MOST HARMONIOUS NOTE I'LL BRING
​TO WELD TOGETHER HEART & RING
7
​+ ME REFECERUNT MEARS ET STAINBANK 1897 + GULIELMUS ELDRIDGE ME FECIT 1704
CHANGE RINGERS 1897
WAL: CHARMAN CAPT:
T. ANDREWS
H. CHANDLER
ALB: CHARMAN
ALF: CHARMAN
ART: CHARMAN
J. COOK
A. COX
A. DAVEY
J. GARMAN
W. HOOKER
F. KNIGHT
C. MITCHELL
W. STANFORD
WE RING BY NIGHT, WE RING BY DAY
​WE LIKE TO RING FOR JOY ALWAY
8
​+ ME REFECERUNT MEARS ET STAINBANK 1897 + GULIELMUS ELDRIDGE ME FECIT 1704
REV. R. BOWCOTT M.A. VICAR
REV. J. A LABOUCHERE B.A. CURATE
L. J. LUCAS
F. FREEMAN
CHURCHWARDENS
W. CHARMAN PARISH CLERK
WE RING FOR THE PEOPLE OF WARNHAM
​GAINST POWERS OF EVIL TO WARN'EM
9
+ ME REFECERUNT MEARS ET STAINBANK 1897 + GULIELMUS ELDRIDGE ME FECIT 1704
(lv,e)
VICTORIA R.I
MAY ALL IN TRUTH AND HARMONY REJOICE
TO HONOUR CHURCH & QUEEN, WITH HEART & VOICE
10
​+ ME REFECERUNT MEARS ET STAINBANK 1897 lv,c + GULIELMUS ELDRIDGE ME FECIT 1704 lv,c
1837 liv 1897
VICTORIA
SHE WROUGHT HER PEOPLE LASTING GOOD
THESE BELLS WERE RECAST TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND TO COMMEMORATE THE
DIAMOND JUBILEE OF QUEEN VICTORIA
JUNE 1897
​GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
Old 1
GVLIELMVS ELDRIDGE ME FECIT 1704  RP  IG  R M
​Old 2
​THOMAS MEARS FOUNDER LONDON 1842
​Old 3
​GVLIELMVS ELDRIDGE ME FECIT 1704  TE  RP  RM
​Old 4
​THOMAS MEARS FOUNDER LONDON 1842
​Old 5
​GVLIELMVS ELDRIDGE ME FECIT 1704  TE  RM
​Old 6
GVLIELMVS ELDRIDGE ME FECIT 1704 T E  GR  IC  RM CHVRCHWARDENS
Latin Translation:
4,9: 
​FECIT - to make
◉ = Fig. LVI,c
⚛ = Fig. XLVII,a
⋙​ = Fig. XLVII,d
​⚜⚜⚜ = Fig. L,e
​⚪ = Fig. LVI,f

Fig. LVI,c
Fig. XLVII,a
Fig. XLVII,d
Fig. L,e

​Photographs:

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