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SALTWOOD, Ss Peter & Paul

Photo DrL 12th Mar 2005
 
6 bells
Tenor 12-1-22 in F sharp
Grid Ref. TR158360
Ashford District
Frame: 1912 Mears & Stainbank
Retuning: Never subsequently retuned
Upstairs Ringing Room
PEALS
¯ SOUND CLIP
(Recording by Damien Smith)

DETAILS OF THE BELLS
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder

1

4-3-11

28¾"

1912

Mears & Stainbank

2

5-1-13

30½"

1912

Mears & Stainbank

3

5-3-12

33"

1912

Mears & Stainbank

4

7-2-12

35½"

1912

Mears & Stainbank

5

9-2-27

38¾"

1912

Mears & Stainbank

6

12-1-22

42¾"

1912

Mears & Stainbank

INSCRIPTIONS
1. IOHN WAYLETT MADE ME : 1722
A.M.D.G. ET IN CELEBR. NUPTIARUM
H.W.D. ET M.G.C.T.
REF. EX IMP. MATRIS SUAE
R. E. DEEDES : MCMXII
SANCTO MATRIMONIO BENEDICAT DOMINUS
2. IOHN WAYLETT MADE ME : 1722

A.M.D.G. REF. EX. IMP.
A. J. GALPIN RECTORIS ET M.J.G. UXORIS SUAE
ET LIBERORUM M.C.G. ET M.J.G. MCMXII
PER SINGULOS DIES BENEDICIMUS TIBI
3. THOMAS PEPPER IVNER : 1722

MCMXII
A.M.D.G. REF. EX. IMP. FIDELIUM
IN HAC ECCLESIA BAPTIZATORUM
UNUS DOMINUS, UNA FIDES, UNUM BAPTISMA
4. IOHN WAYLETT MADE ME : 1722

A.M.D.G. ET IN PIAM MEMORIAM
HALIFAX WYATT
IN SALTWOOD SEPULTI: MART. MCMIX
REF. EX IMP. UXORIS SUAE: MCMXII
BEATJ MORTUI QUI IN DOMINO MORIUNTUR
5. IOHN WAYLETT FECIT: 1723 : DAVID OULDFIELD THOMAS BLACKLOCK C.W.

A.M.D.G. ET IN HONOREM
GEORGII V REGIS
CORONATI A.D. X KAL. JUL. MCMXI.
REF. EX IMP. HUJUS PAROECHIAE: MCMXI
DEUM TIMETE, REGEM HONORIFICATE
6. MEARS AND STAINBANK: FOUNDERS: LONDON: 1912

CARISSIMAM COMMEMORO, VIVOS ADVOCO, 1911

The inscriptions translate:

  1. To the Greater Glory of God and in commemoration of the marriage of H.W.D(eedes) and M.G.C. T(rench), recast at the expense of his mother, R.E.Deedes: 1912. God’s blessing on Holy Wedlock.
  2. To the Greater Glory of God, recast at the expense of A. J. Galpin, Rector, and M.J.G. his wife, and of their children M.C.G. and M.J.G. 1912.
  3. To the Greater Glory of God, recast at the expense of the faithful baptised in his Church.
  4. To the Greater Glory of God and in loving memory of Halifax Wyatt buried at Saltwood: March 1909. Recast at the expense of his wife : 1912. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.
  5. To the Greater Glory of God and in Honour of King George V June 22nd 1911. Recast at the expense of the Parish: 1912.
  6. I commemorate the most beloved; I summon the living.

EARLIER BELLS (recast 1912)
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder

1

4-1-0

28½"

1722

John Waylett

2

5-0-9

29"

1722

John Waylett

3

5-0-25

30"

1722

John Waylett

4

7-1-14

34½"

1722

John Waylett

5

10-0-18

38½"

1723

John Waylett
1. IOHN WAYLETT MADE ME 1722
 
2. IOHN WAYLETT MADE ME 1722
 
3. THOMAS PEPPER IVNER 1722
 
4. IOHN WAYLETT MADE ME 1722
 
5. DAVID OVLDFIELD THOMAS BLACKCOCK C : W IOHN WAYLETT FECIT 1723
 

HISTORY

1552

Record of 4 bells.

1722

Bells recast into a ring of 4 by John Waylett.

1723

Tenor added by John Waylett to make 5.
1757 Rev'd Bryan Faussett wrote:
This Church consists of a Chancell, Body, and North Isle. The Steeple, in which hang 5 Tuneable Bells, is a pointed Tower, and stands at The West End. The Bells have no other Inscriptions, but that they were made in 1722 & 1723, by John Waylett, and Thomas Pepper, Junior.
1799 Edward Hasted wrote:
At the west end is a square tower, having a tile ridge roof on it, which disfigures the rest of the building much. There are four bells in it.

1873

 The ringing room was moved from the ground floor (where a vestry was then built) to its present position.

1892

Saddleback tower roof replaces with the existing one.

1911

3rd (of 5) reported to be cracked.

1912

Bells recast into a heavier ring of 6 and rehung in a new frame.

1967

Bells were overhauled.

1971

Bells rehung on ball bearings by Whitechapel.