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Contents       BELLS        Home        Ringing times        Contacts        Directions        Bell Details   LINKS        Middlesex Assn.        Hendon St Mary     Hendon's Bells   The bells are a Ground Floor Ring in the approximate key of F. Bell Diameter Strike Note Weight Date Founder Tenor 3' 9 1/4" 336 *15 1/4 cwt 1759 Lester & Pack, London 7th 3' 4" 378 10-2-6 1690 James Bartlett, London 6th 3' 1" 420 8-2-12 1924 Mears & Stainbank, London 5th 2' 10" 448 6-3-1 1638 Brian Eldridge I, Chertsey 4th 2' 7 5/8" 504 5-2-15 1924 Mears & Stainbank, London 3rd 2' 6 1/2" 560 5-0-23 1924 Mears & Stainbank, London 2nd 2' 4" 632 4-2-10 1959 Mears & Stainbank, London 1st 2' 3" 678 4-1-11 1959 Mears & Stainbank, London The above information is taken from a survey by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry Ltd. made in January 1994. (*) Since this survey the canons have been removed from the tenor, so the weight given here is only approximate. The original weight with the canons was 15-3-1.       Inscriptions   Bell Inscription 8 MR WALTER EARLE VICAR WN WADE & IN O DOWDSWELL CH: WARDENS J759 LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT <mark> Also inscribed (cut) into the bell: J6 * 2 * JJ 7 MICHAEL COMBES CHVRCH.WARDENS I690 IB EDWARD & NICOLL 6 THOS MEARS OF LONDON. FESIT. 1802. RECAST 1924 MEARS & STAINBANK, FOUNDERS, LONDON. <mark> 5 FEARE GOD I638 4 * GLORIA * DEO * IN * EXCELSIS I.E.R.M. I637. B.E. 3 AT PROPER TIMES MY VOICE I’LL RAISE AND SOUND TO MY BENEFACTORS PRAISE. LESTER & PACK. 1759 RECAST 1924 2 IN MEMORY OF ALL PAST RINGERS. HENDON’S MILLENIUM. MEARS 19<mark>59 LONDON 1 IN MEMORY OF ERNEST EDWARD PRATCHETT FOR 66 YEARS A RINGER AT ST. MARY’S. MEARS 19<mark>59 LONDON

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