Details Of Bells |
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Diameter Weight Cast by Date |
Tenor 40" 11-12-24 Joanna Hille 1441 |
7th 36" 7-3-16 Henry Pleasant 1701 |
6th 33" 6-1-18 Thomas Mears 1803 |
6th Recast Whitechapel Foundry 1983 |
5th 31" 5-1-14 Richard Hille between 1423 - 1440 |
4th 30" 5-1-4 Thomas Mears 1803 |
3rd 29" 5-0-20 Thomas Mears 1803 |
2nd 27" 4-2-19 Whitechapel Bell Foundry 1997 |
Treble 26" 4-0-25 Whitechapel Bell Foundry 1997 |
The Tenor and 7th to 3rd bells came to St Martin's as a gift from the redundant church of St Nicholas, Colchester The 2nd bell was presented by Electronic Office Equipment p.l.c. to commemerate the founding of the company by John and Joan Rolison The Treble bell was presented by Ronald Brown in Memory of his wife Peggy A further bell 27½" Diameter housed in the Foyer of the church came from St Mary's Dunton, it was cast from two bells in 1712 |