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Any additions to this information on Star Street would be welcome. I have s=
ome scans of photographs of the church, and also of the removal of the bell=
s in May 1967 (some from David Cawley, and some of them taken by Chris Dalt=
on) which, with the permission of DC/CD, I could ask the moderator to post=
=20
Paddington, St.Michael and All Angels, Star Street (Middlesex)
Walters Ms - Church 1864. Eight bells by Warner
Church by Major Rhode Hawkins, 1861. Demolished 1970 (Binney & Burman p.25=
0)
Bells were dated 1861. Rehanging by Warners in 1912 reported in Ringing Wor=
ld. Report of ringing on the back six by Ron Dove and others in Ringing Wor=
ld 23 June 1933 (Ex.inf. Chris Dalton)
Letter from Ron Dove in Ringing World 10 February 1989 p.120 recalling ring=
ing at Star Street in 1933. The bells were by Warner, 1861.=20=20
According to the Ringing World 12 April 1912 the bells were rehung at that =
time by John Warner & Sons, but David Cawley (who saw the bells in the dere=
lict tower) reckoned that little work was done then. The church was badly d=
amaged in the war. The bells were still in the tower of the derelict church=
in November 1966. Photographs of the bells in their frame, with one bell "=
up". Removed in May 1967, and metal used towards a new light octave for All=
Saints, Tooting Graveney.
Warner catalogue, 1877, includes an undated testimonial from the churchward=
en regarding the eight bells and chiming apparatus supplied by Warners for =
the church
Taylor records - old bells received at Loughborough 2 May 1967, 29.75" 6-0-=
26 (6-0-22), 31" 6-1-21 (6-1-17), 33" 7-1-4 (7-1-0), 35.125" 7-2-6 (7-2-0),=
38" 9-3-25 (9-3-23), 39.875" 11-2-23 (11-2-20), 43.5" 13-3-13 (13-3-10), 4=
8" 18-1-7 (18-1-4) - gross and (nett) weights
Bells, frame and fittings were by Warner, 1861. There was a very minor reh=
anging, retaining the strap-type gudgeons, in 1912, again by Warner. Tenor =
was said to weigh 19-2-14 which would be consistent with diameter of 48.5 i=
nches, note E, and Doncaster head. 1, 2, 3, 5 hung on the upper tier and 4=
, 6, 7, 8 below and they all swung in the same direction. Tower was built =
of brick, rectangular (i.e. oblong) on plan, and walls were 2-and-a-half br=
icks (i.e. less than 2 feet) thick at belfry stage.(Ex.Inf. CD, Aug.2003)
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Any additions to this information on Star =
Street=20
would be welcome. I have some scans of photographs of the church, and also =
of=20
the removal of the bells in May 1967 (some from David Cawley, and some of t=
hem=20
taken by Chris Dalton) which, with the permission of DC/CD, I could ask the=
=20
moderator to post
Paddington, St.Michael and All Angels, St=
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Street (Middlesex)
Walters Ms =96 Church 1864. Eight bell=
s by=20
Warner
Church by Major Rhode Hawkins, 1861. Demolished 1970 (Binne=
y=20
& Burman p.250)
Bells were dated 1861. Rehanging by Warners in 1912=
=20
reported in Ringing World. Report of ringing on the back six by Ron Dove an=
d=20
others in Ringing World 23 June 1933 (Ex.inf. Chris Dalton)
Letter from =
Ron=20
Dove in Ringing World 10 February 1989 p.120 recalling ringing at Star Stre=
et in=20
1933. The bells were by Warner, 1861.
According to the Ringing Wo=
rld=20
12 April 1912 the bells were rehung at that time by John Warner & Sons,=
but=20
David Cawley (who saw the bells in the derelict tower) reckoned that little=
work=20
was done then. The church was badly damaged in the war. The bells were stil=
l in=20
the tower of the derelict church in November 1966. Photographs of the bells=
in=20
their frame, with one bell =93up=94. Removed in May 1967, and metal used to=
wards a=20
new light octave for All Saints, Tooting Graveney.
Warner catalogue, 187=
7,=20
includes an undated testimonial from the churchwarden regarding the eight b=
ells=20
and chiming apparatus supplied by Warners for the church
Taylor records =
=96 old=20
bells received at Loughborough 2 May 1967, 29.75" 6-0-26 (6-0-22), 31" 6-1-=
21=20
(6-1-17), 33" 7-1-4 (7-1-0), 35.125" 7-2-6 (7-2-0), 38" 9-3-25 (9-3-23), 39=
.875"=20
11-2-23 (11-2-20), 43.5" 13-3-13 (13-3-10), 48" 18-1-7 (18-1-4) =96 gross a=
nd=20
(nett) weights
Bells, frame and fittings were by Warner, 1861. The=
re=20
was a very minor rehanging, retaining the strap-type gudgeons, in 1912, aga=
in by=20
Warner. Tenor was said to weigh 19-2-14 which would be consistent with diam=
eter=20
of 48.5 inches, note E, and Doncaster head. 1, 2, 3, 5 hung on the up=
per=20
tier and 4, 6, 7, 8 below and they all swung in the same direction. T=
ower=20
was built of brick, rectangular (i.e. oblong) on plan, and walls were=20
2-and-a-half bricks (i.e. less than 2 feet) thick at belfry stage.(Ex.Inf. =
CD,=20
Aug.2003)
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