[Bell Historians] ALL SAINTS Boughton Alup, Kent

[Richard Offen]

Yes, despite all efforts to save them, they ended up in pieces in the metal
store of G & J.   

 

At about the same time the six at nearby Eastwell (same benefice) also met
with a similar fate.    Both acts of vandalism were evidently carried out
without a Faculty.

 

Richard

 

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The Kentish Express, Ashford.                               9 May 1952.



 THE BELLS OF ALL SAINTS Boughton Alup, Kent, which pealed across the
countryside for over 400 years, have been carted off to a London scrap heap.
Kent archaeologists say the sale was “a mistake,” and they are trying to
rescue them. The bells – five of them, were sold to pay for church repairs.
They brought in about £300, which was, the archaeologists say, fantastic,
because the bells are priceless.One of them, a 40in called “The Great Bell
Gabriel”, was cast just after 1500 and could possibly be worth £1,000 on its
own. All the bells had been hanging in All Saint’s belfry since
1540.Permission for the sale was given by Canterbury Diocesan Board of
Faculty. Now Canterbury Archaeological Society have decided to find out if
they have been melted down, and if not whether they can be bought back to
ring out once again across the valley of the Stour.

 

Any one know what the ourcome was?

 

AAJB

 


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