[Bell Historians] st Stephen's hampstead

[John Gwynne]

According to Keltek Trust's Lost Rings spreadsheet:

Hampstead, Gr. Lon., S. Stephen 10 27-0-12 1984   Bells removed and all bar
treble & 3rd scrapped. Treble & 3rd bells plus some metal used to cast a
chime for All Hallows, Hampstead. David Cawley & David Bryant

John Gwynne



On Tue, 14 Feb 2023 at 11:15, Mike Chester via Bell-historians <
bell-historians at lists.ringingworld.co.uk> wrote:

> There is an article about the bells in the RW of Jan 14th 1983. It says
> the bells were last rung on 15th November 1978 at the opening of the
> Royal Free Medical School and Hospital, it being opened by HM Queen
> Elizabeth II.  It also says
>
> "When the new hospital was planned the site chosen was closer to the
> church and when the foundations were dug, as early as 1964,  move­ment
>  began to show in the main  body of the church and ringing was stopped from
> about this time (perhaps one should say discouraged) while the situation
> was reviewed."
>
> Mike
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> *Cc:* oliver Lee <oliverbellringer at outlook.com>
> *Subject:* [Bell Historians] st Stephen's hampstead
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> I was wondering if anyone might be able to provide some more information
> about the now lost 27cwt 10 what where here until 1982?, from what I can
> work out the bells where regularly rung during the early 1900s but it would
> seem that peal ringing virtually ended in 1905. Many sources I have come
> across suggest that this might’ve been something to do with the royal free
> hospital but there are some vague references to there being a local band
> here in the 1950s so I wonder what exactly happened, There is also some
> suggestion that ringing was apparently “discouraged” due to subsidence but
> it would interesting to know if any quarter peals where rung on them prior
> to their removal.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Oliver lee
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