| The Bells |
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Diameter Weight Cast by Date |
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| Tenor | 40" | 11-12-24 | Joanna Hille | 1441 |
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7th |
36" |
7-3-16 |
Henry Pleasant |
1701 |
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6th |
33" |
6-1-18 |
Thomas Mears Recast: Whitechapel Bell Foundry |
1803 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 |
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The Tenor and 7th to 3rd bells came to St Martins as a gift from the redundant church of St Nicholas, Colchester.
The 2nd bell was presented by Electronic Office Equipment P.L.C. to commemorate 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 at the back of the church came from St Mary's Dunton, it was recast from two bells in 1712.
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