CH1. Dark wood board with gold writing
The / Whole Peal of Grandfire Trip- / les, of 5040, was Thrice per- / formed by these Persons he- / reafter named, In ye Year 1733 / RICHd. ASHLEY, Senr / Jar. MUNDAY / RICHd. ASHLEY / WILLm. SMITH / Jno. CHRISTMAS / WILL. MITCHELL / RICHd. INETT / MAT. ASHLEY / ROt. BROWN / Jno. WEST / RICH. FERRIS / RICH. COX / Feb 6th 1737/8 was rung a compleat peal / of 5120 Oxford tripple bob in 3 hours / 26 mins, By these Men / CHARLES DODWELL, Treble / Wm. MITCHELL, Second / RICHd. INETT Junr, Third / Ch. TAYLOR, Fourth / Jno. CHRISTMAS, Fifth / RICHd. INETT, Senr, Sixth / MATT. ASHLEY, Seventh / Jno. TREADAWAY, Tennor.
The
Whole Peal of Grandsire Trip-
les, of 5040, was Thrice per-
formed by these Persons he-
reafter named, In ye Year 1733.
RICHd. ASHLEY, Senr RICHd. INETT
Jar. MUNDAY MAT. ASHLEY
RICHd. ASHLEY ROt. BROWN
WILLm. SMITH Jno. WEST
Jno. CHRISMAS RICH. FERRIS
WILL. MITCHELL RICH. COX
Feb 6th 1737/8 was rung a compleat peal
of 5120 Oxford tripple bob in 3 hours
26 mins, By these Men.
CHARLES DODWELL, Treble Wm. MITCHELL, Second
RICHd. INETT Junr, Third Ch. TAYLOR, Fourth
Jno. CHRISTMAS, Fifth RICHd. INETT, Senr, Sixth
MATT. ASHLEY, Seventh Jno. TREADAWAY, Tennor.
This pealboard documents the second, third, fourth and fifth peals rung on a new ring of eight bells that were installed in the tower in 1731. It would originally have been in the ringing room which used to be at that level in the tower. Evidence of the old floor of the ringing room can be seen in the walls.
In 1731 the six existing bells had been made into a ring of eight at a cost of 500 pounds by the generosity of two parishioners, William Harrington, yeoman, and Richard Ashley, baker, who had ‘to indemnify the parish from any public charge in the commission of the work in the sum of 500 pounds.
In 1911 the bells were again recast, two smaller bells added to augment the ring to ten, and they were rehung with completely new fittings in a new H type steel bell frame by Gillett and Johnston Ltd, of Croydon. The new ring was dedicated by the Bishop of Kensington on October 7th and the first peal was rung on December 7th 1911. Mr. John Stilwell, the vicar’s warden, whose family came to Hillingdon in 1790 and had always taken great interest in local affairs, defrayed the cost of the entire work. These are the bells that are currently in the tower and continue to be rung every week.
More information about the bells can be found on the hillingdonbells.org.uk website