5 Bell, Weight Comparison Table.

5 Bells.

Historical notes :
  • The 5 Thomas II Eayre bells at Lilbourne were the last to be cast at Kettering before the company became bankrupt. They form one of only two complete & original peals of Thomas II Eayre bells remaining in the U.K.
  • The other 5 Thomas II Eayre bells, all dated 1761, are at Gretton, Northamptonshire. 
Abbreviations :
  • ​One Cwt. (hundredweight) = 4 quarters = 112 lbs.(pounds) = 50.8 kg.
  • One quarter = 28 lbs. = 12.7 kg.
  • H = Hastings type stay.
  • C = Curved stay.
  • J.D. > Brede = John Danyell successor ‘Brede’ (4th. bell at Old).
Bell,
stay type, Tower
Date
Founder
Cwt-
qtrs-
lbs
Bell,
​stay type, Tower
Date
Founder
Cwt.-qtrs-
​lbs
1. Clipston
1752
Thomas I Eayre
.
1H Gt. Oxendon
1820
Thomas II Mears
4-2-7
2 Clipston
1599
Leicester
​Foundry
.
2H Gt. Oxendon
1886
J.Taylor & Co.
5-0-5
3 Clipston
1685
William Bagley
.
3H Gt. Oxendon
c1599
Newcombe
5-0-1
4 Clipston
1589
Leicester
​Foundry
.
4H Gt. Oxendon
1853
J.Warner+Sons
5-1-18
5 Clipston
1869
J.Taylor & Co.
13-3-0
5H Gt. Oxendon
1744
Thomas I Eayre
7-0-2
1 Lilbourne
1762
Thomas II Eayre
5-1-0
1 Naseby
1939
​J.Taylor & Co.
​6-0-21
2 Lilbourne
1762
Thomas II Eayre
6-1-0
2 Naseby
1640
Hugh II Watts
6-3-6
3 Lilbourne
1762
Thomas II Eayre
6-2-0
3 Naseby
1939
J.Taylor & Co.
7-3-16
4 Lilbourne
1762
Thomas II Eayre
8-0-0
4 Naseby
1633
Hugh II Watts
​9-2-14
5 Lilbourne
1761
Thomas II Eayre
10-0-0
5 Naseby
1633
Hugh II Watts
12-3-19
1 Old
1825
Thomas II Mears
.
1
Ravens-
​thorpe
1809
John Briant
3-3-3
2 Old
1723
Thomas I Eayre
.
2
Ravens-
​thorpe
​1809
John Briant
3-3-20
3 Old
1631
Hugh II Watts
.
3
Ravens-
​thorpe
​1809
John Briant
4-1-21
4 Old
​c1480
J.D. > Brede
.
4
Ravens-
​thorpe
​1809
John Briant
5-0-10
5 Old
1639
Hugh II Watts
12-0-0
5
Ravens-
​thorpe
​1887
J.Taylor & Co.
7-2-0
1
Scaldwell
1961
J.Taylor & Co.
4-3-14
1 Sibbertoft
1877
Mears and
Stainbank
5-1-4
2
Scaldwell
1621
Hugh II Watts
5-2-26
2 Sibbertoft
1877
Mears and
Stainbank
5-3-14
3
Scaldwell
​1682
Henry II Bagley
6-2-20
3 Sibbertoft
1883
J.Taylor & Co.
6-0-22
4
Scaldwell
1621
Hugh II Watts
7-1-9
4 Sibbertoft
1956
J.Taylor & Co.
7-1-20
5
Scaldwell
1621
Hugh II Watts
10-0-7
5 Sibbertoft
1825
W. & J. Taylor
10-2-2
1 Thornby
1714
Henry III Bagley
3-0-17
1
Walgrave
1867
J.Taylor & Co.
6-3-9
2 Thornby
1714
​Henry III Bagley
3-1-3
2
Walgrave
1723
Thomas
​Russell
6-2-23
3 Thornby
1714
​Henry III Bagley
3-3-2
3
Walgrave
1723
Thomas
​Russell
8-1-12
4 Thornby
1929
J.Taylor & Co.
5-3-16
4
Walgrave
1766
Joseph
​Eayre
11-0-3
5 Thornby
1844
J.Taylor
& Son
6-2-25
5
Walgrave
1723
Thomas
​Russell
13-2-8
1C West Haddon
1913
Alfred
​Bowell
5-2-0
.
.
.
.
2C West Haddon
1611
Newcombe
6-2-0
.
.
​.
.
3C West Haddon
1682
Henry II Bagley
8-0-0
.
.
.
.
4C West Haddon
None
Edward Arnold
9-2-0
.
.
.
.
5C West Haddon
1729
Thomas I Eayre
12-2-0
.
.
.
.