| Place | Kendal Town Hall |
| Unitary authority | Westmorland and Furness |
| Lieutenancy area | Cumbria |
| Country | England |
| Historic county | Westmorland |
| Dove tower ID | 25565 |
| Rings | 11 (chime), tenor 44–1–0 in CSee below |
| Grid reference | SD514926 |
| Latitude & longitude | 54.32692, -2.74734View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers |
| Satnav lat & long | No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details |
| Postcode | LA9 4DA |
| Ownership | Local Authority (secular) |
| Listed grade | II by Historic England |
| Bells | 11 (chime)Edit details |
| Tenor | 44–1–0 (4956 lb or 2248 kg) in C (519.5 Hz) |
| Projects & overhauls | 1896 by John Taylor & Co (ring created) List allRing installed |
| Bell | Weight | Frequency | Note | Diameter | Dated | Founder | Canons | Turning | Hanging | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4–1–15 | 1310.0 | E | 27.13″ | 1896 | John Taylor & Co | F | D | |||
| 2 | 5–1–7 | 1170.0 | D | 29.13″ | 1896 | John Taylor & Co | F | D | |||
| 3 | 5–3–23 | 1041.0 | C | 31.25″ | 1896 | John Taylor & Co | F | D | |||
| 4 | 6–2–16 | 979.5 | B | 33.00″ | 1896 | John Taylor & Co | F | D | |||
| 5 | 9–1–4 | 872.5 | A | 37.00″ | 1896 | John Taylor & Co | F | D | |||
| 6 | 13–1–3 | 781.0 | G | 41.81″ | 1896 | John Taylor & Co | F | D | |||
| 7 | 15–3–21 | 736.0 | F♯ | 44.06″ | 1896 | John Taylor & Co | F | D | |||
| 8 | 18–2–26 | 693.5 | F | 46.44″ | 1896 | John Taylor & Co | F | D | |||
| 9 | 22–0–19 | 652.0 | E | 49.38″ | 1896 | John Taylor & Co | F | D | |||
| 10 | 30–1–11 | 585.0 | D | 54.94″ | 1896 | John Taylor & Co | F | D | |||
| 11 | 44–1–0 | 519.5 | C | 62.38″ | 1896 | John Taylor & Co | F | D |
[1]Source of info and other notes assembled by C J Pickford Jun 2024 from and thanks to the Taylor Archives
Overview and sources: Job book 101 p.173 - 1897, 11 bells (10 plus 6b), 44-1-0 in C
Canons: The bells are probably all flat-topped (the hour bell is)
Casting dates: (nos.8 and 10) 18 September 1896, (nos.3, 7 and 9), 9 October 1896, (nos.4-6 and 6b) 3 November 1896, (nos.1 and 2) 2 December 1896 and (no.2 second casting) 12 January 1897
Completion and invoicing: Left the works, 23 February 1897. Completed 13 March 1897 and invoiced same date (daybook 8 p.104) to The Mayor and Corporation of Kendal at a total cost of £1018.12.8., including bells (£837.8.0.), inscriptions (344 letters) (£5.14.8.), frame and fittings (£57.0.0.), fittings and frame for extra bell (£6.0.0.), Fixing (£35.0.0.), Carriage (£32.10.0) and chiming apparatus (£45.0.0.)
Inscriptions:
1-10. Order uncertain from published version, which gives them as:- There are eleven bells in the Tower; the large (tenor) bell weighs 44 cwt. 1 qr., and bears the following inscription:- “These Bells were bequeathed to the inhabitants of Kendal by Alderman William Bindloss, Mayor, MDCCCXCV," and the following Mottoes are inscribed on the other ten bells (which vary in weight from 4 cwt. to 30 cwt.) namely:- 2) Justitiam et Honorem Colant Omnes; (3) Deum laudo, Vivos voco, Mortuos plango; (4) Honos alit Artes; (5) Honos est praemium Virtutis; (6) Nihil semper Floret, Aetas Succedit Aetatem; (7) Omnia fert Aetas Animum quoque; (8) Ring in the love of truth and right; (9) Ring in the common love of good; (10) Omnia Jovam Laudant Animantia; (11) Nobis Solamen det Deus. Photo of the hour bell (Neil Skelton collection) shows one side:
11. (Cross) JOHN TAYLOR AND CO. … 1896 / (large vine border all round) Waist: THESE BELLS / WERE BEQUEATHED TO THE INHABITANTS / OF KENDAL / BY ALDERMAN WILLIAM BINDLOSS MAYOR / MDCCCXCV
Published: 15/06/2024; updated: 16/06/2024