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Bell Ringing at Lynsted, Kent

Lynsted is a small village in the western reaches of the Canterbury District of the Kent County Association, situated a couple of miles west of Teynham. The village has an impressive grade 1 listed church dedicated to St Peter and St Paul, whose origins go back to the 13th century. The current building dates from the 14th century, with reused 13th century stonework. The chancel itself is later, dating from the 16th century with Perpendicular Gothic features. The whole building was restored in the 19th century, with mostly 19th century fenestration and tracery. The tower is the most prominent part of the building: the lower half is of flint and rubble construction wheras the belfry is made of wood, much like St Alphege's Church in Canterbury. The tower contains a 10-2-25cwt ring of six bells, tenor in G. They used to be a ring of five, and the bells have a mixed history: between 1597 and 1600, Robert Mot cast three bells - these were the original second bell (recast in 1952 by Mears and Stainbank), the former 4th and tenor. The treble and third were cast in 1639 by John Wilnar. In 1884 the 4th bell was recast by Mears and Stainbank and in 1944 the whole ring was rehung in a new frame for six bells by John Warner and Sons. The bells were later rehung once again and tuned in 1952 (at the same time as the Mot 2nd bell was recast) by Mears and Stainbank. They were finally augmented to six in 2007 when the former clock bell of St George's Church in Perry Hill was added. They form an old fashioned sounding ring of six, but these days they are ludicrously difficult to ring well as they are all heinously oddstruck!