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| Delivery of the refurbished bells in 1988 |
In February of 1879 a treble bell, by Mears and Co., of Whitechapel, was added to the 5 existing bells. Over a hundred years later, in 1988, two new lighter bells were added to make up the full octave in the key of F. This augmentation was by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry together the replacement of the old wooden frame with a modern cast iron structure and a general updating of the bells and fittings.
The tenor weighs just over 14 hundredweight (725 kg) and has a tendency to go up wrong unless it is kept speaking on the way up, as can our number four bell. Four, Six and the tenor are slightly slow at back stroke but all bells go reasonably well. The details of the bells are shown in the table below.
| Bell | Weight | Note | Diameter | Cast | Founder | Inscription |
| 1 | 3-2-13 | F | 25.63" | 1988 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry Ltd | Donald R. Snape Headmaster St. Peter's School 1966-1987 Churchwarden 1984-1988 1988 Whitechapel Donald and Margaret Snape in Thanksgiving for their years at South Weald |
| 2 | 4-0-26 | E | 26.88" | 1988 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry Ltd | In Memory of Millicent Marguerite Holmes Beloved wife of Peter and mother of Kevin 1924-1984 |
| 3 | 4-1-3 | D | 28.38" | 1879 | Mears & Stainbank | Mears and Stainbank, Founders, London, 1879. |
| 4 | 4-1-12 | C | 29.13" | 1664 | Antony Bartlet | Thomas King, Joseph Abry, Churchwardens, 1664. |
| 5 | 5-3-16 | Bb | 32.00" | 1902 | Mears & Stainbank | |
| 6 | 8-1-16 | A | 35.75" | 1737 | Thomas Gardiner | Thomas Gardiner, Sudbury, fecit 1737. |
| 7 | 9-2-27 | G | 39.13" | 1768 | Lester & Pack | James White and Thomas Spragg, Churchwardens. Lester and Pack of London, fecit 1768. |
| 8 | 14-1-3 | F | 44.00" | 1692 | William & Philip Wightman | William and Phil Wightman, fecit. William Trewlock and Stevin Shonk, Churchwardens. |
Note that the number 3 bell in 1879 was cast in 1750 and had the inscription "Thomas Lester, fecit. John Wood and Giver Bridge, Churchwardens, 1750."
We have an additional service bell that weights just 1qtr 24lb with a note of G. This is not now used.
