Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers to the Ringing Bells of Britain and of The World

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Bells tuned and rehung with new fittings. Bell frame cleaned and painted/treated and upper tier secured to the tower walls Rehang on new gudgeons and bearings; restore clappers and crown staples; provide new roller boxes; restore and reinstate Ellacombe chiming system Electro-magnetic chiming hammers were fitted and a programmable unit was manufactured and installed.

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Where known, we show the most recent precise weight of the bell in the traditional units as cwt-qr-lb. The type of canons present, or their absence, is indicated by a single-letter code, as follows: Y some canons of a conventional pattern remain, even if one or more are now missing R canons or a button top have been completely removed; this includes bells fitted with false iron canons after the removal of the original canons F cast flat, without ever having had canons of any sort; this includes dome topped bells which were cast without canons D a Doncaster head (see below) I radial canons (not common) A a peg argent and no canons B button top or flange top C a cone top, such as Matthew Byrne’s patent rotary mounting (see below)

Subsequent additions

This turning process is normally carried out by a bellhanger as part of a rehang. Very old bells may even eventually get one-eighth-turned, and if that configuration also wears too heavily, the bell is often set aside for display because of its probable age and rarity value. Whether or not any bell has been turned, and by how much, is indicated by a single-letter code, as follows: 2 half-turned; this is exceedingly rare 4 quarter-turned 6 one-sixth-turned; this is unusual 8 one-eighth-turned X one-sixteenth-turned M multiple amounts, such as one-quarter and one-eighth) Y definitely turned, but by an unknown amount N not turned U an undeterminable state. Estimated weights are expressed in hundredweight, and indicated by the suffic cwt. They may include a fractional part. Steel frame beam end to be dug out from tower wall and replacement spliced in to ensure structural integrity of the frame – Not started

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I learnt to ring over forty years ago and I still get the same buzz that I did when I first started.” Bells cleaned, tuned and rehung on new fittings, augmented to 10 and the frame extended. Also the existing front four replaced with newly cast bells, the existing bells going to the Keltek Trust The manner in which each bell is hung is indicated as follows: FC hung for full-circle ringing in the style used for English change ringing S hung for swing chiming D hung dead, i.e. unable to swing U not hung U/R (full-circle ring), 6–2–1 (331 kg) in B. All Saints Tower. Dutch bells; the ringing bells form part of a 25-bell carillon; unringable. Bells conserved (no tuning permitted); new fittings provided for full-circle ringing (treble only); all three bells rehung (second and tenor for chiming only)

Analysis

kg) in A. Mon (4th: Alternates with Martin by Timberland) 18:00 & Tue (2nd: Rotates: Nocton; Blankney; Potterhanworth; Branston).

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Ring of three augmented to six and restored for full-circle ringing hung in new two-tier steel frame. Existing historic timber frame left in situ. Dove now displays how individual bells are hung. This is found in the bells table for each tower where this information is known. The abbreviations are FC (full-circle in the style used for English change ringing), S (swing chiming), D (hung dead unable to swing), U (not hung).

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The 2 bells in west end turret were conserved and rehung with new traditional fittings, the larger bell for swing chiming, the smaller for chiming by electro-magnetic hammer. estimate. This may be based upon known working periods in the case of the founder being of little doubt, and in other cases from estimates provided by researchers after comparing inscription lettering and/or wording with other known examples, etc. If the best estimate is a century (for example, based on its its shape or the profile of any moulding wires), then we show the final year of that century (e.g. c1399 for a 14th century bell). Where an authority has described a bell as mediæval with no more specific date, we enter this as c1499; similarly, pre-Reformation bells are entered as c1599. Major restoration in which the cast iron “H” frames were cleaned and rebuilt on galvanised steel RSJs. The bells were tuned and given all new fittings and electromagnetic chiming hammers and rehung in rebuilt frame. We list first the number of the bell within the ring following the normal conventions, working from the treble to the tenor. Accidentals (e.g. 2♯ or 6♭ bells in a ring of 12) are listed after the bells in the main ring. Data on additional bells in the building will be included where we know about them.U/R (full-circle ring), 4 cwt (~200 kg) in E♭. Unringable; ropes fall in a straight line; no slider(s). Ringers come from all walks of life, and learn at different ages. A recent young (teenage) ringer says this about ringing: “Over the past 2-3 years I have learned a lot, and it has helped me improve my social skills and confidence as well as team integration. Bell ringing also has opened up the opportunity of going to new and exciting places which I always look forward to. I would highly recommend it to anyone!” We have made the decision to stop using the ill defined term derelict’. In each case such rings are also marked as ’unringable, which is considered sufficient. full-circle ring), 16–0–25 (824 kg) in E. Ringing temporarily suspended; tuned to old concert pitch (A=454Hz).