Change Ringing Resources

Bell Restoration
- Faculty Information from ...
  - Central Government
  - Oxford
- Future Changes to Rings (Rod Bickerton)
- Recent Grants (Historic Churches Preservation Trust)
- Related Mailing Lists
  - Bell Restoration
  - Derbyshire Bell Restoration

Carillons and Chimes
- Carillon Webring
- Carillons in the Pays d’Oc
- Carillon Society of Australia
- Chimes (Mike Chester)
- Clock Chimes (British Horological Institute)
- Dartington
- The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America
  - Carillon and Chime Directory
  - GCNA indexes (worldwide)
- North American Carillons (Trinity College/Norman Bliss)
- North American Chimes (Joe Connors)
- World Carillon Federation

Turret Clocks
- British Horological Institute
  - Clock Chimes
- Clock Suppliers
- The Cumbria Clock Company
- The Electric Time Company (Medfield, MA)
- Gillett and Johnston
- Smith’s of Derby
- Thwaites & Reed
- Verdin (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Telecoms Equipment in Church Towers

Methods

Method Construction, Libraries and Blue Line Generators

The Methods Committee
Doubles Methods and Variations (Peter Hinton)
All Double Treble Dodging Major Methods
All Well-Formed Surprise Major Methods
Blue Line Applet (Philip Abbey)
- Mobile Version of the Above (Philip Abbey)
Blue Line Generator (Paul Graupner)
Blue Line Psion Software (Philip Abbey)
Blue Line Printer (Martin Bright)
Group Theory (mainly university notes)

iAgrams Blue Line App for iPhone (Simon Gay)
Learn The Line
Method Database (Martin Bright & Richard Smith)
Method Master (Chris Adams)
MethodScript (Ander Holroyd)
Method Workshop (Steve Scanlon)
Method Libraries
- BYROC
- Definitive Method Collections (Tony Smith for CC)
- MicroSiRiL
Minimus Methods (Ben Waller)

Minor Principles (Ander Holroyd)
Most Popular Methods (Graham John)
Ringing Shapes (John Harrison)
Sally (Java Software by Max Spicer)
Triples Principles by Brian Price
Visual Method Archive (Adam Beer)
The X-File Online

Compositions

Composing and Proving

BYROC (Composing Software by David Beard)
Papers by Brian Price

Call Change Composer (Steve Scanlon)
Elf (Online spliced composer by Mark Davies)
ERIL (Sean Smith)
Excalibur (Edward Lupton)
GSiril (Richard Smith)

Peal Prover (Dave Ware)
Sabre (Edward Lupton)
Software Firsts
Stedman Course Pricker (Mark Davies)
- Stedman Course Pricker Mk II
Stedman Proving and Formatting Tool (Philip Saddleton)
Variation and Transposition. What every composer should know

Composition Collections

The Peal Compositions Committee
- Online Peal Collection (Don Morrison)
- RW Composition Index
- Submit a Composition to the RW
Call Changes (Michael Williams)
Cambridge Surprise Major (Graham John)
Classic 240’s of Grandsire Doubles
Composers’ Full Names (For Obsessives Only)
Composition Pages

Composition Database (Michael Wilby)
Grandsire Doubles (John Irving)
Handbell Compositions
- Submit a Handbell Composition
Minimus Extents (Ander Holroyd)
Multi-Extent Minor Blocks
Other Composition Pages (Ander Holroyd)

Quarter Peal Compositions (Don Morrison)
Spliced Surprise Compositions (Central Council)
Touches
- by Sean Smith
Stedman Triples Compositions (Central Council)
Touches
- by David Leach
- by Sean Smith
Universal Major Compositions (Central Council)

Work by Individual Composers

Ringing Records

Peal Records
- BellBoard On-Line Peal Submission and Display (The Ringing World)
- Campanophile On-Line Peal Reports and News (Tony Parry)
- Felstead Peal Database
- PealBase (Andrew Craddock)
- Peal Database (Ringing World)
On This Day (Andrew Craddock)
Central Council Library for:
- Bell News DVD (Version 2)
- Ringing World 1911-1940 DVDs
- etc.

Other Peal Records
- Ashton-Under-Lyne (St Michael & AA)
- Nonagenarian Peals (Andrew Craddock)
- Norman Smith’s 23-Spliced (Andrew Craddock)
- Peal Database (Julian Watson)
- Peals at St Paul’s Cathedral
- Peals at “The Institute”
- Record Multi-Method Peals (Tony Peake)
- Staffordshire Peals (ex William Hall)

Records Software
- Peal Database (Owen Battye)
- Peal Records (Andrew Hall)
- TowerBase (Andrew Craddock)
- Tower Visit Logger (Steve Scanlon)
- WinRK Ringer’s Data Base for Windows

Recruitment, Training, Learning

The Education Committee (Central Council)
The Ringing Foundation
Association of Ringing Teachers for:
- Integrated Teacher Training Scheme (ITTS) (Teaching teachers)
- Learning the Ropes (Progressive learning scheme for ringers)
Network for Ringing Training (CCCBR)

Ringing Centre Directory (CCCBR)
Ringing Centres
- Barrow-upon-Humber (North Lincs)
- Cinque Ports (Dover)
- Docklands (East London)
- Fire Ring and Marches Teaching Belfry Shropshire
- Gordon Halls (Derbys)
- Guildford (Surrey)
- Gwennap (Cornwall)
- Harry Windsor (Warwicks)
  - Newsletter
- Longwood (Huddersfield)
- Oadby (Leics)
- Salisbury Guild
- Shiplake (Oxon)
- Troyte (Devon)
- Tulloch Ringing Centre (Inverness-shire)
- Yorkshire Dales (North Yorks)

Ringing Courses
- Bradfield (Berks)
- Essex
- Harrogate (Yorkshire Association)
- Hereford
- Keele (North Staffs Association)
- Whirlow Grange (Yorkshire Association)
- San Giorgio in Braida Ringing School
Learning To Ring
- Peter Blight
- Ant Brickell’s Ringing FAQ
- Simon Kershaw
- John Sturdy
Method Tutor (Steve Scanlon)
Notes on Ringing (John Heaton)
Ringing Practice Toolkit (Pip Penney)
Basic Conducting (Laura Duncan)
Learning to Conduct (CCCBR)
!Strike (Learning aid by John Harrison)

Ringing Books
- Campanalogia Improved (5th Edition)
- Central Council Library for:
  - Bell News DVD (Version 2)
  - Ringing World 1911-1940 DVDs
  - etc.
- Guide to Three-Bell Ringing (Book)
- by Steve Coleman
- from Michael Farringdon
- by John Longridge
- Music and Mathematics
- Publications List (CCCBR)
- Publications List (Chris Pickford)
- Ringer’s Handbook & Pam Copson’s books
- Ringing Books on CD-ROM (Nick Parkes)
- A Ringing Bibliography (CCCBR)
- Tintinnalogia (Gutenberg Project)
  - HTML Version
  - Downloadable & Text Versions
- From The Whiting Society
Handlist of articles etc. on Lincoln Cathedral (John Ketteringham)

Animated Visual Aids
- Ringing One Bell
- Rounds on Five
Bellringing (Wikipedia)
Dumb Bells
A Glossary (John Sturdy)
Ringing Tutor (Phil Hope)
Training and Help from the Ely Association

Simulators
- Abel Simulator for Windows (Chris Hughes and Simon Feather)
  - Mabel Abel Simulator for Mac OS X
  - Mobel Abel Simulator App for iPhone
- Beltower (Derek Ballard)
- A Handbell Simulator (Ivor Dickin)
- Running simulators under Linux (Mark Banner)
- Ringleader Simulator (David Bagley)
- The Saxilby Simulator
- Simulator Sensors
  - Abel Interfaces (David Bagley)
  - Abel Sensor Construction Notes (Aidan Hedley)
  - Beltower (Derek Ballard)
  - Ringleader (David Bagley)

Sherbourne Teaching Aids (Ted Copson)
- Model Bell
Useful Stuff (Mark Wastie)
Virtual Belfry (Doug Nichols)

People, Places, Communication

Who

Mailing Lists

Derbyshire Ringers
Devon Ringers
Essex Ringers
Friends of Dorothy
Kent County Association (Lewisham District)
Kent County Association (Maidstone District)
Lincoln Guild (Southern Branch)
Original Merseyside Ringers
More Merseyside Ringers
Middlesex Association

National 3 and 4 Bell Society
New Zealand Ringers
Newsletter Editors
North American Guild
Nottingham University
Oxford Guild (North Bucks Branch)
Post and Telecom Ringers
Ringers’ Email Addresses (4,471 entries)
Ringing Centres Network
Ringing Chat

Obituaries
- Index to Biographical Records (CCCBR)
- Obituaries Index 1881 to 2000 (searchable)
- Obituaries Index 1881 to 1998 (downloadable)
- Ringing World Obituaries (November 2008 onwards)

Tributes to Deceased Ringers

Tributes (continued)
- Rodney Meadows
- Jack Millhouse
- Brian Price (an appreciation)
- Philip Reynolds
- Rupert Richardson
- Revd F E Robinson (John Harrison)
- Douglas H Rooke (by John Ketteringham)
- John Walden
- Kitty Willers

Where

Dove’s Guide
- WinDove (Philip Saddleton)
Tower Home Pages (Individual)
Tower Lists, etc
- 1 and 2 Bell Towers (John Adams)
- Bedfordshire (Andrew Bull)
- Bolognese Ringing
- Bristol Practice Nights
- Cornwall (Andrew Bull)
- Dorset Towers
- Glamorgan (Andrew Bull)
- Gloucestershire (Andrew Bull)
- Gloucestershire (David Bagley)
- Hampshire (County Council)
- Herefordshire (David Bagley)
- Ipswich Towers (Simon Griffiths)

Isle of Wight (Steve Noyes)
Monmouth Diocese (Andrew Bull)
Kent (Dickon Love)
Lincolnshire Towers
Liverpool Bells
Liverpool City Centre Ringing
Bells of Liverpool (Sam Austin)
London Docklands
City of London (Dickon Love)
Middlesex and City of London
National Bell Register (George Dawson)
North American Towers (GCNA)
Norwich (David Bryant)

Oxfordshire Ringing Groups (then select “bell-ringing”)
Prague (Dickon Love)
The Rings of 12 (Michael Wilby)
Diocese of Ripon and Leeds
Surrey Association
Transfers, Lost rings and Heavy Bells (David Kelly)
Veronese Bells and Ringing (David Bagley)
Warwickshire (Mike Chester)
Welsh Valleys (Doug Davison)
West Midlands (Andrew Bull)
Westminster (Dickon Love)
West Sussex (part)
Worcester Towers (David Beacham)
Worcestershire (David Bagley)
York (David Bryant)
Ringer’s guide to the bells of York (David Bryant)

Small Rings

Hillbrow Campanile (Hants)
Jack & Jill House Campanile (Hants)
Leigh End (Oxon)
Lichfield Diocesan Mobile Belfry (Staffs)
Limerick Mini Ring (Ireland)
Liss Campanile (Hants)
Little Orchard Tower (Somerset)
Lower House Farm (Worcs)
Maplestead Campanile (Essex)
The Mews Ring (Glos)
Millcroft Campanile (Cambs)
Mindinho-le-Tower (Suffolk)
Narnia Campanile (Hants)

Pig-le-Tower (Somerset)
Piltdown House Campanile (Kent)
Red Light Ring (Notts)
The Rack (Staffs)
Ringmore Campanile (Shrops)
The Shed (Glos)
Southampton University Campanile (Hants)
St Christopher’s Bells (Glos)
Suffolk Guild Mini-Ring (Suffolk)
Trafford Mini Ring (Kent)
Willoughby Campanile (Notts)
The Wolery (Suffolk)

Many websites describing private rings have gone missing over the last couple of years; please let me know if you find any of the following: The Armitage Campanile, The Billington Campanile, The Fire Ring, The Flat Bells, The Foundry Workshop.

Light Ring Directory (a complete listing by Michael Williams)

What

Blogs
- Change-Ringing Wiki (Updateable Information by Graham John)
- Days in the Life (Robin McKinley)
- Handbells (Tina Stoecklin)
- Ringing News Articles (Ian McCallion)
Events
- Diary of Ringing Events (Campanophile)
- Merseybells Calendar (Giles Blundell)
Newspaper Articles, etc
- Bell Ringing Web (Ringing News Updates)
  - Twitter Feeds
- Sydney Morning Herald
- Sued-Kurier Konstanz
Photographs of Bells
- Boston Bells (Lincoln DG)
- Derby Cathedral (Derby DA)
- Wokingham (John Harrison)
- Wokingham (John Harrison)
- Lightcliffe (Peter Kirby)
- Malta Siege Bell (Peter Kirby)
- Various Taylor Projects (Paul Mason)
- York Minster

Ringing Competitions
Ringing Courses
Ringing Road Shows (CCCBR)
Sound Recordings of Bells
- Bells on Sunday (Radio 4)
  - BoS History (Rob Parker)
- The Bells of History (Audio Drama by Barry Moore)
  - Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5
- Bell Recordings (ex John Ketteringham)
- Compact Discs
  - 2007 Twelve-Bell Contest
  - Bell CD’s
  - Bell Recordings (Mark Regan)
  - Cantate Recordings (Chris Kimber)
- Handbell Recordings (Graham John)
- Ringing Oddities (John Ketteringham)
- The Sound of Bells (Bill Hibbert)

Video Recordings of Bells
- Royal Jubilee Bells, Garlickhythe (Billy Payn youtube video)
- Toronto Cathedral
- Video Recordings Index (John Ketteringham)
Young Bell Ringers Cycling Tour (Stephen Lake)

Getting Around the UK

Anglican Diocese Directory
Crockford’s Clerical Directory
Postcode Finder (Royal Mail - need to register)
Postcode Finder (no need to register)
Rail Travel
Rail Tickets (John Goldrick)
Road Maps (takes OS Grid Refs)
Road Route Planner (AA)

Satellite Navigation
- Tower Data (Ron Miers)
- Mailing List
Street Maps (Any Town)
Telephone Numbers
Tower Information and Practice Nights
Transport for London
Weather Forecasts

Miscellaneous

Accommodation with Ringers
- Belmont Guest House (Tamworth)
- Grange House Farm (Felixstowe)
- Holland House B&B (Worcester)
- Knapps Farm (Doulting, with mini-ring)
- Maentwrog (Vale of Ffestiniog)
- Mill Top (Kirkby Malham)
- Number One B&B (Deal)
- Orchard Cottage (Shropshire, with mini-ring)
Arthur Heywood’s Railways
Call-change Composer (Ian Broster)
Fun
- Animations
  - Ringing One Bell
  - Rounds on Five
- Don’t Try This At Home
- Do Not Click This Link
- Knitting
  - Cardigans
  - Socks
- Maximus Bibendus (Beer!)
- Minor Strikerz (for young ringers)
- Multi Bell Ropes
- Ringing Oddities (John Ketteringham)

Handbells
- Glen Iris Handbell Ringers
- Handbell Links (Bonnie Woolley)
- Handbell Ringers of Great Britain (Tune ringing)
- Handbell Recordings (Graham John)
- Hartley Ringers
- Tina Stoecklin’s Handbell Blog
Health
- Ringing Vertigo (BMJ)
Historical
- 17th Century Bellringing
- Bell Founders Database (Peter Dyson)
- Paul Revere Bells
- Software Firsts
- All Saints’ Wokingham History (John Harrison)
Hymns for Ringers
Income Tax for UK Ringers
Metric-Imperial Weight Calculator (Carl Scott Zimmermann)

Products
- Bell Jewellery (Andrew Gordon)
- Loose-Leaf Record Books & RW Binders (Pauline Coles)
- Model Bell (Ted Copson)
- Things to Buy from the Oxford Guild
- Screen-Printed Clothing, Badges and Plaques
- The Ringer (Novel by Greg Hunt)
- Wooden Jigsaws (Stella Bianco)
RotaRing Rotarian Ringers
Russian Bellringing
- An Article
- Another Article

This site was created by Roger Bailey who died on 22nd January 2013 and is now maintained by Atom (with a little help from her friends). Please send all suggestions and corrections here. This applies especially to links which have moved or died. Thanks.

Roger’s funeral took place on 1st February, and there was a Memorial Celebration of the Life and Times of Roger on 19th February at the Conway Hall, London. Donations (a Gift Aid scheme operates) in Roger’s memory can be sent to Pembridge Education Fund, by cheque to:
Cathy Saraby, Senior Nurse Manager, Pembridge Palliative Care Centre, St Charles Centre for Health and Wellbeing, Exmoor Street, London W10 6DZ.
£2,090 received to date (14 March 2013) with thanks from Ann Crawford, Admin Manager, Pembridge Palliative Care Centre.