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Last Updated 27th August 2010. Click here for an index (your browser must support frames).

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August Additions All Surprise Major Methods July & June Additions No additions in June or July May Additions Abbots Bromley Campanile (Mini-Ring) Harry Windsor Ringing Centre Peal Database (Owen Battye)

Earlier Additions 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 Missing Links Links in red italics are known to be broken, but are retained in case anyone finds the new URL or confirms that the site no longer exists.

GeoCities On October 27th 2009 Yahoo shut down its GeoCities web-hosting facility. As a result, the following ringing websites disappeared. Calendar Program (Philip Taylor) Compositions by Ben Constant Graham Hayward Hemony Tuned Bells (Gideon Bodden) Oadby Ringing Centre Welsh Valleys (Doug Davison) If you know that any of these sites have been recreated elsewhere (or know how to contact the original creator), please let me know.

Central Council and Related Material

About The Council

• Home
• Network for Ringing Training
• Ringing Centre Directory
• Telecoms Equipment in Church Towers
• The Ringing World

Compositions

• Work by Individual Composers

  Richard Allton Richard Angrave Mark Banner Peter Border (Rod Pipe) Daniel Brady Robert Brown Phil Burton Ian Butters Ben Constant

  Tony Cox Graham Drabble John Fisher John Goldthorpe Robin Hall Graham Hayward James Holdsworth Ander Holroyd Roddy Horton

  David Hull Graham John John Ketteringham David Leach Martin Marshall Paul Mason Don Morrison Stephen Penney Chris Poole

  Richard Pullin Alan Reading Richard Grimmett Peter Sheppard Sean Smith John Warboys Brian Whiting

Computing

Education and Publications

Methods

Public Relations

• The Public Relations Committee
• Newspaper Articles
  • Ringing News Articles (Ian McCallion)
  • Sydney Morning Herald
  • Sued-Kurier Konstanz
• Photographs of Bells
  • Boston Bells (Lincoln DG)
  • I need some more links for this please folks!
• (See Also) Sound and Video Recordings of Bells

• Bellfounders, Bellhangers and Suppliers

  Australian Bell Pty Blagovest Russian Church Bells Brosamer’s Bells Eijsbouts Grassmayr Hayward Mills (Now John Taylor & Co) Matthew Higby Bell Engineering Hisey Bells The Keltek Trust (Recycled Bells) Kruszewscy Foundry Malmark McShane Bell Foundry Meadwell Church Restoration

  Nicholson Engineering Olsen Nauen Fonderie Paccard Pembletons Petit and Fritsen Rincker Bellfoundry Bell Museum Rüetschi AG Glocken und Kunstgiesserei Schulmerich Bells Soundweld John Taylor & Co The van Bergen Company The Whitechapel Bell Foundry

  Whites of Appleton Bell Muffles Easyfit Muffles (Little Malvern Saddle Co) Ian Hastilow Muffles Suregrip Muffles Big Wilf’s Bell Muffles Bell Ropes Bristol Rope & Twine Co (polyester rope) Ellis & Pritchard’s Outhwaite’s no longer make bellropes

• Dove’s Guide
• Events
  • Diary of Ringing Events (Campanophile)
  • Merseybells Calendar (Giles Blundell)
  • Ringing Competitions
    • The Essex Trophy
    • The National Twelve Bell Striking Contest
      • General Information
      • 2007 Contest Recording (Bristol)
    • The Tewkesbury Shield
    • The Worthington Trophy
  • Ringing Courses
  • 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

• Mailing Lists

  1- and 2-Bell Ringers Ancient Society of College Youths ANZAB Ringers Bath and Wells Bell Historians Bell Restoration Change Ringers’ Web Ring Change Ringers Chester Guild Coventry Guild 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 (4,680 entries) Ringing Centres Network Ringing Chat Ringing Theory Satellite Navigators Southampton University Tower Collectors Truro Guild University of London Society Western Australian Ringers Wirral Ringers Yorkshire Ringers Young Ringers

• Obituaries Index
  • 1881 to 2000 (searchable)
  • 1881 to 1998 (downloadable)
• Peal Records
  • Ashton-Under-Lyne (St Michael & AA)
  • Felstead Peal Database
  • Nonagenarian Peals (Andrew Craddock)
  • Norman Smith’s 23-Spliced (Andrew Craddock)
  • PealBase (Andrew Craddock)
  • Peal Database (Ringing World)
  • Peal Database (Julian Watson)
  • Peals at St Paul’s Cathedral
  • Peals at “The Institute”
  • Staffordshire Peals (ex William Hall)

• Small Rings

  Abbots Bromley Campanile (Staffs) Ambergate Campanile (Worcs) Balscote Ring (Berks) The Bell Tower (Warwicks) Bellflower Rings (Glos) Chilcompton Campanile (Somerset) Stoulton Campanile (Worcs) Carmel Campanile (Indiana, USA) Chanctonbury Campanile (Sussex) Charmborough Ring (Middx) Coleridge Campanile (Norfolk) The Claydon Folly (Suffolk) Great Orchard Campanile (Somerset)

  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)

• Ringers’ Home Pages
• Societies and Associations
• Student Societies (CCCBR)
• Tower Home Pages (Individual)

• Tower Lists, etc

  1 and 2 Bell Towers (John Adams) Rings of Bells in Bedfordshire (Andrew Bull) Bolognese Ringing Bristol Practice Nights Rings of Bells in Cornwall (Andrew Bull) Dorset Towers Rings of Bells in Glamorgan (Andrew Bull) Rings of Bells in Gloucestershire (Andrew Bull) Bells in Gloucestershire (David Bagley) Hampshire (County Council) Bells in Herefordshire (David Bagley) Ipswich Towers (Simon Griffiths) Isle of Wight (Steve Noyes) Bells of Kircudbright (Ranald Clouston and F C Eeles) Rings of Bells in the Monmouth Diocese (Andrew Bull)

  Bells of Perthshire (Ranald Clouston) Rings of Bells in the West Midlands (Andrew Bull) The Church Bells of Kent (Dickon Love) Lincolnshire Towers Ringing in Lincoln Towers A-K Towers L-Z Liverpool Bells Liverpool City Centre Ringing Bells of Liverpool (Sam Austin) London Docklands Church Bells of the City of London (Dickon Love) Middlesex and City of London North American Towers (GCNA)

  Bells of Norwich (David Bryant) Oxfordshire Ringing Groups (then select "bell-ringing") 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) Church Bells of Warwickshire (Mike Chester) Welsh Valleys (Doug Davison) West Midlands (Andrew Bull) Westminster (Dickon Love) West Sussex (part) Worcester Towers (David Beacham) Bells in Worcestershire (David Bagley) Bells of York (David Bryant) Ringer’s guide to the bells of York (David Bryant)

Accommodation with Ringers Belmont Guest House (Tamworth) Bank Cottage (Ledbury) Holland House B&B (Worcester) Maentwrog (Vale of Ffestiniog) Number One B&B (Deal) Orchard Cottage (Shropshire) Arthur Heywood’s Railways Bell Restoration Faculty Information from ... Central Government Oxford Future Changes to Rings (Rod Bickerton) Recent Grants (Historic Churches Preservation Trust) Related Mailing Lists Bell Historians Bell Restoration Derbyshire Bell Restoration Bell Tuning Australian Bell Pty Hemony Tuned Bells (Gideon Bodden) Modes (David Bryant) The Sound of Bells (Bill Hibbert) Call Changes (Michael Williams) Call-change Composer (Ian Broster) Carillons and Chimes Carillon Webring Carillons in the Pays d’Oc Chimes (Mike Chester) Clock Chimes (British Horological Institute) 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 Fun Animations Ringing One Bell Rounds on Five Campanophile On-Line Peal Reports and News 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)

Fund-Raising Ideas Grant-Awarding Bodies Allchurches Trust Garfield Weston Foundation Directory of Funding Bodies Foundation for Sports and the Arts Heritage Lottery Fund Historic Churches Preservation Trust Landfill Communities Fund UK Villages Community Kitty Fund-Raising Ideas Tax-efficient Giving (HMRC) Gift Aid Form Handbells Glen Iris Handbell Ringers Handbell Links (Bonnie Woolley) Handbell Ringers of Great Britain Handbell Recordings (Graham John) Hartley Ringers Historical 17th Century Bellringing Bell Historians Mailing List The Lincoln Letters Obituaries Index On This Day (Andrew Craddock) Paul Revere Bells Revd F E Robinson (John Harrison) Software Firsts All Saints' Wokingham History (John Harrison) Hymns for Ringers Lots of Hymns for Ringers Music for "Belfry Praise" Income Tax for UK Ringers Metric-Imperial Weight Calculator Pictures of Bells Boston Bells (Lincoln DG) Derby Cathedral (Derby DA) Products Bell Jewellery (Andrew Gordon) Loose-Leaf Record Books & RW Binders (Pauline Coles) Model Bell (Pam Copson) Peal Boards Metal Peal Boards and Plaques (Foilprint) Painted Peal Boards (Paul Rapson) Things to Buy from the Oxford Guild Screen-Printed Clothing, Badges and Plaques Wooden Jigsaws (Stella Bianco)

Sound and Video Recordings of Bells Bells on Sunday (Radio 4) 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 Index (John Ketteringham) RotaRing Rotarian Ringers Russian Bellringing An Article Another Article The Sharpe Trust Steeple-Keeping Clapper Stays (Chris Adams) Fire Safety Central Council Page General Law (H M Government) Small Rooms (from the above) Pigeon Shit Repairable Stay (Karl Grave) Tributes to Deceased Ringers (John Ketteringham) Keith Buckingham David Collis Arthur Crowder Michael Crowder John Ashley Freeman John Freeman The Holmes Family Henry Law James Rodney Meadows Jack Millhouse Philip Reynolds Rupert Richardson John Walden Turret Clocks British Horological Institute Clock Chimes Clock Suppliers Gillett and Johnston Smith’s of Derby Thwaites & Reed Verdin Change-Ringing Wiki (Updateable Information by Graham John)

This page is maintained by Roger Bailey, to whom all suggestions and corrections should be notified. This applies especially to links which have moved or died, as I no longer have the time and energy to keep checking them all. Thanks.