Change Ringing Resources

May Additions

• Membership Subscriptions (Gift Aid)
• Charity Events (e.g. Open Days) (Gift Aid)
• Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme
• Cheltenham Minster home page, updated link
• Great Gransden home page, updated link
• Leominster home page, updated link

Earlier Additions

 Central Council and Frequently Used Links

• Central Council of Church Bell Ringers
• Dove’s Guide
• The Ringing Foundation
  • Safeguarding the Future of Change Ringing
• The Ringing World
  • BellBoard On-Line Peal Submission

• The Public Relations Committee
  • Dealing with Complaints
• Ringers’ Email Addresses
• Societies and Associations
• Student Societies (CCCBR)

On this page:
Hardware
Methods
Compositions
Other Computing Topics
Ringing Records
Recruitment, Training, Learning
People, Places, Communication
Miscellaneous
Webmaster

 Hardware

• Tower Movement
  • Vibration of Bell Towers Excited by Bell Ringing (Hugh Hunt & Richard Smith)
  • Assessment of Masonry Bell Tower Response to Bell Ringing at St Paul’s Bendigo (Brown, Hwang & Parker)
  • Church Bells and Towers (an analysis of interaction) (Don Robinson & Harry Windsor)
• Bell Dynamics
  • Mathematical Clappering Model (Frank King)
  • The Dynamics of a Ringing Church Bell (J. Woodhouse et al.)
• Frame Design
  • Great St Mary’s Cambridge – The Frame (Barry Johnson)

• Bell Tuning
  • Australian Bell Pty
  • Hemony Tuned Bells (Gideon Bodden)
  • Modes (David Bryant)
  • The Sound of Bells (Bill Hibbert)
  • Tuning, Temperaments and Bells (Nigel Taylor)

• Bellfounders, Bellhangers and Suppliers
  • All India Church Supply
  • Australian Bell Pty
  • Blagovest Russian Church Bells
  • Brosamer’s Bells
  • Donetsk Bell Foundry (in Russian)
  • Eijsbouts
  • Grassmayr
  • Hayward Mills (Now John Taylor & Co)
  • Matthew Higby & Co
  • Hisey Bells
  • The Keltek Trust (Recycled Bells)
  • Kruszewscy Foundry
  • Malmark
  • McShane Bell Foundry
  • Meadwell Church Restoration

• Bellfounders, Bellhangers and Suppliers (continued)
  • Meeks, Watson & Company
  • 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
• See also:
  • Bell Founders Database (historical)

• Bell Muffles
  • Big Wilf’s Bell Muffles
  • Easyfit Muffles (Little Malvern Saddle Co)
  • Ian Hastilow Muffles
  • Suregrip Muffles
• Bell Ropes
  • Avon Ropes
  • Bristol Rope & Twine Co (polyester rope)
  • Ellis & Pritchard’s
  • Mendip Ropemakers
  • Outhwaite’s no longer make bellropes
  • Tower Essentials (Top ends)
• Peal Boards
  • Metal Peal Boards and Plaques (Foilprint)
  • Painted Peal Boards (Paul Rapson)
  • From Tower Essentials

• 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)
  • Tower Essentials (Boxes, stays,and more)

• 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
• Fund-Raising Ideas
• Gift Aid etc. rules (HMRC - Tax-efficient Giving)
  • Membership Subscriptions
  • Charity Events (e.g. Open Days)
  • Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme
  • Gift Aid Form

• 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
  • The Sharpe Trust
  • UK Villages Community Kitty

• 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

• 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)
  • Joan Hutchinson
  • David Joyner
  • Edith Law
  • Music and Mathematics (Book)
  • Gareth Roberts
  • Dave Rusin

• 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

• BYROC (Composing Software by David Beard)
• Papers by Brian Price
  • The Composition of Peals in Parts
  • New Peals of Cambridge Surprise Major
  • The Structure of Palindromic Peals

• 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

• 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
  • Birmingham University Society
  • Ely Association
  • Society of Royal Cumberland Youths
  • St Martin’s Guild
  • Winchester and Portsmouth Guild

• 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)

 Other Computing Topics

• The Information and Communications Technology Committee
• Bellring Applet (Otto Benz)
• Bells Applet (Kees van den Doel)
• Beltower (Derek Ballard)
• Calendar Program (Philip Taylor)

• Compbase (Philip Saddleton)
• The Data Protection Act
• Running simulators under Linux (Mark Banner)
• Mathematical Clappering Model (Frank King)

• Method Writer (Theo van Soest)
• Palm Blue Line (Andrew Whalley)
• Palm Pilot Programs (Steve Noyes)
• Practice Software (Adam Oliver)
• Ringing Class Library (Martin Bright)
• Ringing Master (Stephen Lake - no longer supported)

• Spam Protection for Email Addresses (Mark Davies)
• Software Catalogue (CCCBR)
• Various Programs from Steve Scanlon (Call Change Ringer, Method Workshop, Tower Visit Logger, Method Tutor, Ropesight Tutor)
• Virtual Belfry (Doug Nichols)
• Free Webhosting
• Website Creation (How to DIY)

 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
  • John Harrison’s Design
  • John Norris’s Design
  • The Saxilby Simulator
• 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

• 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
  • Roger Bailey
  • Eric Brunger
  • Keith Buckingham
  • David Collis
  • Arthur Crowder
  • Michael Crowder
  • John Ashley Freeman
  • John Freeman
  • The Holmes Family
  • Henry Law James

• 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

• 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
  • Lincoln
  • Towers A-K
  • Towers L-Z
• 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)

• 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
  • The Essex Trophy
  • London 12-Bell Competition
  • National 12-Bell Striking Contest
    • 2007 Contest Recording (Bristol)
  • The Tewkesbury Shield
  • The Worthington Trophy
• 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)

• 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)

• Gift Aid
  
• 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

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.