Change Ringing Resources

(almost) everything the bell ringer needs to know - and a little more

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.

CCCBR & Popular Links

Hardware

Methods

Composition

May Additions

Clapper Stay Design (Possibly the Best Ever)

January Additions

Clockwise Restorations (Lincolnshire)
From Practice to Perfect (CCCBR - Guide for Clergy PCCs & Safeguarding Advisors)

Earlier Additions

Central Council of Church Bell Ringers (CCCBR)
- AGM 4 September 2021 - video of proceedings
- AGM 5 September 2020 - videos of proceedings:
  - Part 1
  - Part 2
- COVID-19 Guidance on ringing (updated regularly)
- on website
- Framework for Method Ringing
- Governance (Rules, Policies, Standing Orders, etc.)
- Historical & Archive website
- Old Website (Feb 2017 - May 2019)
- YouTube channel
- Archive including former:
- CRAG Final Report (April 2017)

Associations Guilds & Societies
Student Societies (CCCBR)
Composition Library (Graham John)
- Help page
BellBoard On-Line Peals, Quarters & more
Dove’s Guide
- Printed book
Tower Home Pages (not listed in Dove’s Guide)

Coronavirus Restrictions (HM Government)
Dealing with Complaints (CCCBR)
CCCBR Publicity material (posters, leaflets, etc.)
Ringing World
- Search Page
- 2021 AGM (YouTube)
- 2020 AGM (audio recording)

Design & Analysis

Tower Movement
- Vibration of Bell Towers Excited by Bell Ringing (Hugh Hunt & Richard Smith - pdf)
- Assessment of Masonry Bell Tower Response to Bell Ringing at St Paul’s Bendigo (Brown, Hwang & Parker - pdf)
- Church Bells and Towers (an analysis of interaction) (Don Robinson & Harry Windsor) (withdrawn by CCCBR - ugh!)
- Further Analysis of the Interaction Between Church Bells and Towers (Don Robinson & Harry Windsor)
Bell & Clapper Dynamics
- Mathematical Clappering Model (Frank King - pdf)
- The Dynamics of a Ringing Church Bell (J. Woodhouse et al.)
- When does a Bell Strike? (John Norris)
Frame Design
- Great St Mary’s Cambridge – The Frame (Barry Johnson)

Bell Acoustics & Tuning
- Acoustical Measurements on Church-bells and Carillons
  (E. W. van Heuven, PhD thesis)
- Australian Bell Pty
- The Sound of Bells (Bill Hibbert)
- Tuning, Temperaments and Bells (Nigel Taylor)
- Why Bells sound out of Tune and How to Cure them (Rev A. B. Simpson - pdf)
  - html version - pt. 1 (via Bill Hibbert)
  - html version - pt. 2 (via Bill Hibbert)
Sound Control
- Guidance Notes (CCCBR - pdf)
- Sound Control Leaflet (ODG - pdf)

Suppliers

Bellfounders, Bellhangers and Suppliers (UK)
- Belleplates (Cheaper alternative to handbells)
- Blyth & Co. Ltd. (formerly TLB Services)
- John Taylor & Co
- The Keltek Trust (Recycled Bells)
- Matthew Higby & Co
- Meadwell Church Restoration
- Nicholson Engineering
- Soundweld
- The Westley Group
- The Whitechapel Bell Foundry (no longer trading)
  - The London Metropolitan Archives
    (records being catalogued as of February 2022)
- Bells of Whitechapel Ltd
- Whites of Appleton
Bellfounders, Bellhangers and Suppliers (USA)
- Brosamer’s Bells (Second Hand Bells - MI USA)
- Christoph Paccard (Charleston, SC USA)
- Hisey Bells (OH USA)
- Malmark (Handbells, PA USA)
- McShane Bell Foundry (MD USA)
- Meeks, Watson & Company (OH USA)
- Schulmerich Bells (Handbells, PA USA)
- B. A. Sunderlin Bell Foundry (VA USA)
- The van Bergen Company (SC USA)
- The Verdin (OH USA)

Bellfounders, Bellhangers and Suppliers (elsewhere)
- All India Church Suppliers (Indian Bell Foundry)
- Australian Bell Pty
- Blagovest Russian Church Bells
- Cornille Havard (Villedieu-les-Poêles, France)
- Donetsk Bell Foundry
- Eijsbouts (Netherlands)
- Jan Felczyński (incorporating Royal Bells) (Poland)
- Fonderia Allanconi (Italy)
- Fonderia De Poli (Italy)
- Fonderie Paccard (France)
- Grassmayr (Austria)
- Kruszewscy Foundry (Poland)
- Olsen Nauen (Norway)
- Petit and Fritsen (Netherlands - now owned by Eijsbouts)
- Petit and Edelbrock (Gescher, Germany)
  - German Bell Museum (Gescher)
  - Westphalian Bell Museum (Gescher)
- Rincker Bellfoundry (Sinn, Germany)
- Rüetschi AG Glocken und Kunstgiesserei (Switzerland)
- Zvonařská dílna (Czech Republic)
See also:
- Bell Founders Database (historical)

Bell Muffles
- Big Wilf’s Bell Muffles (back again)
- (Little Malvern Saddle Co)
- Linda Adkins
- Shelley Musker Turner
Bell Ropes
- Avon Ropes
- Bristol Rope & Twine Co (polyester rope)
- Ellis & Pritchard’s
- Malcolm Brown Bellropes
- Mendip Ropemakers
- Outhwaite’s no longer make bellropes
Peal Boards
- Metal Peal Boards and Plaques (Foilprint)
- Painted Peal Boards (Paul Rapson)

Maintenance etc.

Steeple Keeping
- Belfry Upkeep (CCCBR)
- Exaudite Consultancy etc. (Andrew Higson)
- Clapper Silencing (Peter Dale & Frank Lewis - pdf)
- Clapper Silencing (Alan Rowe)
- Clapper Stays (Chris Adams)
- Clapper Stay Design (Aidan Hedley)
- Clapper Stay Design (Possibly the Best Ever)
- Danger Notice (CCCBR - pdf)
- Fid (Marlin Spike) (Raymond Harwood)
- Fire Safety
  - CCCBR Guidance (pdf)
  - General Law (H M Government)
  - Small Rooms (from the above)
- Long Splice (YouTube video)
- Short Splice (YouTube video)
- Odd Struckness - Correcting (ODG - pdf)
- Odd Struckness - Correcting (Malcolm Taylor - pdf)
- Odd Struckness Meter (David Bagley)
- Pigeon Shit
- Publications from CCCBR
- Repairable Stay (Karl Grave)
- Rope end dryer (ODG - pdf)
- Rope Sleeves (Alan Rowe)

Bell Restoration
- Faculty Jurisdiction (Amendment) Rules 2019 (Government Legislation)
- Faculty Rules etc. (Church of England)
Fund-Raising Ideas:
- Institute of Fund Raising
Gift Aid etc. rules (HM Government - Donating to Charities)
Handbell Restoration

Grant-Awarding Bodies
- Allchurches Trust
- Church of England (ChurchCare)
  - Bells and Bell Frames
- Garfield Weston Foundation
- Directory of Funding Bodies
- Heritage Lottery Fund
  - Regional Teams (for advice)
  - Places of Worship programmes
- National Churches Trust
- j4b Community (Funding database)
- Landfill Communities Fund
- Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme (Recovery of VAT)
- The Sharpe Trust

Other Hardware

Dumb Bells
Carillons and Chimes
- Campa (Belgium)
- Carillons, bell casting, campanalogy & André Lehr (in Dutch)
- Carillons & Chimes (World Index)
- Carillon Society of Australia
- Chimes (Mike Chester)
  - see also (spreadsheet)
- Dartington
- Gideon Bodden’s Carillon Site (Netherlands)
- The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America
- North American Chimes
- Trinity College Carillon (Hartford, Connecticut)
- World Carillon Federation

Great Bells of Britain (Chris Pickford - ‘Word’ download)
Mobile Phone Base stations
- Guidance Information (CCCBR)
- Notes for Ringers (Peter Blight)
- ICNIRP Guidelines
  - EMF Guidelines (1998) (pdf)
  - Statement on EMF Guidelines (2009) (pdf)
Simulators and Sensors
Tower Bells (info. from Carl Zimmerman)
- Great Bells (World Index)

Turret Clocks
- British Horological Institute
  - Clock Chimes
- Clock Tower People
- Clockwise Restorations (Lincolnshire)
- The Cumbria Clock Company
- The Electric Time Company (Medfield, MA)
- Gillett and Johnston
- Richard White Clocks (Leicestershire)
  - Autowinders
  - Regulators etc.
- Smith’s of Derby
- Thwaites & Reed
- Time Assured
- Turret Clocks (Chris McKay)
- Verdin (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Method Construction, Libraries and Blue Line Generators

CC Technical & Taxonomy Workgroup - Methods
- Framework for Method Ringing
- Methods Library
- Amended Method Titles (following adoption of the Framework for Method Ringing 1st June 2019)
- Variations Library
Doubles Methods and Variations (Peter Hinton)
- Plain Doubles Table
- Methods parent page
All Plain Minor Methods (CCCBR - pdf)
All Treble Dodging Minor Methods (CCCBR - pdf)
All Double Treble Dodging Major Methods (Roger Bailey)
All Well-Formed Surprise Major Methods (Roger Bailey)
Blueline - Methods (Robert Wallis)
Blue Line Printer (Martin Bright)
JBlueLine Applet (obsolescent) (Philip Abbey)
- Mobile Version
- Blue Line for Psion

Bristol S Major & its extensions (Simon Gay - YouTube)
Change Ringing Method Tools (Alison Stevens)
Change Ringing Tool Kit (Steve Scanlon)
Lead Head Codes (for “Regular” Methods)
- see also
False Course Heads
Group Theory (mainly university notes)
- Bellringing and Maths (Mark Davies webinar)
- Edith Law (pdf)
- Gareth Roberts (pdf)
- G L van der Sluijs (pdf)
- Fabia Weber (pdf)
iAgrams Blue Line App for iPhone and Android (Simon Gay)
Kent & Oxford Variations (Worcester, Ilkeston, etc.)
- See also
Learn The Line
Method Master (Chris Adams)
MethodScript (Ander Holroyd)
Method Information (Don Morrison)

Method Libraries
- BellBoard
- BYROC (obsolescent Julian Morgan)
- CCCBR Methods Library
- Composition Library (Graham John)
- Method Collections (Tony Smith)
- Method Database (Martin Bright & Richard Smith)
4-way tables of TD Minor methods
41 Surprise Minor (Useful Table)
Minor Principles (Ander Holroyd)
Most Popular Methods (Graham John)
Named Rows (Michael Williams)
Project Pickled Egg (Simon Linford)
Ringing Shapes (John Harrison)
- Methods as Polyhedra (Hugh Pumphrey)
Sally (Java Software by Max Spicer)
Triples & Major for Beginners (William Butler – pdf)
Triples Principles (Brian Price)
Visual Method Archive (Adam Beer)
The X-File Online

Composing and Proving

Arrangeur (Touch checker by Edwin Hermann)
BYROC (Composing software by David Beard)
BellBoard Online Composition Prover
Beltower (Derek Ballard)
Call Change Composer (Steve Scanlon)
Compositeur (Composition generator by Edwin Hermann)
Elf (Online spliced composer by Mark Davies)
ERIL (Composition search and proving by Sean Smith)
A Note on Grandsire Triples (W. H. Thompson - 1886):
- Scan (missing pages 16-19) (2.2MB pdf)
- Scan (missing “Preliminary Remarks”) (0.3MB pdf)
Grandsire Triples - notes on bobs-only compositions (Roy Dyckhoff - pdf)

GSiril (Richard Smith)
A Handbook of Composition (John R Leary - pdf)
JSProve (Web-based proving program by James Holdsworth)
(Minor) Method Splicing (John P Fidler - pdf)
Peal Prover (Dave Ware)
Papers by Brian Price
Shades of Truth (Richard Smith)

SIRILIC (Steve Noyes)
Software Firsts
Spliced Minor Explained (John Warboys)
Stedman
- Stedman Triples Touch Designer (Mike Pickup)
- Stedman Composer’s Spreadsheets (Chris Rusby)
- Stedman Course Pricker (Mark Davies)
  - Stedman Course Pricker Mk II
- Stedman Spinner (Rick DuPuy)
Trident Proving & Composition Software (Edward Lupton)
Variation and Transposition. What every composer should know
WebProve v.2.1. (David Hull)

Composition Collections

CC Technical & Taxonomy Workgroup - Compositions
Call Changes (Michael Williams)
Cambridge Surprise Major Tenors Together (Graham John)
Composers’ Full Names (For Obsessives Only)
Composition Library (Graham John)
- CompLib Help page
Compositions Online (Michael Wilby)
Compositions on the Web (Ander Holroyd)
Composition Pages
Cyclic Spliced Maximus (rung by ASCY 1992 to 2008)
Cyclic Spliced Royal (rung at Bishopstoke 2005 to 2008)
Grandsire Compositions (CCCBR - pdf)
Grandsire Doubles (Classic 240’s of)

Handbell Compositions
- Smith’s 17-23 spliced (Place bells)
Minimus Extents (Ander Holroyd)
Multi-Extent Minor Blocks (Roger Bailey)
Peal Compositions (Don Morrison)
Quarter Peal Compositions:
- Richard Angrave
- Stephen Beckingham (“The Best 1280”)
- Don Morrison
- Sean Smith
RW Compositions Index (1941 to 2010 only)
Spliced Compositions Database (Roddy Horton)
Spliced Surprise Compositions (CCCBR)
- Touches by Sean Smith

Stedman & Erin Triples Compositions (Philip Saddleton - pdf)
Stedman Touches:
Stedman Compositions Collection (plus Erin) (Philip Saddleton et al. for CCCBR ) (Caters, Cinques & Higher Numbers) (29Mb pdf)
Stedman Triples peal compositions (Andrew Johnson)
Ten Bell Compositions (CCCBR - pdf)
Twelve Bell Compositions (CCCBR - pdf)
Twin-hunt Triples Touches by Sean Smith:
- Group A (includes Grandsire)
- Group B (includes Single Oxford)
- Group F (includes St Clements)
Universal Major Compositions (CCCBR)

Work by Individual Composers

CC Technical & Taxonomy Workgroup
Bellring Applet (Otto Benz)
Bells Applet (Kees van den Doel)
Beltower (Derek Ballard)
Change Ringing App. (Julian Back)
Change Ringing Tool Kit (Steve Scanlon)
Data Protection
iAgrams Blue Line App for iPhone and Android (Simon Gay)

Running simulators under Linux (obsolescent) (Mark Banner)
Mathematical Clappering Model (Frank King - pdf)
Practice Software (Adam Oliver)
Ringing Class Library (Martin Bright)
Ringing Software (Philip Saddleton)
Roan (Don Morrison - pdf)
Spam Protection for Email Addresses (Mark Davies)

Hawkear (Striking Analysis Project)
(National 12-bell striking contest)
Strikeometer (Striking Analysis Tool) (Mike Pickup)
Software Catalogue
Web Hosting (free)
Website Creation (How to DIY)

Peal Records
- BellBoard On-Line Peal Submission and Display (The Ringing World)
- Old Periodicals to download
  - Church Bells (1870-1906)
  - Bell News (1881-1915) - also DVDs for sale
  - Campanology (1896-1897)
  - The Bellringer (1907)
  - The Ringing World (1911-1970)
- Felstead Peal Database
- PealBase (Andrew Craddock)
- Peals Database (Ringing World)
- Record lengths (CCCBR)
On This Day (Andrew Craddock)

Other Peal Records
- ASCY Peals (Richard Allton)
- Ashton-Under-Lyne (St Michael & AA)
- Middlesex CA & London DG Peal Board Photos (Paul Norman)
- Llandaff & Monmouth DACBR Peals since 1893
- Nonagenarian Peals (Andrew Craddock)
- Norman Smith’s 23-Spliced (Andrew Craddock)
- Peal Database (Julian Watson) for:
  - ASCY
  - Bristol Society
  - Cambridge University Guild
  - Gloucester & Bristol DA
  - St Michael’s Society
  - University of Bristol SCR
- Peals at St Mary Abbots, Kensington
- Peals at St Paul’s Cathedral
- Peals & Quarters at St Peter’s Derby
- Peals at “The Institute”
- Record Multi-Method Peals (Tony Peake)
- SRCY Peal Books (scanned)

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

Association of Ringing Teachers
- Discover Bell Ringer
- Learning the Ropes (Progressive learning scheme)
- SmART Ringer (Online resources for teachers and learners)
2020 Pathways (Method progression suggestions)
Recruitment Poster (Susan Hall - pdf)

Safeguarding (Child Protection)
- Disclosure & Barring Service (was CRB Checks)
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (UK Legislation)
- Safeguarding Training (Church of England)
- From Practice to Perfect (CCCBR - Guide for Clergy PCCs & Safeguarding Advisors)

Ringing Publications
- by Steve Coleman
- from
- by Tom Longridge
- Change-Ringing on Handbells - Vols 1 & 2 (Tina Stoecklin & Simon Gay)
- Educational Leaflets (ODG)
- Handlist of articles etc. on Lincoln Cathedral (John Ketteringham)
- by John Harrison
  - Ringing Skills v2 (Free Download)
  - The Tower Handbook (Online version)
- Learning Methods (Michael J de C Henshaw - pdf)
- Little Ringing Books (Ringing World)
- Music and Mathematics
- Publications in print (Chris Pickford)
- Publications Online (CCCBR)
- Ringers’ Handbook (E S & M Powell)
- (Nick Parkes)
- Ringing World on DVD (1911-2000)
- Triples & Major for Beginners (William Butler - pdf)
- from The Whiting Society
  - Free downloads (out of print books)
- Understanding Place Notation (CCCBR - pdf)

Ringing Books (historical)
- Tintinnalogia (Richard Duckworth and Fabian Stedman) (Gutenberg Project)
  - HTML Version
  - Downloadable & Text Versions
- Campanalogia Improved (J.D and C.M. 1702)
- Campanalogia Improved (5th Edition 1766)
- Clavis Campanalogia or A Key to the Art of Ringing (1788)
- The Campanalogia: or, Universal Instructor in the Art of Ringing (William Shipway 1816)
- Elements of Campanalogia or an Essay on the Art of Ringing (Henry Hubbard 1854)

Ringing Courses:
- Bradfield (Berks)
- Essex
- Hereford
- Keele (North Staffs Association)
- North West Ringing Course
- Storthes Hall Summer Course (Yorkshire Association)
Ringing Training etc. Videos
- From the Cambridge District of the Ely DA
- Documentary (Chicago University)
- Index to YouTube Training Webinars and Videos (CCCBR)
- Lewisham District training (Tom Hinks)
- Recruitment video (Lizzie Hough)
- Ringing up (Graham Nabb - YouTube)
- Ringing down (Graham Nabb - YouTube)
- Ropesight (Video tutorials)
- From the St Martin’s Guild

Ringing Centre Directory (CCCBR)
Ringing Centres:
- Adelaide Ringing Centre (Australia)
- Alresford Deanery School of Bell Ringing (Hants)
- Barrow-upon-Humber (North Lincs)
- Bradpole (Dorset)
  - and New site
- Chigwell (Essex)
- Cinque Ports (Dover)
- Docklands (East London)
- Ecclesfield (South Yorks)
- (Shropshire)
- Gordon Halls (Derbys)
- (Surrey)
- Gwennap (Cornwall)
- Longwood (Huddersfield)
- Mancroft Ringing Discovery Centre (Norwich)
- Oadby (Leics)
- Salisbury Guild
- Shiplake (Oxon)
- Stretham (Ely, Cambs)
- Troyte (Devon)
- Tulloch Ringing Centre (Inverness-shire)
- Yorkshire Dales (North Yorks)

Animated Visual Aids:
- Bell Motions (Washington DC Cathedral)
- Rounds on Six
Bellringing (Wikipedia)
Call Changes:
- Call Change Arranger (Ian Broster)
- Call Change Composer (Steve Scanlon)
- Call Changes (Michael Williams)
- Devon Call Changes (Simon Linford)
Change Ringing App. (Julian Back)
Conducting:
- Basic Conducting (Laura Duncan)
- Calling Cribs (Cheltenham Branch of G&B)
- Calling it Round (Bryn Reinstadler)
- Learning to Conduct (CCCBR)
- “Will You Call a Touch Please, Bob” (Peter T Hurcombe - pdf)
Coursing Order (John Harrison - pdf)
Distributed (Internet) Ringing:
- Ding (David Norman)
- Handbell Stadium (Graham John)
- Motion controllers (dummy handbells)
- Muster (Dave Richards & Jonathan Agg)
- Ringing Room (Leland Paul Kusmer & Bryn Marie Reinstadler)
  (now incorporates Wheatley)
  - Ringing Room iPhone/iPad App (Matthew Goodship)
- Sonneur (Edwin Hermann)
Dumb Bells:
- The Dumbbell Society (Resources for Internet ringing)
- John Harrison’s Design
- John Norris’s Design
- Matthew Higby’s
- Maypole Bells
- The Saxilby Simulator
Education Documents from the Ely Association
Fun with Bells (Cathy Booth podcast)
Glossary of Ringing Terms (John Harrison)
Glossary of Ringing Terms (John Sturdy)

Handbell learning:
- An Introduction to Handbell Ringing (Tom Hinks - YouTube)
- Beginner’s Guide to Change Ringing on Handbells (William Butler - pdf)
- Change Ringing on Handbells (Chris Woolley - 7MB - pdf)
- Change-Ringing on Handbells - Vols 1 & 2 (Tina Stoecklin & Simon Gay)
- Handbell Learning scheme (Association of Ringing Teachers)
- Handbell Stadium Simulator for Individual and Group Ringing (Graham John)
- Hull Handbells Project (Peter Church)
- Motion controllers (dummy handbells)
  - eBells (Simon Gay, Tim Hart, Graham John, Ben Johnson)
  - Handbell Controllers (Simon Gay)
  - Handbell Manager (interface for Abel etc. by Graham John)
  - Serial Port Thumb Bells (Tom Farthing)
Learning To Ring:
- Peter Blight Introduction for Beginners
- Ant Brickell’s Ringing FAQ
- John Harrison The Learning Curve
- John Sturdy
Learning Methods via Pattingham ringers (Geoffrey Dann)
Learning Variants of Methods (John Harrison - pdf)
Method Tester 41 Minor Learning Tool (Ander Holroyd)
Notes on Ringing (John Heaton)
Pimlico Learners’ Page
Ringing Practice Toolkit (Pip Penney)
Ringing Training (Richard Johnston blog)
Sherbourne Teaching Aids (Pam & Ted Copson)
- Model Bell
Stedman Doubles for Beginners (SJP & PJB)

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)
- Handbell Stadium (Handbell simulator - Graham John)
- Running simulators under Linux (obsolescent) (Mark Banner)
- Ringleader Simulator (David Bagley)
- The Saxilby Simulator
- Virtual Belfry (Doug Nichols)
Simulator sensors & interfaces:
- Abel Interfaces (David Bagley)
- Belfree Wireless Bell Sensor
- Bell Position Sensor (David Bagley)
- Beltower (Derek Ballard)
- Handbell Manager (interface for Abel etc. by Graham John)
- Liverpool Ringing Simulator Project
- Sensor Designs for Abel, Beltower etc. (Aidan Hedley)
- Sensors for Abel, Beltower etc. (John Thorpe)
- Simbell (Wireless Bell Simulator)
- Sound Files for Abel and Beltower (Richard Johnston)
- Wireless Transmission for Abel Sensors (Philip Turrell)
Striking Analysis
- Cirel (Martin Rice)
- Hawkear
- Strikeometer (Mike Pickup)
Ringing Tutor (Phil Hope)
!Strike (Learning aid by John Harrison)
Thinking Aloud (Simon Kershaw)
Treble’s Going (Mainly for Learners)
When does a Bell Strike? (John Norris)

Who

Associations, Guilds and Societies
Ringing Societies (CCCBR - scroll down until you find it!)
- Student Societies

Mailing Lists

Many mailing lists disappeared with the withdrawal of Yahoo Groups on 14 December 2019, and their archives on 15 December 2020. If you know of any mailing lists created elsewhere please .

Other Mailing List providers

Nextdoor Use any email account to sign up
Facebook Groups Requires a Facebook account
Google Groups The admin of the group must have a Gmail account

The Dead

Giants of the Exercise I (John Eisel - CCCBR shop)
Giants of the Exercise II (John Eisel - pdf)
Obituary collections etc.
- Index to Biographical Records (CCCBR)
- Obituaries Index 1881 to 2022 (downloadable spreadsheet)
- Obituaries Index 1881 to date (CCCBR database)
- Ringing World Obituaries (November 2008 to May 2015)
- Rolls of Honour (Great War & WW2 - Alan Regin via CCCBR site)
- “Halfmuffled” (Surrey Association Members in the First World War)

Tributes to Deceased Ringers
- Roger Bailey
- James Bruerton
- Eric Brunger (Eastern Daily Press)
- Keith Buckingham (pdf)
- John Carter (Pt.1) & (pt.2) (Richard Pullin via RW)
- David Collis
- Arthur Crowder
- Michael Crowder
- John Ashley Freeman
- John Freeman
- The Holmes Family
- Stephen Ivin and more:
  Stephen Ivin
- Henry Law James
- John Ketteringham (Autobiography)
- John R Leary
- C Kenneth Lewis
- Rodney Meadows
- Shelagh Melville
- Jack Millhouse
- Joseph J Parker (Pt.1) & (pt.2) (Richard Pullin via RW)
- Joseph W Parker (Pt.1) & (pt.2) (Richard Pullin via RW)
- Albert J Pitman (Michael B Davies - pdf)
- Albert J Pitman (Pt.1) & (pt.2) (Richard Pullin via RW)
- Brian D Price (an appreciation)
- Philip Reynolds
- Rupert Richardson
- Revd F E Robinson (John Harrison)
- Douglas H Rooke (John Ketteringham)
- William Shipway (Richard Pullin via RW)
- Thomas & Charles Thurstans (Recollections of John Day)
- John Walden
- Kitty Willers

Where

Dove’s Guide
Tower Home Pages (not listed in Dove’s Guide)
Lost Rings, Transfers and Heavy Bells (Keltek Trust)
Great Rings - Dove Events ()

Tower Lists, etc
- 1 and 2 Bell Towers (John Adams)
- Bedfordshire
- Bolognese Ringing
- Bristol Bells (Nick Bowden)
- Dorset Churches (Michael Day)
- Dorset Towers (Maureen Frost)
- Gloucestershire (David Bagley)
- South Gloucestershire (Nick Bowden)
- Hampshire (W&PDG)
- Herefordshire (David Bagley)
- Isle of Wight (Steve Noyes)
- Kent (Dickon Love)
- Lancashire (LACR)
- Lincolnshire Towers
  - Lincoln
  - Towers A-K
  - Towers L-Z
- Liverpool (Sam Austin)
- Liverpool (Giles Blundell)
- London Docklands
- City of London (Dickon Love)
- Lost Rings of Twelve (Michael Wilby)
- Middlesex and City of London (MCA&LDG)
- National Bell Register (George Dawson)
- North American Towers (Carl Scott Zimmerman)
- North East England (Mike Chester)
- Prague (Dickon Love)
- The Rings of 12 (Michael Wilby)
- Diocese of Ripon and Leeds
- Surrey Association
- Veronese Bells and Ringing (David Bagley)
- Warwickshire (Mike Chester)
- Welsh Valleys (Doug Davison)
- Westminster (Dickon Love)
- West Sussex (part)
- Worcester Towers (David Beacham)
- Worcestershire (David Bagley)
- Yorkshire (YACR)

Small Rings

Abbots Bromley Campanile (Staffs)
Ambergate Campanile (Worcs - mobile)
The Bakery Tower (Somerset)
Balscote Ring (Berks)
The Bell Meadow Peal (Sussex)
Black Bull Inn, Frosterley (Co. Durham)
Broadway Campanile (Bucks)
Carmel Campanile (Indiana, USA)
Chanctonbury Campanile (Sussex)
Charmborough Ring (Hants - mobile)
The Claydon Folly (Suffolk)
Clock House Bells (Awbridge, Hants)
Cygnet Ring (Perth)
The Denmisch Ring (Dumbells - now in Exeter)
Durham & Newcastle DA Mini-ring (mobile)
The Far Cork Campanile (Eire)
The Forewood Ring (Crowhurst, Sussex - mobile - formerly Dewby’s Bells)
Great Orchard Campanile (Somerset)
Hillbrow Campanile (Hants)
Jack & Jill House Campanile (Hants)
The John David Mini Ring (Wellington NZ - mobile)
Karearea Bells (SI, New Zealand)
Knapp’s Farm Campanile (Somerset)
Lichfield Diocesan Mobile Belfry (Staffs - mobile)
Liss Campanile (Hants)
Little Orchard Tower (Somerset)
Little Toze Mini Ring (Brisbane, Aus - mobile)
Lower House Farm (Worcs)
Frank Mack Portable Ring (Devon)
Maplestead Mini-Ring (Northants - mobile)
Maybells Campanile (Hants)
The Millbeck Ring (Suffolk)
Millcroft Campanile (Cambs)
Mindinho-le-Tower (Suffolk)
Moorland Miniring (Devon)
Narnia Campanile (Hants)
Pig-le-Tower (Somerset)
Piltdown House Campanile (Kent)
The Rack (Staffs)
Ringmore Campanile (Shrops)
Roslyn McKenzie Mini Ring (Melbourne, Aus - mobile)
The Shed (Glos)
St Oulton Campanile (Derbys)
The Smoke Ring (Toronto - mobile)
Southampton University Campanile (Hants)
The Stables Campanile (Shropshire)
(Tony Crabtree, Oxon)
Stoulton Campanile (Worcs)
Suffolk Guild Mini-Ring (Suffolk)
(Kent)
Trotton Mini Ring (Sussex)
The Vestey Ring (Suffolk - mobile)
The Wickham Ring (John Norris, Sussex)
Whitacre Heath Campanile (Warwicks)
Willoughby Campanile (Notts)
Wobbly Bob’s Campanile (Devon)
The Wolery (Suffolk)

Light Ring Directory

Here (a complete listing by Michael Williams)

What

Blogs
- Changeringing Wiki (Updateable Information by Graham John)
- Days in the Life (Robin McKinley)
- Handbells (Tina Stoecklin)
- Ringing News Articles (Ian McCallion)
Newspaper Articles, etc
- Sydney Morning Herald
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
Photographs of Churches
- Keltek Trust’s Photostream (Around 5,000 churches)

Ringing Competitions
- The Essex Trophy
- London 12-Bell Competition
- National 12-Bell Striking Contest
- North West 12-Bell Striking Competition
- South West 12-Bell Competition
- Oswy Street Memorial Cup (6 bell)
- The Robert B Smith Trophy (12 bell)
- The Ridgman Trophy (10 bell)
- The Tewkesbury Shield (10 bell)
- The Worthington Trophy (10 bell)
Ringing Courses
Road Show 2022 (CCCBR)

Sound 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 Recordings (Mark Regan)
  - Cantate Recordings (Chris Kimber)
- Handbell Recordings (Graham John)
- Ringing Oddities (John Ketteringham)
- The Sound of Bells (Bill Hibbert)
Video & Film Recordings of Bells
- British Pathé Films (Andrew Johnson via The Ringing World)
- Royal Jubilee Bells, Garlickhythe (Billy Payn YouYube video)
- Top Quality Ringing (CCCBR YouTube channel)
- 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)
Rail Travel
- Cheapest Train Tickets (and more)
- Split Journeys (for cheaper tickets)

Accommodation with Ringers
- Belmont Guest House (Tamworth)
- (Shropshire - self catering)
- Grange House Farm (Felixstowe)
- Holland House B&B (Worcester)
- Knapps Farm (Doulting, with mini-ring)
- Number One B&B (Deal)
- Old Rectory Coach House (Somerset - self catering)
- Orchard Cottage (Shropshire, with mini-ring)
- Whaley Hall (Peak District - retreat)
Arthur Percival Heywood’s Railways
- Minimum Gauge Railways (A P Heywood)
- at Perrygrove Railway
Call-change Arranger (Ian Broster)
Data Protection
- Data Protection Act 2018 (UK Legislation)
  - Guidance (Information Commissioner’s Office)
Ellacombe Chimes (David Newman)

Fun
- Animations
  - Bell Motions (Washington DC Cathedral)
  - Rounds on Six
- The Beaufort Scale of Fire-ups (Simon Davies)
- Don’t Try This At Home
- Do Not Click This Link
- Knitting
  - Cardigans
- Lego Bell Ringing Machine (Ander Holroyd)
- Maximus Bibendus (Beer!)
- Multi Bell Ropes
- Ringing Garland (Jadd’s and Ben’s School Project)
- Ringing Oddities (John Ketteringham)
- Wenchoster Cathedral
Gift Aid
Handbell Tune Ringing
- Handbell Compendium (Michael Jedamzik) (8MB pdf for tune ringers)
  - (parent site)
- Handbell Ringers of Great Britain (Tune ringing)
Health
- Coronavirus Restrictions (HM Government)
- COVID-19 Strategies (Imperial College 16 March 2020 - pdf)
- Ringing Vertigo (BMJ)

Historical
- Bell Founders Database (Peter Dyson)
- Books (Historical)
- Campanologomania (Katherine Hunt)
- History of 17c and 18c London Ringing (J A Trollope - manuscript)
- Paul Revere Bells
- A Rudimentary Treatise on Clocks, Watches and Bells (Edmund Beckett, Lord Grimthorpe, 1903 - pdf)
- Software Firsts
- Stedman Tercentenary (CCCBR)
- All Saints’ Wokingham History (John Harrison)
- Whitechapel Bell Foundry records at The London Metropolitan Archives
Hymns for Ringers
Income Tax for UK Ringers (Might be out of date now...)
Metric-Imperial Weight Calculator (Carl Scott Zimmerman)
Miscellaneous Products
- (Andrew Gordon)
- (Pauline Coles)
- Model Bells (Robin Noble)
- Ropesight (Video tutorials DVDs)
- Screen-Printed Clothing, Badges and Plaques
- The Ringer (Novel by Greg Hunt)
- Things to Buy from the Oxford Guild
- (Stella Bianco)
National Bell Festival (USA)
Russian Bellringing
- An Article
Safeguarding

This site has been maintained by since shortly before its creator Roger Bailey died on 22nd January 2013. Please send all suggestions and corrections . This applies especially to links that have moved or died.
Thanks.