Change Ringing Resources

Peal Records
- BellBoard On-Line Peal Submission and Display (The Ringing World)
- Old Periodicals to download (CCCBR):
  - Church Bells (1870-1906)
  - Bell News (1881-1915)
  - Campanology (1896-1897)
  - The Bellringer (1907)
  - The Ringing World (1911-1927)
- Felstead Peal Database
- PealBase (Andrew Craddock)
- Peals Database (Ringing World)
CCCBR DVDs for sale:
- Bell News (Version 2)
- Ringing World 1911-2017
- etc.
On This Day (Andrew Craddock)

Other Peal Records
- 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 at “The Institute”
- Record Multi-Method Peals (Tony Peake)
- Staffordshire Peals (ex William Hall)

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

The Education Committee (CCCBR)
- Publications
Association of Ringing Teachers
- SmART Ringer (online resources for teachers and learners)
Network for Ringing Training (Defunct?)

Safeguarding (Child Protection)
- Disclosure & Barring Service (was CRB Checks)
- Safeguarding National Policy & Practice Guide (Church of England)
  - Practice Guidance: Safer Recruitment (July 2016)
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (UK Legislation)
- Safeguarding Training Portal (Church of England)

Ringing Books
- by Steve Coleman
- from
- by John Harrison
- by Tom Longridge
- From The Whiting Society
- Campanalogia Improved (5th Edition)
- CCCBR DVDs for sale:
  - Bell News (Version 2)
  - Ringing World 1911-1970
  - etc.
- 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)
- Music and Mathematics
- Publications List (Bibliography) (CCCBR)
- Publications List (Chris Pickford)
- Publications Online (CCCBR)
- Ringers’ Handbook (E S & M Powell)
- (Nick Parkes)
- Tintinnalogia (Gutenberg Project)
  - HTML Version
  - Downloadable & Text Versions
- Triples & Major for Beginners (William Butler - pdf)
- From The Whiting Society
  - Out of Copyright Downloads

Ringing Centre Directory (CCCBR)
Ringing Centres:
- Adelaide Ringing Centre (Australia)
- 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)
- Harry Windsor (Warwicks)
  - Newsletter
- Longwood (Huddersfield)
- Oadby (Leics)
- Salisbury Guild
- Shiplake (Oxon)
- Stretham (Ely, Cambs)
- Troyte (Devon)
- Tulloch Ringing Centre (Inverness-shire)
- Yorkshire Dales (North Yorks)

Ringing Courses:
- Bradfield (Berks)
- Essex
- Hereford
- Keele (North Staffs Association)
- Storthes Hall Summer Course (Yorkshire Association)
Ringing Training Videos
- Documentary (Chicago University)
- Ringing up (Graham Nabb - YouTube)
- Ringing down (Graham Nabb - YouTube)
- Ropesight (Video tutorials DVDs)

Animated Visual Aids:
- Bell Motions (Washington DC Cathedral)
- Rounds on Six
Bellringing (Wikipedia)
Change Ringing App. (Julian Back)
Conducting
- Basic Conducting (Laura Duncan)
- Learning to Conduct (CCCBR)
- “Will You Call a Touch Please, Bob” (Peter T Hurcombe)
Coursing Order (John Harrison)
Dumb Bells:
Education Documents from the Ely Association
Glossary of Ringing Terms (John Harrison)
Glossary of Ringing Terms (John Sturdy)
Hull Handbells Project (Peter Church)
Learning To Ring:
- Peter Blight Introduction for Beginners
- Ant Brickell’s Ringing FAQ
- John Harrison The Learning Curve
- Simon Kershaw
- John Sturdy
Notes on Ringing (John Heaton)
Ringing Practice Toolkit (Pip Penney)
Ringing Training (Richard Johnston)

Sherbourne Teaching Aids (Pam & Ted Copson)
- Model Bell (Temporary link)
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 (obsolescent) (Mark Banner)
- Ringleader Simulator (David Bagley)
- The Saxilby Simulator
- Virtual Belfry (Doug Nichols)
Simulator Sensors:
- Abel Interfaces (David Bagley)
- Belfree Wireless Bell Sensor
- Bell Position Sensor (David Bagley)
- Beltower (Derek Ballard)
- Liverpool Ringing Simulator Project
- Sensors 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)

Hawkear (Striking Analysis Project)
(National 12-bell striking contest)
Strikeometer (Striking Analysis Tool) (Mike Pickup)
!Strike (Learning aid by John Harrison)
Ringing Tutor (Phil Hope)
Treble’s Going (Mainly for Learners)
Useful Stuff (Mark Wastie)
Learning Variants of Methods (John Harrison)
When does a Bell Strike? (John Norris)

The Dead

Giants of the Exercise II (John Eisel - pdf)
Obituary collections etc.
- Index to Biographical Records (CCCBR)
- Obituaries Index 1881 to 1998 (table)
- Obituaries Index 1881 to 2000 (searchable)
- Ringing World Obituaries (November 2008 onwards)
- “Halfmuffled” (Surrey Association Members in the First World War)

Tributes to Deceased Ringers
- Stephen Ivin and more:
  Stephen Ivin
- Henry Law James
- John Ketteringham (Autobiography)
- John R Leary
- C Kenneth Lewis
- Rodney Meadows
- Shelagh Melville
- Jack Millhouse
- Albert J Pitman (Michael B Davies)
- Brian D Price (an appreciation)
- Philip Reynolds
- Rupert Richardson
- Revd F E Robinson (John Harrison)
- Douglas H Rooke (John Ketteringham)
- Thomas & Charles Thurstans (Recollections of John Day)
- John Walden
- Kitty Willers

Where

Tower Lists, etc
- 1 and 2 Bell Towers (John Adams)
- Bedfordshire
- Bolognese Ringing
- Bristol Practice Nights
- Dorset Churches (Michael Day)
- Dorset Towers (Maureen Frost)
- Gloucestershire (David Bagley)
- Hampshire (W&PDG)
- Herefordshire (David Bagley)
- Isle of Wight (Steve Noyes)
- Kent (Dickon Love)
- Lancashire (LACR)
- Lincolnshire Towers
- Liverpool (Sam Austin)
- Liverpool (Giles Blundell)
- London Docklands
- City of London (Dickon Love)
- Middlesex and City of London (MCA&LDG)
- National Bell Register (George Dawson)
- North American Towers (Carl Scott Zimmerman)
- 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)
- 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)
Binley Woods Bell Tower (Warwicks)
The Bell Meadow Peal (Sussex)
Black Bull Inn, Frosterley (Co. Durham)
Broadway Campanile (Bucks)
Carmel Campanile (Indiana, USA)
Chanctonbury Campanile (Sussex)
Charmborough Ring (Essex - mobile)
The Claydon Folly (Suffolk)
Clock House Bells (Awbridge, Hants)
(Alan Collings, Sussex)
The Denmisch Ring (Dumbells - now in Exeter)
Durham & Newcastle DA Mini-ring (mobile)
The Far Cork Campanile (Eire)
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)
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)
The Shed (Glos)
St Christopher’s Bells (Glos)
St Oulton Campanile (Derbys)
The Smoke Ring (Toronto)
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
- 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
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 Ridgman Trophy (10 bell)
- The Tewkesbury Shield (10 bell)
- The Worthington Trophy (10 bell)
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 & Film Recordings of Bells
- British Pathé Films (Andrew Johnson via The Ringing World)
- 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
- Cheapest Train Tickets (and more)
- Split Journeys (for cheaper tickets)
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

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)
- Maentwrog (Vale of Ffestiniog)
- Number One B&B (Deal)
- Old Rectory Coach House (Somerset - self catering)
- Orchard Cottage (Shropshire, with mini-ring)
- Whaley Hall (Peak District - retreat)
Arthur 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)
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
  - Socks
- 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)

Gift Aid
Handbells
- Learning scheme (Association of Ringing Teachers)
- Handbell Compendium (Michael Jedamzik) (8MB pdf for tune ringers)
  - (parent site)
- Handbell Recordings (Graham John)
- (Alan Collings)
- Handbell Ringers of Great Britain (Tune ringing)
- Hull Handbells Project (Peter Church)
- Tina Stoecklin’s Handbell Blog
Health
- Ringing Vertigo (BMJ)
Historical
- Bell Founders Database (Peter Dyson)
- 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)
- Software Firsts
- Stedman Tercentenary (CCCBR)
- All Saints’ Wokingham History (John Harrison)
Hymns for Ringers
Income Tax for UK Ringers
Metric-Imperial Weight Calculator (Carl Scott Zimmerman)

Miscellaneous Products
- (Andrew Gordon)
- Bell-ringing Gifts and Stationery (Grit & Bells)
- (Pauline Coles)
- Model Bell (Alan Hartley - ex Sherbourne - temporary link)
- 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)
Russian Bellringing
- Another Article

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