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May Additions 2012 Central Council Annual Meeting in Chester Arrangements (from the Chester Diocesan Guild) Papers (Agenda, Reports, Minutes, etc. from the CCCBR) Ringing World Limited Annual Meeting Notice of Meeting Draft Minutes Bell Photographs (Paul Mason) Bellringing Central (Jason Pillar) Compositions by Oliver Austin by Sam Austin by Paul Hunter by Andrew Rawlinson Harry Winter Ringing Centre Newsletter Ringing Tweets (Rob Parker) The Ringer (Novel by Greg Hunt)

April Additions Compositions by Alex Tatlow Earlier Additions 2012 2011 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.

Central Council and Related Material

About The Council

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

Compositions

• Work by Individual Composers

  Richard Allton Richard Angrave Oliver Austin Sam Austin Mark Banner Peter Border (Rod Pipe) Daniel Brady Robert Brown

  Phil Burton Ian Butters Steven Chandler Alistair Cherry Tony Cox Graham Drabble Peter Ellis John Fisher

  John Goldthorpe Richard Grimmett Robin Hall James Holdsworth Ander Holroyd Roddy Horton David Hull Paul Hunter

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

  Richard Pullin Andrew Rawlinson Alan Reading Peter Sheppard Sean Smith Alex Tatlow John Warboys Brian Whiting

Computing

Education and Publications

Methods

Public Relations

• The Public Relations Committee
• Dealing with Complaints
• Newspaper Articles, etc
  • Bell Ringing Web (Ringing News Updates)
    • Twitter Feeds
  • Sydney Morning Herald
  • Sued-Kurier Konstanz
• See Also
  • Handbell Recordings
  • Handbell Recordings
  • Photographs of Bells
• Blogs
  • Days in the Life (Robin McKinley)
  • Handbells (Tina Stoecklin)
  • Ringing News Articles (Ian McCallion)

• Bellfounders, Bellhangers and Suppliers

  All India Church Supply 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 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 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 Mendip Ropes 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 (4,614 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

• 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) 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) Kircudbright (Ranald Clouston and F C Eeles) Monmouth Diocese (Andrew Bull)

  Perthshire (Ranald Clouston) West Midlands (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 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)

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 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) Tuning, Temperaments and Bells (Nigel Taylor) 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) 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 Fun Animations Ringing One Bell Rounds on Five BellBoard On-Line Peal Submission and Display (The Ringing World) Campanophile On-Line Peal Reports and News (Tony Parry) 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 Tina Stoecklin’s Handbell Blog Health Pigeon Shit Ringing Vertigo (BMJ) Historical 17th Century Bellringing Bell Historians Mailing List The Lincoln Letters On This Day (Andrew Craddock) Paul Revere Bells Revd F E Robinson (John Harrison) Software Firsts All Saints’ Wokingham History (John Harrison) See also Obituaries Index Peal Records Hymns for Ringers Lots of Hymns for Ringers Music for “Belfry Praise” Income Tax for UK Ringers Metric-Imperial Weight Calculator (Carl Scott Zimmermann) 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 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) 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 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 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.