Dove's guide for church bell ringers to the ringing bells of Britain and of the world

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Bells to be removed on 23/10/2023 for rehanging on new fittings in the existing frame – Not started Masnufacture & fitting of weather proofing screens at the louvres. Remedial repairs to the bell frame The symbol < incidates a precise weight from before work which reduced the bell’s weight, typically the removal of canons or tuning. Notes and nominals all bells to be lifted and bearings cleaned/replaced as necessary. Clappers & crown staples of front five to be restored. New bell pad for 2nd bell Fittings to be overhauled; bells to be augmented to eight and rehung in a new frame; electric chiming system to be installed

estimate. This may be based upon known working periods in the case of the founder being of little doubt, and in other cases from estimates provided by researchers after comparing inscription lettering and/or wording with other known examples, etc. If the best estimate is a century (for example, based on its its shape or the profile of any moulding wires), then we show the final year of that century (e.g. c1399 for a 14th century bell). Where an authority has described a bell as mediæval with no more specific date, we enter this as c1499; similarly, pre-Reformation bells are entered as c1599. After 1994, he handed over responsibility for the Guide to the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers. The 11th edition (December 2018) is the most recent published as a book (now under the title Dove's Guide) and is also made available as a database for free access via the Internet: the Central Council continues to maintain the guide online. U/R (full-circle ring), 6–2–1 (331 kg) in B. All Saints Tower. Dutch bells; the ringing bells form part of a 25-bell carillon; unringable. Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers (known to ringers as Dove's Guide or simply Dove) is the standard reference to the rings of bells hung for English-style full circle ringing. The vast majority of these "towers" are in England and Wales but the guide includes towers from the rest of the British Isles as well as a few from around the world (including the United States, Australia, Canada, Africa and New Zealand). The latest edition is Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers to the Rings of Bells of the World (11th Edition). The single bell that hangs on the chapel of St John's Hospital in the centre of Canterbury, has been restored at Taylors and has now returned home.The type of canons present, or their absence, is indicated by a single-letter code, as follows: Y some canons of a conventional pattern remain, even if one or more are now missing R canons or a button top have been completely removed; this includes bells fitted with false iron canons after the removal of the original canons F cast flat, without ever having had canons of any sort; this includes dome topped bells which were cast without canons D a Doncaster head (see below) I radial canons (not common) A a peg argent and no canons B button top or flange top C a cone top, such as Matthew Byrne’s patent rotary mounting (see below)

The entire installation to be removed. Bells to be conserved, cleaned and some tuning. New ringing fittings to be manufactured. New cast iron and galvanised steel "H" frame to be manufactured and installed A Doncaster head is an arrangement of four perpendicular canons, rather than the usual six. The canons are typically angular.Wherever possible we prefer that data comes from primary sources, such as foundry records, as secondary sources may contain inadvertent transcription errors. Although it was sometimes assumed to be exhaustive, Dove's Guide never pretended to be a complete catalogue. In fact, the Guide is under continual review and enhancement. Map grid references are now shown, and even details of towers as points of interest for users of satellite navigation systems: details of individual bells in each ring are being added gradually.

Where known, we show the most recent precise weight of the bell in the traditional units as cwt-qr-lb. We list first the number of the bell within the ring following the normal conventions, working from the treble to the tenor. Accidentals (e.g. 2♯ or 6♭ bells in a ring of 12) are listed after the bells in the main ring. Data on additional bells in the building will be included where we know about them.The 8 bells have now been augmented to 10 with 2 trebles cast by John Taylor & Co, who have tuned the bells (apart from the old 6th) and hung them in the old frame with new framework for the old trebles above.

The manner in which each bell is hung is indicated as follows: FC hung for full-circle ringing in the style used for English change ringing S hung for swing chiming D hung dead, i.e. unable to swing U not hung The single bell has been restored by John Taylor & Co and has now returned to Swalecliffe, following a delay introduced by Swalecliffe. kg) in A. Mon (4th: Alternates with Martin by Timberland) 18:00 & Tue (2nd: Rotates: Nocton; Blankney; Potterhanworth; Branston).The guide was first published in 1950 by Ronald Hammerton Dove (1 June 1906– 19 March 2001) under the title A Bellringer's Guide to the Church Bells of Britain and Ringing Peals of the World. Previously the location of rings of bells was a matter only of local knowledge and hearsay. Dove produced eight editions of his guide between 1950 and 1994, managing to visit and ring at nearly all the ringable towers himself (a never-ending task as rings are continually added, removed or upgraded and, at least in the Guide's early years, rediscovered). Future project to install the bells previously intended for Christchurch, Transitional Cathedral – Not started U/R, 6–2–1 (331 kg) in B. All Saints Tower. Dutch bells; the ringing bells form part of a 25-bell carillon; unringable. full-circle ring), 16–1–2 (826 kg) in F♯. County books / DBR info discrepant; tower notice(s) / DBR info discrepant. Mon (1st).