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Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers
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This is the online version of Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers, the definitive source for
information about rings of bells since the first printed edition appeared in 1950. The site provides full-featured searching, links to mapping facilities to show the exact
location of towers, satellite navigation data, and details of changes to entries as they occur. Its scope has been
extended by the addition of data for individual bells as a step towards a prototype National Bell Register (the 'proto-NBR').
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Site News
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23 Jun
More pNBR details
Two further parameters about each bell are now stored in the underlying database: turning and an indication of the frame in which the bell hangs (or not). These are NOT displayed in the details table in the interest of clarity; they are ONLY shown in the editing table where their values can be entered / adjusted. The relevant Help file gives more information.
22 Jun
Non-UK Distances
Hitherto, our distance search (see our Help file under Searching by Grid Reference) has been based on UK Grid Reference data and therefore restricted in application. It is now also possible to determine inter-tower distances by clicking on the Latitude/Longitude coordinates shown on the details page. A new maximum distance of 999 miles has been added. Remember that to exit the distance search facility and to perform any other type of search, the Reset link needs to be clicked.
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Dove Updates
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Changes to details (only some of which will update their Dove entry):
02 Jul · Chislehurst, Annunciation, Gr Lon
Tenor is not 19-3-17 but ...
· Maplebeck, Notts
Augmented to 4 from 3
· Tattershall, Lincs
Ring is (just) closer to ...
01 Jul · Clunbury, Shrops
Bells currently out of to...
· Enniskillen Cath, Ferman
Tenor note not Eb; nomina...
· Modbury, Devon
Foundry value for nominal...
30 Jun · Landulph, Corn
Tenor note is not G; nomi...
· Paulerspury, Nhants
Tenor note not E; nominal...
· Scropton, Derbys
Tenor note not D#; nomina...
29 Jun · Churchstanton, Som
Thu PN info added
· Rudry, Caerph'y
Bells are hung dead on RS...
28 Jun · Bathurst, NSW
Although bells now ringab...
· Ewerby, Lincs
Ringing temporarily suspe...
27 Jun · Olney, Bucks
Now ringing as 10: restor...
26 Jun · Cambridge, S Mary (GSM), Cambs
Ring replaced: new tenor ...
· Newland, Glos
Tenor note not F; nominal...
· Thornton Curtis, Lincs
PN info added (regular pr...
· Whitwell, IOW
Dedication amended to mat...
· Whitwell, IOW
WBF overhaul: tenor is 6-...
25 Jun · Brisbane Cath, Qld
Sound ctrl compl'd: no lo...
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proto-NBR Updates
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Recent updates to the prototype National Bell Register:
02 Jul · Alderton, Nhants
· Chislehurst, Annunciation, Gr Lon
· Dronfield, Derbys
· Great Barrington, Glos
· Kelham, Notts
· Maplebeck, Notts
· Northampton, Holy Sepulchre, Nhants
· Ravensthorpe, Nhants
· Tattershall, Lincs
01 Jul · Blyth, Notts
· Cottesmore, Rut
· Cowbridge, ValeGlam
· Drax, N Yks
· Drayton Parslow, Bucks
· Enniskillen Cath, Ferman
· Gonalston, Notts
· Lea, Lincs
· Modbury, Devon
· Northchurch, Herts
· Peterborough, S John Bapt, Cambs
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Bell details incorrect?
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If (and only if) you are absolutely confident that the data we are showing is incorrect for a tower for which you have special interest or responsibility or knowledge then do let us have the correct detail. Please refer to the two relevant pages (Description, and Editing) about our conventions and how to submit any necessary changes.
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