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Bell ringing at St Botolph's Aldgate in the City of London. A "ring of bells" is the name bell ringers give to a set of bells hung for English full circle ringing.The term "peal of bells" is often used, though peal also refers to a change ringing performance of more than about 5,000 changes.
Bells have been installed in towers around the world and many rings in the British Isles have been augmented to ten, twelve, fourteen, or even sixteen bells. Today change ringing is, particularly in England, a popular and commonplace sound, often issuing from a church tower before or after a service or wedding.
The Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln Company of Ringers is the oldest ringing society with a continuous history of ringing and was formally instigated on 18 October 1612 under a statute granted by the Dean of Lincoln. The Company were also granted their own chapel, still known today as The Ringers' Chapel. [2] [3] [4]
It is published in the UK as a paper periodical and an online edition, in 2018 it had an average weekly circulation of 2,627. It records notable ringing performances, carries features on bells, change ringing, bell towers and ringers, it is a platform for correspondence, and advertises ringing events and publishes obituaries.
Bells hung in this fashion gave rise to the invention of English Change ringing in the 17th century because the bells' striking interval could be controlled. There are over 5,000 rings of bells in England, the vast majority in Anglican church towers, and an estimated 40,000 bell ringers.
15 change ringing bells, 25-bell carillon 1,304 1899-2016 One of the largest bell-installations in the country. [32] [33] Inveraray Bell Tower: Inveraray, Argyll & Bute, UK 10 change ringing bells 2,112 1920 Heaviest peal of change ringing bells in Scotland. Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower: University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
For most, church bells are just a quaint bit of automated background noise. The shift to mechanical tolling devices over the past century has flattened the bells’ dynamic songs and muted their ...
Peal board in St Michael and All Angels' church, Penkridge, Staffordshire, recording the first peal on the new bells in 1832. In campanology (bell ringing), a peal is the special name given to a specific type of performance of change ringing which meets certain exacting conditions for duration, complexity and quality.