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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 ...
Dove's Guide is a database of church bells and towers administered by the Council. It was first published as a book in 1950 by Ronald H Dove, and transferred to the Council in 1994. It was later made available online. As of October 2023, the database has details of over 14,000 buildings and 60,000 bells. [4]
A key resource is Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers, which aims to list all towers worldwide with bells hung for full-circle ringing. As of January 2021 [update] , that guide listed 5756 ringable rings of bells in England , 182 in Wales , 37 in Ireland , 22 in Scotland , 10 in the Channel Islands , 2 in the Isle of Man and a further 142 ...
They are the heaviest ring of five bells listed in Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers [4] with a tenor of 26 long cwt 0 qr 8 lb (2,920 lb or 1,324 kg) and a combined weight of 4 long tons 5 cwt 2 qr 24 lb (9,600 lb or 4.354 t).
The traditional means of finding bell towers, and still the most popular way today, is the book (and now internet database) Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. As of 30 June 2018 there are 7,141 English style rings in ringable condition. The Netherlands, Belgium, Pakistan, India, and Spain have one each.
Mechanism of a bell hung for English full-circle ringing. The bell can swing through a full circle in alternate directions. The bells of St Bees Priory shown in the "down" position, in which they are normally left between ringing sessions. The bells of St Bees Priory shown in the "up" position.
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.
Veronese bell ringing is a style of ringing church bells that developed around Verona, Italy, from the eighteenth century. The bells are rung full circle (mouth uppermost to mouth uppermost), being held up by a rope and wheel until a note is required.