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Current Coverage
For distribution of rings, including unringables, see the quarterly updated tables at the end of the County lists.
Overall
Statistics
Dove
· 7137 towers
pNBR
· 46,291 bells
· 7137 towers of which, now:
· 2340 fully complete (33%)
· 2857 ring complete (40%)
· 3047 show frame info (43%)
Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers  
Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers

This is the online version of Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers, the authoritative source for current information about rings of bells since the first printed edition appeared in 1950. Unlike the printed book, however, here (and subject to a set of Conventions) we provide 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. That scope has been even further extended by the addition of data for individual bells as a step towards a prototype National Bell Register (the 'pNBR').

The printed Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers is available to buy. Click here for more details.

Site News

17 Jun Are you the right person?
Our invitation (see item dated 31 May) to those who might be interested in joining the 'Dove team' has evoked a few expressions of interest. We are anxious to make sure that anyone who feels that they could contribute and follow the now well-established pattern know that they still have a opportunity (another 10 days or so) to explore that possibility with us.

31 May Times Move On
In presenting our report to the Central Council Meeting at Guildford this week, I felt it prudent to let it be known that I would probably not wish to remain a Dove Steward after another year in post. This, I suggested, gives the Exercise in general, and the CC in particular, an opportunity to examine just how things are handled at present and how to take them forwards as IT capabilities develop and users' needs and expectations of Dove evolve.

Accordingly, Tim Jackson, my colleague Dove Steward has agreed to devise and manage a programme for changing the way things are done, while in parallel I concentrate on keeping the present operation working in the way to which we are all accustomed. So although no-one should expect to see or hear about any dramatic change in the immediate future, do please appreciate and understand that new ways of working may well have to be introduced and, hopefully, without undue hiccup over the course of the next 12 months or so.

There will also be a need for some new blood within the team, and anyone who would like to find out more about what is involved is invited to send an email to Tim Jackson.

John Baldwin

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Dove Updates

Changes to details (only some of which will update their Dove entry):

19 Jun
· Cheddington, Bucks
   Restoration work now complete
· Garsington, Oxon
   (Restoration) work now completed
· Horley, Oxon
   Exact tenor wt ("as rec'd at foundr...
· South Stoneham, Hants
   Alternative placename of Southampto...

17 Jun
· Fulham, Gr London
   Full rehanging work (WBF) started 1...
· Great Mitton, Lancs
   Tenor note is not F#; nominal: G-40c
· Manorbier, Pembs
   Work to make this into a chime (ele...
· Manorbier, Pembs
   ShTr grant payment requested, thus ...
· Stockport, S Mary, Gr Man
   Suspension no longer applies: rung ...
· Stockport, S Mary, Gr Man
   URL added
· Thelbridge, Devon
   Rpt stating ringing has occurred al...
· Widworthy, Devon
   u/r removed (which has been showing...

16 Jun
· Burton Latimer, Northants
   PN no longer Fri but Thu
· Frankton, Warks
   Tuning description added
· Wantage, Oxon
   URL added

15 Jun
· Acle, Norfolk
   Flag added indicating known discrep...
· Ufton Nervet, Berks
   'Ownership' no longer Oxford Diocese
· Walsoken, Norfolk
   PN start time amended to 7pm (was 5...

14 Jun
· Halewood, Mers
   Details of new bells supplied, inc ...

12 Jun
· Barbon, Cumbria
   PN info added

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pNBR Updates

Recent updates to the pNBR:

19 Jun
· Eastry, Kent
· Horley, Oxon

18 Jun
· Maldon, All Ss, Essex

17 Jun
· Great Mitton, Lancs

16 Jun
· Clifton upon Dunsmore, Warks
· Grandborough, Warks
· Stockton, Warks
· Wantage, Oxon

14 Jun
· Halewood, Mers
· Rainhill, S Ann, Mers

13 Jun
· Thurston, Suffolk

12 Jun
· Llandinam, Powys
· Norbury, Gr Man
· Norton j Malton, N Yorks

09 Jun
· Totnes, Devon

07 Jun
· Ashby Magna, Leics
· Knaresborough, N Yorks
· Rettendon, Essex
· Seale, Surrey
· Tolland, Som

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Details incorrect or incomplete?

If (and only if) you are absolutely confident that the data we are showing is incorrect or incomplete for a tower for which you have special interest or responsibility or knowledge, AND you have also ensured that the matter is not addressed in our FAQs, then do let us have the correct detail. Please refer to the two relevant pages (Description, and Editing) for details about our conventions for this aspect of our data and how to submit any necessary changes.

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