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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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28 Feb
Diocese naming
It has been drawn to our attention that some unwanted side effects have resulted from the abbreviation we have used hitherto for the full name of certain dioceses. Thus we have reviewed our conventions and changed those which were likely to be so affected. It is hoped that the relevant full name will still be easily inferred.
11 Feb
Have you noticed ...
... the pNBR summary statistics showing on this page in the bottom box of the lh column?
They are there by way of encouragement to all who have the data to let us have it so that the pNBR details can be as comprehensive as possible. We have recently added indication of the progress being made with bellframes.
Our thanks go to all who keep us updated and are careful about the ensuring the accuracy of what they tell us.
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Dove Updates
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Changes to details (only some of which will update their Dove entry):
19 Mar
· Aldford, Ches
Tenor note not F; nominal...
· Ardingly, W Sussex
Precise wt & nom'l post t...
· Hopton by Thetford, Suff
'Received at foundry' wts...
· Wollaton, Notts
Bells removed for restora...
18 Mar
· Ansford, Som
Tenor has been tuned (by ...
· Ladbroke, Warks
PN start time added
17 Mar
· Arnesby, Leics
No longer GF
· Ashow, Warks
'Limited ringing only' added
· Dowdeswell, Glos
Imminently being converte...
· Harbridge, Hants
u/r added ('frame and fit...
· Langton Long Blandford, Dorset
No longer GF
· Mossley, Roughtown, Gr Man
Tower wk completed; bells...
· Tarrant Crawford, Dorset
Though not u/r, work is n...
· Walton on Thames, Surrey
Indication added that 7th...
16 Mar
· Bildeston, Suff
URL added
15 Mar
· Chorley, S Mary, Lancs
PN not Mon but Wed
14 Mar
· Ampthill, Beds
PN (wef June '09) now Thu...
13 Mar
· Avon Dassett, Warks
Bells now ringable, but l...
· Ettington, Warks
No longer u/r
12 Mar
· Hopton by Thetford, Suff
Bells removed for restora...
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proto-NBR Updates
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Recent updates to the
prototype National Bell Register:
19 Mar
· Aldford, Ches
· Alnwick, S Paul, Nthumbld
· Ardingly, W Sussex
· Hopton by Thetford, Suff
· Little Steeping, Lincs
· Menangle, NSW
· Tytherington, Glos
18 Mar
· Ansford, Som
· Colyton, Devon
· Hemingford Abbots, Cambs
· Ladbroke, Warks
· Snitterfield, Warks
17 Mar
· Ashow, Warks
· Bretforton, Worcs
· Burrington, Som
· Dyffryn, Neath PT
· Garboldisham, Norf
· Great Gidding, Cambs
· Hemingford Grey, Cambs
· Myddle, Shrops
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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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