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.

18 May Availability of dove.txt file
Users seeking an up-to-date copy of dove.txt will recently have found a message saying that is it currently unavailable.

A more formal procedure has now been put in place, which is invoked from the Downloads page. This makes use of a download code that we will only issue to authorised users. To request a download code, click the 'contact DoveAdmin' link on the Downloads page, read the terms and conditions and then submit your request. On receipt of the code, copy and paste it into the 'Download code' box on the Downloads page and click 'dove.txt'.

A record will be kept of all such downloads made.

Your download code will be validated against the IP address of your device. If your ISP issues you with a dynamic IP address then you will require a new download code for each download. We would anticipate issuing you with a new download code no more frequently than once per month.

12 May Statistics webpage
In order to encourage users to assess pNBR entries continually for data which might still be missing, we now have a new webpage showing some summary statistics. A link for this is provided (see bottom lh corner of this Home page).

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