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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 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 their exact location, satellite navigation data, and details of changes to entries as they occur. That scope has been further extended by the addition of data for individual bells and the frame(s) in which they hang 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.
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Site News
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24 Feb
Edition 11
Almost 6 years have elapsed since Edition 10 of Dove appeared in print, and so we are actively thinking about a successor. To that end we are anxious more than ever to ensure that our data continues to be as accurate as possible.
So, if there is something wrong with, or missing from, what we show as the entry for YOUR tower (probably best assessed by looking at it in the A-Z section), do please let us know as soon as possible just how that shortcoming should be resolved.
And when doing so, remember to include within your e-mail your status (eg, Tower Captain) with regard to the ring concerned.
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Dove Updates
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Recent changes to details (only some of which will update their Dove entry):
18 Apr
· Kirby Hill, N Yorks
Indication of toilet facility added
· Wilbarston, Northants
Augmented to 6
16 Apr
· Keysoe, Beds
Indication of toilet facility added
· Riseley, Beds
Indication of toilet facility added
· Roxton, Beds
Indication of toilet facility added
· Stevington, Beds
Indication of toilet facility added
· Thurleigh, Beds
Indication of toilet facility added
· Tiverton, S Paul, Devon
PN reverted to Fri (change to Thu not a success)
· Turville, Bucks
Augmented to 6 (AN); tenor note Bb (not A)
· Wellington, Old S Paul's, NI
URL amended
15 Apr
· Llancarfan, ValeGlam
PN info amended - check before visiting; URL ...
· Llangollen, Denbighs
Ringing suspended until June 2018: tower repairs
· Llanishen, Cardiff
URL added
· Penmark, ValeGlam
PN info added - check before visiting; URL added
· Porthkerry, ValeGlam
Now practise on a rota basis - check before v ...
14 Apr
· King's Bromley, Staffs
PN alternation arrangement with Mavesyn Ridwa ...
· Mavesyn Ridware, Staffs
PN info amended (now weekly)
13 Apr
· Bangor, Down
Dukes ('.. Ireland')/pNBR tenor wt discrepanc ...
· Belfast, Dundela, Down
Dukes ('.. Ireland')/pNBR wt discrepancy bell ...
· Bray, Wicklow
Dukes ('.. Ireland')/pNBR wt discrepancy bell ...
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pNBR Updates
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Recent updates to the pNBR:
18 Apr
· Felmingham, Norfolk
· Wilbarston, Northants
15 Apr
· Blankney, Lincs
· Buxton, Derbys
· Claxby, Lincs
· East Markham, Notts
· Gainsborough, Lincs
· Harmston, Lincs
· Melbourne, Derbys
· Oxford, S Ebbe, Oxon
· Potterhanworth, Lincs
· Walesby, Lincs
· West Retford, Notts
· Winthorpe, Notts
13 Apr
· Bangor, Down
· Belfast, Dundela, Down
· Bray, Wicklow
12 Apr
· Upton Grey, Hants
11 Apr
· Baughurst, Hants
· Bramley, Hants
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Details incorrect or incomplete?
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All who have supplied information are gratefully thanked for their contributions, particularly those who have been mailing additions and corrections since these pages first appeared on the internet. It is the goodwill that ringers throughout the world have demonstrated over the years, together with the ready assistance shown by professional bell hangers and bellfounders, which enables us to maintain the accuracy of what we are able to present.
If (and only if) you are absolutely confident that the data we are showing is incorrect or incomplete for a tower in 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. Our Warnings also amplify just why content of any submitted change cannot be expected to be instantaneously visible.
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