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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 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.
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Site News
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20 Apr
Diocesan Changes in Yorkshire
As from noon today, Easter Day 2014, the three dioceses of Bradford, Ripon and Leeds, and Wakefield cease to exist as distinct entities and, with a very few exceptions, their parishes come within the newly designated Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales (henceforth shown by us as WYorks+Dales).
The exceptions include the Dove towers of Bolton by Bowland, Gisburn, Great Mitton, Waddington (all formerly Bradford Diocese) which four transfer to Blackburn Diocese, and Penistone (formerly Wakefield) which transfers to Sheffield. The Cathedral Church of each former diocese remains as a cathedral of the new Diocese.
The revised diocese name is now shown on the Details page for towers affected, but these changes will NOT be listed as Dove updates.
Official CofE information about the change is provided at the following website.
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Dove Updates
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Changes to details (only some of which will update their Dove entry):
23 Apr
· Oxford, Headington, Oxon
Ring is nearer Ab than A (despite R...
22 Apr
· Whitbourne, Herefs
Frame repaired; tower crack means n...
21 Apr
· Bingley, W Yorks
New URL supplied
· Fulham, Gr London
Indication of toilet facility added
19 Apr
· Acton, Gr London
Indication regarding limited ringin...
· Bradwell on Sea, Essex
PN info slightly modified ('with ex...
· Burnham on Crouch, Essex
PN info modified ('with exceptions'...
· Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Ringing suspension no longer applic...
· Purleigh, Essex
PN start time added
17 Apr
· High Ercall, Shrops
Postcode amended
16 Apr
· Ellesmere, Shrops
Restoration work completed; presenc...
· Ellesmere, Shrops
Bells now tuned diatonically
· Ellesmere, Shrops
Revised tenor weight provided (note...
· West Tarring, W Sussex
Temporary suspension of ringing lif...
14 Apr
· Fulham, Gr London
Rehung, new fittings+frame; tenor n...
13 Apr
· Pitney, Som
Augmented to 6; no longer in Bb but...
11 Apr
· Barkby, Leics
No longer GF: now rung from (new) f...
· Hilperton, Wilts
Indication of toilet facility added
· Skeffington, Leics
No longer GF: now rung from a gallery
10 Apr
· Huish Episcopi, Som
7th founder indicn (Bob Parker) pos...
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pNBR Updates
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Recent updates to the pNBR:
23 Apr
· Barkby, Leics
· Downham, Essex
· Leek Wootton, Warks
· Oxford, Headington, Oxon
22 Apr
· Brecon, S Mary, Powys
21 Apr
· Pitcombe, Som
19 Apr
· Leeds, S Peter, W Yorks
· St David's Cath, Pembs
18 Apr
· Pitney, Som
· Rattlesden, Suffolk
16 Apr
· Bolton, All Souls, Gr Man
· Ellesmere, Shrops
15 Apr
· Great Mitton, Lancs
· Stalybridge, Stayley, Gr Man
· Whaddon, Bucks
14 Apr
· Davenham, Cheshire
· Fulham, Gr London
· Woolley, W Yorks
11 Apr
· Stirling, Stirling
09 Apr
· Eccleston, Lancs
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Details incorrect or incomplete?
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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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