Church Bells Vol 3 (Bells and Bell Ringing)
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N ovem ber 30, 1872.] Church Bells. 7 custom of the unreformed service continued, that the priest alone should repeat it; and the tradition has prevailed over the general rubric (1662), on BELLS AND BELL RINGING. the first occurrence of the Lord’s Prayer, ordering that the people should repeat it with the minister a wheresoever else it is used in D ivine S e r v i c e ’ Guild of Ringers. G . W. Si r ,— Can any of your readers kindly supply me with rules and directions Answers to Queries. for the formation of a Guild or Society amongst our Bell-ringers? I should Sin,—In answer to * Presbyter Hibernicus.’ The doctrinal tests of Metho also be glad to know of any suitable furniture for the ringing chamber.— T a u . dists appear to be Wesley’s Sermons, his Notes on the New Testament, and the Minutes of Conference. Change-ringing at Almondbury. I 11 answer to ‘ T. E.’ p. 619. I know 110 book so good as Flowers and O n Saturday, Nov. 16, the Society of Ringers rang seven true Treble Bob Festivals. (Barrett.) Published by Bivingtons, 5s. Peals, consisting of 720 changes each, making a total of 5040 changes, which In answer to 1 L. M.’ Advent is a season of devotion and penitence in they completed in 3 hrs. and 14 mins. The following were the peals rung, tended to prepare us for the celebration of our Lord’s Nativity, and to fit us and were ably conducted by W. Lodge :— London Scholars, Arnold’s Victory, to look forward with joyful hope to our Lord’s second coming. It is not a College Pleasure, Duke of York, Violet, Oxford, and New London. The Fast of obligation; but penitential preparation would imply some self-denial. ringers were placed thus :— E. Schofield, treble; T. North, 2nd; William In answer to ‘ L .’ There is a long-established Association for Intercessory Lodge, 3rd; A. Ilaigh, 4th; Walter Lodge, 5th; A. Womersley, tenor. Prayer, particulars of which may be obtained from the Secretary, Mission W e igh t o f tenor, 18 cwt.— Per Letter. House, Cowley, St. John’s, Oxford. Change-ringing at Aston. In answer to ‘ E. A.’ I would recommend The Gospeller, published at %-d. monthly, by Mowbray, Oxford; Simpkin and Marshall, London. On Thursday, the 18th inst., eight members of the St. Martin’s Society of In answer to ‘ A Yorkshire Lady.’ I would recommend The Gospel Story. Eingers (assisted by C. H. Hattersley of Sheffield, and Mr. W. Small of Wednesbury), rang at the parish church, Aston, a peal of Stedman’s Caters, Hodges, and Plain Words by Canon W. W. How. S. P. C. K. comprising 5049 changes, which they accomplished in 3 hrs. 23 mins.; Vicarage, B icknoller, Taunton. Jam es E . V e r n o n . the band being stationed as follows:— J. Perks, treble; W. Hayivood, 2nd; I n answer to ‘ Presbyter Hibernicus5 I would say,— 1. The first four 'H . Johnson, sen. 3rd; II. Avery, 4th; W. Small, 5th; C. H. Hattersley, 6th ; volum es o f W esley’s Sermons, and his Notes on the New Testament. 2. I be J. Banister, 7th; H. Johnson, jun. 8th; E. H. James, 9th; J. James, tenor. lieve there is 110 such book. 3. Wesleyan Conference Office, 2 Castle Street, Composed liy H . Johnson, sen. Conducted by J. Perks.— Per Letter. City Eoad. W. T. M o w bray. 1 Presbyter Hibernicus’ may find the following little book suit his pur Peal-ringing at Waterford. pose, A Plain Account of Christian Perfection, as Believed and Taught by the W e are requested to state that the peal of 5040 triples rung by a party of late Rev. John Wesley, M .A . Dublin: Primitive Wesleyan Methodist Book- College Youths at Waterford, as reported by us on the 17th of August last, has room, 62 Great George Street, E. F. W. been recorded on a Belfry Tablet in that Cathedral as the first peal of changes ever rung in Ireland. 1 A Y o r k s h ir e L a d y ’ is recommended Bible Readings for Family Prayer, by the Rev. W. H. Eidley; and Bedside Readings, by the Eev. F. Bourdillon. M . S. E. BELFEY EECOEDS. Si r ,-—I think ‘ A Yorkshire Lady’ would find Walskam How’s P la in W ALTH AM ABBEY, ESSEX. (Tablets in the Belfry.) Words (3rd Series), published by Wells Gardner, price 2s., and Bourdillon’s 276. Su n d a y , July 20th, 1806, the Society of Cumberland Youths rang in this Steeple a Bedside Readings, published by the S. P. C. K., price 3s. 6^.^both suitable books complete Peal of Treble Bob, 8 in, consisting of 5056 changes, in 3 hours and 16 minutes ; 6 for reading to the sick and aged poor. A B e g in n e r . containing 15 courses, with the th 12 times wrong and 12 times right, being the first peal on those bells. Performed by the following persons : — In reply to the inquiries of 4 A Yorkshire Lady ’ for books suitable for George Cross, First. I Malachi Ckannon, Fourth. I Jas. Stichbury, Sixth. reading to the sick and aged, I would recommend Bedside Readings, by the John Hints, Second. Thos. Freetk, Fifth. Willm. Shipway, Seventh. Eev. F. Bourdillon; Cottage Readings, by Oxenden ; Pluckley Tracts, also by James Nash, Third, | | James Marlton, Eighth. Composed and call’d by Mr. Geo. Cross. Oxenden; and Light at Eventide, published by Macintosh. This last is John Pain, ) in large print, for the aged to read to themselves. E. M. P. John Smith, r Churchwardens. Richd. Banks, j Si r ,— If the old library books that ‘ L.’ speaks of in ‘ Ch u r c h B e l ls ’ o f 277. W a l t h a m A b b e y Y o u t h s , Monday, June 15th, 1819, yang in this Steeple Mr. Nov. 23rd be suitable for a village lending library, ‘ L.’ would much oblige Shipway’s 5-part Peal of Bob Major, consisting of 6000 changes, in 3 hours and 38 minutes. by writing to me at the address below, saying too if they are most fitted for Performed by the following persons :— children or adults. E. W. J. Carr, First. I Wm. Carr, Fourth. I C. Woodbridge, Sixth. J. Kennerley, Second. Wm. Kennerley, Fifth. W. Woodbridge, Seventh. Ashchurch Rectory, Tewkesbury. C. Evennett, Third. | | Ed. Ovenden, Eighth. ‘ H. B.’ can recommend to 1 T . E .’ The Art of Garnishing Churches, by Cox, Call’d by Ed. Ovenden, at the Expence of the Society. with good plates, 29 Southampton Street, Strand, London, Price about 3s. 6d. 278. W a l t h a m A b b e y Y o u t h s , Monday, Sept. 27th, 1819, rang in this Steeple a true and compleat Peal of Grandsire Tripples, consisting of 5010 changes, in 2 hours and 51 Q u e rie s . minutes. Performed by the following persons :— S ir ,— The church I attend is not what is commonly called ‘ High,’ but H. Woodbridge, First. W. Carr, Foxirth. E. Ovenden, Sixth. latterly some of the choirmen and a few of the congregation cross them J. Carr, Second. W. Kennerley, Fifth. - W. Woodbridge, Seventh. C. Evennett, Third. C. Woodbridgc, Eighth. selves at certain parts of the service. What is meant by this sendee, and is it Call’d by Hy. Woodbridge, at tho Expence of the Society. allowed by the Church of England ? K. Si r ,— In the church of Cheddar, now under restoration, there has been W EST HAM, ESSEX. (Tablets in the Belfry.) found in one of the chapels a niche with a headless figure (head broken off 279. M o n d a y , the Twenty-first of November, 1737, the Society of Eastern Scholars rung and lost) of an ecclesiastic with his vestments on, but who is represented as in this Steeple a compleat Peal of Fifteen Thousand One Hundred and Twenty Bob Major, which was complcated in Eight Hours and Forty Minutes by the following persons, viz.— just having been martyred by disembowelment. Can any of your readers Jno. Braby, Treble. I Jno. Bradshaw, Fourth. I Jno. Long, Sixth. give any clue as to the name of this martyr ? as it is wished to restore his Thos. Hart, Second. Thos. Bennett, Fifth. Fras. Popham, Seventh. head if possible. E. B. Robt. Goodyear, Third. j I P. Mainwaring, Tenor. Alexr. Bennett, Esq.) H as any one a copy of the whole of Part I. of 4 Ch u r c h B e l l s ’ to dispose Geo. Griffin, Esq. > Churchwardens. of second-hand, at a moderate cost ? P. H. L. Mr. Tlios. Hopewell,) Si r ,— W e need 150/. to free this Church from debt, after restoration; and 280. So c ie t y o p Cu m b e r l a n d Y o u t h s , 011 Sunday, April 6th, 1828, rang a true and we have the Bishop’s and Charity Commissioners’ sanction for a loan on complete Peal of Grandsire Caters, containingting 7001 changes, in 1 hours and 21 minutes. security of church land in this parish, producing 15/. a-year. Can you or Performers:— Jno. Pool, Treble. Jno. Oldfield, Fourth. A. Hayward, Eighth. your readers inform me where one can he obtained? The Public Works Emd. Giles, Second. Thos. Tolladay, Fifth. A. Frost, Ninth. Commissioners have ceased to grant loans. The security is good (and the Hy.