Tower of the month
St Thomas of Canterbury, Salisbury Though it is rather overshadowed by the cathedral, the Church of St Thomas, Wiltshire’s largest parish church by floor area, is still one of the
28 January 2024
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St Thomas of Canterbury, Salisbury Though it is rather overshadowed by the cathedral, the Church of St Thomas, Wiltshire’s largest parish church by floor area, is still one of the
Guild Training Day – 29th June 2024 Further details will be sent out soon so please hold the date. We will need tutors to run the courses, a lot of
The first in a series about simple steeplekeeping There are a number of aspects of belfry maintenance that can be carried out by an interested bellringer to keep the bells
Bobby Ashton, of Maiden Newton, achieved his first quarter peal on Wednesday, 24th January, two days after his 14th birthday. Covering to Grandsire doubles well as ringing the tenor exceptionally
With bell-hangers catching-up with their backload of post-Covid projects, the Guild’s Bell Restoration Fund (LEBRF) was very active with grants during 2023. The Fund’s Trustees approved grants of over £57,000
Lyme Regis band rings a quarter peal for paleontologist Mary Anning, (1799-1847) The first complete Plesiosaur known to science was discovered two hunderd years ago by Lyme fossil hunter, Mary
Congratulations are in order to Graeme Byfield (Warminster) for achieving a run of impressive firsts, from his first quarter peal in over two decades in May last year, to his
When Longburton exchanged their old cast iron clapper (weighing one hundredweight) for a new one with a composite shaft which could finally be rung up right, they were loathed to
The following Quarter Peals were rung during the Guild in December 2023. 48 in total. (Information taken from Bellboard – entries marked Salisbury Diocesan Guild and Salisbury Diocesan Guild of