Barnwood Bellringing

Bell Ringers

A group comprising members from 8 to 80 who meet every Monday for practice and who regularly ring for Sunday Services and other special occasions.

Contact: Frances Mulvey (01452) 411704

About our Bells

St Lawrence’s Church has a delightful ring of eight bells that are rung regularly for the 9.45am Service on a Sunday, on practice nights, for weddings and funerals (on request) and for the occasional peal and quarter-peals. We rang for the funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II and for the Coronation of King Charles III. We rang for the opening of the 2012 Olympics in London and for the 80th anniversary of VE Day. We are happy to ring for other occasions as suggested.

We are affiliated to the Gloucester and Bristol Diocesan Association of Church Bell Ringers.

We are an enthusiast and friendly band of bellringers, working as a team to improve our skills but always keen to welcome new recruits. If you are interested in visiting the tower one evening to see what we do and even to have a go yourself, then please contact the tower contact on 07963 433189 for a chat.

https://cccbr.org.uk/bellringing/what-is-bell-ringing/

https://www.bellringing.org/

Joining your local bellringing band can open opportunities to ring all over the country and overseas, visiting beautiful churches. You’ll meet many like-minded people and help to keep alive a centuries old craft ringing on bells that may have been originally cast as long ago as the 1400’s.

Our band members are actively encouraged to improve their competence by attending such events as The Gloucester and Bristol Diocesan Association of Church Bell Ringers Training Days, plus outings and social events are frequently arranged.

Information For Visiting Ringers

Service ringing takes place regularly starting at 9am for the 9.45am Sunday Service.

Practice nights are on Mondays from 7.30pm until 9.00pm. Please contact the tower contact to confirm it has not had to be cancelled. Though we are happy to start at 7pm to teach bell handling to new ringers.

Quarter-Peals can be arranged and visiting bands should contact the tower contact (as above).

The Tower Details

We have 8 lovely bells that are easy to handle and which were last rehung on roller bearings in 2013 and several of the bells had surplus holes sealed up. The majority of the bells were cast in Gloucester by a world-renowned bell founder (the Rudhall family) who sent bells round the world, many of which still exist and are rung today.