Listen out for there will be many bells ringing from the county of NORTHAMPTONSHIRE for ST.GEORGE. Some of those joining in will be St.Helen’s in Sibbertoft with 5 bells, St. Mary’s in Welford with 8 bells and a ST.GEORGE’s in Evenley with 5 bells pictured below. They will all be celebrating ENGLAND’S DAY, ST. GEORGE’S DAY by ringing out on April 23rd.
This time its the West Riding of Yorkshire that will be represented not only by lovely churches but also its WAKEFIELD Cathedral. The building was redesigned by the architect Sir Gilbert Scott and now has the tallest spire in Yorkshire. Though it houses a ring of 14 great bells only 12 are normally rung but they will still make a magnificent sound ringing out across the rolling dales by their volunteer ringers and all for ST.GEORGE, England’s Patron Saint. Listen out and cheer them on.
The Handbells of UK have joined the Campaign and there will be events across the country helping to celebrate England’s Day, St. George’s Day on Saturday April 23rd. One such event will be at HAGLEY in Worcestershire in St. John’s Church where the Hand Bell Ringers of St. John’s Church and Halesowen will give a concert to celebrate the special day where they will play a selection of traditional and well known music. They will also give readings from Shakespeare to celebrate Will’s 400th Anniversary. The village is famous for its Hagley Hall and for the importance in being the oldest parish registry in the country dating from 1538. The address is: St. John The Baptist, Hagley Hall Park, Hall Lane, Hagley, DY9 9LG. The concert starts at 7.30 and for more information contact Coralie Paxton on : corrie.paxton@virgin.net. Have a great evening.
Many of the churches in the county of ESSEX will be taking part in the Campaign to ring their hearts out for ST. GEORGE’S DAY, Patron Saint of ENGLAND on Saturday April 23rd. They will include St. Andrews at Halstead with 8 bells, St.John the Baptist at Finchingfield with 8 bells, St. Mary Magdalene with 8 bells at Wethersfield, St. Michael and All Angels 10 bells at Braintree. And seen below is St. Peter ad Vincular at Coggeshall with 10 bells, All great towers all rung by volunteers.
There will be many church towers ringing their hearts out in HERTFORDSHIRE all in the cause of celebrating ENGLAND’S DAY – ST.GEORGE’S DAY on Saturday April 23rd. These wonderful volunteer ringers will start at SS Peter and Pauls church in Tring which has 8 bells and end their hard work at St. Leonards in Flamstead with its 6 bells. Save the date and go and give them a great cheer. Below is the church of SS Peter and Paul.
There will be the sound of bells ringing across the gently rolling valleys of Somerset as the volunteer ringers take to the ropes to celebrate ENGLAND’S DAY, ST. GEORGE’S DAY on Saturday, 23rd April. Among the many will be St. Mary Walton in CLEVEDON with 6 bells, St. Mary in STANTON DREW with 5 bells, St. Michael and All Angels in EAST COKER with 8 bells and a special cheer for BRUSHFORD. Here at St. Nicholas there will be new ringers who will attempt for the first time to ring out for ST.GEORGE. Go and cheer them on.
WORCESTER Cathedral can boast of 15 brilliant bells which will be ringing out on APRIL 23rd for ST.GEORGE. It sits high up on a bank in an idyllic position overlooking the River Servern on one side and the city’s cricket pitch on the other. Whilst its foundations were in 680 the actual cathedral building was started in 1084. It has several Royal connections including the burial place of King John and was instrumental in and suffered badly from The Civil War. The Cathedral is now a centre of learning for ‘change ringing’ so why not go along and try your hand at the ropes and learn to ring in time for next year’s St. George’s Day!
14 magnificent bells will be ringing from CANTERBURY Cathedral – England’s No1, granted UNESCO status. They will be rung by a wonderful band of volunteer ringers from the SW Tower, known as The Oxford Tower in celebration of England’s Patron Saint, ST.GEORGE. This famous city stands on the Great Stour river and has become an international educational centre with The Kings School being the oldest surviving school in the world. It became a centre of pilgrimage following the martyrdom of Thomas a Becket in 1170 and this Kentish city continues to be a hugely successful tourist attraction.
Do you live in NORTH BUCKS? Yours is the first area to take up the Campaign’s challenge for a ‘Rolling Ring’. Here they will stage a fantastic event of ringing out from all the church towers, one after the other, in a non stop ripple of wonderment as they ring out for ENGLAND and ST.GEORGE. They will start the day at Hanslope at 9 in the morning and end 9 at night at Hillesden. What a fantastic brilliant challenge. Go and cheer them on and help them make a record.
The Bells of NORTH BUCKS
The most northerly cathedral in England – NEWCASTLE will have its 12 bells rung by its ringers, all volunteers, to celebrate ST.GEORGE, England’s Patron Saint. This great Cathedral, with its most distinctive 15th C Lantern Spire, is dedicated to St. Nicholas, Patron Saint of sailors and boats, for its spire was used as a navigational point on the great River Tyne. This city comes alive at night as a great centre of entertainment and its University is one of the most popular in the country.
