ARTICLES

The story of the fundraising and the project to retune and rehang the six bells at St Martin's, Brasted with two trebles to complete the octave. (Frank Lewis, 2006)

Read how a local Squire found interest in change ringing, and in order to practise changes on 12 bells, resorted to building his own tower on his own estate "for the amusement of himself and his friends". (Richard C. Offen, 1983, revised 2004).

Lucile Corby has researched the history of the bells in this venerable Wealden tower throughout the past 450 years. The full story of the bells and the tower is given here. (Lucile Corby, 2004)

The very public sale of large quantities of "Bellringers Beer" helped in the fundraising effort to augment the 8 bells at St George's, Benenden to 12, and thus give Kent its third ring of 12 and possibly one of the most useful for students of 12 bell ringing. (Dickon R. Love, December 2003)

David Cawley takes a look at the lost churches and their bells in the City of Canterbury, from the churches that no longer stand today. The story of each is given, including a wealth of personal material from the Author. (Revd David L. Cawley, December 2003)

How, in 2002, the village of Brabourne augmented their ring of six to complete the octave.(Ray A. Lucas, October 2002)

The story of a great house built in Sevenoaks and its eccentric owner who equipped it with a Great Bell, which turned out to be one of the largest in the country! (Dickon R. Love & Christopher J. Pickford, 2002)

When Ashford was augmented from 8 to 10 in 1970, the search was on for enough bell metal to cast the new treble bell. This is the story of that search. (Rev'd David L. Cawley, 2001)

More people than ever are taking up ringing following a very successful Millennium recruitment campaign. Here is a valuble snapshot of ringing in 2001. (Andrew Clark, 2001)

The Peals Book in the Whitechapel Foundry records details for a new ring of 6 at Seal - but the bells never appeared. This article investigates where these bells went, and speculates whether they were ever intended to go to Seal. (Dickon R. Love, 2000)

It was 50 years ago that as a 16 year old boy, Michael Nightingale first put 10 shillings into a Post Office savings account entitled the "Wormshill Bell Fund". At that time, the four derelict and cracked bells in the tower, Now after 50 years, there are six bells swinging in the tower and Kent has its newest ring. (Dickon R. Love, Jul 1995)

In 1987, the bells of an old belfry were restored to ringing order, 300 years after the bells were cast. (Richard C. Offen, 1987)

The story of the noble Great Dunstan and the Arundel Tower of Canterbury Cathedral. (Richard C. Offen, 1981)

The bells of St Michael and All Angels, Kingsnorth were remodelled in 1977 with the result dedicated on 27th April, 1977 by the Bishop of Rochester. As part of the dedication order of service, a short article about the bells was written by Alan Berry which is now reproduced here. (Alan P. S. Berry, 1977)

This is an extract taken from R.R.C.Gregory's "The Story of Royal Eltham" published in 1909. The six bells referred to were recast in 1924 and two treble ones added to complete the present ring of eight. (R. R. C. Gregory, 1909)