Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers

The authoritative guide for details of bells and change ringing practices in towers around the world.

[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers @DovesGuide]

A presentation on Dove and the work of the team was given to the World Carillon Congress in Mafra, Portugal today. Delivered by our Carillon Consultant, Scott Orr, it was met with considerable interest and enthusiasm. @ccringing

[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers @DovesGuide]

4 members of the Dove Team attended the 2025 DAC Bell Advisors' Conference in Leeds. It included a presentation concerning Dove and proposals for a review of bells listed for preservation. @ccringing

[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers @DovesGuide]

We have improved the way we display the date of a bell. Where undated, we display the founder's period of activity. When submitting an estimated date for a bell please don't provide anything outside the given period or alert us if you believe the period needs correcting.

[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers @DovesGuide]

We are pleased to announce the inclusion from today of LIGHTWEIGHT RINGS in Dove, which includes the portable rings. @ccringing

[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers @DovesGuide]

Pleased to welcome Ryan Faulkner-Hatt to the Dove Team. Ryan is a young ringer from Prittlewell in Essex has a particular interest in engineering and bell history. He has joined the team to work on a new project, more of which will be announced in due course.

[Dickon Love @dickonlove]

Great news about the £4.68m Lottery grant to the @churchofengland Conservation Grants Scheme supporting bell conservation & other projects! Looking forward to seeing how the CBC works with this (I am on its Bells Committee). https://t.co/bCT2sBagKz @ccringing

[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers @DovesGuide]

4 members of the Dove Team at today's annual meeting of the Central Council of Change Ringers in Exeter. @ccringing @DodgeNeal @dickonlove

[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers @DovesGuide]

@philtremain @dickonlove But that wouldn't be true to Ron's book. In practice you can do all of that now by changing the filters.

[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers @DovesGuide]

The Great Bells of the British Isles have now been incorporated into the Dove Database! Seen here: https://t.co/Ev4Y690RnC @ccringing

[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers @DovesGuide]

New mapping functionality announced! Map towers by tenor weight or by numbers of ringing reports in BellBoard! https://t.co/BRKFylRFmn @ccringing @theringingworld

[Dickon Love @dickonlove]

Excited to launch my redesigned website on the Church Bells of Kent. Seeks to be a useful antiquarian resource in this field. https://t.co/hAy0qAcJWK

[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers @DovesGuide]

@spil030 @St_Matts_Bells Suggest you email the contact on this CCCBR page: https://t.co/fabDlT21NO

[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers @DovesGuide]

DOVE FOUNDRY FOCUS for Nov 2023
Projects marked as complete in the month, including Tedburn St Mary here. https://t.co/6tYe51xmCD

[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers @DovesGuide]

We are pleased to welcome Kye Leaver to the team as our newest Dove Clerk! @KyeRinger

[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers @DovesGuide]

We've announced a major update in the way frames are recorded. https://t.co/uIXjn4W7UA @ccringing

[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers @DovesGuide]

We are pleased to welcome Neal Dodge to the Dove Team. He has already started processing updates, specialising in particular on the queue of frame updates. @DodgeNeal @ccringing

[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers @DovesGuide]

Bellframe information can now be interrogated on Dove's Guide https://t.co/l73kzkQKol @ccringing

[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers @DovesGuide]

We are sorry to hear of the death of Dove Master, the Rev'd John Baldwin. https://t.co/mH5lK6hHzV

[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers @DovesGuide]

Very pleased to welcome our newest member of the Dove Team. Lewis Benfield from Leics, has joined as a Dove Clerk to help analyse and update Dove with some of the many updates we are gratefully receiving.

[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers @DovesGuide]

Over 400 edits to Dove this weekend.