The Western Branch of the Guild will hold their AGM on Saturday 7th March 2020 at St Bees. We are looking for a new ringing master and secretary as Ed Matthews and Hilary Chadwick are stepping down.
Please attend if you can.
Mar 2 2020
Western Branch AGM.
St John's, Hensingham is part of the Western Branch of the Carlisle Diocesan Guild of Bellringers.
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The Hensingham bells are fitted with Hastings stays used by the Taylor's foundry between 1895 and 1960.
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The Hensingham tower has a restored Ellacombe Apparatus meaning the bells can be rung with out the need for ringers.
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In England church bells are rung by swinging them through nearly a full circle, this gives them their unique tones as the ringing bell is moving backwards and forwards.
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