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The Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln Company of Ringers is the oldest ringing society with a continuous history of ringing and was formally instigated on 18 October 1612 under a statute granted by the Dean of Lincoln. The Company were also granted their own chapel, still known today as The Ringers' Chapel. [2] [3] [4]
Accompanying the cathedral's large bell, Great Tom of Lincoln, is a quarter-hour striking clock which was installed in the early 19th century. [15] The two large stained glass rose windows , the matching Dean's Eye and the Bishop's Eye were added to the cathedral during the late Middle Ages.
Great Tom of Lincoln Cathedral was cast in the Minster yard in 1610, and the great bell of Canterbury in the Cathedral yard in 1762. [10] When the casting was complete, a tower was built over the casting pit, and the bell raised directly up into the tower. [11]
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The National Twelve-Bell Striking Contest is the principal change ringing striking competition in the United Kingdom. It has been held annually since 1975, and is open to any tower where 12-bell ringing is practised regularly.
The North American Guild of Change Ringers (NAGCR) was founded in 1972 after the hanging of a ring of bells in the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., United States, in 1964. The NAGCR has now grown and expanded to 52 bell towers across the United States (44 towers) and Canada (8 towers) as well as one mini-ring and 9 hand-bell ...
The Central Council Library is an important collection of books on bell ringing and campanology. Sir A.P. Heywood died in 1916, and left his ringing books to the Cambridge University Guild which decided to donate them as the basis of a library for the Central Council in 1920. The Rev. C.W.O. Jenkyn was the first librarian.
Held at St. Sophia’s Cathedral in London, the bride’s custom Valentino gown alone cost over £170,000 (about $225,000). 14. Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank (October 12, 2018)