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Performances reportThis page gives a report of the performances matching your search criteria. There were 262 matching performances. The top 200 are listed below. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Yatton, Somerset St Mary the Virgin Thursday, 1 January 2026 in 3h 19 (24–1–2 in D) 5056 Spliced Surprise Major (10m) (736 Bristol, 576 Cambridge, Pudsey & Yorkshire, 544 Lessness & Rutland, 384 Cornwall, London & Superlative, 352 Lincolnshire, 140 com) Composed by Neil R Aspland, arr A J Cox 1 Anthony J Cox (C) 2 Lester J Yeo 3 Andrea B Beaumont 4 Glenn A A Taylor 5 Annabelle F Frost 6 Rebecca J Cox 7 Matthew C Frost 8 Peter W Hill Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset St Michael Thursday, 1 January 2026 in 43m (5) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Ashley J Moon 2 Jane C Spencer 3 Susan Irvine 4 Michael Hatchett 5 Michael R Spencer (C) 6 Lesley A Knipe For the New Year. First quarter on the treble. Ringing World page reference: 5987.0066Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Queen Camel, Somerset St Barnabas Thursday, 1 January 2026 (36–3–7 in C) Call Changes 1 Paul A Reeves (C) 2 Anna M Marsden 3 Simon Tremewan 4 Luke B Marsden 5 Edward P Reeves 6 Jonathon Coulson Rung before and after midnight to ring out the old year and welcome in the New Year. Katherine G Anderson would like to be associated with this ring and rang rounds on the Treble to ring in the new year. Happy New Year! Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Lympsham, Somerset St Christopher Thursday, 1 January 2026 in 2h 42 (11–0–7 in F♯) 5040 Minor (3m) 1440 Surfleet Surprise, 1440 Cambridge Surprise 2160 Plain Bob 1 Susan M Body 2 Jonathan A Boundy 3 Joseph St J Beaumont 4 Melissa G Hunt 5 Clifford R Nicholls 6 Melvyn J Freeman (C) Rung in memory of Ray Jones from Worle. First peal attempt 2. 350th together 1 & 3 Ringing World page reference: 5986.0034Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Farmborough, Somerset All Saints Thursday, 1 January 2026 (9–0–10 in F) General Ringing Rounds and Call Changes. 1 Patrick C Bridges (C) 2 Jenny Cornwell 3 Robert Holden 4 Sarah Holden 5 Derek Livsey (C) 6 Lynne Livsey 7 Christopher Lovell Rung half muffled before midnight, bidding farewell to 2025, followed by open ringing to welcome the New Year. “Ring out the old, ring in the new. Ring happy bells.” Happy New Year to All. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Weston super Mare, Somerset St John the Baptist Saturday, 3 January 2026 in 2h 47 (11–0–8 in G) 5152 Spliced Surprise Major (15m) 224 each of Cornwall, Cassiobury,Cray,Lindum, London, Pudsey, Superlative. 448 each of Ashtead, Bristol, Cambridge, Ipswich, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Uxbridge,Yorkshire. 146 com, atw. Composed by Norman Smith 1 Andrew H Ball 2 Donald B Carter 3 Melissa G Hunt 4 Andrea B Beaumont 5 Susan M Body 6 Ally Grieveson 7 Joseph St J Beaumont (C) 8 Clifford R Nicholls Birthday compliments to 4,5. Most Spliced S Major -3. Circled the tower 2. 100th peal in the tower - 5. Remembering Ray Jones of Worle. Ringing World page reference: 5987.0056Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Ston Easton, Somerset Blessed Virgin Mary Monday, 5 January 2026 in 2h 31 (4–0–21 in D) 5040 Surprise Minor (15m) 1) London, Wells and Cunecastre; 2) Chester and Munden; 3) York and Durham; 4) Westminster, Allendale and Fryerning; 5) Cambridge and Ipswich; 6) Bourne; 7)Beverley and Surfleet. 1 Michael Hatchett 2 Jane C Spencer 3 Lesley A Knipe 4 David P Hammonds 5 Revd Christopher Renyard 6 Michael R Spencer (C) Bath & Wells Diocesan Association South Petherton, Somerset St Peter and St Paul Tuesday, 6 January 2026 in 49m (9–3–10 in G) 1280 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) Cambridge, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire & Rutland 35 com Composed by Chris Adams 1 Margaret J Bignell 2 Beverley Perry 3 Penelope I Hooper 4 Patricia Tucker 5 Leslie E Perry 6 A C John Davis 7 Lawrence C Bignell 8 Patrick C Tucker (C) Golden Wedding Compliment to Lawrence & Margaret for Saturday Ringing World page reference: 5990.0140Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Kilmersdon, Somerset St Peter and St Paul Tuesday, 6 January 2026 in 51m (21–0–0 in E♭) 1296 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 Adrian P Beck 2 Patrick C Bridges 3 Nicki J Lang 4 Robert Perry (C) 5 Matthew R T Higby 6 David C J Marshall Rung for the service to induct Revd Guy Scott, priest in çharge of this Benefice. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Dowlish Wake, Somerset St Andrew Tuesday, 6 January 2026 in 45m (7–3–10 in A♭) 1280 Anniversary Delight Major 1 Beverley Perry (C) 2 Margaret J Bignell 3 Lawrence C Bignell 4 Leslie E Perry 5 Patricia Tucker 6 A C John Davis 7 Patrick C Tucker 8 Penelope I Hooper To Celebrate the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Lawrence & Margaret on Saturday First in the method 2,3,5,6 & 7. 175th together 4+5, 225th together 4+7 Ringing World page reference: 5990.0140Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Porlock, Somerset St Dubricius Wednesday, 7 January 2026 in 42m (9–3–23 in G) 1260 Doubles (3m/7v) Bampton Place, Twineham Bob, Plain Bob, Reverse St Faith, Susanmead, Reverse Union, St Laud, April Day, Seighford, May Day 1 Joseph Barrett 2 Emma Kingdon 3 Rachel Kingdon 4 Nicholas Kingdon (C) 5 Michael Munt 6 Mark Davies Rung in loving memory of Sue Lawson, former ringer at Porlock First blows in Bampton Place and Twineham Bob for all 75th quarter at Porlock - 4 Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset St John the Baptist Wednesday, 7 January 2026 in 40m (5–3–9 in B♭) 1260 Doubles (6m/v) Stedman, St. Simons, Rev.Canterbury, Plain Bob, Grandsire, April Day 1 Tricia Everitt 2 Liz Rendell 3 William Hall 4 Chris Cox 5 Patrick Rendell (C) Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Halse, Somerset St James the Less Wednesday, 7 January 2026 in 48m (10–0–22 in F♯) 1320 Halse Delight Minor 1 Keith E Beale (C) 2 Kathie Matthews 3 Janet C Garnett 4 Susan M Sawyer 5 Heather E Davis 6 Giles R Morley Rung to wish Mervyn Arscott a rapid recovery, currently in Musgrove Park Hospital. First quarter in the method (2,3,5). Bath & Wells Diocesan Association East Huntspill, Somerset Little Orchard Tower Wednesday, 7 January 2026 in 1h 59 (21lb 9oz in D) 5040 Surprise Minor (12m) 1) London and Wells; 2) York and Durham; 3) Bourne; 4) Westminster and Allendale; 5) Cambridge and Ipswich; 6) Beverley and Surfleet; 7) Norwich. 1 Michael Hatchett 2 Mary A Gardner 3 Jane C Spencer 4 Susan M Body 5 Lesley A Knipe 6 Michael R Spencer (C) Rung as a 58th birthday compliment to Martin Spencer, the conductor's youngest brother. Also, a birthday compliment to Sue Body for 4th January and Andee Beaumont for 8th January. 50th peal on the bells- 2. Ringing World page reference: 5988.0081Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Bishop's Hull, Somerset St Peter and St Paul Wednesday, 7 January 2026 in 47m (10–0–21 in F♯) 1320 Spliced Minor (2m) Spliced St Clement's College and Childwall Bob Minor. 1 Keith E Beale (C) 2 Heather E Davis 3 Susan M Sawyer 4 Janet C Garnett 5 Kathie Matthews 6 Giles R Morley Bath & Wells Diocesan Association North Wootton, Somerset Great Orchard Campanile Thursday, 8 January 2026 in 40m (2–0–9 in F♯) 1280 Deva Surprise Major 1 Katherine J Cobb 2 Christine R Hill 3 Peter W Hill 4 Cathy Civill 5 David P Hammonds 6 Penelope I Hooper 7 Beverley Perry 8 Leslie E Perry (C) First in method 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 225th quarter as conductor - 8 To celebrate the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Lawrence & Margaret Bignell this coming Saturday Ringing World page reference: 5990.0140Bath & Wells Diocesan Association North Wootton, Somerset Great Orchard Campanile Thursday, 8 January 2026 in 41m (2–0–9 in F♯) 1250 Lincolnshire Surprise Major 1 Katherine J Cobb 2 Leslie E Perry 3 Christine R Hill 4 David P Hammonds 5 Cathy Civill 6 Beverley Perry 7 Peter W Hill 8 Penelope I Hooper (C) 125th together 1 & 2. 2650th quarter - 2. To celebrate the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Lawrence & Margaret Bignell this coming Saturday Ringing World page reference: 5990.0140Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Marston Magna, Somerset Blessed Virgin Mary Thursday, 8 January 2026 (13–1–22 in F♯) 66 Call Changes Sixty on Thirds 1 Karen Dunn (C) 2 Jenny Alderson 3 Helen Donnelly 4 Simon Tremewan 5 Ralph Berry 6 Rob Backus First Sixty on Thirds as conductor 1. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Lympsham, Somerset St Christopher Thursday, 8 January 2026 in 43m (11–0–7 in F♯) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Gregory M Venn 2 Alison Garland 3 Caroline Hunt (C) 4 John R Schmidt 5 David C Polly 6 Jonathan A Boundy 1st Quarter inside: 2 Ringing World page reference: 5987.0065Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Huntsham, Devon All Saints Thursday, 8 January 2026 in 2h 47 (8–0–27) 5088 Alliance Delight Surprise Major Composed by J W Washbrook 1 Michael Hatchett 2 Lesley A Knipe 3 Lawrence C Bignell 4 Michael R Spencer 5 R Nicholas Lawrence 6 Michael C Hansford 7 Harry J Andrews 8 Donald B Carter (C) First blows in the method by all 50th peal together - 5 & 8 Believed to be the first peal rung in this method (previously only rung in 2 quarters) Rung to celebrate the forthcoming Golden Wedding Anniversary of Lawrence and Margaret Bignell on Saturday 10th January. Ringing World page reference: 5990.0140Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Badgworth, Somerset St Congar Thursday, 8 January 2026 in 43m (10–3–11 in F♯) 1299 Grandsire Doubles 1 Andrew H Ball 2 Janet K Wyatt 3 Teresa J Humphrey 4 David A C Matthews (C) 5 George E Wyatt Wishing Mervin Arscott & Gerry Skelly, usual members of this band, a speedy recovery. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Axbridge, Somerset St John the Baptist Thursday, 8 January 2026 in 48m (19–3–14 in E♭) 1260 Mixed Doubles (3m) 360 St Simon's, 360 Plain Bob, 540 Grandsire 1 Emily Frost 2 Liz Lane 3 Jude Akhurst 4 Roy Shallish 5 Marcus Ham (C) 6 John Dunstone In loving memory of Sheila Lane, mother of 2 and grandmother of 5. Ringing World page reference: 5987.0058Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Preston Plucknett, Somerset St James Friday, 9 January 2026 in 2h 52 (9–1–10 in G) 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) One extent each Carlisle, London, York, Westminster, Ipswich, Beverley and Cambridge. 1 David P Hammonds 2 Margaret J Bignell 3 Jane C Spencer 4 Susan E Cave 5 Lawrence C Bignell 6 Michael R Spencer (C) Rung as a Golden Wedding compliment to Lawrence and Margaret by the local band. Ringing World page reference: 5990.0140Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Preston Plucknett, Somerset St James Saturday, 10 January 2026 (9–1–10 in G) 1272 Norwich Surprise Minor 1 David P Hammonds 2 Beverley Perry 3 Penelope I Hooper 4 Patricia Tucker 5 Leslie E Perry 6 Patrick C Tucker (C) Golden Wedding Anniversary compliment to Lawrence and Margaret Bignell. 2550th together 2 and 5. Circled the tower 3 times - 2. Ringing World page reference: 5990.0140Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Durleigh, Somerset St Hugh Sunday, 11 January 2026 in 44m (10–0–4 in G) 1260 Buxton Bob Minor 1 Cate Ovington 2 Charles Pipe-Wolferstan 3 Margaret Furner 4 Paul D Forbes-Harper 5 Janet Garnett (C) 6 Michael T Howes For Evensong, and to the memory of Tony (Tog) Finlay who sadly passed away January 5th this year in the arms of his wife Mary. Tony was also a friend and fellow member of the same regiment as the ringer of the 6, 9th 12th Royal Lancers, and both served together for many years. RIP Tony, till we all meet again at the final RV. Ich Dien. Ringing World page reference: 5988.0085Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Congresbury, Somerset Elmwood Sunday, 11 January 2026 in 45m (12 in F) 1260 Plain Bob Royal View composition 1–2 Peter W Hill 3–4 Melissa G Hunt 5–6 Christine R Hill 7–8 Glenn A A Taylor 9–10 Alex Hunt (C) Rung in memory of Tom Chapman whose 90th birthday would have been yesterday. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Clapton in Gordano, Somerset St Michael Sunday, 11 January 2026 in 45m (6–0–15 in A♭) 1272 Minor (2m) 552 Beverley surprise and 720 Plain Bob 1 Lionel D Smith 2 Janet K Wyatt 3 Rebecca A Woodgate 4 Elizabeth A Smith 5 Will Rogers 6 George E Wyatt (C) Rung for Plough Sunday Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Chilcompton, Somerset St John the Baptist Sunday, 11 January 2026 in 50m (19–1–6 in E♭) 1311 Stedman Cinques Composed by Diary 1 Andrew H Ball 2 Phill J Payne (C) 3 Tom E Mayes 4 Matthew R T Higby 5 Susan A Haines 6 Benjamin D Kipling 7 Paul R Wotton 8 Charlotte E Higby 9 Jody A Wood 10 Michael J Stubbs 11 David C J Marshall 12 Adrian P Beck Bath & Wells Diocesan Association North Weston, Somerset Wyatt's Yard Monday, 12 January 2026 in 2h 1 (35lb 0oz in F) 5040 Surprise Minor (14m) 720 each of 1. Lincoln & Coldstream 2.London & Wells 3.Chester & Munden
4.Warkworth 5. Westminster & Allendale 6. Ipswich, Bourne & Cambridge 7. Beverley & Surfleet 1 George E Wyatt 2 Sam Shead 3 Barrie Hendry 4 Lester J Yeo 5 Clifford R Nicholls 6 Joseph St J Beaumont (C) 73rd consecutive year in which Barrie has rung a peal. Ringing World page reference: 5988.0081Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Seavington St Mary, Somerset St Mary Tuesday, 13 January 2026 (6–2–21 in B) 1440 Spliced Surprise Minor (12m) 288 Durham, 216 Cambridge, 144 Beverley, Ipswich and Norfolk, 72 Berwick, Bourne, Hexham, Hull, Primrose, Surfleet and York. (53 com) Composed by John S Warboys (SU0220) 1 Margaret J Bignell 2 Susan E Cave 3 Patricia Tucker 4 A C John Davis 5 Lawrence C Bignell 6 Patrick C Tucker (C) Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Kewstoke, Somerset St Paul Tuesday, 13 January 2026 in 42m (9¾ in G) 1260 Plain Bob Minor Composed by G A A Taylor 1 Jude Akhurst 2 John Dunstone 3 David Baker 4 Ian Minns 5 John Boorman 6 Joe Beaumont (C) Specially arranged and rung in memory of Ray Jones of Worle who passed away on Dec 17th 2025. 1st Quarter of Bob Minor - 3 £3 Ringing World page reference: 5988.0085Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Seaton, Devon St Gregory Wednesday, 14 January 2026 in 55m (11–0–4 in F♯) 1344 Kent Treble Bob Major 1 Keith E Beale (C) 2 Susan M Sawyer 3 Kathie Matthews 4 Janet C Garnett 5 Ann E Birch 6 David I Lock 7 Giles R Morley 8 Andrew F Howard First of Major in the method (5). Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Kilmington, Devon St Giles Wednesday, 14 January 2026 in 38m (10–1–4 in G) 1296 Bourne Surprise Minor 1 Keith E Beale (C) 2 Susan M Sawyer 3 Kathie Matthews 4 Janet C Garnett 5 Ann E Birch 6 Giles R Morley 400th quarter peal (5). Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Colyton, Devon St Andrew Wednesday, 14 January 2026 in 51m (24–3–16 in D) 1344 Garnet Bob Triples 1 Keith E Beale (C) 2 Susan M Sawyer 3 Janet C Garnett 4 Kathie Matthews 5 Ann E Birch 6 Giles R Morley 7 Andrew F Howard 8 David I Lock First in the method for all. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association North Wootton, Somerset Great Orchard Campanile Thursday, 15 January 2026 in 2h 26 (2–0–9) 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) 1440 Yorkshire; 1280 Cambridge, Lincolnshire; 1120 Rutland; 69 com; atw
Composed by P G K Davies 1 Joseph St J Beaumont 2 Lawrence C Bignell 3 Andrew H Ball 4 Barrie Hendry 5 Andy Mead 6 Clifford R Nicholls 7 Sam Shead 8 Donald B Carter (C) Rung as an 80th birthday compliment to Heather A Kippin Ringing World page reference: 5988.0081Bath & Wells Diocesan Association North Weston, Somerset Wyatt's Yard Thursday, 15 January 2026 in 38m (35lb 0oz in F) 1260 Doubles (5m) 240 St Nicholas, 240 Winchendon Place, 240 Huntley Place, 240 St Remigius, 300 Reverse Canterbury.
1 Phillipa C James 2 Janet K Wyatt 3 Christopher D Woodgate 4 Will Rogers 5 George E Wyatt (C) 6 Gerald V Skelly 1st on a mini ring for 3 Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Huntsham, Devon All Saints Thursday, 15 January 2026 in 2h 51 (8–0–27 in A♭) 5088 New Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by R D S Brown (101678) 1 Michael Hatchett 2 Margaret J Bignell 3 Jane C Spencer 4 Lesley A Knipe 5 R Nicholas Lawrence 6 David P Hammonds 7 Lawrence C Bignell 8 Michael R Spencer (C) A Golden Wedding compliment to 2 and 7. First in the method 2 and 7. 350th peal together 1 and 8. Ringing World page reference: 5990.0140Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Banwell, Somerset St Andrew Thursday, 15 January 2026 in 43m (9–2–24 in A) 1260 Mixed Doubles (3m) 360 St Simon's, 360 Plain Bob, 540 Grandsire 1 Lorna Hebden-Adams 2 Liz Lane 3 Jude Akhurst 4 John Dunstone 5 Marcus Ham (C) 6 Andrew Hebden In loving memory of Sheila Lane, née Hebden, former ringing at Banwell, mother of 2, grandmother of 5 and aunt to 1 and 6. Ringing World page reference: 5988.0085Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Corston, Somerset All Saints Friday, 16 January 2026 in 44m (9–2–25 in A♭) 1260 Doubles (2m) 900 Grandsire, 360 Plain Bob 1 Katharine Agg 2 Robert Perry 3 Edric W Broom 4 Nicki J Lang 5 Finlay D Totterdell (C) 6 Sophie Sikorsky First Quarter on the Treble: 1 Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Cheddar, Somerset Darling Bells of Cheddar Friday, 16 January 2026 in 1h 48 (8lb 5oz in B) 5040 Surprise Minor (8m) 720 each of 1/ London 2/ Wells 3/ Norwich 4/ York 5/ Ipswich 6/ Beverley & Surfleet 7/ Cambridge 1 Melissa G Hunt 2 Clifford R Nicholls 3 Barrie Hendry 4 Ally Grieveson 5 Joseph St J Beaumont (C) 6 Lester J Yeo 1st peal on the bells -1 1st peal on the bells in Cheddar - 4 Ringing World page reference: 5988.0081Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Wrington, Somerset All Saints Sunday, 18 January 2026 in 45m (10–3–23 in G♯) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 Clifford R Nicholls 2 Mark Bath 3 Lester J Yeo 4 Glenn A A Taylor 5 Caroline Hunt (C) 6 Allyson Grieveson Rung on the front six For Evensong Ringing World page reference: 5989.0111Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Preston Plucknett, Somerset St James Sunday, 18 January 2026 in 45m (9–1–10 in G) 1296 Lincoln Surprise Minor 1 Margaret J Bignell 2 Lawrence C Bignell 3 Susan E Cave 4 Patricia Tucker 5 David P Hammonds 6 Patrick C Tucker (C) First Quarter Peal in the method - 3 and 4. For the St. James @4 Communion Service. Ringing World page reference: 5989.0110Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Portishead, Somerset St Peter Sunday, 18 January 2026 in 44m (15 in F) 1260 Grandsire Triples 1 Angela Venn 2 Janet K Wyatt 3 Phillipa C James 4 Annie Holland 5 Gerald V Skelly 6 Will Rogers 7 George E Wyatt (C) 8 Les Curwood For Evensong. Wishing a speedy recovery to Revd Rob and also to Revd Tonya. Huge thanks to Revd Mark and Revd Lindsay for keeping it all going. 50th together 7 & 8. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Nailsea, Somerset Holy Trinity Sunday, 18 January 2026 in 49m (10–3–12 in F♯) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 Lisa G Parker 2 Jill Stanton 3 Lionel D Smith 4 Caroline Watson 5 Elizabeth A Smith (C) 6 George E Wyatt First of Minor inside for 2. Rung for the Evening Service. Ringing World page reference: 5989.0109Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Bath, Somerset Abbey Church of St Peter and St Paul Sunday, 18 January 2026 in 50m (33–0–25 in C) 1289 Stedman Caters Composed by M W Goodship 1 Matthew W Goodship (C) 2 William Willans 3 Josh D P Jones 4 William M Beech 5 Lesley C Houston 6 Jessica E K Bowden 7 Thomas G A Wareing 8 George Tomlin 9 Matthew J Butler 10 Nicholas C Field Rung for evening service. Also rung to celebrate the engagement of Rob Burnet, Lay Clerk in the Abbey choir, and Fay Breed, Events Manager at the Abbey. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Wookey, Somerset Batch Cottage Monday, 19 January 2026 1260 St Clement's College Bob Minor 1–2 David J Sumner 3–4 Sam Shead (C) 5–6 Paul R Wotton First in method in hand : 5-6 Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Seavington St Mary, Somerset St Mary Monday, 19 January 2026 in 2h 41 (6–2–21 in B) 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (14m) 1) Chester and Munden; 2) Berwick and Hexham; 3) London and Wells; 4) York and Durham; 5) Westminster and Allendale; 6) Cambridge and Ipswich; 7) Beverley and Surfleet. 1 Jane C Spencer 2 Margaret J Bignell 3 David P Hammonds 4 R Nicholas Lawrence 5 Lawrence C Bignell 6 Michael R Spencer (C) 100th peal as conductor for the Bath and Wells Diocesan Association - 6. Ringing World page reference: 5990.0130Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Clapton in Gordano, Somerset St Michael Monday, 19 January 2026 in 43m (6–0–15 in A♭) 1260 Doubles (11m) 60 Grandsire; 120 each of Reverse Canterbury, St Remigius, Huntley Place, Winchendon Place, St Nicholas, St Osmund, Eynesbury, St Martin's, St Simon's, Plain Bob. 1 Alison S Pemble 2 Lionel D Smith 3 George E Wyatt 4 Elizabeth A Smith (C) 5 Janet K Wyatt 6 Les Curwood 100th quarter on the bells for 3. Ringing World page reference: 5989.0109Bath & Wells Diocesan Association West Coker, Somerset St Martin of Tours Tuesday, 20 January 2026 in 46m (12 in G) 1260 Grandsire Triples Composed by W. Willans 1 Penelope I Hooper 2 Margaret J Bignell 3 Susan Irvine 4 Cathy Civill 5 Susan E Cave 6 David P Hammonds 7 Lawrence C Bignell (C) 8 A C John Davis Birthday compliment to Pen for next week Golden Wedding Compliment to Lawrence & Margaret Ringing World page reference: 5990.0140Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Huntsham, Devon All Saints Tuesday, 20 January 2026 in 47m (8–0–27 in A♭) 1344 St Clement's College Bob Major 1 Keith E Beale (C) 2 Janet C Garnett 3 Susan M Sawyer 4 Elisabeth Robertson 5 Ann E Birch 6 Kathie Matthews 7 Martin J Blazey 8 Giles R Morley Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Huntsham, Devon All Saints Tuesday, 20 January 2026 in 43m (8–0–27 in A♭) 1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Keith E Beale (C) 2 Elisabeth Robertson 3 Kathie Matthews 4 Janet C Garnett 5 Susan M Sawyer 6 Martin J Blazey 7 Ann E Birch 8 Giles R Morley Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Hardington Mandeville, Somerset Blessed Virgin Mary Tuesday, 20 January 2026 in 43m (8–0–4 in A♭) 1282 Turramurra Surprise Major Composed by comp500 1 Susan Irvine 2 Margaret J Bignell 3 Lawrence C Bignell 4 Penelope I Hooper 5 Cathy Civill 6 Susan E Cave 7 David P Hammonds 8 A C John Davis (C) First in method 6 200th Quarter Treble Ringing World page reference: 5990.0140Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Fivehead, Somerset St Martin Wednesday, 21 January 2026 in 42m (12–2–16 in F♯) 1260 Doubles (6m) 120 each St Simons/Martins, 360 Grandsire, 300 Plain Bob, 120 April Day, 240 Reverse Canterbury 1 Liz Rendell 2 Trishia Everitt 3 Patrick Rendell 4 Jeremy Taylor 5 Michael T Howes (C) 6 Chris Cox Fund raising for Curry Rivel Clock Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Congresbury Elmwood Wednesday, 21 January 2026 in 2h 26 (12 in F) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by William Hudson 1–2 Peter Hill 3–4 Melissa G Hunt 5–6 Alexander E Holroyd (C) 7–8 Alex Hunt First treble bob in hand: 34 Bath & Wells Diocesan Association North Wooton (Great Orchard Campanile), Somerset Thursday, 22 January 2026 in 38m (2–0–9 in F♯) 1260 Single Oxford Bob Triples Composed by Edward W Martin 1 Leslie E Perry 2 Patrick C Tucker 3 Lawrence C Bignell 4 Patricia Tucker 5 Beverley Perry 6 Penelope I Hooper 7 A C John Davis (C) 8 Margaret J Bignell 300th together 2 and 5. Circled tower-5 times-8. Circled tower 23 times-1. Circled tower 26 times-5. Pre birthday compliment to Pen. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Huntsham, Devon All Saints Thursday, 22 January 2026 in 2h 48 (8–0–27) 5056 Dunedin Surprise Major Composed by A J Pitman 1 Michael Hatchett 2 Michael R Spencer 3 Lesley A Knipe 4 Jane C Spencer 5 R Nicholas Lawrence 6 Revd Christopher Renyard 7 Harry J Andrews 8 Donald B Carter (C) 1250th peal - 2 300th peal together - 1 & 4 First blows in the method by all Believed to be the first peal rung in the method (previously only rung to a quarter) Rung as a 90th birthday compliment to Mary Beresford for Monday 26th January Remembering Harold Rogers of Isleworth whose enthusiasm inspired many Ringing World page reference: 5989.0105Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Halse, Somerset St James the Less Friday, 23 January 2026 in 42m (10–0–22 in F♯) 1272 Old Oxford Delight Minor 1 Margaret M Furner 2 Kathie Matthews 3 Keith E Beale 4 Ann E Birch 5 Giles R Morley 6 Charles H P Pipe-Wolferstan (C) Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Brompton Ralph, Somerset Blessed Virgin Mary Friday, 23 January 2026 in 43m (10–2–11 in G) 1346 Norwich Surprise Minor 1 Keith E Beale (C) 2 Ann E Birch 3 Kathie Matthews 4 Charles H P Pipe-Wolferstan 5 Margaret M Furner 6 Giles R Morley For the monthly Coffee & Cake morning in the Village Hall. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Mark, Somerset Holy Cross Saturday, 24 January 2026 in 48m (19 in E) 1264 Plain Bob Major 1 David G Wilford 2 Melvyn J Freeman 3 Jonathan A Boundy 4 Gregory M Venn 5 Caroline Hunt 6 Ally Grieveson 7 John R Schmidt 8 Melissa G Hunt (C) First on 8 : 3 Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Backwell, Somerset St Andrew Saturday, 24 January 2026 in 3h 5 (17–3–9 in E♭) 5056 Deva Surprise Major Composed by D F Morrison (3813) 1 Ian P Hill 2 Peter W Hill 3 Andrea B Beaumont 4 Ally Grieveson 5 Rebecca J Cox 6 Richard O Humphries 7 Joseph St J Beaumont (C) 8 Timothy E H Waller Rung for UBSCR dinner weekend by a band of hangers on. 250th peal together 1 & 7. Ringing World page reference: 5992.0189Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Weston in Gordano, Somerset St Peter and St Paul Sunday, 25 January 2026 in 44m (8–2–19 in F♯) 1260 St Paul Doubles 1 Janet K Wyatt 2 Phillipa C James 3 Elizabeth A Smith 4 Lionel D Smith 5 George E Wyatt (C) 6 Les Curwood Rung for Evensong, on the feast of the conversion of St Paul. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Preston Plucknett, Somerset St James Sunday, 25 January 2026 in 42m (9–1–10 in G) 1272 Westminster Surprise Minor 1 Martyn R Cave 2 Margaret J Bignell 3 Susan E Cave 4 Lawrence C Bignell 5 Leslie E Perry (C) 6 Beverley Perry For St James @ 4: Songs of Praise. First in method - 3. 325th together 2 & 6. Ringing World page reference: 5990.0134Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Durleigh, Somerset St Hugh Sunday, 25 January 2026 in 47m (10–0–4 in G) 1260 Doubles (6m/1p) 120 Stedman, 240 Grandsire, 300 Plain Bob, 120 St Martins, 240 Reverse Canterbury, 120 St Nicholas, 120 Winchendon 1 Janet C Garnett 2 Cate Ovington 3 Margaret Furner 4 Michael Munt 5 Michael T Howes (C) 6 Paul D Forbes-Harper For Evensong. Also in memory of Harry Meade, tower captain of Goathurst and ringing member of B&WDACR for over 60 years, who died on 28th December 2025 Ringing World page reference: 5990.0132Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Chilcompton, Somerset St John the Baptist Sunday, 25 January 2026 in 51m (19–1–6 in E♭) 1344 Stedman Caters Composed by Danial Brady 1 Nicki J Lang 2 Adrian P Beck 3 Susan A Haines 4 Paul Wotton 5 Philip J Payne 6 Jody A Wood 7 Michael J Stubbs 8 Robert Perry (C) 9 Sam Shead 10 Tim Leach First time band rung this comp 122 calls. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Bath, Somerset Blessed Virgin Mary, Bathwick Sunday, 25 January 2026 in 50m (18–3–20 in E♭) 1295 Grandsire Caters Composed by Simon A Bond (Op. 6) 1 Ines Laidler 2 Matthew W Goodship (C) 3 Helen Udal 4 Michael W Day 5 George Tomlin 6 Molly S Waterson 7 Michael J Stubbs 8 Adrian Udal 9 Thomas G A Wareing 10 Andrew Manister Rung for morning service. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association South Cadbury, Somerset St Thomas a Becket Monday, 26 January 2026 in 44m (13–1–22 in F) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Aaron Moreton 2 Emma Ceely 3 Cathy Civill (C) 4 Geoffrey Batson 5 Roy Taylor 6 Toby Doar First quarter peal on the treble Bath & Wells Diocesan Association North Weston, Somerset Wyatt's Yard Monday, 26 January 2026 in 2h 4 (35lb 0oz in F) 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (41m) 2160 17 S Minor London, Wells, Kelso, Lincoln, Coldstream, Cunecastre, Carlisle, Wooler, Newcastle, Alnwick, Chester, Munden,Northumberland, Whitley, Morpeth, Canterbury, Sandiacre. 2880 24 S Minor Norwich, Nethersale, Westminster, Allendale, Warkworth, Stamford, Wearmouth, Lightfoot, Rossendale, Bamborough, Bacup, Annables London, Ipswich, Hull, Bourne, Cambridge, Primrose, Norfolk, Beverley, Surfleet, Berwick, Hexham, York Durham. Composed by John Warboys SU308, SU403 1 Barrie Hendry 2 Sam Shead 3 Clifford R Nicholls 4 Lester J Yeo 5 Phill J Payne 6 Joseph St J Beaumont (C) First peal of standard 41 S Minor methods-2,3,6 and on the bells. 300th peal for the Association-4 Ringing World page reference: 5990.0130Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Bath, Somerset St Michael Tuesday, 27 January 2026 in 47m (14–1–9 in E♭) 1280 Deva Surprise Major Composed by A J Barnfield 1 Sophie Sikorsky 2 Michael J Stubbs 3 Jody A Wood 4 Robert H B Johnson 5 Dave Kelly 6 Matthew W Goodship (C) 7 Matthew J Butler 8 David R Ware First in method: 4, 5, 7 Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Thorverton, Devon St Thomas of Canterbury Wednesday, 28 January 2026 in 52m (15–0–4 in F) 1260 Plain Bob Royal 1 Keith E Beale (C) 2 Sue M Sawyer 3 Charles Pipe-Wolferstan 4 Janet C Garnett 5 Ann E Birch 6 Margaret M Furner 7 Patricia Slade 8 Ian Rees 9 Revd Jonathan G Rose 10 Andrew F Howard First of Royal for Margaret Furner. Congratulations Margaret on ringing your first two 10 bell quarter peals in the same morning. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Exeter, Devon St Mark Wednesday, 28 January 2026 in 48m (12–1–19 in F♯) 1259 Grandsire Caters 1 Andrew F Howard 2 Sue M Sawyer 3 Charles Pipe-Wolferstan (C) 4 Ann E Birch 5 Janet C Garnett 6 Margaret M Furner 7 Patricia Slade 8 Revd Jonathan G Rose 9 Ian Rees 10 Keith E Beale First on 10 for Margaret Furner Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Compton Dundon, Somerset St Andrew Wednesday, 28 January 2026 in 42m (10–1–21 in F♯) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 Trishia Everitt 2 Liz Rendell 3 Chris Gaunt 4 Patrick Rendell 5 Jeremy Taylor 6 Michael T Howes (C) Fund raising for Curry Rivel Clock Ringing World page reference: 5990.0133Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Brampford Speke, Devon St Peter Wednesday, 28 January 2026 in 43m (6–1–16 in B) 1320 Norwich Surprise Minor 1 Keith E Beale (C) 2 Janet C Garnett 3 Sue M Sawyer 4 Ann E Birch 5 Graham Tucker 6 Ian Rees Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Huntsham, Devon All Saints Thursday, 29 January 2026 in 2h 49 (8–0–27 in A♭) 5088 Gainsborough Surprise Major 1 Michael Hatchett 2 Margaret J Bignell 3 Jane C Spencer 4 Lesley A Knipe 5 Michael R Spencer 6 R Nicholas Lawrence 7 Lawrence C Bignell 8 Joseph St J Beaumont (C) Remembering Jeffrey Knipe who passed away 4 years ago tomorrow. Ringing World page reference: 5991.0153Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Clapton in Gordano, Somerset St Michael Thursday, 29 January 2026 in 41m (6–0–15 in A♭) 1260 Double Bob Minor 1 Alison S Pemble 2 Janet K Wyatt 3 Lionel D Smith 4 Elizabeth A Smith 5 Andrew H Ball (C) 6 George E Wyatt Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset St Michael Friday, 30 January 2026 in 44m (5) 1260 Doubles (3m) 3 extents each St Simons and St Martins; 4 1/2 extents Plain Bob. 1 Susan Irvine 2 Lesley A Knipe 3 Jane C Spencer 4 Michael R Spencer 5 Michael Hatchett (C) 6 Gareth Crawley First quarter - 6. Remembering Jeff Knipe who passed away 4 years ago today. Ringing World page reference: 5991.0159Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Winford, Somerset The Blessed Virgin Mary and St Peter Saturday, 31 January 2026 in 46m (13–3–26 in E) 1280 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by Anthony J Cox 1 Lionel D Smith 2 Elizabeth A Smith 3 Anthony J Cox (C) 4 Matthew C Frost 5 Christine R Hill 6 Rebecca J Cox 7 Glenn A A Taylor 8 Annabelle F Frost Ruing on the 60th anniversary of Elizabeth's first quarter peal, Plain Bob Minor at All Saints, Fawley, Hampshire. Ringing World page reference: 5990.0135Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Chilcompton, Somerset St John the Baptist Saturday, 31 January 2026 in 3h 9 (19–1–6 in E♭) 5040 Jarl Surprise Royal Composed by James Clatworthy 1 Robert Perry 2 Andrea B Beaumont 3 Peter W Hill 4 Adrian P Beck 5 Clifford R Nicholls 6 Donald B Carter 7 Joseph St J Beaumont (C) 8 Benjamin D Kipling 9 Sam Shead 10 David C J Marshall 1st peal in the method by all the band. Remembering Jeffrey Knipe who passed away 4 years ago. 150th peal together - 2 & 4. Ringing World page reference: 5991.0153Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Taunton, Somerset Holy Trinity Sunday, 1 February 2026 in 39m (4–1–9 in E♭) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 Harry J Thorne-Henderson 2 Debra J Henderson 3 Jill M Hansford 4 Angela M Henderson 5 Jackie K Henderson 6 Michael C Hansford (C) 1st of Minor - 2. Ringing World page reference: 5991.0162Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Shipham, Somerset St Leonard Sunday, 1 February 2026 in 45m (6–0–8 in B♭) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Julie C Leader 2 Christine Prince 3 Susan M Gill 4 Christopher A P Gill 5 Nicholas G P Gill (C) 6 Paul E Ashmore Belated Golden Wedding compliment for Paul (6) and Trish Ashmore and Ruby Wedding compliment for Nick and Sue Gill (5&3). Ringing World page reference: 5995.0251Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Chilcompton, Somerset St John the Baptist Sunday, 1 February 2026 in 47m (19–1–6 in E♭) 1250 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) Superlative, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Cambridge Arranged by Jadd Virji 1 Patrick C Bridges 2 Sam Shead (C) 3 Jane Hooker 4 Paul R Wotton 5 Sarah J Quintin 6 Daniel O'Connell 7 Adrian P Beck 8 David C J Marshall Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Ston Easton, Somerset Blessed Virgin Mary Monday, 2 February 2026 in 2h 27 (4–0–21 in D) 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (15m) 1) Lightfoot and Wearmouth; 2) York and Durham; 3) Carlisle, Chester and Munden; 4) London, Wells and Cunecastre; 5) Westminster and Allendale; 6) Ipswich, Bourne and Cambridge ; 7) Beverley and Surfleet. 1 Michael Hatchett 2 Jane C Spencer 3 Lesley A Knipe 4 David P Hammonds 5 Revd Christopher Renyard 6 Michael R Spencer (C) For the purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Ringing World page reference: 5991.0153Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Portishead, Somerset St Peter Monday, 2 February 2026 in 46m (15 in F) 1260 Candlemas Doubles Eynesbury Bob with an Old Single 1 Alison S Pemble 2 Lionel D Smith 3 Elizabeth A Smith (C) 4 Janet K Wyatt 5 George E Wyatt 6 Les Curwood 50th quarter for 1. 350th quarter as conductor for 3. Rung for the Candlemas service and the licensing, at this service, of the Rev Lindsay Smith as Associate Minister. Ringing World page reference: 5991.0161Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Ash, Somerset Holy Trinity Tuesday, 3 February 2026 in 42m (6–1–20 in B) 1296 Spliced Surprise Minor (6m) Contains all the London above methods of the Standard 41, comprising 360 Wells; 288 London; 216 Kelso; 144 Coldstream, Cunecastre, Lincoln; 47 com. Composed by Lynn S Scales 1 A C John Davis 2 Margaret J Bignell 3 Susan E Cave 4 Patricia Tucker 5 Lawrence C Bignell 6 Patrick C Tucker (C) Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset St Michael Wednesday, 4 February 2026 in 50m (10–3–16 in F) 1296 Plain Bob Caters 1 Keith E Beale (C) 2 Charles H P Pipe-Wolferstan 3 Kathie Matthews 4 Susan M Sawyer 5 Ann E Birch 6 Janet C Garnett 7 Margaret M Furner 8 Giles R Morley 9 Andrew F Howard 10 Ian J Rees First of Caters in the method (7). Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset St Michael Wednesday, 4 February 2026 in 48m (10–3–16 in F) 1295 Grandsire Caters 1 Keith E Beale 2 Kathie Matthews 3 Charles H P Pipe-Wolferstan (C) 4 Ann E Birch 5 Janet C Garnett 6 Susan M Sawyer 7 Margaret M Furner 8 Andrew F Howard 9 Ian J Rees 10 Giles R Morley Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Seavington St Mary, Somerset St Mary Wednesday, 4 February 2026 in 42m (6–2–21 in B) 1296 Spliced Surprise Minor (2m) Spliced Beverley & Cambridge Surprise. 1 Keith E Beale (C) 2 Ann E Birch 3 Susan M Sawyer 4 Janet C Garnett 5 Kathie Matthews 6 Giles R Morley Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Aller, Somerset St Andrew Wednesday, 4 February 2026 (6–3–14 in G) 1260 Doubles (4m) Stedman, Grandsire, Rev. Canterbury & Plain Bob. 1 Tricia Everitt 2 Liz Rendell 3 Andrew Gigiel 4 Bob Parker 5 Patrick Rendell (C) 6 Steve Davis Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Huntsham, Devon All Saints Thursday, 5 February 2026 in 2h 52 (8–0–27) 5088 Melvyn Surprise Major Composed by N J Pitstow 1 Michael Hatchett 2 Harry J Andrews 3 Jane C Spencer 4 Kate J Wills 5 Lesley A Knipe 6 R Nicholas Lawrence 7 Edward C Westlake 8 Donald B Carter (C) 1000th peal for the Association - 8 Rung in memory of Melvyn Carter of Westwood in Wiltshire who passed away last week aged 80 First peal in the method Melvyn Surprise Major -36-14-58-3678-1478-58-1236-78 le12 b Ringing World page reference: 5991.0153Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Clapton in Gordano, Somerset St Michael Thursday, 5 February 2026 in 45m (6–0–15 in A♭) 1260 St Clement's College Bob Minor 1 Phillipa C James 2 Will Rogers 3 George E Wyatt 4 Janet K Wyatt 5 Elizabeth A Smith (C) 6 Lionel D Smith Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Queen Charlton, Somerset St Margaret Saturday, 7 February 2026 (7–1–18 in A♭) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Finlay Totterdell 2 Edric W Broom (C) 3 Adam Hiscocks 4 Ann Dowding 5 Timothy Illing 6 George Colbourne First QP for long time- 3,6. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Bath, Somerset St Matthew, Widcombe Saturday, 7 February 2026 in 42m (12 in F♯) 1284 Double Oxford Bob Minor View composition 1 Matthew W Goodship (C) 2 Patrick C Bridges 3 Sonia G Field 4 Nicholas C Field 5 Josh D P Jones 6 William M Beech First in method: 3 200th quarter: 1, 3 250th quarter: 6 Ringing World page reference: 5992.0181Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Durleigh, Somerset St Hugh Sunday, 8 February 2026 in 46m (10–0–4 in G) 1260 Double Oxford Bob Minor 1 Kay Smith 2 Charles Pipe-Wolferstan 3 Margaret Furner 4 Paul D Forbes-Harper 5 Janet C Garnett (C) 6 Michael T Howes For Evensong Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Bath, Somerset Blessed Virgin Mary, Bathwick Sunday, 8 February 2026 in 50m (18–3–20 in E♭) 1260 Middlesex Bob Triples Composed by RWW 1 Josh D P Jones 2 Nicholas C Field 3 Sonia Field 4 Jessica E K Bowden 5 Thomas G A Wareing (C) 6 Michael W Day 7 Molly S Waterson 8 Mike Stubbs For morning service Bath & Wells Diocesan Association North Weston, Somerset Wyatt's Yard Monday, 9 February 2026 in 1h 58 (35lb 0oz in F) 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) Cambridge, Beverley, Surfleet, London, Wells, Norwich, Bourne View composition 1 Joseph St J Beaumont 2 George E Wyatt 3 Barrie Hendry 4 Clifford R Nicholls 5 Lester J Yeo 6 Sam Shead (C) Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Clapton in Gordano, Somerset St Michael Monday, 9 February 2026 in 45m (6–0–15 in A♭) 1260 St Simon's Bob Doubles 1 Lisa G Parker 2 Alison S Pemble 3 Lionel D Smith 4 Janet K Wyatt 5 Elizabeth A Smith (C) 6 Les Curwood First quarter in the method for 2. 75th quarter for 6. Ringing World page reference: 5992.0181Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Somerton, Somerset Tara's Orchard Tuesday, 10 February 2026 in 41m (84lb) 1272 Netherseale Surprise Minor 1 Martyn R Cave 2 Margaret J Bignell 3 Leslie E Perry 4 Susan E Cave 5 Beverley Perry 6 Lawrence C Bignell (C) 1st in method 4 Ringing World page reference: 5992.0183Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Somerton, Somerset Tara's Orchard Tuesday, 10 February 2026 in 42m (84lb) 1296 Norfolk Surprise Minor 1 Martyn R Cave 2 Susan E Cave 3 Beverley Perry 4 Margaret J Bignell 5 Lawrence C Bignell 6 Leslie E Perry (C) 1st in method 2 1st in method as conductor Circled the ring 3 times 3 Ringing World page reference: 5992.0183Bath & Wells Diocesan Association West Huntspill, Somerset Poultry Ring Wednesday, 11 February 2026 in 40m (42lb 10oz in F) 1260 Reverse Canterbury Pleasure Place Doubles 1 Sandra Verrier 2 Christine Tiley 3 Robert Parker 4 Richard M Tiley 5 Mary A Gardner (C) 6 Ian Woollen First Quarter of Doubles as conductor Bath & Wells Diocesan Association North Perrott, Somerset St Martin Wednesday, 11 February 2026 in 48m (9–2–9 in G) 1320 Doubles (3m) Grandsire, Plain Bob, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure Place. 1 Janet C Garnett 2 Susan M Sawyer 3 Margaret M Furner 4 Elisabeth Robertson 5 Keith E Beale (C) 6 Giles R Morley Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Haselbury Plucknett, Somerset St Michael and All Angels Wednesday, 11 February 2026 in 45m (6–3–14 in A) 1300 February Doubles Shipway Place with Wainfleet Extremes. 1 Keith E Beale (C) 2 Elisabeth Robertson 3 Janet C Garnett 4 Susan M Sawyer 5 Giles R Morley 6 Margaret M Furner First in the Variation for all. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association East Huntspill, Somerset Little Orchard Tower Wednesday, 11 February 2026 in 1h 54 (21lb 9oz in D) 5040 Surprise Minor (10m) 1) Lightfoot; 2) London and Wells; 3) York and Durham; 4) Bourne; 5) Westminster and Allendale; 6) Cambridge; 7) Beverley 1 Michael Hatchett 2 Mary A Gardner 3 Jane C Spencer 4 Lesley A Knipe 5 Joseph St J Beaumont 6 Michael R Spencer (C) Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Barton St David, Somerset St David Wednesday, 11 February 2026 in 43m (9–3–10 in A♭) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Trevor Lewis 2 Jenny Alderson 3 Cathy Civill 4 Lawrence C Bignell (C) 5 Penelope I Hooper 6 Beverley Perry First on Treble 1 Birthday Compliment to Cathy Circled 9 times 6 Ringing World page reference: 5992.0181Bath & Wells Diocesan Association North Wootton, Somerset Great Orchard Campanile Thursday, 12 February 2026 in 39m (2–0–9 in F♯) 1250 60th Birthday Delight Major 1 Patricia Tucker 2 Margaret J Bignell 3 A C John Davis 4 Beverley Perry 5 Patrick C Tucker 6 Leslie E Perry 7 Lawrence C Bignell 8 Penelope I Hooper (C) First in method for all 225th together 1 and 4 Belated birthday compliment to the conductor Ringing World page reference: 5992.0182Bath & Wells Diocesan Association North Wootton, Somerset Great Orchard Campanile Thursday, 12 February 2026 in 38m (2–0–9 in F♯) 1260 Stedman Triples 1 Leslie E Perry 2 Margaret J Bignell 3 Penelope I Hooper 4 A C John Davis 5 Patricia Tucker 6 Lawrence C Bignell 7 Patrick C Tucker (C) 8 Beverley Perry 300th together - 6 and 8. 275th together - 1 and 2. Ringing World page reference: 5992.0182Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Huntsham, Devon All Saints Thursday, 12 February 2026 in 2h 48 (8–0–27 in A♭) 5088 Snowy Surprise Major Composed by Robert D S Brown 1 Michael Hatchett 2 Lesley A Knipe 3 Michael C Hansford 4 Ian J Rees 5 R Nicholas Lawrence 6 Revd Christopher Renyard 7 Michael R Spencer 8 Fergus M S Stracey (C) Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Clapton in Gordano, Somerset St Michael Thursday, 12 February 2026 in 42m (6–0–15 in A♭) 1260 Doubles (3m) 480 St Simons, 480 St Martins, & 300 Plain Bob 1 Angela Venn 2 Lionel D Smith 3 Phillipa C James 4 Janet K Wyatt 5 Will Rogers (C) 6 Les Curwood Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Clevedon, Somerset St Mary, Walton Friday, 13 February 2026 in 43m (6–3–14 in B♭) 1272 Beverley Surprise Minor 1 Christine R Hill 2 Glenn A A Taylor 3 Lionel D Smith 4 Elizabeth A Smith 5 Anthony J Cox (C) 6 Peter W Hill 1000th quarter peal for 4. Ringing World page reference: 5991.0159Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Cheddar, Somerset Darling Bells of Cheddar Friday, 13 February 2026 in 35m (8lb 5oz in B) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Nicholas G P Gill 2 Corrie Darling 3 Susan M Gill 4 Ian Monnox 5 Janet C Garnett (C) 6 Jonathan A Boundy 1st QP on the bells 1,3,4 Birthday compliment for 3 Bath & Wells Diocesan Association South Petherton, Somerset St Peter and St Paul Saturday, 14 February 2026 in 44m (9–3–20) 1260 Doubles (4m) 240 St Simons, 240 St Martins, 480 Plain Bob, 300 Grandsire. 1 Walter J Sinclair 2 David P Hammonds 3 Patricia Tucker 4 A C John Davis (C) 5 Richard O Gibson 6 Patrick C Tucker Well done Walter. Belated birthday compliment to Jacqueline Davis. Ringing World page reference: 5992.0183Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Sherborne, Dorset Abbey Church of St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 14 February 2026 in 3h 18 (46–0–5 in B♭) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by Rev C D P Davies 1 Benjamin D Kipling 2 Matthew W Goodship (C) 3 Ian P Hill 4 Finlay D Totterdell 5 Cameron A Waters 6 Thomas N Longridge 7 Matthew J Butler 8 Thomas G A Wareing First Triples: 2 Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Preston Plucknett, Somerset St James Sunday, 15 February 2026 in 44m (9–1–10 in G) 1272 Bamborough Surprise Minor 1 Martyn R Cave 2 Margaret J Bignell 3 Susan E Cave 4 Patricia Tucker 5 Lawrence C Bignell 6 Patrick C Tucker (C) First Quarter Peal in the method - 3 and 4. For the St. James @4 Communion Service. Ringing World page reference: 5993.0209Bath & Wells Diocesan Association East Quantoxhead, Somerset Blessed Virgin Mary Sunday, 15 February 2026 (17–0–8 in E) Rounds and Call Changes Martin Blazey Sara Coward Lyn Payne Mark Philipson Gary Sears Derek R Smith For the Quantock Towers Benefice Service Bath & Wells Diocesan Association North Curry, Somerset St Peter and St Paul Tuesday, 17 February 2026 in 48m (14–3–10 in F) 1250 Southwell Surprise Major 1 Leslie E Perry (C) 2 Margaret J Bignell 3 Patricia Tucker 4 Patrick C Tucker 5 Penelope I Hooper 6 Beverley Perry 7 Lawrence C Bignell 8 A C John Davis First Quarter Peal in the method 2,3,4,5,7 & 8. First in method as conductor - 1. 125th together - 6 & 8 975th together - 1 & 5 80th birthday compliment to Sheila Jenkins. Ringing World page reference: 5993.0209Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Weston super Mare, Somerset St John the Baptist Thursday, 19 February 2026 in 44m (11–0–8 in G) 1320 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 Stephen J Crawley 2 Carolyn J Crawley 3 Susan M Sawyer 4 Janet C Garnett 5 Charles H P Pipe-Wolferstan (C) 6 Giles R Morley For the 129th anniversary of the formation of the Women's Institute (WI). Rung on the back six after meeting short for Major. Keith Beale wishes to be associated with this performance as he organised the ringing and stood down when the eighth ringer failed to materialise. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Uphill, Somerset St Nicholas Old Church Thursday, 19 February 2026 in 51m (9–3–9 in G♯) 1380 Buxton Bob Minor 1 Keith E Beale (C) 2 Carolyn J Crawley 3 Susan M Sawyer 4 Janet C Garnett 5 Giles R Morley 6 Stephen J Crawley Rung on the 553rd anniversary of the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus, polymath and astronomer who placed the Sun at the centre of the solar system, rather than the Earth. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Clevedon, Somerset St Andrew Thursday, 19 February 2026 in 45m (14–1–20 in E) 1296 St Clement's College Bob Major 1 Keith E Beale (C) 2 Carolyn J Crawley 3 Janet C Garnett 4 Susan M Sawyer 5 Kathie Matthews 6 Giles R Morley 7 Charles H P Pipe-Wolferstan 8 Stephen J Crawley A Pearl Wedding compliment to Ann and Paul Birch of Huish Champflower. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Clapton in Gordano, Somerset St Michael Thursday, 19 February 2026 (6–0–15 in A♭) 1260 Doubles (4m) Eynesbury, St Simon, St Martin and Plain Bob 1 Gerald V Skelly 2 Will Rogers 3 Phillipa C James 4 Janet K Wyatt 5 George E Wyatt (C) 6 Les Curwood 25th rung together, for 2 and 6 Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Winford, Somerset The Blessed Virgin Mary and St Peter Friday, 20 February 2026 in 3h 2 (13–3–26 in E) 5180 Sunset Strip Alliance Major Composed by A J Cox 1 Rebecca J Cox 2 Philip D Moyse 3 Lucy A Warren 4 David J Spencer 5 Ian P Hill 6 Cameron A Waters 7 Anthony J Cox (C) 8 Alan G Reading First peal in the method. Rung to mark the 77th anniversary of the birth of the composer. Sunset Strip Alliance Major f 38-56.14-56-38-12-1458.36.78 Ringing World page reference: 5994.0223Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Glastonbury, Somerset St John the Baptist Friday, 20 February 2026 in 45m (14–1–22 in F) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Louise J Warner 2 Alison J Warner 3 Paul R Wotton 4 Beverley Perry (C) 5 Leslie E Perry 6 Penelope I Hooper A celebration of the life of Joan Parker, aunt of Alison and great aunt of Louise. Ringing World page reference: 5993.0206Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Farmborough, Somerset All Saints Friday, 20 February 2026 in 41m (9–0–10 in F) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Nicholas C Field (C) 2 Patrick C Bridges 3 Robert Perry 4 Finlay D Totterdell 5 Josh D P Jones 6 Susan A Haines Rung in celebration of the life of Anthony Vernon Stokes 22.09.1974 - 10.01.2026. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Cheddar, Somerset Darling Bells of Cheddar Friday, 20 February 2026 in 35m (8lb 5oz in B) 1260 Doubles (4m) 300 Plain Bob, 240 St.Simons, 240 St.Martins, 480 Grandsire 1 Susan M Gill 2 Jonathan A Boundy 3 Ian Monnox 4 Janet C Garnett 5 Nicholas G P Gill (C) 6 Corrie Darling Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Cheddar, Somerset Darling Bells of Cheddar Friday, 20 February 2026 in 1h 52 (8lb 5oz in B) 5040 Surprise Minor (10m) 720 each of 1. Chester & Munden 2. London & Wells 3. Norwich 4. York 5. Ipswich 6. Beverley & Surfleet 7. Cambridge 1 Barrie Hendry 2 Ally Grieveson 3 Lester J Yeo 4 Melissa G Hunt 5 Joseph St J Beaumont (C) 6 Clifford R Nicholls Most Minor methods -4 Ringing World page reference: 5994.0223Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Butleigh, Somerset St Leonard Friday, 20 February 2026 in 49m (19–3–5 in E♭) 1287 Grandsire Triples Composed by Dennis Chapman 1 Harry Dudden 2 Beverley Perry 3 Paul R Wotton 4 Penelope I Hooper 5 John R Schmidt 6 Leslie E Perry 7 Sam Shead (C) 8 Melissa G Cooper Rung to celebrate the 70th Birthday (today) for the treble. First of triples away from cover : 1 Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Kewstoke, Somerset St Paul Saturday, 21 February 2026 in 44m (9¾ in G) 1260 St Clement's College Bob Minor 1 Kay Smith 2 John Boorman 3 John Parsons 4 Martin J Blazey 5 Charles H P Pipe-Wolferstan (C) 6 Giles R Morley Rung before a buffet in memory of Ray Jones by surviving members of the now defunct Monday and Wednesday Groups, so much a part of Ray's ringing life. Also remembering other recently passed members Bryan Williams, Valerie Stone and John West. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Axbridge, Somerset St John the Baptist Saturday, 21 February 2026 in 3h 7 (19–3–14 in E♭) 5040 Surprise Minor (6m) 720 each of Wells, London, Ipswich, Beverley, Surfleet 1440 Cambridge. 1 Annabelle F Frost 2 Andrew H Ball 3 Rebecca J Cox 4 Ally Grieveson 5 Joseph St J Beaumont (C) 6 Matthew C Frost Rung for the 100th anniversary of the installation of the bells by John Taylors. Ringing World page reference: 5994.0223Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Weston in Gordano, Somerset St Peter and St Paul Sunday, 22 February 2026 in 43m (8–2–19 in F♯) 1260 Doubles (3m) 480 St Simons, 480 St Martins, & 300 Plain Bob Doubles 1 George E Wyatt 2 Christopher D Woodgate 3 Phillipa C James 4 Janet K Wyatt 5 Will Rogers (C) 6 Les Curwood 25th quarter together for 3 & 6 Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Walton, Somerset Holy Trinity Sunday, 22 February 2026 in 48m (16–2–1 in E♭) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Alison J Warner 2 Beverley Perry (C) 3 Leslie E Perry 4 Penelope I Hooper 5 John R Schmidt Compliment to David Hatrey to mark the 25th anniversary of his licencing to this Benefice. Ringing World page reference: 5994.0228Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Preston Plucknett, Somerset St James Sunday, 22 February 2026 in 44m (9–1–10 in G) 1272 Allendale Surprise Minor 1 Beverley Perry 2 Margaret J Bignell 3 Leslie E Perry 4 Susan E Cave 5 Penelope I Hooper 6 Lawrence C Bignell (C) For St James @ 4 Songs of Praise 1st in Method 4 & 5 Ringing World page reference: 5994.0228Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Durleigh, Somerset St Hugh Sunday, 22 February 2026 in 46m (10–0–4 in G) 1260 Starting Block Bob Minor 1 Kay Smith 2 Janet Garnett 3 Cate Ovington 4 Paul D Forbes-Harper 5 Charles Pipe-Wolferstan (C) 6 Michael Howes For Evensong. First in the method for all. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Chilcompton, Somerset St John the Baptist Sunday, 22 February 2026 in 48m (19–1–6 in E♭) 1250 Cambridge Surprise Major 1 Paul Wotton 2 Sarah J Quintin 3 Patrick C Bridges 4 Susan A Haines 5 Robert Perry (C) 6 Nicki J Lang 7 Adrian P Beck 8 Matthew R T Higby Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Bristol, Bristol Frayne Road Sunday, 22 February 2026 in 43m (13 in E♭) 1264 St Clement's College Bob Major Composed by David L Thomas 1–2 Rebecca A Woodgate 3–4 Melissa G Hunt 5–6 Glenn A A Taylor 7–8 Alex Hunt (C) In remembrance of Carola Ellis, daughter-in-law of the late Alan Ellis of Vancouver. Condolences to Alan Junior and Mae Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Bath, Somerset St Saviour, Larkhall Sunday, 22 February 2026 in 40m (10–3–3 in G) Call Changes, Plain Hunt Doubles and Plain Bob Doubles 1 Angela Goldson 2 Annabella Brosnan 3 Debbie Leach 4 Edward Leigh-Wood 5 Erica Davies 6 Keith Wilkinson (C) 7 Mark Brosnan 8 Tim Leach (C) Believed to be the first Sunday Service ringing by a regular local band for approximately 10 years. We'd like to also associate Chris Gibbs and Chris Goldson with this ringing - Members of the band but unable to be with us this morning. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Templecombe, Somerset Monday, 23 February 2026 in 44m 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Michelle Rechka 2 Anna Joyce 3 Annette Organ 4 Simon Tremewan 5 David P Hammonds (C) 6 Toby Doar First Q 1. Sending Paul Reeves a Get Well Soon. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association North Weston, Somerset Wyatt's Yard Monday, 23 February 2026 in 2h 1 (35lb 0oz in F) 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (41m) 2160 of Coldstream, Cunecastre, Kelso, Lincoln, London, Wells, Alnwick, Canterbury, Carlisle, Chester, Morpeth, Munden, Newcastle, Northumberland, Sandiacre, Whitley, Wooler. 2880 of Allendale, Annable's London, Bacup, Bamborough, Lightfoot, Netherseale, Norwich, Rossendale, Stamford, Warkworth, Wearmouth, Westminster. Berwick, Beverley, Bourne, Cambridge, Durham, Hexham, Hull, Ipswich, Norfolk, Primrose, Surfleet, York. Composed by John Warboys SU308, SU403 1 Barrie Hendry 2 Sam Shead 3 Phill J Payne 4 Clifford R Nicholls 5 Lester J Yeo 6 Joseph St J Beaumont (C) Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Clapton in Gordano, Somerset St Michael Monday, 23 February 2026 in 43m (6–0–15 in A♭) 1260 Doubles (7m) 240 each of Fifield, St Ouen Place, Bampton Place, Twineham; 120 each of St Martin's, St Simon's; 60 Plain Bob 1 Phillipa C James 2 Janet K Wyatt 3 Lionel D Smith 4 Elizabeth A Smith (C) 5 George E Wyatt 6 Les Curwood Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Midsomer Norton, Somerset St John the Baptist Tuesday, 24 February 2026 in 50m (21–1–15 in E♭) 1265 Stedman Caters 1 Andrew H Ball 2 Sarah J Quintin 3 Sam Shead 4 Adrian P Beck 5 Susan A Haines 6 Robert Perry (C) 7 Paul Wotton 8 Alison Grieveson 9 David C J Marshall 10 Revd Guy Scott Rung as a birthday compliment to Sas Whatson. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Bath, Somerset St Michael Tuesday, 24 February 2026 in 47m (14–1–9 in E♭) 1292 Original Major Composed by M W Goodship 1 Michael J Stubbs 2 Jody A Wood 3 David R Ware 4 Sophie Sikorsky 5 Matthew W Goodship (C) 6 Matthew J Butler 7 Dave Kelly 8 Thomas G A Wareing First Original Major: 5 Birthday compliments to Amy Wood Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Stawley, Somerset St Michael and All Angels Wednesday, 25 February 2026 in 38m (8 in A♭) 1296 Bourne Surprise Minor 1 Keith E Beale (C) 2 Janet C Garnett 3 Kathie Matthews 4 Susan M Sawyer 5 Giles R Morley 6 Revd Jonathan G Rose Last of four, a 77th birthday compliment to the Conductor. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Hemyock, Devon St Mary Wednesday, 25 February 2026 in 46m (17–3–12 in E♭) 1277 Spliced Doubles (1p,1m) Spliced Grandsire & Stedman Doubles, arranged by K.E.B. 1 Kathie Matthews 2 Susan M Sawyer 3 Janet C Garnett 4 Charles H P Pipe-Wolferstan 5 Keith E Beale (C) 6 Giles R Morley Second of four quarters rung as a 77th birthday compliment to the Conductor. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Churchstanton, Somerset St Peter and St Paul Wednesday, 25 February 2026 in 43m (11–2–27 in F) 1277 Grandsire Minor Arr. Keith Beale. 1 Susan M Sawyer 2 Janet C Garnett 3 Kathie Matthews 4 Charles H P Pipe-Wolferstan 5 Giles R Morley 6 Keith E Beale (C) Specially arranged for the 77th birthday of Keith Beale. First of four. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Ashbrittle, Somerset St John the Baptist Wednesday, 25 February 2026 in 40m (8–0–21 in G) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 Janet C Garnett 2 Kathie Matthews 3 Susan M Sawyer 4 Keith E Beale (C) 5 Giles R Morley 6 Revd Jonathan G Rose Third of four rung for the Conductor's 77th birthday. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association North Wootton, Somerset Great Orchard Campanile Thursday, 26 February 2026 in 40m (2–0–9 in F♯) 1260 Grandsire Triples 1 David G Wilford 2 Peter W Hill 3 Penelope I Hooper 4 Christine R Hill 5 Cathy Civill (C) 6 Beverley Perry 7 Leslie E Perry 8 David P Hammonds First triples as conductor - 5. Wishing Paul Reeves a speedy recovery. Ringing World page reference: 5994.0227Bath & Wells Diocesan Association North Wootton, Somerset Great Orchard Campanile Thursday, 26 February 2026 in 38m (2–0–9 in F♯) 1280 Superlative Surprise Major 1 Beverley Perry 2 Penelope I Hooper 3 Cathy Civill 4 David G Wilford 5 Leslie E Perry 6 Christine R Hill 7 David P Hammonds 8 Peter W Hill (C) Circled ring 24 times - 5. Ringing World page reference: 5994.0227Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Huntsham, Devon All Saints Thursday, 26 February 2026 in 2h 56 (8–0–27 in A♭) 5152 Sarum Castle Surprise Major Composed by Graham A C John (26984) 1 Michael Hatchett 2 Jane C Spencer 3 R Nicholas Lawrence 4 Richard H Johnston 5 Lesley A Knipe 6 Edward C Westlake 7 Harry J Andrews 8 Michael R Spencer (C) A birthday compliment today - 5. First in the method - 2, 6, 7 and 8. 60th anniversary of first peal - 4. Ringing World page reference: 5995.0246Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Huish Champflower, Somerset St Peter Friday, 27 February 2026 in 43m (11–0–8 in F♯) 1260 Lakesend Bob Minor 1 Andrew F Howard 2 Kathie Matthews 3 Margaret M Furner 4 Ann E Birch 5 Charles H P Pipe-Wolferstan (C) 6 Giles R Morley 300th quarter peal (3). First in the method (2,3,4). Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Dunster, Somerset St George Friday, 27 February 2026 in 50m (20–1–6 in E) 1260 Grandsire Triples 1 Keith Beale 2 Neil Williams 3 Alex Hunt 4 Susan Mew 5 Martin J Blazey 6 Lee Webber 7 Andrew Palk (C) 8 Larry Maxwell Rung immediately following the funeral of Peter Tudball. Peter was a member of the B&WDACR for 78 years, a Member Emeritus and a stalwart of Dunster tower until a few years ago, when the stairs got too much.The bells were rung open, in celebration of a life well lived, by a band of those who had rung with Peter in the past. Ringing World page reference: 5994.0225Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Corston, Somerset All Saints Friday, 27 February 2026 in 44m (9–2–25 in A♭) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Philippa M Parfrey 2 Tim Leach 3 Sophie Sikorsky 4 Nicki J Lang 5 Finlay D Totterdell (C) 6 Virginia Campbell Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Cheddar, Somerset Darling Bells of Cheddar Friday, 27 February 2026 in 37m (8lb 5oz in B) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Jonathan A Boundy 2 Corrie Darling 3 Susan M Gill 4 Ian Monnox 5 Janet C Garnett (C) 6 Nicholas G P Gill In memory of Marina Warner, Ely DA and Ladies' Guild ringer and friend of the conductor, who passed away suddenly on 25th February 2026. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Brompton Ralph, Somerset Blessed Virgin Mary Friday, 27 February 2026 in 42m (10–2–11 in G) 1260 Starting Block Bob Minor 1 Kathie Matthews 2 Margaret M Furner 3 Andrew F Howard 4 Ann E Birch 5 Giles R Morley 6 Charles H P Pipe-Wolferstan (C) For the monthly Coffee & Cake morning in the Village Hall. First in the method (2,3,4). Bath & Wells Diocesan Association South Petherton, Somerset St Peter and St Paul Saturday, 28 February 2026 in 3h 19 (22–3–15) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by Anon (RW Diary) 1 Sas Watson 2 Sophie Sikorsky 3 Nigel R Woodruff 4 Ally Grieveson 5 Clifford R Nicholls 6 Tim E Rose 7 Joseph St J Beaumont 8 Donald B Carter (C) 9 Jody A Wood 10 Phill J Payne First peal on 10 - 1 Rung as a birthday compliment to Sas Watson Ringing World page reference: 5995.0246Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Chilcompton, Somerset St John the Baptist Sunday, 1 March 2026 in 46m (19–1–6 in E♭) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Ed Pratt 2 Paul R Wotton 3 Adrian P Beck 4 Sam Shead (C) 5 David C J Marshall 6 Guy Scott 1st away from cover : 1 Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Axbridge, Somerset St John the Baptist Sunday, 1 March 2026 in 44m (19–3–14 in E♭) 1260 Doubles (2m) 600 Plain Bob and 660 Grandsire Doubles 1 Corrie Darling 2 Jude Akhurst 3 Janet C Garnett (C) 4 John Dunstone 5 A Roy Shallish 6 Liz Lane For the Axbridge Civic Service. Also in memory of Marina Warner, Ely DA ringer and occasional visitor to the Axbridge branch, who passed away suddenly on 25th February 2026. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Ston Easton, Somerset Blessed Virgin Mary Monday, 2 March 2026 in 43m (4–0–21 in D) 1320 Surprise Minor (3m) 720 Lightfoot and Wearmouth; 600 Norwich. 1 Lesley A Knipe 2 Margaret J Bignell 3 Jane C Spencer 4 R Nicholas Lawrence 5 Lawrence C Bignell 6 Michael R Spencer (C) Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Compton Dundon, Somerset St Andrew Wednesday, 4 March 2026 in 43m (10–1–21 in F♯) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Vicky Baillon 2 Viv McHale 3 Cathy Civill 4 Susan Irvine 5 Penelope I Hooper (C) 6 Simon Tremewan First Quarter at first attempt:1 Ringing World page reference: 5995.0249Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Huntsham, Devon All Saints Thursday, 5 March 2026 in 2h 52 (8–0–27 in A♭) 5054 Spitfire Delight Major Composed by A P Smith 1 Michael Hatchett 2 Kate J Wills 3 Jane C Spencer 4 Michael R Spencer 5 Lesley A Knipe 6 Sqn Ldr R Nicholas Lawrence RAFR 7 Donald B Carter 8 Roy LeMarechal (C) Rung on and for the 90th anniversary of the maiden flight of K5054, the prototype aeroplane that became the Spitfire. Birthday compliment to Bryony Dorrington. 300th together - 5,7. 550th together - 3,4. Ringing World page reference: 5996.0270Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Haselbury Plucknett, Somerset St Michael and All Angels Thursday, 5 March 2026 (6–3–14 in A) 120 Rollup Doubles Call Changes Composed by Owen J Borlase 1 Christine Thomas 2 Robert Harvey 3 Viv McHale 4 Simon Tremewan (C) 5 Karen Dunn 6 William Hall Rung to mark St Piran's Day. Kernow Bys Vyken. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Halse, Somerset St James the Less Thursday, 5 March 2026 in 38m (10–0–22 in F♯) 1272 Ipswich Surprise Minor 1 Kathie Matthews 2 Ann E Birch 3 Janet C Garnett 4 Susan M Sawyer 5 Giles R Morley 6 Keith E Beale (C) Congratulations to Jonathan Banton, ringer in the Milverton (Trinity & Saints) Benefice, on his 90th birthday. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Churchstanton, Somerset St Peter and St Paul Thursday, 5 March 2026 in 46m (11–2–27 in F) 1359 March Doubles Plain Bob Doubles with Gloster Extremes. 1 Kathie Matthews 2 Susan M Sawyer 3 Janet C Garnett 4 Ann E Birch 5 Keith E Beale (C) 6 Giles R Morley Rung to celebrate the life of Peggy Ridge (Aunt of [4]), 15/01/1928 - 26/01/2026, who spent her final years in Churchinford. First in the Variation (3 & 4). Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Bishop's Hull, Somerset St Peter and St Paul Thursday, 5 March 2026 in 37m (10–0–21 in F♯) 1260 Minor (2m) St Clement's College & Plain Bob. 1 Keith E Beale (C) 2 Ann E Birch 3 Susan M Sawyer 4 Kathie Matthews 5 Janet C Garnett 6 Giles R Morley To celebrate the life of Peggy Ridge, Aunt of (2), 15/01/1928 - 26/01/2026, a former resident of Bishop's Hull. Also in memory of Marina Warner, Ely D.A. ringer and friend of (5), who passed away suddenly on 25th February 2026. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Somerton, Somerset St Michael and All Angels Friday, 6 March 2026 in 46m (20 in E♭) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Christine Thomas 2 Tricia Everitt 3 Matthew J Wadey 4 Viv McHale 5 William L Hall (C) 6 Liz Rendell First Quarter Peal of Grandsire. Ringing World page reference: 5995.0251Bath & Wells Diocesan Association North Curry, Somerset St Peter and St Paul Saturday, 7 March 2026 in 2h 59 (14–3–10 in F) 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by A J Cox 1 Linnet R C Tutcher 2 Ally Grieveson 3 Rebecca J Cox 4 Andrea B Beaumont 5 Anthony J Cox (C) 6 Joseph St J Beaumont 7 Julian O Howes 8 Peter W Hill 350th together: 4 & 5 Ringing World page reference: 5996.0270Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Staplegrove, Somerset St John the Evangelist Sunday, 8 March 2026 in 46m (11–2–12 in G) 1260 Reverse Canterbury Pleasure Place Doubles 1 Jill M Hansford 2 Debra J Henderson 3 Michael C Hansford (C) 4 Angela M Henderson 5 Jackie K Henderson 6 Harry J Thorne-Henderson 60th Wedding Anniversary Compliment to Janice and Michael Smith. Janice being a ringer at this Church. Ringing World page reference: 5996.0276Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Durleigh, Somerset St Hugh Sunday, 8 March 2026 in 44m (10–0–4 in G) 1260 St Nicholas College Bob Minor 1 Kay Smith 2 Cate Ovington 3 Frederick J Sage 4 Paul D Forbes-Harper 5 Charles Pipe-Wolferstan (C) 6 Michael Munt Rung with condolences to our friend and Bridgwater Branch ringing master Michael T Howes on the passing of his beloved wife Karen. First in method 2 and 6. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Bath, Somerset Blessed Virgin Mary, Bathwick Sunday, 8 March 2026 in 45m (7–3–20) 1320 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 Thomas G A Wareing 2 Mike Stubbs 3 Matthew W Goodship 4 Molly S Waterson 5 David R Ware 6 Michael W Day Rung silent and unconducted on the front 6 for morning service. First silent and unconducted - 1,3,4,5 First Minor silent and unconducted - 2 First silent and unconducted on tower bells - 6 Bath & Wells Diocesan Association East Brent, Somerset Blessed Virgin Mary Tuesday, 10 March 2026 in 43m (16–0–25 in E) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 David G Wilford 2 Jane Yates 3 Sue Body 4 Jonathan A Boundy 5 Melvyn J Freeman (C) 6 Greg Venn 95th Birthday compliment to Vivien Freeman. First quarter in method 2. Ringing World page reference: 5996.0275Bath & Wells Diocesan Association West Huntspill, Somerset Poultry Ring Wednesday, 11 March 2026 in 37m (42lb 10oz) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Christine Tiley 2 Marion Newman 3 Robert Parker 4 Richard M Tiley 5 Mary A Gardner (C) 6 Ian Woollen First as conductor in Grandsire Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Huntsham, Devon All Saints Wednesday, 11 March 2026 in 42m (8–0–27 in A♭) 1250 Lincolnshire Surprise Major 1 Keith E Beale (C) 2 Ann E Birch 3 Janet C Garnett 4 Susan M Sawyer 5 Elisabeth Robertson 6 Kathie Matthews 7 Giles R Morley 8 Charles H P Pipe-Wolferstan Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Huntsham, Devon All Saints Wednesday, 11 March 2026 in 42m (8–0–27 in A♭) 1260 Single Oxford Bob Triples 1 Keith E Beale (C) 2 Elisabeth Robertson 3 Susan M Sawyer 4 Kathie Matthews 5 Janet C Garnett 6 Ann E Birch 7 Charles H P Pipe-Wolferstan 8 Giles R Morley First quarter of Triples in the method (6). Bath & Wells Diocesan Association East Huntspill, Somerset Little Orchard Tower Wednesday, 11 March 2026 in 1h 58 (21lb 9oz in D) 5040 Surprise Minor (12m) (1) Lightfoot; (2) London and Wells; (3) York and Durham; (4) Bourne; (5) Westminster and Allendale; (6) Cambridge and Ipswich; (7) Beverley and Surfleet. 1 Michael Hatchett 2 Mary A Gardner 3 Jane C Spencer 4 Susan M Body 5 Lesley A Knipe 6 Michael R Spencer (C) To welcome Sue back to ringing peals after her trip to Australia. Also, to wish Richard Newman well with his knee operation on Friday. Ringing World page reference: 5996.0270Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Huntsham, Devon All Saints Thursday, 12 March 2026 in 2h 54 (8–0–27) 5056 Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Surprise Major Composed by A J Pitman 1 Michael Hatchett 2 Jane C Spencer 3 Michael R Spencer 4 Richard H Johnston 5 Lesley A Knipe 6 R Nicholas Lawrence 7 Harry J Andrews 8 Donald B Carter (C) Rung to mark the 60th anniversary of the closure of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway. The best wishes of the band go to Richard Newman ahead of his knee surgery tomorrow. First peal in the method Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Surprise Major -38-14-1258-1678-1478-38-12-78 le12 b Ringing World page reference: 5997.0294Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Chilcompton, Somerset St John the Baptist Friday, 13 March 2026 in 50m (19–1–6 in E♭) 1282 Spliced Surprise Royal (2m) Contains 762 Yorkshire; 520 Cambridge; 4 com; atw. Composed by Ben White-Horne 1 Adrian P Beck 2 Andrew H Ball 3 Alison Grieveson 4 Sarah J Quintin 5 Susan A Haines 6 Sophie Sikorsky 7 David Ball 8 Jody A Wood 9 John R Schmidt 10 Phill J Payne (C) 1st Spliced Surprise Royal: 4, 6 and 7. Birthday Compliment to Maggy Payne and Vinny Durston, Mother and Aunt of 10. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Twerton on Avon, Somerset Gillards Ring Saturday, 14 March 2026 in 35m (8lb 12oz in F♯) 1288 Grandsire Triples Composed by R W Willans 1 Jody A Wood 2 Sophie Sikorsky 3 Nicki J Lang 4 Charlotte Higby 5 Sarah J Quintin 6 Robert Perry (C) 7 Patrick C Bridges 8 Tim Leach First on a mini ring 7 8 Rung on Nicki birthday Bath & Wells Diocesan Association St Bees, Cumbria Priory Church of St Mary and St Bega Saturday, 14 March 2026 in 47m (13–0–10 in F) 1250 Lincolnshire Surprise Major 1 Keith E Beale (C) 2 Carolyn J Crawley 3 Heather E Davis 4 Susan M Sawyer 5 Ann E Birch 6 Stephen J Crawley 7 Giles R Morley 8 David C J Marshall 100th quarter together (7 & 8). Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Hensingham, Cumbria St John Saturday, 14 March 2026 in 47m (13–2–23 in F♯) 1260 Grandsire Triples 1 Keith E Beale (C) 2 Heather E Davis 3 Margaret R Laver 4 Rosemary K Tuhey 5 Giles R Morley 6 Susan M Sawyer 7 David C J Marshall 8 Stephen J Crawley 150th quarter together (3 & 5). Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Arlecdon, Cumbria St Michael Saturday, 14 March 2026 in 48m (14–1–7 in F♯) 1344 St Clement's College Bob Major 1 Stephen J Crawley 2 Margaret R Laver 3 Rosemary K Tuhey 4 Susan M Sawyer 5 Ann E Birch 6 Carolyn J Crawley 7 Giles R Morley 8 Keith E Beale (C) First of Major in the method (2). Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Preston Plucknett, Somerset St James Sunday, 15 March 2026 in 44m (9–1–10 in G) 1272 Alnwick Surprise Minor 1 Lawrence C Bignell 2 Margaret J Bignell 3 Susan E Cave 4 Patricia Tucker 5 A C John Davis 6 Patrick C Tucker (C) First Quarter Peal in the method - 3 and 4. For the St. James @4 Communion Service on Mothering Sunday. Ringing World page reference: 5997.0299Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Marston Bigot, Somerset St Leonard Sunday, 15 March 2026 in 43m (7–0–21 in B) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Jackie Davis 2 Clare Singer 3 John Davis 4 Hilary Jenkins 5 Julian Back (C) 6 Tim Davies Rung for Sunday Service 6 - First Quarter 4 - First Inside Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Keswick Cumbria House, Cumbria Sunday, 15 March 2026 in 33m (15 in B♭) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1–2 Rosemary K Tuhey 3–4 Susan M Sawyer 5–6 Stephen J Crawley (C) Bath & Wells Diocesan Association North Cheriton, Somerset St John the Baptist Monday, 16 March 2026 in 44m (8–2–26 in F♯) 1260 Doubles (2m) 600 plain Bob Doubles, 660 Grandsire Doubles. 1 Geoffrey Batson 2 Roy Taylor 3 Toby Doar 4 Emma Ceely 5 Nick Baker (C) A birthday compliment to Sheila Chippendale, mother of (4), 85 Today! And in gratitude to Chris Cox of Lydlinch for repairing the clapper of the (3). Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Merriott, Somerset All Saints Monday, 16 March 2026 Call Changes Half muffled call changes Nigel Wylie Carrick David Neal Carol Bennett Rosenn Dang Robert Harvey Gill Pitt Alison Cranshaw Tony Wood Ashley Mitchell In memory of Robert Wright, a Merriott bell ringer, whose funeral took place on this day at Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Keswick Cumbria House, Cumbria Monday, 16 March 2026 in 37m (15 in B♭) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1–2 Rosemary K Tuhey 3–4 Susan M Sawyer 5–6 Stephen J Crawley (C) Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Cartmel, Cumbria Priory Church of St Mary the Virgin Monday, 16 March 2026 in 48m (11–1–24 in G) 1320 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 Heather E Davis 2 Susan M Sawyer 3 Carolyn J Crawley 4 Ann E Birch 5 Giles R Morley 6 Stephen J Crawley (C) Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Bowness on Windermere, Cumbria St Martin Monday, 16 March 2026 in 44m (11–2–14 in A) 1280 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Carolyn J Crawley 2 Giles R Morley 3 Rosemary K Tuhey 4 Susan M Sawyer 5 Heather E Davis 6 Ann E Birch 7 David C J Marshall 8 Stephen J Crawley (C) Rung stayless (2). Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Ashill, Somerset Blessed Virgin Mary Monday, 16 March 2026 in 47m (11–3–1 in F♯) 1260 Mixed Doubles (8m/v) Stedman,Whichendon place, St Nicholas St Simons, St Martins, Plain Bob, April Day, Rev Canterbury, Grandsire Doubles. 1 Robert J Harvey 2 Liz Rendell 3 Lynne Smith 4 Paul Simmons 5 Johan Nash-Smith (C) 6 Chris Cox Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Hardington Mandeville, Somerset Blessed Virgin Mary Tuesday, 17 March 2026 in 45m (8–0–4 in A♭) 1280 Cheesden Surprise Major Composed by Thomas J Hinks 1 Susan Irvine 2 Margaret J Bignell 3 Lawrence C Bignell 4 Cathy Civill 5 Patricia Tucker 6 Susan E Cave 7 Patrick C Tucker 8 A C John Davis (C) First in method for all For St Patrick's Day Ringing World page reference: 5997.0298Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Sedbergh, Cumbria St Andrew Wednesday, 18 March 2026 in 48m (15–1–25 in F) 1344 St Clement's College Bob Major 1 Susan M Sawyer 2 Margaret R Laver 3 Rosemary K Tuhey 4 Carolyn J Crawley 5 Ann E Birch 6 Heather E Davis 7 Stephen J Crawley 8 Keith E Beale (C) Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Orton, Cumbria All Saints Wednesday, 18 March 2026 in 46m (12–3–13 in F♯) 1296 Plain Bob Major 1 Keith E Beale (C) 2 Margaret R Laver 3 Heather E Davis 4 Susan M Sawyer 5 Ann E Birch 6 Giles R Morley 7 David C J Marshall 8 Stephen J Crawley In memory of Mervyn Buckley for the anniversary of his birth (17th March). Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Grasmere, Cumbria St Oswald Wednesday, 18 March 2026 in 51m (13–0–15 in A♭) 1260 Original Singles 1 Susan M Sawyer 2 Giles R Morley 3 Keith E Beale (C) First quarter on three bells ( 2 &3 ). Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Ambleside, Cumbria St Mary Wednesday, 18 March 2026 in 51m (32–2–2 in D♭) 1250 Cambridge Surprise Major 1 Heather E Davis 2 Rosemary K Tuhey 3 Susan M Sawyer 4 Carolyn J Crawley 5 Giles R Morley 6 Keith E Beale (C) 7 Stephen J Crawley 8 David C J Marshall Rung in memory of Peter Gardner, Tower Captain here, who died recently. Bath & Wells Diocesan Association North Wootton, Somerset Great Orchard Campanile Thursday, 19 March 2026 in 2h 20 (2–0–9 in F♯) 5088 Dorchester Surprise Major Composed by R D S Brown 1 Sam Shead 2 Adrian P Beck 3 Susan M Body 4 Andrea B Beaumont 5 Donald B Carter 6 Nigel R Woodruff 7 Joseph St J Beaumont (C) 8 Clifford R Nicholls Wishing Barrie Hendry a speedy recovery. Ringing World page reference: 5997.0294Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Keswick (Cumbria House), Cumbria Thursday, 19 March 2026 in 36m (15 in B♭) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1–2 Rosemary K Tuhey 3–4 Susan M Sawyer 5–6 Stephen J Crawley (C) Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Clapton in Gordano, Somerset St Michael Thursday, 19 March 2026 in 43m (6–0–15 in A♭) 1260 Pinehurst Bob Minor 1 Will Rogers 2 Elizabeth A Smith 3 Lionel D Smith 4 Janet K Wyatt 5 George E Wyatt 6 Andrew H Ball (C) Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Heversham, Cumbria St Peter Friday, 20 March 2026 in 51m (13–1–15 in F) 1260 Doubles (3m) 360 Grandsire, 360 Plain Bob, 540 Reverse Canterbury Pleasure Place. 1 Margaret R Laver 2 Heather E Davis 3 Susan M Sawyer 4 Ann E Birch 5 Keith E Beale (C) 6 David C J Marshall Bath & Wells Diocesan Association South Petherton, Somerset St Peter and St Paul Saturday, 21 March 2026 in 46m (9–3–10 in G) 1264 Plain Bob Major 1 Susan E Cave 2 Margaret J Bignell 3 A C John Davis 4 Cathy Civill 5 Patricia Tucker 6 Lawrence C Bignell 7 David P Hammonds 8 Patrick C Tucker (C) Rung to celebrate the birthday of Margaret Violet Bignell, mother of Lawrence, who would have been 99 today. Ringing World page reference: 5997.0299Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Wrington, Somerset Garage House Sunday, 22 March 2026 in 36m (12 in F) 1264 Plain Bob Major Arranged by Alex Hunt 1–2 Peter W Hill 3–4 Christine R Hill 5–6 Alex Hunt 7–8 Melissa G Hunt (C) First known quarter peal in the conductor's new home Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Weston in Gordano, Somerset St Peter and St Paul Sunday, 22 March 2026 in 45m (8–2–19 in F♯) 1260 Doubles (3m) 420 St Simon's, 360 St Martin's, 480 Plain Bob 1 James P Humphries 2 Lionel D Smith 3 Phillipa C James 4 Elizabeth A Smith (C) 5 Will Rogers 6 Les Curwood Rung for the Evening Service. Ringing World page reference: 5998.0323Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Preston Plucknett, Somerset St James Sunday, 22 March 2026 in 46m (9–1–10 in G) 1260 Plain Bob Minor Composed by Traditional 1 Su Down 2 Lawrence C Bignell (C) 3 Margaret J Bignell 4 Beverley Perry 5 James S Chapman 6 Leslie E Perry For St James @ 4-00 Songs of Praise 1st Quarter @ first attempt 1 25th Quarter on the Bells 4 Ringing World page reference: 5998.0320Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Nailsea, Somerset Holy Trinity Sunday, 22 March 2026 in 50m (10–3–12 in F♯) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Lisa G Parker 2 Jill Stanton 3 Mark Bath 4 Alison S Pemble 5 Elizabeth A Smith (C) 6 Lionel D Smith Rung for the Evening Service. Also an 80th birthday compliment to Bernard North. Ringing World page reference: 5998.0322Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Durleigh, Somerset St Hugh Sunday, 22 March 2026 in 44m (10–0–4 in G) 1260 St Clement's College Bob Minor 1 Kay Smith 2 Charles Pipe-Wolferstan (C) 3 Margaret Furner 4 Paul D Forbes-Harper 5 Lindsey Reynolds 6 Michael Munt Service ringing Bath & Wells Diocesan Association Chilcompton, Somerset St John the Baptist Sunday, 22 March 2026 in 47m (19–1–6 in E♭) 1280 Spliced Surprise Major (5m) Cambridge, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Superlative, Rutland Composed by PJF 1 Nicki J Lang 2 Adrian P Beck 3 Robert Perry 4 Susan A Haines 5 Paul R Wotton 6 Daniel O'Connell 7 Sam Shead (C) 8 David C J Marshall Most spliced : 6 | |
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