HOLY CROSS PARISH CHURCH

 BELL RINGING AT WOODCHURCH

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Description of the Woodchurch Bells

The bells at Holy Cross Church are rung for special occasions, weddings and for ringers' practice and pleasure.

This photo shows one of the peal boards in the tower. The board commemorates the first peal that was rung

after the re-cast bells were hung in 1970 (a ‘peal' is over 5000 'changes'). It was rung on December 24th 1971,

and consisted of 5040 unique combinations of the eight bells rung together. The format or order of the

combinations is called the ‘method’ (what we might call the ‘tune’) and in this case was ‘Plain Bob Triples’

For each of these eight ringers this meant 5040 pulls of the rope, hence why it took  nearly 2 1/2 hours

Each of the eight bells is unique and, by tradition, some have been inscribed with a quotation and the name of the

donor or church officer in place of the ‘founder’s’ mark and date.

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