Ditchling St Margaret's Artsmark Journey
Ditchling St Margaret's Church of England Primary and Nursery School talk about their Artsmark journey
Ringing up at Ditchling, St Margaret, Sussex
1. 4-2-4 1914 Gillett & Johnston
2. 5-0-2 1914 Gillett & Johnston
3. 4-1-4 1914 Gillett & Johnston
4. 4-1-2 1884 Gillett & Co
5. 4-2-7 1884 Gillett & Co
6. 4-2-1 1884 Gillett & Co
7. 6-0-7 1766 Lester & Pack
8. 7-3-8 1766 Lester & Pack
I have given the weights of all the bells here as they are rather intriguing. As Sam points out at the beginning there are some inconsistencies with the weights of these bells, like the 6th being lighter than the treble. Some of the middle bells go up wrong as we discovered, and in general they are difficult to strike because of bad oddstruckness and a lack of any inherent rhythm to the ring as a whole.
The bells are hung in the central tower of this picturesque church, the tower has a large wooden pyramidial roof. The belfry is directly above this ringing chamber ceiling and there is a large wooden frame for 5 bells, which presumably dates from 1766. When the bells were augmented to eight, Gillett and Johnston simply placed two metal low side frames either side of the wooden frame. Three of the eight including the treble now hang in these frames. The trebles latterly inserted frame explains why the treble rope falls about two feet out of the circle, almost out of the view of the tenor ringer. It also explains the impressive tower knock that occurs when the treble strikes!! We had a look upstairs after our ring and were most amused,
Rottingdean, E. Sussex UK
ROTTINGDEAN:
A Sussex village, developed as a small community around the pond in Saxon times and its name means 'the village of Rota's people'. The domesday book records that the land was given to William de Warrenne the Lord of Lewes as a reward for his support at the Battle of Hastings.
Stratton St Margaret. Dew Pond
Jan 2013.
Me ringing up the 4th bell at Datchworth All Saints
Tenor weighs 8cwt
Apparently 5 of the bells were cast in the churchyard
The 2nd was the other bell being rung up
It has been a while since this was filmed so I am no longer using a box
Stratton St Margaret Dew Pond. Wiltshire England.
27th August 2013.
Reverse Canterbury on the WHITECHAPEL 6 at Wilton, nr Salisbury, Wilts
Yes, that's me on the 2. I did ask for the other ringers to be shown as well - I hated looking my style, although I seem to manage OK... It has improved since!!
The bells are a complete 1998 Whitechapel 6, and are very nice indeed, although the tower, (which is unusual in itself,) is quite cramped. Well worth a visit, even if you're not a ringer (I didnt get a chance to look round the church, but it looked intersesting!!)
Tenor 8-0-7 in A.
Villages along the A24 - Washington, West Sussex
Continuing the mini series exploring the villages along the Worthing to London road, the A24, Julia and I have come to rural community of Washington. It lies at the foot of the South Downs on the north face. John Ireland, the composer, live here in a windmill and just under two thousand years ago there was a large Anglo-Saxon community here.
Bypassed in 1960, the village is small and compact, with St Mary's church at the highest point and the rest of the houses lying beneath it.
Sadly it as a dull day when we whizzed round, but we hope you enjoy the quick look round.
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Stratton St Margaret. North Wiltshire England.
Dew Pond
Bellringing from St Margaret, King's Lynn, Norfolk
10, 28-1-4 in C
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Some rounds and call changes, rung by NUSCR, on the Easter Tour 2010. Not a bad old ten, not convinced by the hanging though, suspect it might be a Eayre & Smith jobby....
SDC11620.AVI
Ringing up 2 bells
Saint John the Evangelist Newtimber Sussex Church & Cemetery
The church was built in the thirteenth century - some of the parishioners would have lived in the Saxon Settlement of Saddlescombe.
The Nave and chancel are Early English work although the walls were resurfaced and the windows renewed in the restoration of 1875.
The West Tower was built in 1839. A list of former rectors starting in 1270 can be seen on the south west wall of the nave.
The church bell was originally 18th century. It became badly cracked and St Swithuns church in East Grinstead gave one of theirs in exchange. The font is 19th Century but the block of wood used as a stand for the water ewer is a piece of mediaeval rood screen and still has some of the original carving and traces of colour.
The Pulpit is Jacobean and has 10 panels carved in the style of the 17th century
The Lectern is modern incorporating 2 ancient carved figures found in the vestry. It was given in memory of Mary Prizeman a former churchwarden in 1983. The original lectern, a finely carved wooden eagle was stolen.
ROYAL SHOW 2
NATIONAL LADIES TUG OF WAR @ ROYAL SHOW
Ringing up at Swyynerton, Staffs
Raising the tricky 6 at Swynnerton. I am raising the third, and it had a new thick and stretchy rope on it.
They do sound very nice though.
Rotherfield - East Sussex - (Drone Footage)
A birds-eye view of the beautiful village of Rotherfield, East Sussex. Video by Adventure Dog Productions producing stunning aerial video and photography for film, adverts, website & social media and business. Visit adventuredogproductions to view more and contact us on 07791305346 to discuss your project .
Margaret Hobden (now Coles) with photo of the Chailey and Newick Stoolball teams from the late 1940s
Margaret Hobden (now Coles) is describing a lovely photo of the Chailey stoolball teams and the Newick stoolball team from (she estimates) the late 1940s or maybe early 1950s. The photo was taken at a tournament at the 'Dripping Pan' in Lewes, East Sussex.
Recorded on April 30, 2013 using a Flip Video camcorder.
North Downs Way, East to West, Part 1 of 7 - Dover to Canterbury
This series of seven videos is a detailed and authoritative photographic flipbook guide to all 157 miles of the North Downs Way travelling from east to west.
The North Downs Way is a long distance footpath and official National Trail, in easy reach from London, that passes through two designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty: the Kent Downs and the Surrey Hills. In doing so it traverses the range of hills stretching from Dover in the heel of Kent to Farnham in western Surrey.
Links to the rest of the NDW east to west series
Part 2 Canterbury to Folkestone:
Part 3 Folkestone to Lenham:
Part 4 Lenham to Trottiscliffe:
Part 5 Trottiscliffe to Oxted:
Part 6 Oxted to Dorking:
Part 7 Dorking to Farnham:
Link to the NDW west to east series
The National Trail Web Site
Ordinance Survey Maps covering the NDW
1:50000 Map Nos. 178, 179, 186, 187, 188, 189
1:25000 Map Nos. 137, 138, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150
Public Houses and Inns
01:08 The Port of Call, Dover:
01:14 Roman Quay, Dover:
13:38 The Cricketers, Canterbury:
13:44 The Bishops Finger, Canterbury:
13:47 The Unicorn Inn, Canterbury:
13:52 The Monument, Canterbury:
13:57 The Eight Bells, Canterbury:
Places of Interest
01:08 Market Square, Dover:
01:13 St Mary the Virgin Church, Dover:
01:17 Penchester Gardens, Dover:
01:19 Dover Castle:
01:24 St Paul’s RC Church, Dover:
01:39 Charlton Cemetery, Dover:
01:53 Dover to Richborough Roman Road:
04:34 Ashley:
05:17 All Saint’s Church, Waldershare:
05:46 Waldershare House and Park:
06:26 Coldred Court Farm:
06:35 Railbed to Guilford Colliery:
07:27 East Kent Railway, Shepsherdswell:
07:45 Long Lane Farm Pets Country Crematorium:
08:31 Woolage Village:
08:37 Snowdown Colliery:
09:14 St Margaret’s of Antioch, Womenswold:
11:03 Higham Park Estate, Bridge:
11:37 St Mary’s Church, Patrixbourne:
13:09 HM Prison Canterbury (former):
13:12 St Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury:
13:28 Canterbury Cathedral:
13:40 Westgate Gatehouse, Canterbury:
13:51 St Dunstan’s Church, Canterbury:
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Borstal manner primary school left to rot in borstal
This is a video of the abandoned school in borstal rochester I believe this is the assembly hall
Ringer Ollie's Outing to Sussex 2018
The first Ringer Ollie and Friends Ringing Outing! This time we are in Sussex! We all had a great time and lots of cake and refreshments as the outing was on Euan's 13th Birthday. Everyone enjoyed themselves so I plan to arrange another outing soon!
The first tower of the afternoon was Balcombe (St Mary). An easy going light ground floor 8. While we waited for a few of the party to arrive we rang up and even got some Grandsire Triples rung! A nice start to the day!
The next tower was Ardingly (St Peter). An easy going 6 with a 5th that hangs very close to the stairs. The bells were restored in 2010 so that explains why they were a pleasure to ring. As you will see, we kind of lost Euan, so as true friends should... we started without him! We got some very respectable striking here. Grandsire Doubles, St Martins and Plain Bob Minor was just some of what we rang. One of my favourite towers in Sussex I think!
We then made our way to West Hoathly (St Margaret). Notice the clock isn't in the middle of the tower... the churchwarden hadn't even noticed in over 50 years of being at the church! The bells were definitely not the nicest going ring but we still scored some Stedman Doubles and struck it quite well too!
And on to the final tower of the day... Turners Hill (St Leonard). These bells are not in the best of shape as they don't get rung that much. Bell 3's rope was about a foot to low... So we gave that one to Euan. They need to be pushed along to get good ringing out of them but if rung well I think they sound pretty good! Here we rang some Grandsire Triples and some Grandsire Doubles with a 7,6,8 cover. Not much was rung here as we were all to busy eating cake but still some nice ringing was achieved.
Thanks for watching everyone. The next outing will be at the start of 2019 so watch this space!
Bellringing from the St Margaret, Leicester, Leicestershire - inside
12 + 2 bells, 32-3-14 in C#, 1921 John Taylor & Co.
Some Rounds and Call Changes on 14, rung on the NUSCR Dinner Weekend 2011. There had been plans to try Yorkshire 14....