Stoney Stanton - in the snow Feb 2012
Video following the snow on the night of 4 February 2012.
Graveyard Visits Ep. 1 - St Mary's
This video I dedicate to a dear friend Paula, hope you enjoy from across the pond. Just a quick look at the graves and a few views of the church. It probably dates back to 1220 and it may have been built on the remains of a previous building. More information here... and is some info on the graves and here is some more info... At various times, churches have moved the stones, sometimes to free up space for new plots, and sometimes when they were getting unsafe, to 'landscape the plot - that is what I guess BA has done, looking at the grassed area,
St Mary's Church, Elmesthorpe, Leicestershire
Video of St Mary's Church, Elmesthorpe, Leicestershire. Wiki says
The parish of Elmesthorpe has strong connections with King Richard III and the Battle of Bosworth. It is said that the now partially ruined 13th century church provided shelter for the officers of Richard's army on their march from Leicester to the Battle.[2]
The village became almost deserted from 1300--1850. However, a government initiative paid locals from Durham to relocate to Elmesthorpe.
*FULL RIDE* Stagecoach ride from Cambridge to Longstanton | 14/07/18
After a few hours in Cambridge we head back home on a Stagecoach (AE06 GZK) back to Longstanton via Bar Hill. The trip took around half a hour due to stopping at a varity of bus stops.
Longstanton info:
Longstanton is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, 6 miles (9.7 km) north-west of Cambridge city centre. Longstanton occupies 2,775 acres (1,123 ha). Longstanton was created in 1953 from the two parishes of Long Stanton All Saints and Long Stanton St. Michael. Although the village is called Longstanton, an alternative form Long Stanton can still be found in use today particularly when referring to the separate pre-1953 parishes or to the current ecclesiastical parish.
History:
For most of its history Longstanton was split into two parishes: the larger Long Stanton All Saints to the north and the smaller Long Stanton St. Michael to the south. The two may have been seen as distinct by 1086, when the Domesday Book referred to a Stantone and a Stantune, and were certainly so by 1240, distinguished in Liber Memorandorum Ecclesie de Bernewelle as Stanton and the other Stanton. The two villages were not formally amalgamated until 1953 and the two church parishes were permanently united in 1959.
The first known reference to the village, dating back to 1070 AD, calls the village Stantonia and describes it as an enclosed settlement of stoney ground. By the time of the Domesday Book Stantone was one of the most populous villages in the area, with 67 peasant tenants being recorded. By 1563 this had dwindled to 42 families, and the settlement had been overtaken in size by other nearby villages such as Chesterton. The population fluctuated between 400 and 600 for several centuries; in the 1901 census there were 340 inhabitants of Longstanton All Saints parish and 93 inhabitants of Longstanton St Michael's parish (population of Longstanton was 443).
The three open fields of Longstanton All Saints and of Longstanton St Michael's were inclosed in 1816.
The village was transformed by the opening of RAF Oakington in 1940, resulting in the building of three new housing estates in the village and a trebling of the population. Although the airfield was in Oakington, all of the hangars, housing and other buildings were in Longstanton. Two bomber squadrons operated from RAF Oakington for the rest of the Second World War. There was also a photographic reconnaissance unit and a meteorological unit for a time during the war. Following the end of the war, the airfield was used by transport squadrons until 1950 and then by air training schools. The cemetery at the church of Longstanton All Saints contains a number of graves of servicemen who died either during or after the war. The graves are tended by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The site became an army barracks in 1975 and on its closure in 1999 most of the housing was sold to private owners. The barracks buildings were used from 2000 to 2010 as an Immigration Reception Centre by the Home Office.
Government:
Longstanton has its own civil parish council with ten parish councillors. Longstanton is represented on South Cambridgeshire District Council by one councillor and on Cambridgeshire County Council by one councillor for the Willingham electoral division. Longstanton is in the parliamentary constituency of South Cambridgeshire, represented at the House of Commons by Heidi Allen. For the European Parliament Longstanton is in the East of England (European Parliament constituency).
Geography:
The village itself lies on a low gravel ridge (approximately 10 metres (33 ft) to 14 metres (46 ft) above mean sea level) but most of the parish lies on West Walton formation and Amptill Clay formation mudstone.
It was first proposed in c.2003 that a substantial part of the land in the parish to the north and east of the village of Longstanton (including the brown-field site of the former RAF Oakington) would be used for the development of a new town called Northstowe. In 2012 outline planning consent was granted for the first phase of 1,500 houses, a new primary school and some local road improvements. The work to build a new primary school started in 2015.
Demography:
The population of the village was recorded at 1,700 living in 772 households in the 2001 census. The development of new housing at Home Farm started circa 2005 and the population had increased to 2,657 in 1,095 households in the 2011 census. In the census of 2011, 92.4% of people described themselves as white, 2.0% as having mixed or multiple ethnic groups, 4.6% as being Asian or British Asian, and 1.0% as having another ethnicity. In that same census, 55.6% described themselves as Christian, 33.7% described themselves as having no religion, 6.5% did not specify a religion, 1.9% described themselves as Muslim, and 2.3% described themselves as having another religion.
Stanton, Winster & Eyam, Derbyshire
Three more Derbyshire rings.
Stanton: The original ring of six from here are the back six of the eight at Hartington. They were too heavy for the tower at 9-2-17. The back four of the ring of six are 1952 Taylors, second-hand from a chime in Liverpool. Taylors cast 1 & 2 in 2002. A pleasant small six.
Winster: A mixed bag set of five, tuned eccentrically and hung anti-clockwise, not terribly easy to ring either!
Eyam: Four Daniel Hedderly bells augmented by Taylors in the 1920s, a nice set of six that ring well but feel a bit heavier.
Ringing at Stoney Stanton & Broughton Astley
Two Leicestershire eights, mostly cast by Taylors. Stoney Stanton are an easy-going and rather nice set, rung from the ground floor. Broughton are quite hard work, but sound good if you put the effort in. They are very loud indeed outside but have an impressive old-style sound to them.
THE BELLS OF CONISBROUGH CHURCH
Inside Saint Peters church Conisbrough, South Yorkshire, England as the bells chime - Gothic daylight.
Tadcaster Church
Saturday 9th June 2012 Sutton on Trent Bell Ringing Outing.
All Saints Church, Thurlaston, Leicestershire.
All Saints Church, Thurlaston, Leicestershire.
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Sapcote Bells
Sapcote is a village located between Hinckley and Leicester in south Leicestershire.
All Saints church has a tower and spire, which contains a light ring of 10 bells.
1 1977 John Taylor & Co
2 1977 John Taylor & Co
3 1970 John Taylor & Co
4 1970 John Taylor & Co
5 1894 John Taylor & Co
6 1894 John Taylor & Co F
7 1894 John Taylor & Co F
8 1809 John Briant
9 1812 Thomas II Mears
10 1611 Robert, Thomas & William Newcombe , weight 9-1-26 (482kg) in A flat.
The bells were a six for a long time until the enthusiasm of the tower captain led to them being augmented twice, to 8 and then 10. It is quite a small room with not much room to stand out if one is not ringing, and they certainly make the tower move. For a few years they were unringable until 2007, as the spire was unsafe and needed rebuilding. The local band is one of the best in the area, and they ring at least one quarter peal a week... normally a quarter peal attempt just before their Tuesday practice, one or two on a Sunday and various other quarters and peals at other times. The sound control is very effective, not that there are likely to be complaints, because the bells are an integral part of the community in Sapcote.
Here are some excerpts from a transferred Coventry Cathedral practice we held there a few months ago, due to a recording happening in the cathedral.
Ringing Inkberrow bells (Taylors 1868)
The Victorian Taylor six at Inkberrow, Worcs. This church sometimes provides the bellringing for the radio soap 'The Archers' along with Hanbury. They are two completely different sets of bells in different keys but that doesn't stop the BBC! They are a nice six but handle rather heavily for their weight (10-2-4 in G).
Cambridge Surprise Minor at Leire
A full course of Cambridge Surprise Minor on the rather nice bells of St Peter's Church Leire in Leicestershire. The ringing chamber was on the ground floor until recently, when it was raised up and various amenities were built in underneath it. The only problem though is the soundproofing. There is far too much of it and it dampens the sound so much that you can hardly hear what you are ringing.
The method is usually the first Surprise method ringers learn, as it has a fairly logical and easy to learn blue line as compared to some of the others. I only know a handful of Surprise Minor methods myself; Cambridge, Norwich, London and Ipswich. I did learn Morpeth for a quarter, and tried to learn Beverley and Surfleet, but have forgotten them.
Anyway, enjoy!
Marston Montgomery church bells ringing Derbyshire
Anti-cklockwise turning
Allesley Old Road, Coventry, UK
our street viewed from our flat in a sunny day
Moonrakers Tour of the West Midlands 2008
Filmed between 26 Jul and 2 Aug 2008.
1 Halford Warwickshire Our Blessed Lady 6 7-2-16
2 Leamington Hastings Warwickshire All Saints 5 15-3-21
3 Stretton on Dunsmore Warwickshire All Saints 6 7-0-14
4 Bubbenhall Warwickshire S Giles 6 5-1-13
5 Birmingham West Midlands S Paul 10 12-2-13
6 Birmingham West Midlands S Martin 16 39-1-19
7 Stoke, Coventry West Midlands S Michael 8 13-1-9
8 Barston West Midlands S Swithin 6 5-2-3
9 Knowle West Midlands SS John, Lawrence & Anne 8 9-3-7
10 Beoley Worcestershire S Leonard 8 10-2-20
11 Ipsley, Redditch Worcestershire S Peter 6 9-2-13
12 Studley Warwickshire Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 8 11-1-9
13 Henley in Arden Warwickshire S John the Baptist 6 11-3-4
14 Claverdon Warwickshire S Michael & All Angels 6 11-1-23
15 Allesley West Midlands All Saints 8 12-0-0
16 Corley Warwickshire unknown 5 5-1-16
17 Fillongley Warwickshire S Mary & All Saints 8 10-3-23
18 Arley Warwickshire S Wilfrid 6 7-0-12
19 Ansley Warwickshire S Lawrence 6 8-1-4
20 Astley Warwickshire S Mary the Virgin 5 8-2-9
21 Chilvers Coton, Nuneaton Warwickshire All Saints 10 13-1-24
22 Aldridge West Midlands S Mary the Virgin 8 9-0-6
23 Little Aston Staffordshire S Peter 6 9-0-13
24 Shenstone Staffordshire S John the Baptist 8 8-2-22
25 Sutton Coldfield West Midlands Holy Trinity 8 23-1-18
26 Peckleton Leicestershire S Mary Magdalene 6 9-1-6
27 Desford Leicestershire S Martin 6 10-2-9
28 Barwell Leicestershire S Mary 8 15-0-11
29 Croft Leicestershire S Michael & All Angels 6 6-2-6
30 Stoney Stanton Leicestershire S Michael 8 14-0-0
31 Sharnford Leicestershire S Helen 6 10-2-6
32 Claybrooke Leicestershire S Peter 8 13-3-10
33 Coventry West Midlands S Michael 12 33-3-6
34 Sheldon West Midlands S Giles 6 8-1-8
35 Moseley West Midlands S Mary 8 16-3-3
36 Harborne West Midlands S Peter 8 12-3-24
37 Edgbaston West Midlands S Bartholomew 8 10-0-14
38 Northfield West Midlands S Laurence 10 14-1-13
39 Alcester Warwickshire S Nicholas 8 12-2-13
40 Inkberrow Worcestershire S Peter 6 10-2-4
Plain Bob Major at St Peter, Conisbrough, South Yorkshire
Plain Bob major in the beautiful bells of Conisbrough, 1914 Taylor Eight.
Tenor weighing 13cwt.
Ringing at Desford & Enderby, Leicestershire
Two complete Taylor rings in Leicestershire, a six of 1912 and an eight of 1928. Desford in particular are a lovely set of bells, albeit with very long/low ropes. Enderby are easy to ring but have a very small and cramped tower and sound-wise, failed to make much impact on me I have to say, but nice enough.
Ringing at Sutton Cheney, Kirkby Mallory & Peckleton, Leics
Three Leicestershire sixes in three lovely churches near the Battle of Bosworth Field. Sutton Cheney is reputed to be the church in which King Richard III had his last mass. It has a rare bell cast by the organ builder, Thomas C Lewis. Peckleton tower leans westwards quite a bit and the top of the spire wobbles like jelly while the bells are ringing! By this stage of the trip, I think that the bellringers were getting a bit tired...
Leicestershire Bellringing Holiday: Lower numbers mashup (ones, twos and threes)
The ones, twos and threes from the Leicestershire ringing holiday of 2014. Some very interesting installations and some particularly nice threes, like Thornton, Bardon and Ashby Magna.