Wicken church is viewed from the chancel end. A large East window faces us, with a cruciform church layout evident. The tower is at the West end, and emerges above the chancel roof. The whole is form a neatly cut beige stone. The tower has several stages that taper and a parapet. The church is viewed across a raised churchyard, the grass is almost at eyelevel nearest to the photographer. It is neatly trimmed and there are a number of columnar evergreens. The sky is mostly blue, with light, high cloud and puffy white clouds. It feels like a summer evening.

Recent Ringing
A band rang a peal at Wicken. They rang Montgomery Surprise Major.
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A quarter peal was rung at Fotheringhay, remembering Len Hallifax, a month after his funeral. They rang Cambridge Surprise minor.
Yvette & Chris wished to be associated with the quarter peal.
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Ringing was rounds and call changes, stedman, cambrifge and grandsire.
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After over 12" of snow fell in two days in Billings, the sun tried to say hello as it kept snowing on Saturday. Even the bells were happily ringing for the snow. I'll have your 7-day weather forecast tonight! Stay safe!

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Stanion church has a tall tower and even taller spire. The nave is quite low, enhancing the effect. Viewed from across the churchyard, the tower is to the left ,the chancel to the right. The chancel has a tiled roof, the nave has 3 windows above the side aisle and is taller and has a shallower pitch, such that the roof isn't visible. Then the tower which has 3 visible stages and is topped by a broached spire. The whole is constructed of a cream stone of slightly variegated colour. The sky is blue with about half coverage of puffy clouds, the grass is a lush green, but there are no shadows, there must be a cloud in front of the sun.

Recent Ringing
There was a quarter peal at Stanion. They rang the unusually named method "Armitage is the name" bob minor. It marked 2 years since the death of Jean Eldridge, Rosemarie Gunstone's mother. .
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This is an unusual church. The tower is to the right, the body of the church is to the left and away from us. We can see 2 faces of the tower. In 3 stages, it dates from the 12thC. The tower has an unusual pitched roof and there are only a few small windows in tower's west face. In the lower stage of the North face of the tower we can see 3 blind arches of an arcade. Of the church we can see the North side aisle and porch above wich is a short clerestory of 3 bays. The church is of a brown/grey rubble stone. The church is set on top of a slope and we can see the fields of Northamptonshire spread out beyond the church. There are trees framing the church on either side of our view and the sky is an almost cloudless blue. The grass in front of us is closely mown and slightly parched. The image makes me think of a hot August.

Recent Ringing
A band rang a peal at Wadenhoe to wish Sue a happy birthday. The birthday girl rang as well, which might be why the footnote does not give away the number of revolutions of the sun have been racked up!
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Harpole is a church mostly constructed of ironstone, with lighter blocks in the upper reaches of the building. We are viewing it from the road, with the raised churchyard wall in front of us. There's a porch, with the tower beyond. There's a clerestory and nave and, to the right, the chancel. The sky is mostly white could.

Tower of the Day
Harpole has a ring of 6 bells. They are rung from a gallery, and access is via a ladder. Five of the bells are from 1930, with the lightest added in 1995. The heaviest bell weighs 628 kg. Practice night is Thursday, with ringing on Sunday.
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The Huge Bell Mystery For centuries the bells defined the sound of civilization. Then in the 20th century, the bells went silent.

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Church bell ringing practice this evening.
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Picture from Harlestone PCC Harlestone is a typical Northamptonshire ironstone church. We are viewing it from the entrance, with a path leading to the porch. Just beyond is the tower, with the church and chancel to the right from our view. The tower is square and fairly short, there is a stage with louvres above the nave roof. There's a clerestory pf 4 windows above a side aisle. The chancel is lower and has a steeper pitched, tiled roof. The church yard is neatly trimmed and there are shadows in front of us. The sky is blue with a few puffy clouds drifting along.

Tower of the Day
Harlestone has a ring of 6 bells that are rung from the ground floor. The bells are from 4 different founders between 1676 and 1719. The heaviest bell weighs 1020 kg, which is big for a ring of 6. There isn't a regular practice night.
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Church bell ringing practice this evening.
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Image is of Peterborough Cathedral. A broad frontage with 3 arches and 2 towers either side. Ornately carved and with a projecting porch in the lower portion of the middle arch. The green in front is not very evident. The sky is a deep blue and there are just a few wisps of cloud. The sun is shining and there are deep shadows in the arches.

Recent Ringing
The band at Peterborough Cathedral rang a quarter peal for Evensong. They rang Stedman Triples and it was James' first Stedman as conductor. Well done to him, it's tricksy stuff!
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Northampton All Saints is a Georgian church, with a pillared portico with a balustrade and ornaments on top. Behind, there is a square tower with a clock, louvres and lantern. The whole is illuminated by a light show in this picture, with images of flames playing across the frontage. The sky is the deep blue of early evening

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Andrew had a busy day, after a first quarter of Cinques in the morning he rang his first peal on 10 in the afternoon, a method called Welland at Northampton All Saints.
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Towcester, an ironstone tower with some limestone banding either side of the West window. The tower is partially obscured by the large evergreen bushes in the vicarage garden. The tower has 4 stages, a clock in the 3rd and the louvres in the 4th. There are crenelations. The church is behind the tower, the north aisle is partially visible. The sky is a uniform grey and it looks a bit chilly.

Recent Ringing
A weekend of firsts. There was a quarter peal of Stedman Cinques at Towcester. It was the first of cinques for Olivia and Andrew.
The band remembered Brian Manning, who was PCC treasurer for many years.
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Photo from Church website: https://nenecrossings.org.uk/our-churches/ This is an odd looking church. You can't see it easily from here, but the tower is almost detached, with just a low passageway connecting the church and tower. It was originally home to a college of monks. The tower and church are of mixed stone construction, with ironstone giving the distinctive reddish colouring. The octagon is supposed to have been used as a navigational beacon for crossing the Nene. We see the tower poking above evergreens trees which mostly obscure the church from this vantage point. The tower had a set of louvres visible then the octagon and a short lead roofed turret topping the thing off. The sky of blue and the grass of the churchyard is neatly trimmed.

Recent Ringing
One more quarter peal rung by women for International Women's Day. These were ladies of the Wellingborough branch and they rang Cambridge at Irthlingborough. It was Pam's 2000th quarter peal
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Six ladies of the Peterborough branch rang a quarter peal to mark International Women's day. They rang 4 different methods.
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To mark International Women's day, a band of ladies rang mixed doubles at Cold Ashby. It was the first in more than one method for Helen & Lisa.
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We're looking at the West end of Pattishall church. It is above us, in a raised churchyard, with a grassy churchyard on a rising slope. The West end comprises a tower and 2 side aisles visible. A sandstone construction with ironstone facings lit by a setting sun, it is golden. The tower consists of 3 stages, the lower having a door and dual lancet window. The mid section has the clock (~7:50 by the way). The upper section has an opening divided into 2 louvres. There's then a small space before the top of the tower. The sky is a clear blue of a summer evening.

Recent Ringing
A quarter peal was rung by the Ladies Guild at Pattishall. They rang plain bob triples. They marked International Women's Day and also marked the passing of Janet Bowers, who died earlier this month.
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A very square tower is in front of us, with the church away and to the right. There are 3 stages of the tower, with corner buttresses in the first stage, and a window in the West wall. There's a small round window in the second stage and louvres in the third stage. The third stage also looks to have been added later, as it it a slightly different colour. It is topped with a crenelated parapet. The sky is blue and there's a large evergreen to the right of the image, casting a shadow across the church. photo by Chris Droffats

Recent Ringing
A band of Ladies rang for International Women's day, they visited Moreton Pinkney and rang Bob Doubles.
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A wooden board hanging on a stone wall.

On International Women's Day, we'll share this unassuming little peal board at Isham. While the board says that it was the first peal rung in Northamptonshire by a band of ladies, it doesn't say that it was the first ladies' peal rung where the heaviest bell was turned in. #IWD #bells #BellRinging

Sunday morning ringing was Stedman, Grandsire, Little bob and a few call changes to time. Then coffee before a quarter after the service.
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Bell tower , All Saints Church, Monkokehampton, Devon

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