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This site is maintained by Dickon Love as a place to record his research into belfry archaeology and history in the City of Westminster. Information comes from many sources, and Dickon is grateful to all those who have contributed to this research, particularly Chris Pickford, David Cawley, the Whitechapel Bell Foundry and John Taylor Bellfounders. It aims to cover all bells in the City of London, both extant and those lost to history. Any corrections, comments,
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Dickon Love is an active bellringer in the City of London and is a Past Master
and Hon Librarian of the
Ancient Society of College Youths, who are responsible for ringing the
bells at the major towers in the City. He is Tower Keeper/Captain at
St Magnus the Martyr,
St James Garlickhythe and
St Mary Woolnoth. He conceived and ran the projects to install the new bells at
St Magnus the Martyr,
St Dunstan-in-the-West
and
St James Garlickhythe.
The latter of these are the
Royal Jubilee
Bells which he managed when they rang on the River Thames, leading
the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. He is Churchwarden at
St Magnus the Martyr, Parish Clerk of
St Clement Eastcheap and the 'Company Bellringer' for the
Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks. He is also a member of the
Cambridge University Guild and resident member of the
Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild, the
Kent County Association and the
St Martin's Guild. His primary interest is in the history of
bells and bell towers, and the focus of his research is on the the Cities of
London and
Westminster and the County of
Kent. He makes his living as a management consultant
working in central government and his other interest concerns learning the Polish language. |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of the City of Westminster |
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