The City of Westminster
boasts 10 interesting towers with rings of 8 or more bells, and a plethora of churches and
other buildings with an enviable range of chimed bells, carillons and glockenspiels.
As an active ringer in the City, may I commend this site as an excellent source of
useful information about the rings and their histories.
For those of you who don’t ring, do
follow the link to the website of the Central
Council of Church Bell Ringers to learn more about the fascinating art of English
Church bell ringing.
For those of you who do, I hope you take
the opportunity to visit and join one of the practices held at most of the towers.
Details can be found through the website of the Middlesex County Association and London Diocesan Guild of Change Ringers.
Tim Joiner
Lord Mayor of Westminster
January, 2006 |
