The Trumpington Society of Bellringers

Its tower houses a fine peal of 8 bells cast by John Taylor & Co (Loughborough) in 1957. The heaviest (tenor) bell weighs just over half a ton (10-2-22 cwt) tuned to the note G.

There were originally only 5 bells in the tower, which were augmented to 6 with the addition of a new treble in 1928, then recast and rehung with new fittings in an extended frame with two additional trebles to form an octave in 1957. The 50th anniversary of the bells was celebrated with some special ringing in November 2007.

There are now actually 9 bells hung in the tower - an extra ancient bell is hung for tolling above the others. Here are the Weights, Notes and Inscriptions of the Bells.

Other local ringing-related web sites:

• Ely Diocesan Association of Church Bell Ringers
• Trumpington Church pages on Diocese of Ely website including some information about the bells
• The Cherry Hinton Bell Ringers
• Great Wilbraham Guild of Change Ringers
• Cambridge District pages by Peter Hinton
• First peal of spliced of the only four possible double regular treble-dodging major methods with no adjacent places rung by the Society of Cambridge Youths at Trumpington in April 2004 Its development is described here

• Dove's Guide on-line The definitive source of information on rings of bells
• Campanophile Web-based Peal/QP records and forthcoming Events
• Links to other Bellringing resources by Roger Bailey
• Method search engine linked to Martin Bright's method printer
• The largest (deepest-toned) handbells in the world - the Malmark G-Zero and A-Zero

Ringing Times

Sunday Service ringing is from 9:30 to 10:00 a.m every Sunday morning and from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m for Evensong. On Sunday evenings there is sometimes a quarter peal attempt before normal Evensong ringing.

Practice Night is Wednesday from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. Visitors welcome!

Weddings and visiting bands by arrangement with the Vicar and Secretary.

Society Officers

The society officers are:

Tower Captain & Treasurer : Mark Norris

Ringing Master & Secretary : Robert Oakeshott, Tel: 01223-529642

Steeple Keeper : Stephen Theobald

Sharon's first of Belfast

A Quarter Peal was rung on Sunday 20th July as a wedding compliment to Lynn Browning & Chris Hinton, married at All Saints, Houghton, Hampshire on Sat 19th July - Sharon's first of Belfast S Major

Congratulations on the birth of Brinley Thomas Wilkes

A Quarter Peal of Cambridge S Major was rung on Sunday 8th June 2008, to welcome Brinley Thomas Wilkes, born on Wednesday 4th June 2008. With best wishes to Clare and Stephen from the Trumpington band.

Spliced Trumpington Surprise & Trumpington Delight Major

Having rung these confidently a few times individually already, our next challenge was to splice the two together. Robert selected a robust quarter peal composition with 18 changes of method to test our mettle, which was duly scored first time on the sunny Sunday 11th May, believed to be the first time these methods have ever been spliced in a QP.

A different composition, composed and conducted by Alan Winter, was used for another quarter peal in these two methods on Sunday 18th May.

Billy's first QP at the first attempt

Billy Brooke (aged 10) rang his first Quarter Peal at the first attempt of Plain Bob Minor on Sunday 6th April 2008, with a family Brooke band. Youngest member Dorothy took the photo afterwards of the successful team.

Trumpington Delight Major #2 - Mark's first as composer/conductor

Mark Norris composed and conducted an elegant 4-part singles-only Quarter Peal of Trumpington Delight Major, brought round in fine style on Sunday 9th March 2008.

Sue's first Stedman Triples and Stephen's 1000th QP

The Quarter Peal of Stedman Triples on Sunday 10th February 2008 was Sue's 1st of Stedman, and Stephen's 1000th QP overall.

Trumpington Delight Major #1

Having conquered Trumpington Surprise, a Quarter Peal of Trumpington Delight Major on Sunday 3rd February 2008 was the next logical step!

2008 Trumpington Surprise Major on 1st January 2008

A Date Touch of 2008 changes of Trumpington Surprise Major was rung on 1st January 2008 to welcome the New Year.