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![[Photograph of Writtle tower]](parts/photos/writtle.jpg "Writtle, where the Association was founded")
Welcome to the web site of the Essex Association of Change Ringers
Founded at Writtle, near Chelmsford, in 1879 the Association predates the Diocese of Chelmsford by some 35 years. Its boundaries are those of the old county of Essex prior to 1st April 1965. With a membership of over 1000, the Association is committed to the furtherance of the work of the Church by ringing bells, promoting bells and bell ringers, and keeping the bells of Essex churches ringing. This is achieved by giving help and advice in the maintenance of bell installations, by making grants available for restoration and improvement projects, and by offering opportunities for training and advancement in 'method ringing'.
Featured items
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Ringing Remembers
![[Purple Bellringers graphic]](parts/graphics/ringing-remembers.jpg "Ringing Remembers")
- Commemorating fallen ringers on the Every Man Remembered website: The Every Man Remembered website, run by the Royal British Legion, is working with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to keep alive the memory of those who fell in the First World War, for future generations.
Recent additions
- S District Newsletter no. 155, October 2018 (2 weeks ago)
- MIke Gibson: funeral (3 weeks, 5 days ago)
- Mike Gibson (1 month ago)
- Annual Dinner (1 month, 1 week ago)
- Steve Goddard: funeral report (1 month, 1 week ago)
Recent Association peals
- 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Rung on Saturday, 10 November 2018 at Saffron Walden (St Mary the Virgin), Essex.
- 5024 Superlative Surprise Major Rung on Thursday, 8 November 2018 at Grays (St Peter and St Paul), Essex.
- 5008 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Rung on Thursday, 8 November 2018 at Stanford le Hope (St Margaret of Antioch), Essex.
- 5040 Fryerning Surprise Minor Rung on Wednesday, 31 October 2018 at Fryerning (St Mary the Virgin), Essex.
- 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) Rung on Sunday, 21 October 2018 at Terling (All Saints), Essex.
Master's blog
- Master’s Dinner Speech 2018 To any of you that didn’t make our annual dinner this year, I’m really sorry that you weren’t able to…
- Dinners and diners Well – that’s that. I’ve been stressing about the association dinner for weeks now, and all of a sudden…
- Mancroft and ringing relations As I write this I am on the train home from the dedication service and opening of the Mancroft Ringing…
- Good ringing in the sunshine I don’t know about you, but I had a fantastic time this weekend. You may have noticed a striking competition…
- A warm Saturday drinking tea in the shade… This week I went to a foreign land (Kent) to judge a striking competition. Despite being VERY FAR AWAY,…
Central Council news
- Ringing Remembers in the news (1 day, 14 hours ago): The Ringing Remembers campaign that resulted in ringing across the world over the weekend picked[...]
- Ringing Remembers – Tower Certificates (6 days, 1 hour ago): Certificates to record those who ring for the centenary of the Armistice on Sunday 11th[...]
- We Remember (6 days, 13 hours ago): A message for change ringers everywhere This Sunday – Remembrance Sunday – we are called[...]
- Warwick Poppies 2018 and the Warwick Bellringers’ Poppy Bell (2 weeks ago): In Autumn 2017, posters[...]
- Ringing Remembers – October Update (2 weeks ago): Less than a month to go With less than a month to go now until[...]
Further information
Further information can be obtained from the Hon. General Secretary , or in the Association's Annual Report.
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