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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
- NE Open Day - 3 days to go!
NE Open Day - 3 days to go! Read more
- Vacant EACR Association Officer Roles
Vacant EACR Association Officer Roles Read more
- The Touring Tower at the Essex course
The Touring Tower at the Essex course Read more
- CCCBR AGM 2025
CCCBR AGM 2025 Read more
- Association Training Calendar
Association Training Calendar Read more
Recent additions
- NE Open Day - 3 days to go! (6 days, 15 hours ago)
- Tower Open Day - Little Bromley bell restoration fundraiser (2 weeks, 5 days ago)
- Richard F Prime (2 weeks, 5 days ago)
- North Eastern District Open Day - Saturday, 22 March 2025 (1 month ago)
- Ardleigh Dedication (1 month ago)
Recent Association peals
- 5088 Cambridge Surprise Major Rung on Saturday, 22 March 2025 at Great Baddow (St Mary the Virgin), Essex.
- 5040 Seven Surprise Minor Rung on Wednesday, 19 March 2025 at Downham (St Margaret), Essex.
- 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor Rung on Sunday, 16 March 2025 at Terling (All Saints), Essex.
- 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (27m) Rung on Wednesday, 5 March 2025 at Inworth (All Saints), Essex.
- 5058 Yorkshire Surprise Major Rung on Saturday, 22 February 2025 at Leigh on Sea (St Clement), Essex.
Master's blog
- Returning to Ringing Somebody pointed out to me recently that I hadn’t posted in this blog since May 2021. That is sadly true.…
- Ringing Recovery – the next phase The Central Council has issued new guidance which many of you will have already seen, setting out its…
- The merry-go-round of bellringing and Covid I am so over Covid now! As rates of Covid infection rise again, and we enter a twilight zone of semi-lockdown,…
- Navigating a Return to Ringing Dear RingerAs we start to think about re-starting face to face church services, and possibly even real…
- Ways to keep ringing when you can’t ring…. Many of you will have seen Beth Johnson’s fantastic post on EACR notices, highlighting ways to stay engaged…
Central Council news
- Welcome to the Young Ringers Hub! (5 days, 22 hours ago): Young Ringers Hub – The home of under-30s ringing This is the interim Young Ringers Hub website, containing…
- DAC Bell Advsiors Conference 2025 (2 weeks, 4 days ago): The 2026 DAC Bells Advisors Conference will be held in Leeds on Thursday 3rd April 2025. This is open…
- President’s blog #98 (3 weeks, 4 days ago): Ringing 2030, funding, business plans, budgets, affiliation fees and International Women’s Day. Read…
- Save the Date! 5-7 September 2025 (2 months ago): The 2025 Central Council AGM weekend takes place in Yorkshire from Friday 5th to Sunday 7th September…
- President’s blog #97 (2 months, 1 week ago): (As published in the RW 6th December 2024 – Where we examine some significant numbers, membership fun…
Further information
Further information can be obtained from the Hon. General Secretary , or in the Association's Annual Report.
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