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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

Essex Ringing Course 2020

The 30th Essex Ringing Course runs from Thursday 16th April to Saturday 18th April. The closing date for applications is Friday 21st February.
Central Council meeting 4-6 September 2020: save the date!

It’s time to make a note of the date of the 2020 Central Council weekend, which is being held in Nottingham.

Make a note of the date now and look out for further information in The Ringing World, the CC website and social media.

See also this poster.

Recent additions

Southern District 2020 Diary of Events (2 weeks ago)
S District Newsletter January 2020 (2 weeks, 1 day ago)
Liz Hull (2 weeks, 6 days ago)
North-Western District Programme 2020 (3 weeks, 1 day ago)
Southern District Call Change Competition Rules (October 2019) (3 weeks, 5 days ago)

Recent Association peals

5088 Ambridge Surprise Major Rung on Sunday, 16 February 2020 at Terling (All Saints), Essex.
5040 Surprise Minor (7m) Rung on Wednesday, 12 February 2020 at Inworth (All Saints), Essex.
5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (15m) Rung on Wednesday, 29 January 2020 at Inworth (All Saints), Essex.
5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Rung on Sunday, 26 January 2020 at Prittlewell (St Mary the Virgin), Essex.
5184 Verrecchia Surprise Major Rung on Sunday, 19 January 2020 at Terling (All Saints), Essex.

Master's blog

Handbell Ringing I organised a handbell day today – this is something that other associations and guilds do, to promote…
Association General Secretary – we need you..! Dear bellringer The position of Association General Secretary becomes vacant at the AGM in May, and according…
If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress – Barack Obama Some friends and I have been trying to ring a peal of the standard 41 surprise minor methods spliced…
Christmas Ringing I’m just back from ringing at Midnight Mass at Goldhanger – we call it Midnight, but its always at 10…
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…

Central Council news

Captain’s Blog, Stardate 2020.2.15 (1 day, 16 hours ago): In Search of Excellence, by Tom Peters, had a profound effect on my life. I read it in my final year…
CCCBR Recruitment & Retention Workshop – Sunday 15th March 2020 (1 week, 5 days ago): “Church bell ringing faces recruitment crisis” Sound familiar? Recruitment and retention of new ringers…
President’s Blog #2 (2 weeks, 3 days ago): As I write this on Brexit day it is clear the bells for Brexit story fizzled out. We managed to get some…
President’s Blog – January 2020 (3 weeks, 5 days ago): Four months in and time to start writing that blog that Vicki our PRO says I should do. Actually given…
Ringing for Brexit (1 month, 1 week ago): We have started to receive queries about bells being rung on 31st January to mark the UK leaving the…