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Hexham Abbey Guild	The Bells	Ringing Times	Advanced Practices
Diary	Links	Joining the band	Summer trip
	Public guide to ringing

April 2008

Hexham Abbey, Northumberland.
The Priory and Parish Church of
Saint Andrew

Usual Ringing Times
Sunday Service	9.15 am to 9.55 am
(check for changes to service ringing)	5.30 pm to 6.25 pm*
Thursday Practice (check for changes to practice night)	7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Advanced practice (either last Tuesday in the month, or last Wednesday in school holidays)	7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
*We occasionally ring quarter peals for Sunday evening service – these will be shown below. Visitors Visiting ringers are welcome to attend practices or service rings without notice, but please contact one of the guild officers if you want to check that we are ringing. If there are likely to be larger numbers of visitors we would appreciate some warning. The bells are available for visiting bands and occasionally for peal attempts. Contact the Secretary for details or to apply. The charge for peals is £4.00 per rope.

Access

When the Abbey is open, access to the tower is from small door on the right at the top of the “midnight stairs” within the Abbey. Climb the first flight of spiral stairs all the way to the top, walk along the clerestory, and the next few spiral stairs will lead you to a spacious ringing chamber (no problem about entering while we are ringing). Please take care on the spiral stairs – a lot of them are very worn.

When the Abbey is shut access is via a door which leads into the “slype” from the west side of the south transept (the opposite side from Beaumont Street / Market Place). This door is next to a grassed area which has the Abbey clinic / magistrates’ courts car park on one side and the Abbey nave on the other. There is a ringers’ bell on the left hand side above the lintel of this door. If a ringer rings this bell a key will be thrown from the south transept roof. Enter the Abbey, ascend the broad “midnight stairs” and follow the directions above.

Practice night & service ringing changes 2008

Original date / time	→	New date / time
Sunday, 20/01/08, 9.15 – 9.55am	→	No morning ringing – ecumenical service being held elsewhere
Sunday, 03/02/08, 9.15 – 9.55am	→	No morning ringing: most of us are away on a weekend ringing trip
Sunday, 20/04/08, 9.15 – 9.55am	…is changed to…	Sunday, 20/04/08, 8.45 – 9.25am (visitors appreciated, as some of us are away!)
Thursday, 01/05/08	→	No practice, due to Ascension Day service at 7.30pm. A quarter of Grandsire Triples is being rung before the service.
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Sunday evening service quarter peals in 2008

If we are ringing a quarter peal or if we have a visiting band, the bells will not be available to visitors for general service ringing. However, it may be worthwhile contacting the Tower Captain if you are going to be in Hexham when we are aiming to ring a quarter for evening service – we may be glad of you to ring in it!
Date / time	Method
Sunday, 13^th January at 5.10pm	Yorkshire Surprise Major
Sunday, 3^rd February at 5.10pm	Yorkshire Surprise Royal
Sunday, 24^th February at 5.10pm	Method to be confirmed
Sunday 23^rd March at 5.10pm	Plain Bob Caters – for Easter

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Hexham Abbey Guild	The Bells	Ringing Times	Advanced Practices
Diary	Links	Joining the band	Summer trip
	Public guide to ringing

Maintained by Clive Moon
Last modified 30/04/2008