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Bell ringers unite for 麻豆官网首页入口 Music Day

At 7pm local time on Thursday 15 June, bells rang out in support of Music Day at multiple locations across the country and worldwide, from cathedrals to small parish churches.

Eugene Carr-Fanning, who rang for 麻豆官网首页入口 Music Day at St Bartholemew's Church said, "Usually bells in Church are rung to note services but there should be a wider goal, especially in cities where all persons locally will hear them. The bells we all rang that evening, on Music Day, were heard throughout the country and the world, in the countryside and in the cities, by all citizens and creeds. In that context, the bells should be meaningful and send a message of goodwill to those who hear, even for the few seconds."

Below is a list of 284 groups who took part.

Worldwide

Harare, Zimbabwe
Kilifi Bell-Ringers, Kenya
All Saints Anglican Church, Fourways, Johannesburg, South Africa
St Peter's Church, St George's Bermuda
The Saint Matthew's Society of Bellringers, New Zealand
Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, Wellington, New Zealand
All Saints Anglican Church, Singleton, Sydney, Australia
Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney, Australia
St Peter’s Cathedral, Armidale, Australia
The Swan Bell Tower, Perth, Australia
Christ Church, Claremont, Australia
St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, Australia
Holy Trinity Church, Orange, Australia
St Paul's, Burwood, Sydney, Australia
St John's Anglican Cathedral, Brisbane
The Hobart Bellringers at St David's Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
St James Episcopal Church, Marietta, Georgia, USA
The Old Post office Tower, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC, USA
Church of the Transfiguration, Rock Harbor, Orleans, Cape Cod, USA
Smith College band, Northampton, MA, USA
Freemason Baptist Church, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Suffolk Christian Church, Suffolk, Virginia, USA
St Michael’s Church, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Princess Anne, Maryland, USA
Encinitas, near San Diego, California, USA
The Washington Ringing Society at the Old Post Office Tower,Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC, USA
Louisiana Change Ringers at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
St. George’s Memorial Anglican Church, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
St Bartholomew's Church, Dublin, Ireland
St. Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick, Ireland
Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork, Ireland
Notre Dame de Paris, Paris
St. Mark's Church, St. Helier, Jersey

North West England

St Thomas', Stockton Heath
St Wilfrid’s Church, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire
St. Helen's Church, Tarporley, Cheshire
St John's church, Hensingham, Cumbria
St.Oswels Church, Lower Peover, Cheshire
St. Mary's Church, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham
St Bees Priory, St Bees, Cumbria
St. Thomas’ Church, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire
St. Mary's, Tilston, Cheshire
St Peter’s, Macclesfield, Cheshire
St Boniface church, Bunbury, Cheshire
The Exmoor Ringers, Cheshire
St John's Church, Cheshire
St Michael's Church, Workington, Cumbria
All Saints’ Church, Cockermouth, Cumbria
church of St James the Great, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
Horwich Parish church, Greater Manchester
St Mary the Virgin bellringers, Disley, Greater Manchester
The bells of All Saints, Glossop, Greater Manchester
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Ansdell, Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire
Lancashire Association of Change Ringers, Lancashire
St. Mary’s Church, Salford, Eccles, Lancashire
St Bridget's, West Kirby, Merseyside

North East England

Christ Church, North Shields, Tyne and Wear
Hartlepool Guild of Bellringers
Christ Church, North Shields
The Ringers, North Shields
All Saints Stranton and St Oswalds, Hartlepool
Allendale hand bell ringers playing in the Market Place, Allendale Town, Northumberland
St Paul’s, Whitley Bay
St George's Church, Jesmond, Newcastle
St John's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne
The Allendale Bell Ringers, Northumberland
Saint Paul’s, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear

Yorkshire and the Humber

All Saints' Church, Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire
St. John the Baptist Church, Clarborough, North Yorkshire
The Knaresborough Guild of Bell ringers, North Yorkshire
All Saints, Northallerton, North Yorkshire
Holy Trinity Church, Rothwell, Leeds
Holy Trinity Church combining with the bellringers at St Michael's Church, Leeds and Wakefield
All Saints' Church, Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire
The East Riding Ringing Centre, North Cave, East Yorkshire

West Midlands

Abbots Bromley Bell Ringers, Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire
Saint Marys Church ringers, St Chad's, Stafford
St Mary's Church, Sheriffhales, Shropshire
Ringing event St Bartholomew, Holmer, Herefordshire
St Mary and St Giles Church, Stony, Stratford
Great Malvern Priory, Malvern
St Oswald King and Martyr, Oswestry, Shropshire
Holy Trinity Church, Meloe Brace, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
St Andrews Shifnal, Shropshire
St Martins of Tours Church, village of St Martins, Shropshire
All Saints Parish Church, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire
St Andrews Church, Shropshire
St Mary the Virgin, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire
Cookham Tower,
Oxford Diocesan Guild of Bellringers, Staffordshire
St Andrew's, South Stoke, Staffordshire
St Mary's Parish Church in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire
St Giles Haughton, Staffordshire
St James’ Parish Church, Barton under Needwood, Staffordshire
St Luke's Church, Staffordshire
St Nicholas church, Warwick, Warwickshire
Clifton upon Dunsmore Ringers, Warwickshire
Coventry Cathedral, West Midlands
The Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire
St John-in-Bedwardine Church, Worcester, Worcestershire

East Midlands

Grand Union Benefice Ringers, Milton Malsor, Northamptonshire
St. Peter’s Church, Lincolnshire
St Swithun, East Retford, Nottingham
All Hallows, Ordsall, Nottingham
St John the Baptist, Clarborough, Nottingham
Melbourne Parish Church, Derbyshire
Breedon on the Hill Church, Breedon on the Hill
St. Peter & St. Paul’s Church, Ingoldmells near Skegness, Lincolnshire
Derby Cathedral, Derby
All Saints Mugginton, Derbyshire
St. Martins Church, Alfreton, Derbyshire
St Michael and All Angels, Derby
Orton on the Hill Ringers, Leicestershire
St.Andrew's church, Great Easton, Leicestershire
Alford, Lincolnshire
Ruskington, Lincolnshire
All Saints Church Bells, Lincolnshire
St Peter's church, Isham, Northants, Northamptonshire
Wilbarston, Northamptonshire
St Mary the Virgin, Fawsley, Northamptonshire
St Michael and All Angel's Parish Church, Bramcote, Nottinghamshire

East of England

St Mary’s Church, Northchurch, Hertfordshire
St Bartholomew's Church Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire
All Saints Church, Campton, Bedfordshire
Orwell Guild of Change Ringers, Orwell, Cambridgeshire
All Saints Church, Campton, Bedfordshire
St Andrews Church, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge
St Faith’s Church, Gaywood, King’s Lynn, Norfolk
Bedfordshire Young Ringers, Bedfordshire
St Michael's Church, Great Gidding, Cambridgeshire
Prince of Wales Feathers (a village pub), Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire
Great St Mary's, Cambridge
St Andrew's Isleham, Cambridge
Catworth St Leonard, Cambridgeshire
Aston, Hertfordshire
St Leonards church, Flamstead, Hertfordshire
St Mary Magdalene Church, Warboys, Huntingdonshire
All Saints Church, Covington, Huntingdonshire
St Andrew’s, Holt, Norfolk
St Mary Magdalene Church Warboys, Cambridgeshire
South Walsham Bell Ringers, Norfolk (marking the closure of Whitechapel Bell Foundry)

South East England

All Saints, Middleton Stoney, Bicester, Oxfordshire
The Romsey Abbey Bellringers, near Southampton
Rusper in West Sussex
St Peter's Church, Henfield, West Sussex
St. Martin's Triples at the church of St Mary Magdalene, Wethersfield, Essex
St Mary the Virgin, Frensham, Farnham, Surrey
The Bells of St Mary’s Church, Breamore, Hampshire
St Mary the Virgin, Wivenhoe, Essex
Leighton Buzzard , Buckinghamshire
St. Margaret’s church in Angmering, West Sussex
Ringers in Brasted, Kent
St. Mary's Church, Goring by Sea
Launton Handbell Ringers, Botolph Claydon, Near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
All Saints Maidstone bell-ringers, Maidstone
St Mary The Virgin, Fordingbridge, Hampshire
All saints Church, Ockham Surrey
St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
St Peter and Paul Church, Sittingbourne, Kent
St. Mary's Church, Goring-by-Sea
St Nicholas, Ingrave, Essex
St Nicholas and St Swithun, Yelford, Oxfordshire
village of Islip, Oxfordshire
St Mary's Church, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire
St Richard’s Church, Bognor Regis, West Sussex
St Michael's Church, Yorktown, Camberley, Surrey
St John the Evangelist, Merrow
St John the Baptist, Bodicote, Oxon
Sussex County Association of Change Ringers - Dewby's Bells, Hooe, East Sussex
Holy Trinity Church, Hawley, Hampshire
The Papermill micro pub - handbells, Sittingbourne, Kent
St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Lamberhurst, Kent
Ellesborough Parish church, Buckinghamshire
St Giles, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire
Wingrave, Buckinghamshire
Great Horwood, Buckinghamshire
Woughton-on-the-Green , Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
St Mary the Virgin, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
All Saints, Wing, Buckinghamshire
St Andrew’s in Hornchurch, Essex
Plogonnec, Sandy Hook, Guernsey
Church of St Michel du Valle, Guernsey
St Peter’s Church in Petersfield, Hampshire
Aldershot St Michaels Archangel Bell Ringers, Hampshire
St Mary's Church, Bramshott, Liphook, Hampshire
St. Mary's and All Saints, Kidderminster, Hampshire
St Laurence in Thanet Change Ringers, Ramsgate, Kent
Rochester Cathedral, Kent
St Leonard’s Church Deal, Kent
The Saltwood Church Hand bell ringers, Saltwood, Hythe, Kent
St. Kyneburgha's, Castor, Oxfordshire
Bicester Branch of the Oxford Diocesan Guild, Oxfordshire
Charlbury Oxon UK, Oxfordshire
St Giles' Church, Oxford, Oxfordshire
St Michaels, Blewbury, Oxfordshire
St Nicholas church, Oxfordshire
The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire
St. Peter's Church, Limpsfield, Surrey
Parish Church of St Nicolas, Alfold, Surrey
Leatherhead Parish Church, Surrey
St Mary’s Stoughton Band, West Sussex
Holy Trinity church, Bosham Stedman Doubles, West Sussex

London

St Mary's Church, Battersea
St John’s Church, Sidcup
St Clement Danes Church, The Strand
The Ringers at Wimbledon
Westminster Abbey
Harrow on the Hill
St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney
St Andrew's Parish Church, Enfield
St Mary's Church, Barnes

South West England

All Saint's Church, Hampreston, Dorset
St Peter's, Bournemouth
St James, Trowbridge, Wiltshire
Nailsea Bell Ringers
St Anne's church, Alderney, Channel Islands
St. Mary's, Great Shefford in Berkshire
St. Maurice, Plympton, Devon
St Michael and all Angels, Somerton, Somerset
St Mary and St Giles, Buckerell, near Honiton, East Devon
St Lawrence's church, Southleigh, Colyton, Devon
St John the Baptist, Yeovil
Church of St Martin in the Field, Woolstone, Gloucestershire
St Mary's Church, Bridgwater, Somerset
St Michael's Church, Highworth, Wiltshire
Sidmouth Parish Church, Devon
St Michael & All Angels Church, Heavitree, Exeter
Cruwys Morchard Church, Devon
All Saints, Farnborough, Berkshire
Lerryn School, Lerryn Green on the banks of the River Fowey , Cornwall
St Andrew’s Church, Banwell, North Somerset
St Mary's Church - Brownsea band, Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour, Dorset
All Saints’ Church, Wrington, near Bristol
Steeple Langford Bell-ringers, Wiltshire
Mangotsfield, Bristol, Avon
St Andrew's Chew Stoke, near Bristol, Avon
St Mary's Speen, Newbury, Berkshire
St Andrews Church, Clewer Windsor, Berkshire
St. Bartholomew’s Church, Arborfield, Berkshire
Thatcham Band, Thatcham, Berkshire
St Nicolas Church, Newbury, Berkshire
Mawnan Church, Falmouth, Cornwall
South Petherwin, Launceston, Cornwall
St Carantoc Church, Crantock, Cornwall
Ringers from Duloe, Landulph, Lansallos and St Germans towers, Cornwall
Towednack ringers and friends from local towers, St Ives, Cornwall
The Church of the Holy Rood’, Shillingstone, Dorset
Christ Church Julian Rd, Bath, Somerset
St. Mary's, Swainswick, Somerset
St Peter's Church, Portishead, Somerset
Congresbury, Somerset
St. Lawrence Church, Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset
St John the Baptist Church, Carhampton, Somerset
All Saints church, Nunney, Somerset
Corston, All Saints, Somerset
St. John the Baptist, Western-Super-Mare, Somerset
Milton Lilbourne, near Pewsey, Wiltshire
St. Lawrence's Church, Wiltshire

Wales

St Mary's Church, Aberavon, neath Port Talbot, South Wales
St Augustine's Church, Rumney, Cardiff
St Mary Chirk, Wrexham
St Mary's, Brecon, Bellringers
Sheffield Cathedral
St Elvan’s church, Aberdare
St. Teilo's Church, Llantilio Pertholey, Monmouthshire
St. Elli Church, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire
St Mary the Virgin, Coity, Bridgend
Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan

Scotland

Old Steeple and St. Paul's Cathedral, Dundee
St John's, Dumfries
Haddington, East Lothian
St Andrew's and St Georges's West, George Street, Edinburgh
Inverness, Highlands

Northern Ireland

St Malachy's Church, Northern Ireland
St Bronachs , Kilbroney Parish Church, Rostrevor, Co.Down, Northern Ireland
St Bronach's Church, Rostrevor, Northern Ireland

St John's Anglican Cathedral, New Zealand
Bell ringing for 麻豆官网首页入口 Music Day in Harare, Zimbabwe
The ringers at Perth Bell Tower, Australia