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SCcomp South Marston team
Picture of
the team that took part in the G & B Croome trophy competition at South
Marston on the
14th April 20018. The team came 10th, probably because they
rang too many change!
SComp2018
The
winners of the 2018 Striking Competition at Queen Charlton Somerset were a team
of regular service ringers from Rural and Wotton branches.
They will
represent the branch in the Croome Trophy at the G and B AGM in April 2018.
For more pictures of the 2018 Striking Competition Click
Pictures and description of the 5th bell at Dyrham, taken February 1st 2013 by
Adrian Gittings and Tony York
Hello
Tony York,
I have been in contact with Dr. Ralph Midwinter concerning the 5th
bell of the ring of 6 bells at St. Peter’s Church, Dyrham, Gloucestershire. This
bell is an exceedingly rare example (one of only 16 survivors known) of a
14th. Century ‘Royal Heads’ bell,
possessing images of a crowned Plantagenet King’s Head and of his Queen as
‘word-stops’ between the Latin words of the bell’s inscription. The bell is 36
inches in diameter and was reputedly cast by John Rufford and is one of the
bells I am hoping to acquire close-up digital photos of the various elements of
the bell’s inscription for a research project on ‘Royal Heads’ (RH) bells that I
have been working on for the past 6 years.
The inscription
on the Dyrham bell is reported as being:
[+] SERVA
[RH(King)] CAMPANAM [RH(Queen)] SANCTA [RH(King)] MARIA [RH(King)] For my
researches I need photos of the Initial Cross [+], each word, and each Royal
Head so that the correct King Queen order of the RHs across the inscriptionis recorded for posterity and for comparison with photos already obtained from
some of the other 15 bells. Unfortunately, old age & ill-health now prevent me
from visiting the 16 locations to take my own photos, so I asked Ralph Midwinter
if he knew anyone who might be interested in taking the photos for me. He has
mentioned you as a bell-ringer visiting Dyrham and Secretary of the Bristol
Rural Branch of the Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association of Bell Ringers as
the most suitable person to take the photos for me.
Experience has
taught me that the best detailed photos obtained of the inscriptions on other
bells were done by two people, one taking the close-up photos, while the other
person illuminated the subject by torch or lamp at an angle of 45 degrees. I
would be most grateful if either you and a friend, or another pair of your
acquaintances, would be willing to photograph the inscription on the fifth bell,
or as much of it as is accessible.
Kind regards
Dr. J. Michael
Baron,
Dyrham Striking Competition team 2007
Found in Dyrham Tower if you know who was joint first let me know please.
Joint winners Dyrham and
Coalpit Heath. ( I only found this information from Bryan Hardwick at the 2018
cream tea and practice at Dyrham. However I did not ask who represented Rural
Branch in the Croome trophy. My next question)
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