Downloads

Bell Histories by Chris Pickford

Filename / Link	Size
All Saints	189.65 Kb
Old St Martins	174.01 Kb
St John Baptist	176.71 Kb
St John in Bedwardine	154.83 Kb
St Andrew	261.61 Kb
St Stephen Barbourne	114.43 Kb
St Swithun	178.04 Kb
Worcester Cathedral	208.32 Kb

Other History and Research

Filename / Link	Size
Bellframes replace or repair	345.07 Kb
Early bellfounders in Worcester by Vanda Bartoszuk	117.67 Kb
The Cattley Papers	574.06 Kb
The bells, clock and carillon of Worcester Cathedral	209.37 Kb
The harmonic minor ten by Chris Kippin	384.23 Kb
Worcester Cathedral accounts 1611 to 1669	149.77 Kb
Worcestershire bellringers who died or served and returned from the First and Second World Wars	1.21 Mb

Bells and bell ringing in the history of Worcester Cathedral (external link to Worcester Cathedral Library blog)

Bell ringing in Worcester: identifying celebrations of Napoleonic victories (external link to Worcester Cathedral Library blog)

Maintaining Worcester Cathedral in the early seventeenth century (external link to Worcester Cathedral Library blog)

Historic Photographs

Child Protection and Safeguarding

See the Church of England Safeguarding Polices on the Diocese of Worcester website.

Filename / Link	Size
External review of the Worcester Cathedral Guild of Bellringers by Tim Keyes	306.04 Kb
Worcester Cathedral Guild of Bellringers Tower Safety and Safeguarding Paper May 2019	185.87 Kb

Report on the tower incident 11 February 2017

Covid-19

The safe resumption of bellringing – see the guidance from the Central Council of Church Bellringers as well as policy and working practice from Worcester Cathedral and the Guild.

Filename / Link	Size
W C Go B risk assessment for resumption of ringing July 2020	107.25 Kb
Worcester Cathedral Volunteers Working Practices Pack Covid19 (004)	355.12 Kb

Learning to Ring Progress Cards by Bernard Taylor

Learning to Ring – Stage 1

Learning to Ring – Stage 2

Learning to Ring – Stage 3

Media Coverage

See the News page for the latest media coverage.

http://youtu.be/ARkFKjw3r-g
Marcus Brigstocke’s Trophy People

10 year-old schoolboy becomes bell ringer – Caters News, 28 November 2019
Fun with Bells – a podcast, 12 September 2019
Visiting ringers from New York – BBCHW Sunday Breakfast, 23 June 2019
The new bell is cast – BBCHW Sunday Breakfast, 19 November 2017
Dramatic cathedral rescue – BBC Radio 4 and Radio 5 Live interviews, 13 February 2017
Financial Times Masterclass – 21 January 2017
Bellringing – is it a sport? – BBCHW, February 2016

Peals

Quarter peals rung at Worcester Cathedral to Feb 2020

Analysis of peals rung at Worcester Cathedral to March 2020

Worcester Cathedral Peal Book – Vol 1 (9Mb file)

Worcester Cathedral Peal Book – Vol 2 (9Mb file)

Worcester Cathedral Peal Book – Vol 3 (7Mb file)

Steeplekeeping

Tower Drawings and Photographs

extract from The Builder published 1874 (2Mb file)

Wigwam Tower Plan

Bellframe Layout

Bells Sub-frame

Bell Details

Headstock Details

1867 Fulljames Report

Worcester Cathedral tower 1870

Worcester Bell Projects

Old St Martins Project Leaflet

Old St Martins Information Boards

St Stephens Barbourne Project Leaflet

Worcester Bellringers’ Leaflets

Learn to Ring Bells at Worcester Cathedral

Worcester Cathedral Tower (4Mb file)

Bells in the City – the history, and future, of ringing in Worcester (3Mb file)