The Bell Ringers

The bell tower houses six bells: the first five were installed in 1737 and a sixth was added in 1910. The tenor bell weighs eight hundredweight and the treble three and a half hundredweight. 

There is a team of ringers which meets for an hour's practice on Mondays at 8pm and rings at 9.30am on Sundays, before the 10am service, and for weddings. The team comprises mainly inexperienced, but enthusiastic, ringers. 

We always welcome new ringers to join the team to ensure that we have six ringers available on Sundays and for weddings. If you are interested, whether you have rung before or not, please visit the tower during practice on a Monday evening.

For further details please contact Mrs Brenda Matthews (see the Contact Us page for details).

The photo below was taken after the quarter peal of Plain Bob Doubles on 4 June 2011 (the first one for the two ringers on the left)

 
Sussex County Association
Chailey, East Sussex
St Peter
Saturday 4 June 2011 in 40 mins (7 1/4)
1260 Plain Bob Doubles
1   Julie Orssten
2   Katherine Matthews
3   Sue Donbroski
4   Eric Wilkins
5   Marisa Hayes (C)
6   Don Cranfield
First quarter - 1 and 6.

The aim of quarter peals is to become accomplished at ringing a particular method. Several have been rung at Chailey over the past two years, and the ringers also rang a full peal of Cambridge Minor in January 2011 with the help of some ringers from other towers. This was the first full peal to be rung for a considerable time and took almost 2 hours 40 minutes.

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