Towers and Handbell Groups
See also the lists of lost and proposed towers in North America.
The weights of the tenor bell for each tower is listed in hundredweights. This is a traditional way of expressing bell weights in England. One hundredweight = 112 lbs. One quarter hundredweight = 28 lbs. The last number is the remaining pounds. For example the Liberty Bell as recast by Pass and Stowe in 1753 weighs 2080 lbs. Expressed in hundredweights, 18-2-8. This weight is comparable to the tenors of Groton, Miami and Philadelphia, St. Mark's.
602 Meander, 79602-1099
6 Tower Bells: 6-1-5, Eijsbouts, 1982 (part of 25 bell Schulmerich carillon) (Not Active)
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435 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30308
Tower snail-mail: 1660 Peachtree Street, #5402, Atlanta, GA 30309
10 Tower Bells: 13-1-14, Whitechapel, 1924 and front 2, Eijsbouts, 2000
Sunday, approx. 10:00 - 10:15 am, and 11:00 - 11:15 am.
Thursday, 7:00 - 9:00 pm.
Saturday, 9:30 - 11:30 am. First and Third Saturdays only.
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2230 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904
8 Tower Bells: 11-0-14, Whitechapel, 2004
Sunday, 10:00 am.
Sunday, 3:00 - 4:00 pm.
Tuesday, 5:00 - 6:30 pm.
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2120 3rd Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35203
8 Tower Bells: 13-1-11, Whitechapel 2005
Sunday, 12:10 - 1:00 pm. Service Ringing
Monday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm. Practice
Saturday, 3:30 - 5:00 pm. Practice time all Saturdays except 1st Saturday
Other Practice, 1st Saturday, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Practice time on 1st Saturday each month
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Building 1, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 242 amd 246, Cambridge MA 02139-4301
Handbells.
Monday, 7:30 - 9:45 pm.
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30 Brimmer Street, 02108
8 Tower Bells: 19-1-17, Mears & Stainbank, 1900
Sunday, approx. 10:10 - 11:05 am.
Wednesday, 7:00 - 9:00 pm.
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193 Salem Street, 02113-1198
8 Tower Bells: 14-1-0, Abel Rudhall, 1744
Sunday, 12:00 - 1:00 pm.
Saturday, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm.
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120 Federal Hill Road, Brewster, NY 10509
8 Tower Bells: 8-2-22, Whitechapel, 1973
Sunday, 2:45 - 4:45 pm.
Thursday, 7:00 - 8:30 pm.
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145 West Broad Street, 08016
8 Tower Bells: 22-0-4, Mears & Stainbank, 1865 (Unringable)
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3602 - 8th Street S.W. T2T 3A7
8 Tower Bells: 8-2-0, Gillett & Johnston, 1955
Sunday, 10:30 - 11:00 am. May 29th - September 11th: 9:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Friday, 6:30 - 8:30 pm.
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Zion Lutheran Church, 183 William Street, Portland, CT 06480-1631
Handbells.
Wednesday, 6:30 - 7:30 pm. September-May
Other Practice, Various Days, . June - August: weekly, but timing is variable, contact to confirm.
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98 Wentworth Street, 29401
10 Tower Bells: 16-2-27, back 8 formerly of St. Mary Magdalene, Enfield, Middlesex; Cast 1883 by Warners of Spitalfields; tuned 1997 at Whitechapel, front 2 cast Whitechapel 1999
Sunday, 9:50 - 10:50 am. No ringing in Lent (except mid-point for "Refreshment Sunday)
Tuesday, 6:00 - 8:00 pm.
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Meeting Street at Broad, 29401
8 Tower Bells: 17-1-18, Lester & Pack, 1764
Sunday, 9:50 - 10:20 am. No ringing Sundays in Lent.
Thursday, 5:30 - 7:30 pm.
Saturday, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm.
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126 Coming Street, 29403
8 Tower Bells: 14-3-0, Taylor, 1880, 6 redundant bells from Eastthorpe, Mirfield, Yorkshire, 2 bells cast by Eijsbouts in 2001
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1135 E. 57th Street (57th & South University), 60637
10 Tower Bells: 21-3-7, Mears & Stainbank, 1908
Monday, 6:30 - 8:30 pm. Call first for all practices.
Saturday, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm. Call first for all practices.
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9845 McCree Road, 75238
6 Tower Bells: 4-2-12, Taylor (1,3 & 6, 1995; 2,4 & 5, 2003)
Sunday, 11:30 to 12:30 pm. Open practice
Tuesday, 6:30 pm. Beginners' practice
Other Practice, Sunday Service Ringing, 9:50 and 11:15 am.
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University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, ECM house, 1329 E. 19th Avenue, Eugene, OR 97403-1421
Handbells.
Tuesday, 6:00 pm. At ECM house. Also sometimes in other locations at various times. Call or e-mail to confirm.
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Tower snail-mail: P.O. Box 253, Exeter, Ontario, N0M 1S1
Tower Bells: 18-0-3, McShane, 1890. Back six are hung Veronese style but can be rung to changes. (Not Active)
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131 West Second Street, (corner of Second and Bentz Streets,) 21701-5328
8 Tower Bells: 9-2-18, Taylor, 2004
Sunday, 9:30 - 10:00 am.
Sunday, 2:00 - 4:00 pm.
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766 North Main Street, 28792
8 Tower Bells: 9-0-24, Whitechapel, 1977
Sunday, 10:45 - 11:10 am.
Monday, 7:30 - 9:00 pm.
Saturday, 10:30 am-12:00 pm.
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107 Main Street 02043 (adjacent to Old Ship Church)
10 Tower Bells: 19-2-19, Mears & Stainbank, 1912
Tuesday, 7:00 - 8:30 pm.
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Queen Emma Square and S Beretania, 96813-2304
8 Tower Bells: 12-0-26, John Briant, 1812 formerly at St. Alkmund's, Shrewsbury UK
Sunday, 9:30 - 10 AM & 11:15-Noon.
Tuesday, 6:00 - 7:30 pm.
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6221 Main Street, 77030
8 Tower Bells: 6-0-21, Whitechapel 2005
Sunday, 12:15 - 1:00 pm.
Monday, . Practice rotates among the three towers; Click on the information link for Time & Location
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5501 South Main Street
8 Tower Bells: 11-0-3, Whitechapel, 2001
Sunday, approx. 12:00 - 12:20 pm.
Monday, Practice rotates among the three towers; Click on the information link for Time & Location.
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4900 Jackwood, 77096
8 Tower Bells: 7-0-7, Taylor, 1971
Sunday, 9:30 - 10:30 am.
Monday, Practice rotates among the three towers; Click on the information link for Time & Location.
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1200 Academy Street, 49006
8 Tower Bells: 9-0-16, Whitechapel, 1983
Monday, 7:00 - 9:00 pm.
Wednesday, 7:00 - 9:00 pm.
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310 West 17th Street, 72206
8 Tower Bells: 9-0-1, Whitechapel, 1987
Sunday, 8:30 - 9:00 am, and approx. 10:30 - 11:15.
Wednesday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm.
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161 Church Street N W, 30060 (corners of Church & Polk Street)
8 Tower Bells: 5-1-2, Whitechapel, 1995
Sunday, 10:00 - 10:20 am and 10:50 - 11:10 am.
Monday, 7:30 - 9:30 pm.
Saturday, 9:30 - 11:30 am. Second and Fourth Saturday only.
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464 NE 16th Street (Corner of Bayshore Drive and the Venetian Causeway) Miami, 33132
8 Tower Bells: 17-3-20, Whitechapel, 1984
Sunday, 8:00 am, and 9:30 - 10:00 am.
Tuesday, 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Call or e-mail to confirm.
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34224 Dewdney Trunk Road, V2V 4J2
10 Tower Bells: 21-0-11, Mears & Stainbank, 1950
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100 Harmony Street, 19720
Tower snail-mail: P.O. Box 47, New Castle, DE 19720, (Church office) 302-328-2413
6 Tower Bells: 3-2-24, Taylor 1981
Sunday, 9:30 - 9:55 am.
Tuesday, 7:30 - 9:00 pm. First Tuesday of each month only, or by arrangement.
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Broadway at Wall Street, in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan
Tower snail-mail: Trinity Ringers, Trinity Church-St. Paul's Chapel, 74 Trinity Place, New York, New York 10006, USA
12 Tower Bells: 23-3-17, Taylors, cast in 2006, donated by Dr. Martin C. Faulkes.
Sunday, 10:15 to 11:15 am, and 12:30 to 1:30 pm. Pre- and post-service general ringing, to which all are welcome.
Wednesday, 6:30 to 9:00 pm. Weekly practice, to which all are welcome. Afterwards at Merchant's Cafe (SW corner of Rector & Washington, 2 blocks west of Trinity).
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Rock Harbor, Orleans MA 02653
Tower snail-mail: P.O. Box 1094
10 Tower Bells: 21-2-23, Whitechapel, 2008-9
Sunday, Approximately 12:30. Service Ringing
Other Practice, Saturday & Sunday, 5:30 pm. Post Vespers Service Ringing
Other Practice, Monday through Friday, 5:45pm . Post Vespers Service Ringing
Other Practice, Tuesday , 7 - 9 pm. Practice; Visiting ringers welcome
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8000 St. Martin's Lane, 19118
8 Tower Bells: 4-2-8, Whitechapel, 1980
Sunday, 10:45 - 11:15 am. http://www.phillyringers.com/whoisringing.html Check here for details.
Wednesday, 6:45 - 8:30 pm. First and Third Wednesday only, alternate weeks with St. Mark's.
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1625 Locust Street, 19103
8 Tower Bells: 17-3-18, Mears & Stainbank, 1876 and 1878, re-hung 1999
Sunday, 12:15 - 1:00 pm. See http://www.phillyringers.com/whoisringing.html.
Sunday, 1:00 - 2:30 pm. Second Sunday of each month only, following the service ringing.
Wednesday, 6:45 - 8:30 pm. Second and Fourth Wednesday only, alternate weeks with St. Mark's.
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799 Washington Road, 15228-2001
8 Tower Bells: 8-0-21, 5-8 Thomas Mears Jr., 1814, 3 & 4 Mears & Stainbank, 1834, treble and 2nd Whitechapel, 2000. Back 6 bells formerly of St. John's Church Preston, Lancashire
Sunday, 11:55 - 12:30 pm. Summer months: 10:55 - 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, 6:30 - 7:30 pm, most weeks. Handbells and handling practice
Thursday, 7:30 - 9:00 pm.
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30513 Washington Street, 21853
6 Tower Bells: 3-2-10, 3-2-10, Eijsbouts, 1993
Sunday, 9:30 - 9:55 am.
Wednesday, 7:00 - 8:30 pm.
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31, rue des Jardins, G1K 3Y7
8 Tower Bells: 16-2-24, Thomas Mears II, 1830
Sunday, 10:20 - 11:00 am.
Wednesday, 7:30 - 9:00 pm.
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755, rue St-Jean, G1K 8K6
8 Tower Bells: 15-0-0, Warner, 1885
Saturday, 1:30 - 3:00 pm. Second Saturday only. Subject to change.
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Capitol Square, Edenton & Wilmington, 27601
8 Tower Bells: 4-2-15, (3,4,5) Taylor, 1987, (1,2,6,7&8), Eijsbouts, 1992
Sunday, 10:30 - 11:00 am. June - August: 9:30 - 10:00
Thursday, 6:00 - 7:30 pm.
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60, Akenside Road, 60546
8 Tower Bells: 3-3-27, Whitechapel, various dates (Ex Xpo Belfry)
Sunday, 7:00 - 8:30 pm. Memorial Day - Labor Day
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Gerberding Hall, Red Square, School of Music, Box 353450, Seattle, WA 98195-3450
8 Tower Bells: 6-0-6, Eijbouts, installed May, 2008 (The Gordon Stuart Peek Foundation Memorial Bells)
Monday, 7:00 - 9:00 pm. Mostly with simulator.
Friday, 7:00 - 9:00 pm. Mostly with simulator except 8:30 - 9:00 pm.
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735 University Avenue, Sewanee, TN 37383-1000
8 Tower Bells: 11-0-23, Whitechapel, 2003
Sunday, 10:30 - 10:45 am.
Friday, 5:30 pm. Call first to confirm.
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908 Rutherford Street, Shreveport LA 71104
8 Tower Bells: 9-1-14, Whitechapel, 2009
Sunday, 11:00 am. to 11:30 am. service ringing
Thursday, 6:00 - 8:00 pm. weekly practice
Saturday, 9:00 - 11:00 am. additional practice, depending upon other Cathedral scheduled events
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1204 Middle Street, Sullivan's Island, 29482
8 Tower Bells: 4-1-13, Whitechapel, 1995
Sunday, 8:45 - 9:25 am.
Saturday, 6:15 - 6:45 pm.
Other Practice, Schedule varies. Call for information.
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6th & Pecan Streets, 71854
8 Tower Bells: 3-3-0, Taylor, 1984
Sunday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm.
Thursday, 7:00 - 8:30 pm.
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King & Church Streets, M5C 2E9
12 Tower Bells: 21-2-0, Front 4, Whitechapel, 1996, Back 8, Mears & Stainbank, 1828, (Formerly St. James', Bermondsey, UK).
Sunday, 10:00 - 11:00 am.
Monday, 7:00 - 9:00 pm.
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646 Richards Street, V6B 3A3
8 Tower Bells: 16-0-0, Front 5, Llewellins & James 1906, Back 3, Paccard, 1900
Sunday, 10:30 - 11:00 am.
Tuesday, 7:30 - 9:00 pm. Irregular, check first.
Saturday, 9:30 - 11:00 am. Irregular, check first.
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Quadra & Rockland Streets, V8V 3V7
10 Tower Bells: 29-1-19, Back 6, Mears & Stainbank, 1935, 3 & 4 Mears & Stainbank, 1936, Front 2, Whitechapel, 1982
Sunday, 8:45 - 9:15 am, and 10:30 - 11:00 am.
Tuesday, 7:00 - 9:00 pm.
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Massachusetts & Wisconsin Avenues, NW, 20016-5098
10 Tower Bells: 32-0-4, Whitechapel, 1962
Sunday, 12:00:00. Quarter Peals alternate Sundays, call ahead.
Tuesday, 6:45 - 9:00 pm.
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12th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, 20001
10 Tower Bells: 26-1-13, Whitechapel, 1976
Thursday, 7:00 - 9:00 pm.
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