{"id":1161,"date":"2025-01-01T17:53:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T17:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellsbells.org.uk\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2026-04-08T14:23:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:23:59","slug":"an-introduction-to-ringing-in-wells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellsbells.org.uk\/index.php\/2025\/01\/01\/an-introduction-to-ringing-in-wells\/","title":{"rendered":"An introduction to ringing in Wells"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellsbells.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/The-towers-of-Wells-scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wellsbells.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/The-towers-of-Wells-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wellsbells.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/The-towers-of-Wells-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wellsbells.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/The-towers-of-Wells-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wellsbells.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/The-towers-of-Wells-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wellsbells.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/The-towers-of-Wells-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wellsbells.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/The-towers-of-Wells-2048x1151.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The three C-of-E churches of Wells<br>St Thomas&#8217;s Church &#8211; Wells Cathedral &#8211; St Cuthbert&#8217;s Church (left to right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Although it is the smallest city in England, Wells has three C-of-E churches, two of which contain bells that can be rung &#8220;English style&#8221; (seen left to right above).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n\n<li>St Thomas&#8217;s Church only has a service bell and is the smallest of the three C-of-E churches mentioned here.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wellsbells.org.uk\/index.php\/2025\/01\/02\/wells-cathedral-bells\/\"><strong>Wells Cathedral<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0has ten bells &#8211; the heaviest ten bells in the world<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wellsbells.org.uk\/index.php\/2025\/01\/03\/st-cuthberts-bells\/\"><strong>St Cuthbert&#8217;s Church<\/strong><\/a>, the largest parish church in Somerset has eight bells.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wellsbells.org.uk\/?page_id=853\"><strong>An active handbell group <\/strong><\/a>also meet regularly on Monday evenings and welcome new members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ringing is currently organised by an active group of ringers called the &#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wellsbells.org.uk\/?page_id=815\">Wells Amateur Bellringing Society<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; (more affectionally known as WABS). The group has been in existence since 1875, although bells have been around in Wells for much longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div><p id=\"pvc_stats_1161\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"1161\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/wellsbells.org.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p><div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although it is the smallest city in England, Wells has three C-of-E churches, two of which contain bells that can be rung &#8220;English style&#8221; (seen left to right above). An active handbell group also meet regularly on Monday evenings and welcome new members. Ringing is currently organised by an active group of ringers called the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wellsbells.org.uk\/index.php\/2025\/01\/01\/an-introduction-to-ringing-in-wells\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">An introduction to ringing in Wells<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_1161\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"1161\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/wellsbells.org.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"iawp_total_views":174,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-an-introduction-to-ringing-in-wells","category-ringing-in-wells"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":true,"total_views":204,"today_views":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellsbells.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellsbells.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellsbells.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellsbells.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellsbells.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1161"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wellsbells.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1786,"href":"https:\/\/wellsbells.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161\/revisions\/1786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellsbells.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellsbells.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellsbells.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}