St. Mary's, Holme-next-the-Sea
Society of Bell Ringers
This Society of Bell Ringers regularly ring the bells for services at St. Mary's Church in the village.
On Tuesday 7th July, 2009 The Reverend Christopher Wood was inducted and instituted, at St. Mary's Old Hunstanton, as Rector in the Saxon Shore
Benefice. A Quarter Peal of 1,260 changes of Plain Bob Doubles was rung at St. Mary's, Holme-next-the-Sea to mark the occasion and to welcome Christopher
to the parish.
On Sunday 19th July, 2009 the new Rector took his first Service at this parish Church. Before the Service the Tower Captain, Tony Foster, presented
Christopher with a framed certificate showing the details of the quarter peal rung in his honour.
Bell ringing is known by a variety of names - "church bell ringing", "full circle ringing" "change ringing" and even "campanology" - although we tend
to think of ourselves as bell ringers rather than campanologists (who are more concerned with the study and science of the bells).
We have five bells at St. Mary's with the heaviest weighing about nearly 8 cwt. Here is a view of the belfry with the bells set ready for ringing
During the last few years the number of ringers at Holme-next-the-Sea has fallen but in 2007 we were fortunate that two from Heacham joined
us, followed a year later by another ringer from Heacham bringing our numbers up to eight on a really good day!
We manage to ring for most services and for all of those events when ringing has been requested. The bells have joyfully announced weddings, rung
solemnly and half-muffled for funerals and have rung to mark special occasions including H.M. The Queen's 80th birthday, the 200th Anniversary of
Admiral Lord Nelson's Victory at Trafalgar and the 60th Anniversary of the end of World War Two.
We welcome new members and are always pleased to see new ringers including those with experience and newcomers wishing to learn The Exercise.
For more information, including ringing times, please visit our web site at www.hntsbellringers.co.uk
or email the Tower Captain.
