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For each performance, following the tower's name and location are given the number of bells in the tower and the weight and strike note of the Tenor (the heaviest bell in the ring). Where the exact weight of the Tenor is known it is given in the traditional way using the British imperial units of Hundredweight, Quarters and Pounds (cwt-qtr-lb) in which there are 28 pounds in a quarter, four quarters in a hundredweight, and 20 hundredweight in a ton (one hundredweight is approximately equal to 50.8 kilograms); otherwise it is estimated to the nearest quarter of a hundredweight.

If not all of the bells in the tower were used for a particular performance – such as when ringing six bells at an eight-bell tower – it should be assumed that the ringing took place on the heaviest or "back" bells, unless the footnote to the performance states otherwise.

Note that my own name appears in bold text for no other reason than to make it easier to spot.

153. Sunday, 27th July 2014
Cathedral Church of St Andrew, Wells, Somerset (10, 56-1-14 in C)

1260 changes of Stedman Triples in 54 minutes.

  1. Richard W Sweet
  2. R William Willans
  3. Matthew J Butler
  4. Martin S Pearson
  5. Claire O'Mahony
  6. Michael W Day
  7. Andrew Mead
  8. Thomas G A Wareing

Conducted by R William Willans.

Rung before Choral Evensong to celebrate the baptism of Bryony MacLeod-Jones, a granddaughter of David Marshall.
Also to mark the departure of the Reverend Dr Alan Garrow as Vicar Theologian from Bath Abbey.

The world's heaviest ring of ten bells hung for English-style change ringing.