{"id":2589,"date":"2013-11-21T07:51:05","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T07:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1063197155.n126084.test.prositehosting.co.uk\/?page_id=2589"},"modified":"2026-08-06T12:09:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:09:05","slug":"st-marys-bell-ringers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/get-involved\/st-marys-bell-ringers\/","title":{"rendered":"St Mary&#8217;s Bell Ringers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-9lwwgt-b8bfaf46bc0dd078878f7e86e2a7c898 av_three_fourth  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-84gthp-86a24783fc886e7e22fae6886cb7c3cf\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-84gthp-86a24783fc886e7e22fae6886cb7c3cf{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-84gthp-86a24783fc886e7e22fae6886cb7c3cf .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-84gthp-86a24783fc886e7e22fae6886cb7c3cf .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-84gthp-86a24783fc886e7e22fae6886cb7c3cf av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >St Mary\u2019s Bell Ringers<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-2od299-dd873db474ae48da15e989d0ddebc34a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The bells have been rung here at St Mary&#8217;s since 1766. We are very fortunate to have an active and enthusiastic band of 30 bell ringers. With an age range from 12\u00a0 to 82 years old and experience ranging from beginners to highly advanced, we ring a minimum of 3 times per week.<\/p>\n<p>We welcome new ringers of all experience and ability. We offer full training, lots of support, a full social calendar of events and loads of opportunities to ring of course!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday Service ringing times<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>09.25 &#8211; 09.55<\/p>\n<p>16.30 &#8211; 17.55<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday Practice night<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>18.45 &#8211; 21.15<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Occasions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are ring for National Events (death of a sovereign, armistice day or to commemorate other major events), weddings and funerals. Please note that these may occur on other days of the week than our usual ringing sessions. We are also happy to ring a quarter peal for an anniversary of special occasion for you.<\/p>\n<p>Please check the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/whats-on\/\">&#8216;What&#8217;s On&#8217;<\/a> page for details of upcoming dates and times when ringing may be taking place in addition to those mentioned above.<\/p>\n<p>Occasionally the bells may also need to be rung as part of ongoing maintenance for the upkeep of our historic bell tower.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact Details<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our Ringing Master is Tom Sutton.<\/p>\n<p>Tower Liaison Secretary is Denise Herrington <a href=\"mailto:deniseherrington@hotmail.co.uk\">deniseherrington@hotmail.co.uk<\/a> or 07808 760525<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the bells<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>St. Mary&#8217;s has a ring of 10 bells, with the tenor weighing in at 22 cwt. Read more about\u00a0<strong><a title=\"our bells\" href=\"http:\/\/dove.cccbr.org.uk\/detail.php?searchString=Horsham&amp;numPerPage=10&amp;Submit=Go&amp;searchAmount=%3D&amp;searchMetric=cwt&amp;sortBy=Place&amp;sortDir=Asc&amp;DoveID=HORSHAM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our bells<\/a><\/strong>. We are affiliated to the <strong><a title=\"Sussex County Association of Change Ringers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scacr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sussex County Association of Change Ringers<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2375,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2589","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2589"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16621,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2589\/revisions\/16621"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}