Introductory Notes
Acronyms and abbreviations: ANZAB Australian & New Zealand Assoc of Bellringers; AGM Annual General Meeting; Assoc Association; ART Association of Ringing Teachers; B Bob; BR bell ringers; CA County Association; CC Central Council; contrib contributor; D Delight; DA Diocesan Association; DG Diocesan Guild; obit obituary; Pl Place; QP quarter peal; quarters or QPs quarter peals; RW Ringing World; S or ST Saint; S Surprise; TB Treble Bob; TP Treble Place.  

Filing orders: Mc filed as Mac; St filed as Saint. Letter writers are indexed under the main heading ‘letters’; names of individual CC Workgroups e.g. Stewardship & Management are indexed under the main heading ‘Central Council Workgroups’.

Locators: bold locators are used where appropriate to indicate the most significant reference(s) or front page articles; italics are used for photographs and illustrations, though these are only distinguished where they form a significant subject in themselves rather than as part of the article; the suffix (let) is used for letters; the suffix (eds) is used for editorials.

Alphabetical Index

3D-printed bell  211–212
12-bell ringing: London 12 Bell Competition  1071; Truro, Cornwall, Cath & P Ch of S Mary  1227
National 12 Bell Striking Contest  677; 2024 details  1187; "an invitation to Sheffield"  366–367; "another memorable event"  681; judging  681–682; results  654; teams  680; "what's on tap?"  608; "worth waiting for"  678–681
720s ringing  570 (let)

Abel (PC software)  27 (let)
Adams, David (contrib)  298–299, 819
Adlington, Lancashire, S Paul  434
Advent  1179
Africa: bells and ringing in southern Africa  1117–1118, 1152–1153, 1163 (let), 1175–1176, 1188; in defence of John Murray  1142 (let)
ageing and ringing: Cooper, Jeffery Paul  139; Freda Smith  340; Hill, Jim  4; life expectancy of ringers  1071 (let), 1142 (let); lifetime of ringing  123 (let); "oldest first-pealer?"  1114
Agg, Jonathan (contrib)  1010–1011
AGMs, keeping short  75 (let)
Ahearn, Charlotte (contrib)  852–853
AI chatbot  147
Ainsworth, J. Alan  433
Ainsworth, J. Elva (contrib)  433, 610, 1119
Aldbourne, Wiltshire, S Michael  1137, 1138, 1156
Aldridge, West Midlands, S Mary V  437
Alexander, Claire (contrib)  117, 537, 781, 782, 783, 1064, 1208
Alford, Sandra (contrib)  69
All Saints Pl Doubles  114, 122 (let)
All Saints Pl Triples  165 (let)
Alldrick, Andrew (contrib)  207, 431
Allton, Helen (contrib)  971, 973
Alterations Old Doubles/Grandsire  890
'Alternative Hobbyist': home publisher  89; knitting  1275; Odiham spitfire  36–37
America
 see United States
Anderson, Simon (contrib)  436
Andrew, Richard (contrib)  830–831, 954
Andrews, Jim (contrib)  95–96
Angel of the North  184
Anglican Church
 see Church of England (CofE)
anniversaries: Alexander and Lilian Fotheringham Richardson  968; ASCY dinner  1154; Doctor Who  1157, 1180; Dorset County Assoc  3; Halkyn, S Mary V  1201; "jubilee"  343; McGregor/Bevis  864; new London Bridge  314; RAF Guild  320; Sheila's 50 challenge  1058; Swansea & Brecon DG  1254–1255; Truro DG western district 50th  1273
Suffolk Guild centenary  323 (eds), 325; 50 Years Ago  340–341; bells of  324; centenary  321; history of  322; Suffolk-related ringing  323
Ansell, Ian (obit)  623
Anthony, Anne (contrib)  1275
Appleby, Robert (contrib)  690
Apter, Swaz (contrib)  751
Army Guild of Bell Ringers  636
Arnold, Rachel (contrib)  580–581
Around Tour  938
ART
 see Ringing Teachers, Assoc of (ART)
art work: Bedford bus  696; Ringwood ringers  714
artificial intelligence chatbot  147
Aschmann, Angela (contrib)  1113
Ash, Debbie, wedding  803
Ashe, Paul (contrib)  23
Assoc of Ringing Teachers (ART)
 see Ringing Teachers, Assoc of (ART)
attitudes  746 (let)
augmented rings: Calne, Wiltshire, S Mary  922–923, 925; Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, All Saints  985; Sherborne Abbey (c19th)  108–109
Aungier, Rod (contrib)  1107
Australia: "Shark Bay Bugs and Lamingtons"  1184–1185
Avery, Ian (contrib)  99
awards: ART awards  235, 1109, 1218; Brecon Bellringers  783; National Church Awards  634; Westley Award for Church Belfry Maintenance and Improvement  211, 398
 see also striking competitions
Aylestone, Leicestershire, S Andrew  431

Bagley, David (contrib)  70, 650, 822–823, 1068
Bailey, Anne (contrib)  576
Bailey, Phil (contrib)  987
Bailey, Roger, in memory of  87
Baker, Charmian (contrib)  1014
Baker, Janet, Dame  896
Baldrick Doubles  50, 92, 758
Baldwin, Roger (contrib)  962
Baldwin, S. Kathleen M. (obit)  844, 962
Bamburgh, Northumberland, S Aidan  1040
Bangor University Society (BSSCR)  601
Banks, Roy (contrib)  1211
Barber, Rachael (contrib)  430, 648, 1082, 1115–1116
Barker, Paul (contrib)  1080
Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales, S John  804
Barnes, Jean (obit)  252, 671
Barnes, Phillip (contrib): "no room for complacency"  364; "OUS80s and friends Go Low"  985; relevance of safeguarding to ringing  190
Barnett, Haley (contrib)  587
Barnfield, Anthony J. (AJB) (obit)  2 (eds), 21, 274–275; tributes to  712, 1163
Barrell, Lesley (contrib)  653, 654
Barrett, Ann (contrib)  1174
Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, Furness Abbey  144–145, 165 (let), 1025
Bartland, Carbaretta (contrib)  1120
Barton, Dale (contrib)  67, 535, 919
Bastow Doubles  159, 758
 see also Cloister
Bastow LB Minor  560, 848
Bath & Wells DACR: Dunster branch skittles  24; a new training centre  1091–1092
Bath, David C. (contrib)  267
Battersby, Ryan (contrib)  1086
Baxter, Edward, wedding  803
Bayles exercise  758, 1110, 1122 (let), 1155
BBC 'Ring for the King' broadcast  188–189
Beaufoy, Helen (contrib)  297, 803
Beaumaris, Anglesey  138
Beckwith, Andrew (contrib)  868–869, 876–877
Beckwith Woodcarvers  868–869, 876–877
Bedford bus  696
Bedfordshire Assoc, Ring a First in February  244
Beer, Adam (contrib)  561–562
beer mats  659 (let), 676
'Beer Matters': "beer versus food"  1151, 1163 (let); Birre Artigianale  1062; Corporate Vandalism  869; seasonal meanderings  1282
Beginners Stedman (James)  156
Belcham, David (obit)  600
Belcher, Lesley (contrib)  4, 95–96
bell casting  1016, 1020, 1178
bell founders: John Taylor & Co  54; Nicholson Engineering Ltd  1284; Royal Eijsbouts, Asten, The Netherlands  995
bell frames  307 (let)
bell funds: Fred E. Dukes International Bell Fund  659 (let), 1132; National Lottery Fund  1156
 see also fund raising
bell knots  893
bell maintenance
 see maintenance issues
Bell, Mark (contrib)  681
bell mats  635 (let)
bell noise
 see sound of bells
bell ropes: avoiding VAT  660; reclaiming VAT  21; rodent attack  181
Bell Sunday  539, 542, 576, 591
bell wheels  652, 745
BellBoard: future of recording performances and Bellboard  846–847; peal board recording project  831; ringing for the coronation  260
Bellringing Motorcyclists  1034
Benatar, Niels (contrib)  1016
Benner, Jim (contrib)  571
Bennett, Ian (contrib)  38, 75 (let)
Bennett, John (contrib)  661
Bennett, Neil (contrib)  765
Bennett, Peter S. (contrib)  1073
Benson, Oxon, S Helen  1202
Bergomi, Sue (contrib)  1098
Berrisford, Charles  820–821
Berry, Alan (obit)  737
Berry, Alan Paul Standley (obit)  775, 913
Berry, Chris (contrib)  913
Bethersden, Kent, S Margaret  999–1001, 1229
Bevis, Peter, Opal Wedding Anniversary  864
BiCLiC (Big Change, Little Change)  319, 1063
BiCLiC with variations  991
Bignall, Gillian (contrib)  65
biking
 see cycling
Bingley, Yorkshire, handbells  866
bird flu  202
Bird, Hattie  584
bird nesting
 see nesting birds
Birmingham Universities Society of Change Ringers (BUSCR)  808
birthdays: 30 quarters for turning 30  1059; Baker, Dame Janet  896; Charles III's 75th birthday  1173; Harris, Brian, 90th  215 (let), 298–299, 863; Harrison, John, 80th  1281; Hartshorn, Eva, 100th  389; Philp, Sue, 90th  203; Rogers, Chris, 80th  1105; Smedley, Dennis, 99th  992; Townsend, Les 90th  571, 591 (let)
Bishop, Charles A. (obit)  1057
Bishop, Martin (obit)  21, 226
Blagrove, Frank  67
Bleby, David (contrib)  690
Bluebell Doubles  203, 232, 236, 279
Bluebell’s Challenge  298–299
Blunderbuss  890
Bone, Fred (contrib)  1079
Bonham, George (contrib)  1150
Book of Common Prayer, correction  637
books, inc ('Book Review'): Beginners Stedman  156; The Bellringer’s Bedside Companion (Coleman)  1276; Church Bells of the Channel Islands (Cawley and Sharpe)  943; Fred Sharpe guides  757; Order and Disorder series goes digital  1240–1241; SWinging16 or Tales of Two Tower  799; Tintinnalogia: or the Art of Ringing  399; The Voice of the Church: Bells and bellringers in the life of the Church of England  372, 541 (let), 570 (let), 604; Wisdom for Worship Bands: Advice from Unexpected Places (Leach)  879
Booth, Cathy (contrib)  349
Booth, Louise (contrib)  228
Booth, Roger (contrib)  866, 892
Borlase, Owen (contrib)  62, 1056
Bosworth, Will (contrib): 2022 QP statistics  168–169; West Cork Ringing Festival  1021
Bottomley, Jeane (obit)  755
Bovey Tracey, Devon, S Peter, S Paul, & S Thomas of Canterbury  539
Bowden, Elisabeth  1235
Bowers, Malcolm, Canon (contrib)  738, 1179
Bracchi, Paul (contrib)  852–853
Brady, Adam (contrib)  904–905
Braintree, Essex, S Michael  655
branding bellringing  950, 975 (let), 1098 (let), 1111, 1186
Brant, Stuart (contrib)  417, 896
Breadsall, Derbys, All Saints  1235
Brecon Bellringers  783
Brecon, Powys, Wales, Cath Ch of S John Ev  781, 782, 1254–1255
Brighton, E Sussex, S Peter  872
Brislane, Kieron (contrib)  556
broadcasts: 1,000 new recruits from breakfast TV slot  188–189; Doctor Who  1157, 1180
 see also 'Fun with Bells' podcast
Bromcote, Notts, S Michael and All Angels  1211
Brook, Sam (contrib)  20
Brook, Thomas, variation on Stedman  30–31
Brough, Cumbria, S Michael  761, 762–763, 787
Brown, David (contrib)  200
Brown, Sally (contrib)  1019–1020
Bruce Butler Memorial Ringing Weekend  383
Bucknell, Carole (contrib)  1044–1045
Bucknell, Ian (contrib)  236–237, 952–954, 1014
Bucks & Berks Young Ringers  164
Builth Wells, Powys, Wales, S Mary  1064
Bunting, Brian C. (obit)  1056–1057
Burn, Geoff (contrib)  867
Burton Hastings, Warwickshire, S Botolph  965
Burton, Phil (contrib)  86
Burton, Richard (contrib)  1105
Butler, Bruce Butler Memorial Ringing Weekend  383
Butlin, Janet (contrib)  867
Butter, Keith (contrib)  87, 893
Butterwick, Lincolnshire, S Andrew  992
Button, Roger (contrib)  317
Byrne, Imelda (contrib)  1174

Cairns, Isaac (contrib)  721
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Christ Church, Elbow Park  141, 142
call changes: calling the other way  186, 279; first National Call Change Competition  99, 587, 605, 606–609; Jump call changes  138; by place  871; by places  1014, 1023 (let); 'Ring for the King' recruits  436; Trout family triumph  632–633
"calling"  391
 see also conducting
Callow, L. Michael (Mike) (obit)  1008
Calne, Wiltshire, S Mary  921, 922–923, 925
Calvert, Maurice (contrib)  204
Cambridge Delight  888–889
Cambridge University Guild (CUGCR): dinner, ringing and kinship  709; peal book for Selwyn College  1160; peal corrections  769; "the only way is Essex"  961; welcoming freshers  785
Camelion Bob Doubles  319, 343, 365
Campana  1230
Campbell, Stephen (contrib)  91, 943
Canada: Abbey of St Joseph of Westminster  715, 941; oldest change ringing tower  625; "our Canadian correspondent goes Dutch"  1212–1213
Candlemas  115
captains
 see tower captains
Car Colston, Notts, S Mary  65
Carey, Benjamin (contrib)  681–682
Carillon Society of Britain and Ireland  951
Carillon Tower, Loughborough  739, 741, 742, 744
Carlisle DG  1130
Carlton, North Yorkshire  439
Carolan, Sarah (contrib)  856
Carreck, Sarah (contrib)  209, 565, 566
Carrickfergus, NI, S Nicholas  257, 258
Carter, Sue (contrib)  203, 600
Casken, John (contrib)  1040
casting bells  1016, 1020
Cater, Gail and Robert (contrib)  755
Caterham Valley, Surrey, S John Ev  393, 394
Caulfield, Ella (contrib)  785
Central Council  675; 2024 update on ringing for events  1208; Bishop Wilson Medal for Ernie de Legh Runciman  1088; Code of Ethics and Code for Ringers  1012, 1023 (let), 1047–1048 (let); democracy and the Council Review Action Group (CRAG)  832 (let), 857 (let); Framework for Method Ringing  71; interview with new president and deputy  1093–1095; marketing of bellringing  950, 975 (let); McDonnell case  902–903 (let); Millennium Commission  86, 98 (let); new ringing history website  1043; nominations  798; publications with Clerical Ringers Guild  701; reducing the number of representatives  374, 541–542 (let), 940; Ringing 2030 initiative  950, 975 (let), 996–997, 1070; Strategic Priorities  88; thoughts on CC representation  612; "youngest ever rep?"  1129–1130
meetings: AGM agenda  797–798; AGM in Ipswich  767, 880; AGM minutes  976–980, 1022; AGM weekend planning  116, 414; annual insurance meeting  622; April meeting  559; August meeting  905; December meeting  29; February meeting  252; January meeting  112; July meeting  818; March meeting  363–364; May meeting  622; October meeting  1161–1162
 see also President's Blog
Central Council workgroups
Historical and Archive: library collection  899; library move  1218, 1219; membership certificates  1084–1085; peal board recording project  830–831, 878 (let), 951 (let); peal board recording project - indexes  975 (let); peal board recording project - photos  954
Stewardship and Management: 2023 Westley Award  211, 398; bell knots  893; insurance  1231; nesting birds  160; new leader being recruited  314; peal boards  675; tidying the ringing room  296
Taxonomy and Technology: possibility of renaming methods  926
Chadwick, Simon (contrib)  668
Chamberlain, Jon (contrib)  599
Chandhial, Lucy (contrib)  1161
Channel Islands: Church Bells of the Channel Islands (Cawley and Sharpe)  943; W&P Guild outing  588–589
Chapman, Rob (contrib)  870
Chapman, Vicki: CC deputy president nomination  798; interview with  1093–1095
(contrib): Bell Sunday 2024  591; marketing of bellringing  950; 'Ring for the King'  188–189; understanding ringing from the external perspective  996–997, 1070; Volunteer's Week  592
Charles III, King: concerto for  656–657, 723 (let); cypher for the new King  426; letter from Buckingham Palace to the Ringing World  832, 848; method named for  380, 561–562; new methods and variations rung for  561–562; ringing at birth of  591 (let); ringing for HRH's 75th birthday  1173; "singing and ringing"  390; at Westminster Abbey  366
ringing for the coronation: BellBoard training  260; "minor jottings"  261; remembering previous coronation  406, 423, 540, 541 (Let); ringing reports  421, 422 (eds), 429–535, 536; 'Thought for the week'  366, 419; West Dorset  600
 see also 'Ring for the King'
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Minster Ch of S Mary  315
Cherry, Richard R.  230, 239 (let)
Chester DG: mid Cheshire branch QP fnight  1194–1195; mid Cheshire young ringers’ event  737
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Mitchell Tower, University of Chicago  587, 880
Chicago University Guild of Change Ringers (UCGCR)  587
Chilcott, Mark (contrib)  645–646
Chilcott, Michael Vivian (obit)  180, 534, 645–646
Child, Hilary (contrib)  163–164
chiming  745
Christchurch, SI, New Zealand, Cath Ch  769
Christie, Andrew (contrib)  400
Christmas  1209 (eds); 'Beer Matters'  1282; Bromcote, Notts, S Michael and All Angels  1211; "come and celebrate"  1283; handbells for  866, 1045, 1239; Kirby Bellars, Leics  1210; lighting in and around the tower  1187; Old Year, New Year  1211; Over Kellet, S Cuthbert, Jubilee Bells Project  1246–1247; pantomime story  1244–1245; puzzle page  1278–1279; St Nicholas B Doubles  1179; Trowbridge, Wilts, S James  1210; using advent to prepare  1179
church and ringing: atheism  563; attitudes are contagious  746 (let); clergy engaging with ringers  1234; life of the church  810 (let); "popery and ropery"  375 (let)
Church Bells of the Channel Islands (Cawley and Sharpe)  943
Church of England (CofE): PCCs and the future  75 (let); safeguarding training  583; same-sex weddings  165 (let), 214 (let)
Churchill, Bob (obit)  1108
clapper breakages  780
Clark, Clare R. (obit)  600
Clements, Richard (contrib)  938
clergy disputes, historical  307 (let)
Clerical Ringers, Guild of: life of the church  810 (let); publications with Central Council  701; in West Suffolk  571
Clifton, Clifford, Sir  1236–1238
Cloister  1039
Coatsworth, John (contrib)  918, 1134
Cochrane, Ian and David  628
Cocks, Kath (contrib)  760
Code of Ethics and Code for Ringers  1012, 1023 (let)
Coke, Liz (contrib)  315
Coleman, Steve (author), The Bellringer’s Bedside Companion  1276
 see also money and ringing
College Youths, Ancient Society of (ASCY): anniversary dinner  1154; Clifton, Sir Clifford  1236–1238; country meeting  751; female ringers in  1024, 1067, 1069; handbell peal of 23-spliced TB Major  1010–1011; Revd Brooke Lunn membership  349; seniors peal week  792; young CY peal  1040
Collier, Matthew (contrib)  1230
Collingbourne Ducis, Wiltshire, S Andrew  209, 210
commemorative ringing
 see events to ring for; remembrance ringing; 'Ring for the King'
Commonwealth Day  264–265, 287
composing: catching up on Stedman composition  85; date touches  31, 400, 1277; e-Kenton Hunt  990; handbell peal of 23-spliced TB Major  1010–1011; Jack Pitman  1122 (let); Pannell’s notebook  747–748, 776–778, 788–789, 810–811 (let), 826, 828–829, 888–890, 914–915, 934–936; Plain Bob Doubles to Maximus spliced  637; Smith, Norman  239
50 Years Ago: proving compositions with a small computer  271
Compton Chamberlayne, Wiltshire, S Michael  233, 234, 286 (let)
conducting: "calling"  391; calling Holt’s Original  387; jointly calling a quarter  55 (let), 74–75 (let), 122 (let); QP for the Flying Scotsman  228
 see also 'First Peal as Conductor'
Connington, Edwin (obit)  711
Cook, Colin (contrib)  1061
Cooper, Jeffery Paul, ringing for 75 years  139
Cooper, Sand (contrib)  278
copyright in photos  1023
Cornwell, Michael (contrib)  1136
Coronation
 see under Charles III, King
Costello, Amanda (contrib)  755
Costessey, Norfolk, S Edmund  825, 826
'Couch to 41'  568–569
Council Review Action Group (CRAG)  397 (let), 832 (let), 857 (let)
Coventry, W Mids, Ruined Cath Ch of S Michael  1089, 1090
Covid-19 pandemic, peal ringing statistics  100–101
Cowling, Mike (contrib)  321, 322, 336
Cox, Tony and Rebecca (contrib)  66
Craddock, Andrew (contrib)  100–101
CRAG (Central Council Review Action Group)  397 (let), 832 (let), 857 (let)
Cranfield, Frances (contrib)  652
Cranmer, Frank (contrib)  1281
Cringles, George G., Revd (contrib)  255, 695, 1111
Critchlow, Amanda (contrib)  326
Croft, Bill, Revd Canon (contrib)  563, 895
Cropp, Dave (contrib)  217, 1204
Crouchman, Gemma (contrib)  439
The Crown v. Julie McDonnell  808, 826, 828, 832 (let), 902–903 (let), 926 (let)
Crowther, Tony (contrib)  635, 1064
Cumberland Youths (SRCY): 2022 NI meeting  245; 2022 peal weekend  267–268; AGM day  1081; country meeting in Loughborough  814; female ringers  1067, 1069; Not the Dinner Day  244; record 100 Years Ago  886; triumph in London  1096
Cummings, Bill (contrib)  690
Curl, Matt (contrib)  1033–1034
Curtis, Ruth (contrib)  755
cycling: 100 Towers cycling challenge  649; Roving Ringers report  713
cypher for the new King  426, 429–430

dabchick handbells  1187 (let)
Dalemain Marmalade competition  140
Darlaston, West Midlands, S Lawrence  438
Darling Point Minor  1135, 1155
date touches  31, 400, 1277
Davies, Garrod  1114
Davies, Geoffrey (contrib)  119, 157–158
Davies, Penelope (contrib)  1210
Davies, Peter (contrib)  279, 715, 1135
Davis, Phil (contrib)  417
Davison, Douglas G. (obit)  178
DBS checks  702 (let)
 see also safeguarding
De Legh-Runciman, Ernie: Bishop Wilson Medal for Ernie  1088
(contrib): AGM minutes  976–980, 1022; April meeting  559; August meeting  905; Bell Sunday  539; December meeting  29; February meeting  252; January meeting  112; July meeting  818; June meeting  756; May meeting  622; new leader being recruited  314; October meeting  1161–1162
Deebank, Anne (contrib)  804, 844
Deex, Trudie (contrib)  327
Denbury, Devon, S Mary V  632–633
Derby, Cath Ch  2
Devine, Alli (contrib)  542, 563, 894, 901, 965
Devon Assoc, first National Call Change Competition  99, 587, 605, 606–609
Devonshire Ringers Guild  1139–1140
Dickinson, Anne (contrib)  965
digital ringing
 see online ringing; technology
diminishing rounds  779, 848, 965
Diocesan Advisory Committees (DACs)  762–763
disabled ringers, ringing with a PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter)  38
Dissolution of the Monasteries (1537)  1025
Dixon, Cathy (contrib)  260, 971, 973
Doctor Who anniversary  1157, 1180
Dodd, John (contrib)  598
Dodge, Neal (contrib)  332, 333–335, 337, 994
"dogs"  387
Donaldson, Alistair (contrib)  612
Donaldson, Janet (contrib)  1271
Doneraile, Cork, Republic of Ireland, S Mary  1280
Donnelly, Diane (contrib)  650, 1234
Dooley, Grace (contrib)  1254–1255
Dordrecht, SHolland, Netherlands, 't Klockhuys  386, 985
Dore, South Yorkshire, Christ Church  1205, 1207
Dorset County Assoc  3
Doubles, 'Education Column'  1216–1217
Doubles in triplicate  400
Doubles of the month  1283; All Saints - "another call"  153; All Saints Pl D  114, 122 (let), 133; Bluebell  203, 232, 236, 279; Camelion B  319, 343, 365, 541 (let); Erin  1087, 1111, 1135, 1155; May Day  391, 419, 560; Old Single call  779, 802, 824, 847; Plain Bob  695, 714, 736, 758; Poyle  991, 1015, 1038, 1063; St Nicholas B  1179, 1203, 1283; Southrepps  22, 48, 92; St Remigius  583, 602, 627, 651; Stedman B  871, 895, 919, 943
Doughty, Jessica (contrib)  1059, 1149
Dove's Guide: derelict rings and 'no regular practices'  116; first edition  723 (let), 746; Sussex bells  807
'Down the Pub': 10 Years Ago  682, 967; tribute to AJB  712, 1163
Downing, Graham (contrib)  652
Drinkwater, Max
(author): The Voice of the Church: Bells and bellringers in the life of the Church of England  372, 541 (let), 570 (let), 604, 624
(contrib): Candlemas  115; helpful labelling  967; 'Thought for the week'  779; Wisdom for Worship Bands: Advice from Unexpected Places (Leach)  879
Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, S Audoen  947
Dunkerton, Somerset, All Saints  68
Durham and Newcastle Association, southern district QP month  933
Durham, Durham, Cath Ch of Christ, Blessed Virgin Mary, & S Cuthbert  1088
Durham University Society (DUSCR)  1035
Dyer, James W. A. (obit)  1032

e-Kenton training band  990
East Anglia University (EAU)  1273
East Bergholt, Suffolk, S Mary V  327
East Grafton, Wiltshire, S Nicholas  565, 566, 635 (let)
East, Ronald (contrib)  761, 762–763
Eccles, Andrew (contrib)  775
Eccles, Roland Ferguson (obit)  775
Ecclesiastical Insurance: accidental bands  1231; annual insurance meeting  622; bell maintenance  376; leaving bells up  90; rope warmers  872; tower tours  1071
Eckington, Derbyshire, S Peter & S Paul  434
Eckington, Worcestershire, Holy Trinity  650
Écréhous, Jersey  968
'Education Column', ringing in sixes  1216–1217
Edwards, Anthea (contrib)  1149
Edwards, Bethany Rose (contrib)  1096
Edwards, Norman (obit)  712, 774
Edwards, Ralph, remembering  1274
Edwards, Simon W. (contrib)  300, 1037, 1038
Eisel, John (contrib): all the possible changes on eight bells  765; Brooks’s variation  30–31; Glossop, All Saints  768–769, 800–801, 820–821; the Holmfirth company and prize ringing  176–177, 218–219, 272–273; locally famous ringers  570 (let); Marment brothers  806; Order and Disorder series goes digital  1240–1241; ringing at Sherborne Abbey  72–73, 108–109, 131–133; Tintinnalogia  621
Elizabeth II, Queen
coronation memories: 70 Years Ago at St Paul’s  534; at Cape Town  398 (let); "early start"  397 (let); J. Alan Ainsworth's diary  433; ringers who rang for previous two coronations  423, 540, 541 (let); Stedman in the bloodline  534; by Vernon Green  626
Ellis, Anthony (contrib)  991
Ellis, Tony (contrib)  139, 583
Elveden, Suffolk, S Andrew and S Patrick  232
Ely DA, Wisbech District QP week  1080
Emery, Peter W.  244
England, Church of
 see Church of England (CofE)
Enzor, Andrew (contrib)  637
Enzor, Chris (contrib)  154–155
Enzor, Jean (obit)  154–155
Epiphany  23, 91
Erin Doubles  1087, 1111, 1135, 1155
Essex Trophy, Walthamstow, S Mary  942
ethics, Code of Ethics and Code for Ringers  1012, 1023 (let)
Evans, Colin, Canon (obit)  1057
Evans, Debbie (contrib)  539
Evans, Martin Gareth (obit)  180, 384–385
Evans, Patricia Mary (obit)  180, 384–385
events to ring for: 2024 update  1208; International Women’s Day  192; remembrance ringing  1040; Ukrainian Unity Day  137
Charles III's coronation: BellBoard training  260; Coronation plans  285; "minor jottings"  261; ringers who also rang for the Coronation of the late Queen  307 (let)
'Ring for the King': 1,000 new recruits from breakfast TV slot  188–189; 1831 piece  373; Coronation plans  285; Coronation ringing reports  421, 422 (eds), 429–535, 536, 543–548; cypher for the new King  426, 429–430; eight new recruits  635 (let); enthusiastic response to  305; Farnham District  964; featuring in  351 (let); joy of ringing  626; Kingston upon Thames, All Saints  120; in North America  433; Pickering, North Yorkshire, S Peter & S Paul  804; planning for  371, 395; President's Blog  215, 305; previous coronations  390–391; publicity for bellringing  428 (let), 540; ringers who also rang for Elizabeth II's coronation  423, 540, 541 (let); Suffolk Guild  326; 'Thought for the week'  535, 651; at Westminster Abbey  366, 425–426; "world record at midnight"  533
Exeter Colleges Guild (ECG)  784
Eye, Suffolk, S Peter & S Paul  849, 850
Eyre, John (obit)  1200

fade out and in (diminishing and incremental rounds)  779, 848, 965
Fairfield, Kent, S Thomas à Becket  25, 26, 31, 55 (let)
Falkenham, Suffolk, S Ethelbert  653, 654
Falkland Islands bells  389, 398 (let)
Farmer, Ros (obit)  178–179
Farthing, Tom (contrib)  880
Faulkner-Hatt, Ryan J. (contrib)  993
Felstead database  591 (let), 611 (let)
female ringers: Bluebell’s Challenge  298–299; Carillon Society of Britain and Ireland  951; International Women’s Day  192, 254–255, 256; interview with Tina Stoecklin  1095; interview with Vicki Chapman  1095; "is change still happening?"  1067, 1069; Suffolk Guild leadership  325; Women's Institute bell ringing taster bells  1139–1140
25 Years Ago: College Youths vote for change  1024, 1067, 1069
50 Years Ago: women's equality  1200
 see also Ladies Guild
festivals: Frome Festival  694; Inveraray Ringing Festival  873, 874–875; Loughborough Bell Festival  1019–1020; minor jottings on  1060; National Bell Festival  23; ODG festival  756; Peterborough DG  971, 973; Ryedale Festival  844; West Cork Ringing Festival  1021
Field, Sonia (contrib)  603, 990, 1014, 1111
Fielden, John (contrib)  557–558
Finn, Alison (contrib)  867
fire safety  877, 1163 (let)
Fire Service Guild  418
'First Peal as Conductor': Bridges, Hazel  928; Haynes, Estella J.  111; Johnson, Isaac  1177; Linford, Charlotte D.  195; Mansfield, Christopher  308; Moult, Alan C.  78; Stonham, Katherine A.  403; Thomas, Euan R. M.  1037; Thomas, Nikki R.  268; Watson, Daneil J.  57
'First Peal Congratulations': Agar, Frank  1074; Anderson, Michael H.  662; Andrews, Matthew J.  103; Angrave, Edward J.  1256; Ashton, Lewis J.  401; Ball, Keith  249; Barnes, Frederick R. M.  836; Batchelor, Tina  1002; Bateman-Green, Samantha  770; Beattie, Catherine  1123; Beech, Samuel A.  32; Bickley, Alex M.  221; Blackwell, Alice  955; Booth, Andrew G.  10; Booth, Hana  424; Bradford, Mia  424; Bradley, Luke P. H.  126; Bray, Deborah  424; Bray, Peter J  424; Brooks, Emily A  424; Bullingham, Rebecca  1256; Cairns, Isaac J  424; Carr, Martin G.  424; Carr, Robert  352; Chapman, Nick J.  56; Clark, John A.  684; Clark, Robert J  424; Clayton, Hattie  813; Colbert, Jeff P.  63; Cooke, Andrew S  749; Coulter-Brophy, Thomas  288; Craig, Andrew J.  242; Daly, Shane J.  32; Daniel, Elliot J.  288; David, Tommy  424; Davies, Garrod  1114; Davis, Heather E.  1123; Davis, Libby  56; de Burgh, Christopher  194; Deackes, Dexter  881; Dooley, Grace  1002; Drewnicki, Kath  1123; Edwards, Tyler J. J.  638; Ellis, James T.  1050; Emery, Katrina  881; Farmer, Steve  424; Faulkner-Hatt, Ryan J.  424; Gao, Esther J.  550; Gardner, Alex  378; Garraway, Philippa  1279; Gifford, Kirsty  424; Goodall, Andrea J  424; Goodship, Matthew W.  352; Goring, Pauline J. D.  770; Gormley, Edward P.  955; Graham, Nat  790; Green, Thomas W.  1074; Greenfield, Shaun  881; Greenslade, Francesco P  424; Greenslade, Luca G  424; Groves, Thomas R  424; Hardie, Hilary  424; Hardy, Becca C.  1099; Harris, Christine  424; Henderson, Jackie K  424; Hicks, Adam  220, 251; Hicks, Toby J.  125; Hocke, Barbara M  424; Hoffman, Maisy F.  573; Holland, Joshua R.  1165; Holland, Tim  881; Hughes, Patrick  87; Huitson, Araminta C. M.  662; Ing, Adrian  424; Jeffery, Colin  1123; Jeffery, Jinny  424; Jenkins, Kirsten  1165; Jenkins, Suzanne E.  424; Jenkins, Timothy C.  572; Jennings, Ben  424; Jerome, Neil A.  835; Johnston, Tim  424; Jones, Alicia R.  148; Judson, Millie S. O.  56; Kayll, Andrew W  424; Kemp, Finley M. H.  195; Kilgour, Holly K.  135; Knight, Catherine S.  378; Knowles, Benjamin  424; Lake, William J  424; Lapthorn, Lucien A  424; Lewis-Skeath, Eliza I  812; Linton, Alexander J.  111; Llewellyn-Poyntz, Evan G.  1050; Lloyd, Belinda L  424; Lockhart, Simon  424; Longman, Harry  881; Louth, Graham  424; Lucas, Eleanor  1123; Mackenzie, James M  424; McGrane, Karen V  424; Merelos, Alethea  703; Mills, Paul  1165; Milner, Rachel M .  424; Moir, Gregory S.  103; Moller, Nicholas O  424; Moynihan, James H  424; Mundy, James C.  353; Murdock-Saint, Peter B  424; Newbery, Ian  424; Newton, Eliza O. C.  906; Peppiatt, Susannah  1123; Peters, Owen G.  1256; Pharoah-Metcalf, Gabriel  955; Plummer, Brian E.  812; Pollock, Jason W.  103; Potts, Christopher C  424; Price, Toby  220; Quinn, Julie  684; Ratliff, Sam  1099; Raywood, James R.  1002; Rhodes, Caroline S  424; Roberts, Kate I  424; Rorke, Samuel P. E.  32; Saddleton, Harry T J  424; Salmon, James  424; Saunders, Thomas P.  1003; Shaw, Matthew J.  770; Shuttleworth, Becki  703; Skinner, Elizabeth A.  167; Small, Benjamin H.  837; Snelling, David R C  424; Snelling, Deborah  424; Somerville, Shaun A.  638; Sorell, David  790; Spratling, Kevin  125; Stacey, Greg R. P.  813; Steele, Matthew J.  32; Stewart, Joseph W  424; Stonehouse, Nevil  835; Storie, Fraser  691; Taylor-Ailes, Rob  1075; Taylor, Tim  424; Tempest, Cian J  424; Tennant, Elizabeth M.  11; Thacher, James O.  906; Thomas, Richard A. M.  194; Thorne-Henderson, Harry J  424; Thorpe, Tom A.  812; Timms, Suzanne E.  770; Tomlin, George O  424; Toogood, Russell J  424; Town, Alexander D  424; Tozawa, Kaeko  424; van Dongen, Lena I  724; Vels, Victoria-Leigh G  424; Viney, Tobias E  424; Wallace, Robert W  424; Waller, Clara M  424; Warman, Brandon  102; Weavers, Chris  790; Whimsy, Katarina  1258; Whitehouse, Ellis  655; Williams, Archie Randall  193; Williams, Natasha A  424; Willoughby, Silk  424; Wilson, Ian E. G.  424; Winkless, Julie H  424; Wolf, Isobel M. F.  221; Wolstenholme, Daisy  63; Woods, Andrew C.  125; Woods, Robert J.  195; Wright, Taylor  353
"ringing your first peal"  217
'First Peal on the Bells': Denbigh, Denbighshire  32; Truston, Suffolk  1123
Flavell, Paul (contrib)  86–87
Fleet, Lincolnshire, S Mary Magd  661
Fletton LB Doubles  602, 651
Flood, Alan (obit)  1204
food matters, "beer versus food"  1151, 1163 (let)
Foord, Diana (contrib)  437
Forrester, Alan (obit)  20
Fothergill, Geoffrey, remembering  1086
Fountains Abbey, N Yorkshire  205–206
Fovant, Wiltshire, S George  93, 94
Framework for Method Ringing  71
Frampton Mansell, Glouc, S Luke  49, 50
Francis, Jack (contrib)  164
Francis, Jennie (contrib)  349, 865
Fred E. Dukes International Bell Fund  659 (let), 1132
Free, Claire (contrib)  333
Freeston, Tom (obit)  986
Friends of Derick Obergene Society  936
friendships
 see social side of ringing
Friskney, Robert (contrib)  121
Frome Festival  694
Frost, Alan (contrib)  1163
Frost, Annabelle, wedding  66
Frostwick, Kenneth (contrib)  251
'Fun with Bells' podcast: current events  349; interview with Linda Garton  997; interview with Phil Gay  603; online ringing  711; ringing success  920; social media  783
fund raising: Alton & Petersfield District  1115–1116; Benson, Oxon, S Helen  1202; Bethersden, Kent, S Margaret  999–1001, 1229; Burton Hastings, Warwickshire, S Botolph  965; Calne, Wiltshire, S Mary  923; The Crown v. Julie McDonnell  808, 826, 828, 832 (let), 902–903 (let), 926 (let); grants to churches  997; Nevern, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, Wales, S Brynach  920; Ropley, Hampshire, S Peter  1156
 see also money and ringing
Funny exercise  758
Furniss, Peter (contrib)  287, 389
future of ringing: "a reporter called - reflections"  238; CofE PCCs  75 (let); "eternal optimist"  262; marketing of bellringing  950, 975 (let); Ringing 2030 initiative  950, 975 (let), 996–997, 1070; spending money on  1047–1048 (let)

Galley, Giles, Revd  317
Gambling, David (contrib)  960
Gardiner, Matt, wedding  66
Garner, Neil (contrib)  989–990
Garton, Linda (contrib)  244; interview  997
Gawley, Anna (obit)  985
Gay, Phil: current events  349; podcast interview  603
(contrib): Lichfield Diocesan Mobile Belfry (LDMB)  1251–1252
George, Phillip (contrib)  249, 320, 867
George W Pipe Trophy  295
Gibson, John (contrib)  84
Gibson, Laurence (contrib)  693
Gift Aid  76–77, 124, 166, 277, 376, 927
Giles, Peter (contrib)  1272
Gill, Kate  325
Girlguiding, Bluebell’s Challenge  298–299
Glossop, Derbyshire, All Saints  768–769, 800–801, 811 (let), 820–821, 833–834
Gloucester & Bristol DA: first honorary secretary  952–954; "Goodest Boy"  47
Godfrey, Eric George Henry (obit)  86–87
Godwin, Eileen May (obit)  251
Goodman, Roger (contrib)  626
Goodship, Gilbert  28 (let)
Goodyear, Samuel  377
Gorman, Samantha (contrib)  644
Gormley, Edward (contrib)  228
Gorrod, Philip (contrib)  438
Grandsire, calling Holt’s Original  387
Grandsire Doubles  832 (let), 1176
Grandsire extents  788–789, 828–829, 891
Grandsire Variable Treble (GVT)  904–905
grants to churches  997, 1156
 see also fund raising
Greasley, Notts, S Mary  1149
Great Massingham, Norfolk, S Mary  185, 186
Great Ringing Day, Saffron Walden  580–581
Great Tom, St Paul’s Cathedral  240–241
Green, Vernon (contrib)  626
Greenford Doubles  758
Greenley, Adam (contrib)  758
Greenwood, Dennis (contrib)  377
Griffin Ringers  1061
Griffometer  693
Grimmett, Richard (contrib)  607–609
Grimwood, David (contrib)  23, 319
Groton School and change ringing in North America  157–158
group theory and ringing  667
Grytviken, South Georgia  143, 215 (let), 227, 239 (let)

Haas, John (obit)  867
Hackett, Bill (contrib)  965
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, S Mary  944
Hadfield, Jo  7 (let)
Halesworth, Suffolk, S Mary  338–340
Halkyn, Flintshire, Clwyd, Wales, S Mary V  1201
Hall, Andrew (contrib)  250–251
Hall, Susan (contrib)  992
Halstead, Terry (obit)  869, 1032
Handbell Ringers of Great Britain  1045
handbells: dabchick cast  1187 (let); exercises using  1179, 1239; Glossop, All Saints  768–769, 800–801, 820–821, 833–834; history of  1045; HRGB Archive at Heritage Quays  892; peal of 23-spliced TB Major  1010–1011; Phillip George's handbell group  320; ringing for Christmas  866, 1045, 1239; St Cuileain Guild  859; welcome Sophie Rose  759
Hanlon, Jack (contrib)  933
Harpole, John (contrib)  1184–1185
Harris, Bill (contrib)  1189
Harris, Brian: 90th birthday  215 (let), 298–299, 863
(contrib): all the possible changes on eight bells  766; in memory of Robert 'Bob' Smith  689–690; tribute to C. Dorothy Wood  623
Harrison, John (contrib)  238, 1208; 80th birthday  1281
Harrogate, North Yorkshire, S Peter  436
Harrogate, North Yorkshire, S Wilfrid  436
Harrow Weald, Greater London, All Saints  1245
Hartnell, Richard (contrib)  438
Hartridge, Julie (contrib)  539
Hartshorn, Eva, 100th birthday  389
Haseldine, Andrew (contrib)  438
Haslam, Keith H. T. (obit)  46, 362–363
Haslam, Phil (contrib)  362–363
Hasselo, Yolande (contrib)  625, 715, 941, 1212–1213
Hawaiin island firsts  1013
Hawkear  370, 373
Hawkhurst, Kent, S Laurence  1157, 1158
Hayes, Marisa (contrib)  437
Hayfield, Derbyshire, S Matthew  945, 946
Hayward, Peter (contrib)  54
health and safety
 see safety in ringing
Hendry, Barrie (contrib)  798
Hennessy, Louisa (contrib)  232
Henry Johnson dinner  278
Hensman, Bethan (contrib)  1177
Herbert, George, Anglican Feast Day  207
Hereford Ringing Course  368
Hermann, Edwin (contrib)  692–693
Hertford County Assoc: Coburn Trophy  635; Kimpton Cup  1064, 1098 (let)
Hexham, Northumberland, Abbey Ch of S Andrew  438
Heys, Richard (contrib)  280
Hibbert, Bill (contrib)  1242–1243
Hickey, Chris (contrib)  1072
Hill, Bradley (contrib)  655
Hill, Jim, as longstanding ringer  4
Hill, John (contrib)  67
Hill, Laura  1036
Hingham Memorial Bell Tower, MA, USA  856
Hinks, Tom (contrib)  859
Hinton Ampner, Hampshire, All Saints  1041, 1042
Hird, Doug (contrib)  1009, 1043
Histock, Tony (obit)  1081
Historical & Archive Workgroup
 see under CC workgroups
histories: 5040 changes, a detective story  1199–1200; Beckwith Woodcarvers  868–869, 876–877; bells and ringing in southern Africa  1117–1118, 1152–1153, 1163 (let), 1175–1176; Bethersden, Kent, S Margaret  999–1001; Breadsall, Derbys, All Saints  1235; Canada’s oldest change ringing tower  625; clergy disputes  307 (let); Clifton, Sir Clifford  1236–1238; Dissolution of the Monasteries  1025; Felstead database  591 (let); first honorary secretary of the G&B  952–954; Fleet, Lincolnshire, S Mary Magd  661; full-circle wheels  745; Glossop, All Saints  768–769, 800–801, 820–821, 833–834; Great Ringing Day, Saffron Walden  580–581; Halesworth, Suffolk, S Mary  338–340; handbell ringing  1045; history attached to belfries  626; the Holmfirth company and prize ringing  176–177, 218–219; Inveraray, ArgyllBute, Scotland, All Saints  875; locally famous ringers  541 (let), 570 (let); membership certificates  1084–1085; mobile rings  1248–1249; new ringing history website  1043; Pannell’s notebook  747–748, 776–778, 788–789, 810–811 (let), 826, 828–829, 888–890, 914–915, 934–936; peal ringing in Ilkley  253; reminiscences of Bedfordshire ringing  1222–1226; ringing at Sherborne Abbey  72–73, 108–109, 131–133; ringing for Elizabeth II's coronation  433; Seavington St Mary, Somerset, S Mary  297; sixteen quarters in a day  809; Suffolk Guild  322; "tale of two steeples"  1280; "the sad story of a Huddersfield ringer"  377; the three oldest bells of St Audoen’s, Dublin  947; Tintinnalogia: or the Art of Ringing  399
Hitchins, Eric J. (obit)  21, 134–135
Hitchins, Trish (contrib)  134–135
Hoby, Leicestershire, All Saints  435
Hodge, Alison: as CC trustee  798
(contrib): insurance  1231; nesting birds  202
Hodister, Remi (contrib)  919
Hohl, Kevin (obit)  891
Holden, Jenny, Revd Dr (contrib)  391, 847
holidays, best use of  207
 see also outings/tours
Holland, Jane (contrib)  620
Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, Holy Trinity  176–177, 218–219, 272–273
Holt, John, "Original"  387
Holywell, Cambs, S John Bapt  674
home publishing  89
honours list: Jo Johnson  91; Sally Anne Schupke  2
Hooley, Thomas (contrib)  85
Hooper, Mary (contrib)  694, 924–925
Hope, David (obit)  154
Hope, Phil (contrib): Aldbourne, Wiltshire, S Michael  1137; Coventry, W Mids, Ruined Cath Ch of S Michael  1089; first National Call Change Competition  605; Frampton Mansell, Glouc, S Luke  49; Hayfield, Derbyshire, S Matthew  945; Hinton Ampner, Hampshire, All Saints  1041; Knife Angel  280; peal for Donald R. Marshall  138; Stroud, Glos, S Laurence  805
Hopkins, Edward (contrib)  182, 387, 634, 966, 1083
Hopkins-Hall, Kevyn (contrib)  713
Horritt, Nigel (contrib)  282–284
Horsham, W Sussex, S Mary V  1178
Hough, Steve (contrib)  674
Hougham, Lincs, All Saints  780
Howard brothers, Glossop  768–769
Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, Howden Minster  161, 162
Huddersfield, Heritage Quay  892
Hudson, Phil J. H. (obit)  64
Hughes-D’Aeth, John (contrib)  287, 425–426
Hughes, Lynne (contrib)  1035, 1214–1215
Hughes, Peter (contrib)  647, 1274
Hull, David (contrib)  232, 718–719
Humphreys, Brenda Dorothy (obit)  21, 362, 647
Humphreys, Mark (contrib)  362
Hunt, Melissa (contrib)  392
Hunt, Peter (contrib)  229, 1177
Huntingdon district QP day  249
Huntingfield Minimus  231
Huntshaw, Devon, S Mary Magd  34–35
Hutchieson, Stuart (contrib)  249
Hutchinson, Chris (contrib): 1000 bells pub crawl update  1220–1221; Spanish wheel of bells  68, 75 (let), 98 (let)
Hynard, Edwin Charles (obit)  581, 843

Ilkley, West Yorkshire, All Saints  253
Illinois Tower Bell Bash (ITBB)  587
incremental rounds  779, 965
Ingram, Andy (contrib)  730
Ingram, Erin (contrib)  720–721
inheritance tax  306–307
insurance
 see Ecclesiastical Insurance
International Women’s Day  192, 254–255, 256
Inveraray, ArgyllBute, Scotland, All Saints  760; Friends of Inveraray  926 (let); Ringing Festival  873, 874–875
Inveraray Icicles Club  229
Inverness, Highland, Scotland, Cath Ch of S Andrew, 50 Years Ago  623
Invictus Games, Germany  919
Irish Association of Change Ringers  230, 239 (let)
Ismay, Rod (contrib)  1205, 1207
Ivin, Avril (obit)  112, 710–711

Jack on Both Sides  889–890
Jackson, Elaine (contrib)  1245
Jacot, Mark (contrib)  19, 438
James, David A.  156
James, Mike (contrib)  417
James, Nevil (obit)  1282
Japanese orin bell  345, 346
Jasper, Peter (contrib)  164
Jerome, Matt (contrib)  784
Jerram, James Richard  702 (let)
Jewell, Philip (contrib)  154
John Taylor & Co (bellfounder)  54
Johnson, Jo, Polar Medal  91
Johnson, Kate (contrib)  178
Johnson, Kath (contrib)  782
Johnson, Theo (contrib)  896
Johnstone, Derek C. (contrib)  737
Jones, Don (contrib)  434
Jones, Mary (contrib): alternative ways of ringing  712; calling the changes  436; as CCCBR rep  940; charging for teaching  77; Charles III's coronation  261; Code of Ethics and Code for Ringers  1012; Dalemain Marmalade competition  140; festivals/competitions  1060; five years on - Ringing Remembers  1130; handbells  1239; insurance  1231; International Women’s Day  192; phishing emails  592; Russian Roulette  179; winter ringing practices  67
Jones, Neil (contrib)  212
Jones, Nicola (contrib)  1139–1140
Jopp, Paul (contrib)  690, 1128, 1141
Joynson, James (contrib)  211–212
Judge, Peter (contrib)  181
judging striking, National 12 Bell Striking Contest  681–682

Kalamazoo College (Michigan, USA), Stetson Chapel  1159–1160
Kaleidoscope exercises  758, 895, 1038, 1200, 1203
Katz, David (contrib)  1199–1200
Keating, Ben (contrib)  369
Keeves, Roy (obit)  416
Kelly, David (contrib)  51–53
Kelso, Andrew (contrib)  944
Keltek Trust, activities during 2022  51–53
Kempsford, Glos, S Mary  92
Kendal, Cumbria, Holy Trinity  205–206
Kendrick, Roger (obit)  156, 774
Kent Young Ringers (KYR)  212, 716, 1129, 1130
Kenyon, Fraser (contrib)  845
Kildwick, N Yorkshire, S Andrew  535
Kimpton Cup, Hertford County Assoc  1064, 1098 (let)
King, Michael (contrib)  916–917
King, Peter (contrib)  1010–1011
King, Sue (contrib)  576
Kingdon, Nicholas (contrib)  809
Kipling, Chris (contrib)  936
Kippin, Chris (contrib)  604
Kirby Bellars, Leicestershire, S Peter  435, 1210
Kirkcaldy, David (contrib)  116; CCCBR Ipswich AGM update  767; reducing the number of representatives  374
Kirkcaldy, James (contrib)  676, 1013
Kirkwall, Orkney, Cath Ch of S Magnus  845
Kirtlington, Oxfordshire, S Mary V  533
Knewstub, David Oliver (obit)  939
Knife Angel  280
Knight, Charles J. (obit)  1009
Knight, Gavin (contrib)  112, 252
Knight, Peter (contrib)  418
Knighton, Powys, Wales, S Edward  537, 538
knitted ringers  1208
knitting: 'Alternative Hobbyist'  1275; and method structure  1108

Lacey, Sharon (contrib)  942
Lacy, Helen (contrib)  830–831
Ladies Guild: AGM  669; Bell Sunday  542; Cumbria spring meeting  563; district outings  894; four sixes in Warwickshire  894; International Women’s Day  254–255, 256; "ladies just want to have fun"  964–965; making lists  95; QP weekend  988; SE district outing  621, 824, 1110; South Midlands District  183
Lancashire Association  1129
Lane, Eric (obit)  844
Lane, Rob (contrib)  872
Laughton, Anthony (Tony) (obit)  156, 250–251
Lawson, Roger (contrib)  585, 741, 742
Le Marie, Clare (contrib)  145, 1061
Le Marie, Mike (contrib)  320
Leach, John (author)  879
Leale, Robin (contrib)  387
learning to ring  969; Bradfield experience  949; Campana  1230; charging for  27–28 (let), 77; Derby Cathedral School  2; different ways of learning  990; e-Kenton Hunt  990; Freddie's first quarter  870; giving up without notice  74 (let), 97 (let); "life, the universe and everything"  974; making bobs and singles  1232–1234; Melissa Hunt opinion piece  392; "musings from a learner"  349; "must do better?"  319; natural talent and retention of learners  5–7 (let), 27–28 (let), 55 (let), 74 (let); "novice to quarter peal in a day"  636; personal benefits of ringing  147; Plain Hunt  167; practicing  1023 (let); St Clements Ringing Centre  584, 1214–1215; social side of ringing  145; Suffolk Guild  327; Tulloch improver’s week  1280–1281; "your first QP"  865
 see also recruitment
Leaver, Kye (contrib)  807, 1178
Leeds University Society of Change Ringers (LUSCR), "oldies" visit Vernet-les-Bains  760
legal issues: copyright in photos  1023; The Crown v. Julie McDonnell  808, 826, 828, 832 (let), 852–853, 902–903 (let), 926 (let); safeguarding laws and regulations  658–659 (let)
Leigh, Jo  300
LeMarechal, Roy (contrib)  1013, 1279
Lent  183
Leslie, Norman Henry (obit)  599
L'estrange, Susan (contrib)  1036
letters: A Allen, John H.  398 (let); Angrave, Richard  832 (let); Atkinson, Noreen (contrib)  570 (let); Aves, Simon  1142 (let); B Baker, Donna  307 (let); Barton, Dale  951 (let); Barton, Jo  7 (let), 27 (let), 75 (let), 215 (let), 682 (let); Bedford, Philip  658–659 (let); Benatar, Niels  5 (let), 397 (let); Bennett, Freda  428 (let); Bianco, Stella  98 (let), 123 (let), 351 (let); Bibby, William G.  1187 (let); Blight, Peter  926 (let), 1098 (let); Boniface, Doug  902 (let); Bouckley, Oliver  55 (let), 1071 (let); Burbridge, Alan  286 (let); Buswell, Alan  75 (let); Button, Roger  1023 (let); C Caroe, Clarissa  239 (let); Cawley, David  75 (let); Chandhial, Lucy  97 (let); Chapman, Vicki  428 (let); Claridge, Thomas  832 (let); Claughton, Sandra  28 (let); Clements, Derek  1047 (let); Coleman, Steve  702 (let); Corson, Stuart  723 (let); Cox, Roy  123 (let); Crowder, Theo  1098 (let); D Darvill, Ken  214 (let); David, John  635 (let); De Cordova, Christine  74 (let); De Legh Runciman, Ernie  286 (let); Dirksen, Richard  191 (let); Dirksen, Rick  902 (let); Diss, Gerald  902 (let); Downey, Sean  682 (let); E Earis, Derek  307 (let); Eisel, John  123 (let), 165 (let), 214–215 (let), 307 (let), 570 (let), 611 (let), 810–811 (let), 832 (let), 975 (let); Everett, David  123 (let); F Farmer, Steve  55 (let), 261 (let), 1142 (let); Flavell, Paul  611 (let); Fleming, Keith  659 (let); Frost, Alan N.  902 (let); G Gay, Phil  122 (let), 1071 (let); Glover, Harry  723 (let); Gorrod, Philip J.  55 (let); H Hall, Rosemary S.  746 (let); Hardman, Felicity  635 (let); Harris, Brian  215 (let); Harrison, George  146 (let); Harrison, John  74–75 (let), 541–542 (let), 857 (let); Haseldine, Julie  28 (let); Haynes, Andrea  239 (let); Hayward, Peter  98 (let); Herriott, Nigel  98 (let); Hodge, Alison  98 (let); Hodister, Remi  97 (let), 192 (let); Holmes, Richard J.  1163 (let); Horton, Roderick R.  926 (let); Horton, Steve  1048 (let); Howard, Andrew  27–28 (let), 975 (let), 1047–1048 (let); Hughes, Chris  27 (let); Hutchinson, Chris  635 (let); I Ingledew, Mark  951 (let); J Jenkins, David  1142 (let); Johnson, Barry  75 (let); Johnson, Beth  570 (let); Johnson, Paul  1122 (let); Johnston, Richard  1023 (let); Johnstone, Derek C.  702 (let); K Kipling, Chris  27 (let); Knights-Whittome, Christine  1047 (let); L Larsen, Brian  375 (let); Le Gallez, Barbara  397–398 (let); Le Marie, Clare  28 (let); Leale, Robin  902 (let); Lebon, Rod  123 (let); Lewin, Keith  75 (let); Lewis, Colin A.  239 (let), 398 (let); Lewis, Robert  351 (let), 902–903 (let), 1048 (let); Lilley, David  7 (let); Linford, Simon  1023 (let); Loveless, John  191–192 (let), 541 (let), 857 (let), 1122 (let); Loyd, Richard  191 (let); M Major, Richard  122 (let); Marshall, David J.  398 (let); Mayes, Anne  659 (let); Mealor, David  682 (let); Medd, George  541 (let); Merryweather-Clarke, Alison  542 (let); Mew, Chris  286–287 (let); Milsom, Mike  98 (let); Morris, Clare  902 (let); Morris, George  146 (let); Murfin, John F.  541 (let); N Newing, Angela  1187 (let); O Oram, Ian  570 (let), 659 (let); Orr, Scott  951 (let); P Pikin, Peter  428 (let); Pilgrim, Mike  55 (let); Pipe-Wolferstan, Charles  1163 (let); Povey, Chris  192 (let); Pullin, Richard  951 (let); Pusey, John  811 (let); R Radford, Susan  215 (let); Rawlinson, Andrew  27 (let); Reed, Beryl  307 (let); Ridley, Chris  659 (let); Riley, Alex S.  146 (let); Robbins, Mark  5 (let); Rogers, Chris  146 (let), 397 (let); Rogers, Phil  55 (let); Rogers, Philip  542 (let); Rose, Jonathan, Revd  810 (let); S Saddleton, Philip  146 (let); Sanderson, Peter  214 (let), 261 (let), 375 (let); Scott, Michael  811 (let); Searle, Christine  1122 (let); Sharp, Chris  191 (let); Shipp, Robin  702 (let); Skelton, Neil  286 (let), 702 (let); Smith, Anthony  1163 (let); Smith, David  397 (let); Smith, Richard A.  75 (let), 97 (let), 659 (let); Smith, Tony  165 (let); Stanford, David  97 (let), 975 (let); Steed, Julian  1163 (let); Steele, Ted  659 (let), 878 (let); Sutton, Helen  951 (let); T Tallo, Donato  746 (let); Taylor, Glenn  261 (let); Taylor, Joe  165 (let); Thomas, Ellis N.  811 (let); Thomas, Sally  5–7 (let); Threadgold, Roy  55 (let); Townsend, Les  591 (let); Turner, Laurence  570 (let), 591 (let); Turner, Martin  122 (let); V Vaughan, Ian  397 (let); W Wakefield, Bruce  75 (let); White, Andrew  192 (let); Wigney, Mike  541 (let); Wilkinson, Jane  832 (let); Williams, Philip  214 (let); Willis, Anne  351 (let); Worthington, Tessa  97 (let), 832 (let)
Leverton, Lincs, S Helena  420
Lewis, Colin A. (contrib)  227, 1117–1118, 1152–1153, 1175–1176, 1188
Lewis, Jane (contrib)  156
Lewis, Tony (obit)  1198
LGBTQ+  141, 142; same-sex weddings  165 (let), 214 (let)
Lichfield & Walsall Archdeaconries Society (LWASCR), peal week  249
Lichfield Diocesan Mobile Belfry (LDMB)  1251–1252
life expectancy of ringers  1071 (let), 1142 (let)
lighting in and around the tower  1187
Lilleshall, Shropshire, S Michael & All Angels  539
Lilliputters Guild, to Bath  300
Linford, Simon (contrib): 1,000 new recruits from breakfast TV slot  188–189; first National Call Change Competition  99; insurance  1231; mobile rings  1248–1249; national call change competition  606–609
 see also President's Blog
Linklater, Karen  1253
Linnell, James (obit)  1105–1106
Linton, Alex  111
Littledale, Marl (contrib)  1065
Livermere, Suffolk, S Peter, ladder at  337
Llandaff & Monmouth DACBR, QP f/night  1272
Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, S Dingat  117, 118
Lockheart, Tristan (contrib)  1129
London 12 Bell Competition: 2023 details  55 (let), 542; winners  1071
London Bridge, 50th anniversary of new bridge  314
London, C London, Cath Ch of S Paul: 70 Years Ago at St Paul’s  534; Great Tom  240–241
London, City of London, S Bride, Fleet Street.  24, 54, 75 (let), 98 (let)
London, City of London, S Mary le Bow, Cheapside  1181, 1182
London University Society (ULSCR)  785, 1177
long calls  890
Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire  438
Long, Graham (contrib)  178–179
long lengths
 see peals, long length
long-waisted bells  1242–1243
Longhope, Glouc, All Saints  417
Loughborough Bell Festival  1019–1020
Loughborough Bell Foundry: anniversary of all the possible changes on eight bells  169, 764, 857 (let); library move  1218, 1219
Loughborough, Carillon Tower  739, 741, 742, 744
Love, Dickon (contrib)  116
Loveday, Malcolm (contrib)  818
Loxston-Baker, Helen (contrib)  110–111
Loxston, Paul James (obit)  110–111
Loyd, Richard (contrib)  429–430, 700
Lundy Island, Devon, S Helen  184, 1204, 1271
Lundy Island Society  685
Lunn, Revd Brooke  349
Lustleigh, Devon, S John Bapt  392
Lynch, Jane (contrib)  866, 1183

Mabe, John (contrib)  433
Mainelli, Michael  1181, 1182
maintenance issues: advice from Ecclesiastical Insurance  376; broken stays  317; clapper breakages  780; fire safety  877; lighting in and around the tower  1187; National Churches Trust (NCT) resources  1141; nesting birds  160; odd-struckness  900; rodent attack on ropes  181; Sharow, S John  304; tower funds for  851; Westley Award for Church Belfry Maintenance and Improvement  211
Makhanda, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Cath Ch of S Michael & S George  1175–1176
Malan, Danielle (contrib)  985
Manchester University Society (MUGS)  785
marketing of bellringing  950, 975 (let), 1098 (let), 1111, 1186
Markham, Steve (contrib)  36–37
Marlborough, Wiltshire, QPs  418
marmalade, Dalemain Marmalade competition  140
marriages: Ash/Baxter  803; Ellis/Dodd  1149; Frost/Gardiner  66; Hatton/Allen  1086; Linklater/Murfin  1253; Mills, Andrew and Emily  199, 208; Ollington/Dunsmore  1136; Perrins/Bosman  582; Ridley/Meyer  1037; Simpson/Clifford  583; Skipper/Baker  1013; Steed/Matthews  841; Sworder/Prior  887
Marsden, Sue (contrib)  1244–1245
Marshall, Chris (contrib)  159, 603, 1039
Marshall, David (contrib)  689
Marshall, Dr Donald R. (obit)  64, 134, 138
Martley, Worc, S Peter  217, 1204
Mason, Paul M. (contrib)  182
mats in towers  98 (let), 159, 201
Maximus Bibendus (contrib)  869, 1062, 1151, 1282
May, Bobbie (contrib)  756
May Day Doubles  391, 419
McAdam, Michael, Revd (obit)  1174
McDonnell, Julie, court case  808, 826, 828, 832 (let), 852–853, 926 (let)
McEndoo, Derek (contrib)  230
McEndoo, Kathleen (contrib)  947, 1174
McEune, Rhona (contrib)  47, 871
McGregor, Helen: Opal Wedding Anniversary  864
(contrib): Reading and Friends Tulloch Fest  1133
McIlwrick, Tony (contrib)  110
McIntyre, Sarah (contrib)  539, 969, 970
McKay, Chris (obit)  775, 818
McLean, Don (contrib)  556
McNaughton, Hamish (obit)  578–579
McRobert, Derrick (obit)  787, 1033–1034
media
 see broadcasts; 'Fun with Bells' podcast
Medical Ringers Guild, summer meeting  652
Mees, Clive (contrib)  332
Melen, Simon (contrib)  690
Mellor, Jane (contrib)  577
Mellor, Martin (contrib)  229, 873, 874–875
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, bands in  848
Merriott, Somerset, All Saints  48
methods named: Coronation - new methods and variations rung for  561–562; for Julie McDonnell  853, 926 (let)
Singles: Burton Le Coggles (QP)  1005; Fulney Undesirables (QP)  815
Minimus: Aldwincle TP (QP)  1052; Ancalagon The Black Treble TP (QP)  616; Bainton TP (QP)  1028; Belch TP (QP)  380; Carlton Le Moorland TP (QP)  793; Charlie Is My Darling TP (QP)  641; Clashums TP (QP)  1262; Cloudjumper TP (QP)  552; Colonel Riggall TP  1026; Drogon TP (QP)  686; Errol TP (QP)  838; Fafnir TP (QP)  705; Fanghook Treble Pl (QP)  595; Four Horsemen TB (QP)  1125; Frank Wyer TP (QP)  1052; Glaurung TP (QP)  731; Heavy Metal Soul Music TP (QP)  552; Jörmungandr TP (QP)  731; Kingstail TP (QP)  838; Kloch Hweg TP (QP)  1076; Light Fury TP (QP)  552; Norbert TP (QP)  793; Orochi TP (QP)  883; Orton-on-The- Hill Alliance (QP)  408; Patience TP  908 (QP); Q’uq’umatz TP (QP)  686; Rhaegal TP (QP)  752; Sescenti TP (QP)  1262; Uwabami TP (QP)  838; Welby TP (QP)  815; Westborough TP (QP)  1028; Wistow TB (QP)  1125; Xing Treble Pl (QP)  595; Y Ddraig Goch TP (QP)  552; Zog TP (QP)  616
Doubles: Awsworth B  102; Carolus Deo Gratia Rex  561; Chiddingly Festival (QP)  983; Chilwell Pl  102; Coronation  561; Elizabeth College (QP)  13; Gloucestershire Golden Oldies BT (QP)  983; Guy Fawkes TP (QP)  1145; King Charles III  561; King Charles III (QP)  380; Market Pl TP (QP)  883; Pink Dragon (QP)  595; Queen Camilla  561; Queen Camilla B  614; Randy Pl  102; (redacted) (QP)  408; Vernham Dean  357; Vivat Rex Carolus  561; Woodbeck Pl  102; You Cannot Be Serious and The Ball Was Out (QP)  815
Minor: Anton Tr Pl (QP)  128; Anything B (QP)  726; Arlesheim S (QP)  1102; Boddington Cheltenham B (QP)  81; Business Differential TB (QP)  290; Cadge Alliance (QP)  1102; Cheer Down Differential TB (QP)  290; D Bob (QP)  1262; Dark Horse Differential TB (QP)  290; Double Coronation TP  561; Evington Cheltenham B (QP)  13; Flamborough Head Lighthouse S (QP)  883; Flannan Isles Lighthouse S (QP)  883; Joni Tr Pl (QP)  128; Movember D  1258; Nethale Alliance (QP)  1167; Prose Alliance (QP)  1102; Rowan D (QP)  1005; Simply Shady Differential TB (QP)  290; Southam Cheltenham B (QP)  59; Sudeley Manor B (QP)  59; Susan G Hall TB (QP)  408; Wormington B (QP)  81
Triples: God Save The King! B (QP)  930; Hungerford New B (QP)  59; S Laurence B (QP)  838; Westminster Abbey Coronation Pl  561
Major: 23-spliced TB  1010–1011; Alderbourne D  750; Allale Alliance (QP)  1145; Alliance  955; Andy's Big Birthday S (QP)  1192; Ballam D  193; Barrowby A  1190; Batman MBE LB (QP)  686; Bellerophon D (QP)  13; Bennelong S  1123; Blyth D  402; Boston Stump A  986; Brambling S  354; Brant Broughton A  1191; Bulkington D  266; The Call S  907; Callans Lane Wood TP (QP)  930; Carolus Tertius S  593; Comfrey D  614; Consett A  1190; Coronation Alliance  562; Daisy D  79; Deeping S James D  836; Devil's Water A  402; Elmley Castle D  125; Farleigh Castle D  193; Fellside S  836; Firestarter (QP)  1145; Friskney A  836; Gedling D  194; Gedney D  1190; Great Grogley Downs D  1099; Great Hale D  402; Greenway S  1143; Gwrych Castle S  613; Harmston A  1190; Heckington A  1190; Henry Bemrose B (QP)  81; Herbert Holmes B  172; High Barnet S (QP)  793; High Level D  690; Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia S (QP)  59; Horbling A  1190; Ilchester Castle S  1008; Jacobs Well TB (QP)  196; Keep Yourself Alive S (QP)  772; Kemberton S  663; King Charles III Coronation TP  562; King Charles III S  562; Kris and Jason S (QP)  595; Lysander Alliance  103; Maewyn Succat D  289; Mavesyn Ridware D  402; Maynard’s L S  1123; Metro A  402; Michael Harvey D  724; Morton A  1190; Nebra S (QP)  930; Newton A  1190; Nocton A  836; North Rauceby D  836; Ocelot S  352; Overton LP (QP)  731; Phillip Andreas D  308; Qipro D  1143; Quadring D  639; Quadrivium D  404; Quaking Houses S  415; Queue S  858; Quirkiness S  102; Raven S  1075; Ring Ouzel S  404; Ringwood D  791; Roller S (QP)  705; Rougham Rose LS  1050; Sibsey D  1190; Somerset TB  1002; Stamford A  1190; Sycamore Gap S (QP)  1028; Tarcutta S  193; Thomas Roe B (QP)  128; Three Bishops S  1027; Toby D  1027; Totteridge and Whetstone S (QP)  1102; Turkey D  354; Tyne A  402; Viserion TP (QP)  752; Welford on Avon  791; Wigeon S  982; Wraxall D  242
Caters: St Mary’s Cheltenham B (QP)  752
Royal: Althorpe D  1100; Butcombe D  221; Collydean S  703; Dordrecht LS  355; Dragon Alliance  572; Grampian S  266; Hawton S  1144; Ingthorpe D  243; Irby S  704; Jovium TP  1003; Katsman D  355; King Charles III D  562; Kirkby S  813; Koning Charles III Alliance  562; Meldreth LB (QP)  1005; Pembrokeshire D  379; Quarmby S  415; Queensthorpe D  593; Rufus D  725; St John of Beverley S  1101; Triquetra D  836
Maximus: Baratheon  1258; Bolton  1258; Ceres S (QP)  1145; Greyjoy  1258; Java S  8; Krakatoa D  8; Lannister  1258; Lansdowne LB (QP)  1076; Meldreth LB (QP)  1076; Single Hunslet LB (QP)  1076; Stark  1258; Targaryen  1258; Tyrell  1258; Warner Brothers (QP)  1028; Wick LB (QP)  1076
Fourteen: Reverse B (QP)  196
Mew, Susan (contrib)  24
Mexican wave  715, 736
Meyer, Jemma (contrib)  1
Meyer, Simon (contrib)  349, 400, 1154, 1181
Meyer, Sue (contrib)  1096
Michaelston-y-Fedw, Newport, Gwent, Wales, S Michael  435
Middlesex County Association (MCALDG): 125 years of  1161–1162; S&W district, QP week  18
Midgley, David (obit)  180
Midland Counties Association, centenary peal  561
Milby, Jayden (contrib)  1040, 1130
Mills, Andrew and Emily  199, 208
Millward, Jane (contrib)  276
Minchin, Jean (obit)  226
Minchin, Sarah (contrib)  226
mini-rings
 see mobile belfries
Minor, 'Education Column'  1216–1217
The Mirror  428 (let)
Mission, British Columbia, Canada, Abbey of S Joseph of Westminster  715, 941
Mitchell, June (obit)  1108
Mitchell, Rona (obit)  1082
Mitchelson, George  777
Mitchelson, John  777–778
mobile belfries: "history, present and future"  1248–1249; Lichfield Diocesan Mobile Belfry (LDMB)  1251–1252; Over Kellet Jubilee Bells Project  676
model bell, for the Coronation weekend  783
money and ringing: avoiding VAT  21, 660–661, 702 (let); charging for teaching  27–28 (let), 77; donations  97 (let); Gift Aid  76–77, 124, 166, 213–214, 277, 376, 927; grants to churches  997; loyalty card  97 (let); non-pecuniary relationships  77; Parish Giving Scheme  376; "restricted funds"  702 (let); spending on the future of ringing  1047–1048 (let); tower funds  851, 927; tower funds - tax  1228–1229; tower funds - transferring  1121–1122; tower funds - where to put  998; wills and inheritance tax  306–307
 see also fund raising
Morgan, John (contrib)  990
Morpeth, Northumberland, The Clock Tower  439
Morris, Clare (contrib)  217, 968
Mortimer, Barbara (contrib)  121
Morton family, welcome Sophie Rose  759
Moseley, Birmingham, S Mary  99, 605
motorcyclist bellringers  64, 1034
Mountjoy, Brian Vernon (obit)  600, 842
Mountjoy, Gillian (contrib)  842
muffles, avoiding VAT  660–661
Munnings, Richard (contrib)  295, 323
Murfin, Mark: (contrib)  1048–1049; wedding  1253
Murray, Barbara (contrib)  671
Murray, John  1071 (let)
musical composer, interview with Helen Ottaway  1110

Nadal, Micki (contrib)  1239
National 12 Bell Striking Contest  677; 2024 details  1187; "an invitation to Sheffield"  366–367; "another memorable event"  681; judging  681–682; results  654; teams  680; "what's on tap?"  608; "worth waiting for"  678–681
National Bell Festival, Emancipation Bells  23
National Call Change Competition  99, 587, 605, 606–609
National Church Awards  634
National Churches Trust (NCT) resources  1141
National Day Calendar  603
National Lottery Fund  1156
Naval Guild
 see Royal Naval Guild of Bellringers
Needham, Owen (obit)  251
nesting birds  160, 202
the Netherlands: Dordrecht, SHolland, Netherlands, 't Klockhuys  386, 985; Royal Eijsbouts, Asten  995
Nevern, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, Wales, S Brynach  920
New Doubles  829
new methods
 see methods named
New Year: the Covenant  47; poem for  1211; President's Blog  7
honours: Jo Johnson  91; Sally Anne Schupke  2
New Zealand, "old bells heard again"  769
Newell, Andy (contrib)  139
Newing, Angela (contrib)  1219, 1278–1279
Newman, Peter (obit)  19
Newman, Veronica (contrib)  1210
news: "a reporter called - reflections"  238; Daily Mirror  391; for reports of the Coronation see under Charles III
Nicholson Engineering Ltd  1284
Nimmo, Mick  115
Nobbs, Viv (contrib)  588–589
Noble, Anne (contrib)  877
noise
 see sound of bells
Nolan, Theresa (obit)  1174
non-ringable bells: 3D-printed bell  211–212; from Buckinghamshire manor house  802; Carillon Tower, Loughborough  739, 741, 742, 744; cowbells in Aarwangen, Switzerland  1098; Eckington, fibreglass bell  650; Emancipation Bells  23; Great Tom, St Paul’s Cathedral  240–241; Japanese orin bell  345, 346; model bell for the Coronation weekend  783; previous coronations  390–391; Time and Tide bells  738, 1017
Norfolk Doubles  802
Norman, Leslie (contrib)  316
Norman, Paul (contrib)  302–303
North American Guild of Change Ringers (NAGCR)  743–744, 786–787, 855–856, 948–949
North Moreton, Oxfordshire, All Saints  429–430
North Wales Assoc (NWACBR)  738–739, 1129–1130
North West Ringing Course  564, 827, 831
Norwich DA, CCCBR rep  940
Nottingham, All Saints  585, 586
Nottingham University SCR  586, 1086
Nunn, Tony
(author): SWinging16 or Tales of Two Tower  799
(contrib): Barnes Summer Tour  808–809
Nutton, Vivian (contrib)  1160

obituaries: A Ansell, Ian  623; B Baldwin, S. Kathleen M.  844, 962; Barnes, Jean  252, 671; Barnfield, Anthony J. (AJB)  2 (eds), 21, 274–275, 712; Belcham, David  600; Berry, Alan Paul Standley  737, 775, 913; Bishop, Charles A.  1057; Bishop, Martin  21, 226; Bottomley, Jeane  755; Bunting, Brian C  1056–1057; C Callow, L. Michael (Mike)  1008; Chilcott, Michael Vivan  180, 534, 645–646; Churchill, Bob  1108; Clark, Clare R.  600; Connington, Edwin  711; D Davison, Douglas G.  178; Dyer, James W. A.  1032; E Eccles, Roland Ferguson  775; Edwards, Norman  712, 774; Edwards, Ralph, remembering  1274; Enzor, Jean  154–155; Evans, Colin, Canon  1057; Evans, Gareth  180; Evans, Pat  180; Evans, Patricia and Martin  384; Eyre, John  1200; F Farmer, Ros  178–179; Flood, Alan, remembering  1204; Forrester, Alan  20; Fothergill, Geoffrey, remembering  1086; Freeston, Tom  986; G Gawley, Anna  985; Godfrey, Eric George Henry  86–87; Godwin, Eileen May  251; H Haas, John  867; Halstead, Terry  869, 1032; Haslam, Keith H. T.  46, 362–363; Histock, Tony  1081; Hitchins, Eric J.  21, 134–135; Hohl, Kevin  891; Hope, David  154, 154; Hudson, Phil J. H.  64; Humphreys, Brenda Dorothy  21, 362, 647; Hynard, Edwin Charles  581, 843; I Ivin, Avril  112, 710–711; J James, Nevil  1282; K Keeves, Roy  416; Kendrick, Roger  156, 774; Knewstub, David Oliver  939; Knight, Charles J.  1009; L Lane, Eric  844; Laughton, Anthony (Tony)  156, 250–251; Leslie, Norman Henry  599; Lewis, Tony  1198; Linnell, James  1105–1106; Loxston, Paul James  110–111; M McAdam, Michael, Revd  1174; McKay, Chris  775, 818; McNaughton, Hamish  578–579; McRobert, Derrick  787, 1033–1034; Marshall, Dr Donald R.  64, 134, 138; Midgley, David  180; Minchin, Jean  226; Mitchell, June  1108; Mitchell, Rona  1082; Mountjoy, Brian Vernon  600, 842; N Needham, Owen  251; Newman, Peter  19; Nolan, Theresa  1174; Norman, Leslie  316; P Pailing, F. Neville  1151; Parfrey, Debbie  670; Piercy, Wendy  988, 1150; Pitman, Jack, remembering  1073; Pomeroy, Michael J.  252, 556–557; Poyner, Harry  252, 276, 415; Prewett, Bertram  417; Price, Richard E.  63; Price, Ryan, remembering  1044–1045; Purdey, John Anthony  1056; R Reed, Colin William  342, 598; Richards, Brynley  598–599, 611 (let); Roast, Thomas Richard  200; Rodliffe, J. Alan  1197; Rogers, Philip C.  46, 200–201; Russ, Ronald Keith  136, 313; Russell, Kenmure Alan  110; S Sawyer, Peter  735; Scanlan, Joy  1128; Scutts, Will  579; Simpson, David C. H.  86; Smith, Brian  1128; Smith, Norman  239, 557–559; Smith, Robert 'Bob' Bevis  136, 689; Staniforth, Michael  21; Stephenson, John W.  46, 294; T Tallis, Roy  88; Thompson, Dr. Ian D.  276, 577; Thurmott, Maurice  316, 734; Tommasi, Giancarlo  939; V Vear, Jennifer  1082; W Walter, Colin Leslie  416; Whitehead, Mavis  1060, 1197–1198; Wightman, Jimmy  45; Williams, Mary  45; Wilson, Richard Max  64; Wood, C. Dorothy  623; Woods, Lionel S.  19–20
odd-struckness  693, 900
Odiham spitfire  36–37
Offen, Richard (contrib)  757, 999–1001
Old RW News
10 Years Ago: Brontë anniversary  130; 'Down the Pub'  682, 967; "drama at the 12-bell"  315; HRH Prince George  917
25 Years Ago: battle of Hastings  1151; Casualty  136; College Youths voted for change  1024; editorial privilege  1084; "grand day out"  318; Putney debates  29; ringing in the Millennium  1004; "terror no good"  1049; tuning bells  175; the X-file  811
50 Years Ago: back trouble  811; canal trip  708; editorial  120, 130; fire at St. Mary’s, Putney  672; Inverness, Highland, Scotland, Cath Ch of S Andrew  623, 857; proving compositions with a small computer  271; Suffolk Guild 50th anniversary  340–341; wedding of Roden/Horritt  597; Welsh tongue  878 (let)
60 Years Ago: extent of Major conquered  169, 857 (let)
75 Years Ago: "a word for the light end men"  1141; amplified system for broadcasting recordings of bells  175; Belfry Gossip  624; cathedral correction  811; ourselves  1039; Ringing Master at 17  114
86 Years Ago: "Ringers did their bit"  406
100 Years Ago: Belfry Gossip  767, 1069; Canterbury, Kent, Cath & Metropolitical Church of Christ  811; CC Literature and Press Committee  597; Cumberland Youths' new record  886; foundation of compositions  748; Grandsire Doubles  1176; local peals  691; "much-needed register"  1060; multi-method peals  156; oldest peal of six  668; peal ‘tapping’  843; quickest peal on the bells  66; recruitment  843; remembrance  1069; ringers discriminated against  295; "ringing interferes with tennis"  668; 'ringing panic'  85; Simpson tuning  231; spliced extents of minor  279; Superlative  28; "the Suffolk development"  331; tuning bells  204; Watton-on-Stone  892
Old Single call  779, 802, 824, 847
Old Wolverton, Milton Keynes, HT  115
oldest ring of bells  27 (let)
online ringing: deputy ringing master  287; discussion on Fun with Bells  711; Pebworth Bells website  989–990; Ringing Room ringers reunited  650; Sonneur  692–693
open days: Alton & Petersfield District  1115–1116; Over Kellet Jubilee Bells Project  676; Ropley rehang  648; Women's Institute bell ringing taster bells  1139–1140
Oram, Ian (contrib)  1132
Order and Disorder series, goes digital  1240–1241
Orme, Phillip (contrib)  769
Ossett, W Yorks, Holy & Undivided Trinity  71, 140
Ottaway, Helen, interview with  1110
Outhwaites ropemakers  24
outings/tours: 100 Towers cycling challenge  649; "a North American travelling teacher"  743–744, 786–787, 855–856; Around Tour  938; Bangor University outing to Yorkshire  601; Barnes Summer Tour  808–809; Ben and Laura’s ringing tour of N Ireland  1036; in Charleston, South Carolina  1272; to Devon & Lundy  960; "Essex invades Scotland"  944; Fire Service Guild  418; four counties outing with Liz  1079; Gill and Kathy’s Ringing Tour  276; Griffin Ringers in the Cotswolds  1061; Intrepid tour  643; Inveraray Icicles Club  229; "journey to the North"  1134; Kirkwall, Orkney  845; L Martin Daniels peal tour  620; Leckhampton outing to the Lakes  1072; Lilliputters take to Bath  300; Lundy Island, Devon, S Helen  184, 1204, 1271; LUSCR visit Vernet-les-Bains  760; Motorbike Bell Ringing Tour  64; Musical Box Tour  1128; narrow boat blueline tour  886; "OUS80s and friends Go Low"  985; QP day out in North Norfolk  293; Reading and Friends Tulloch Fest  1133; RNGB Trafalgar weekend  1189; Roving Ringers report  713; "Shark Bay Bugs and Lamingtons"  1184–1185; to Verona, Italy  822–823; W&P Guild in the Channel Islands  588–589; Wayfarers  1048–1049; "what a bus!"  673, 696; Wiltshire and beyond tour  987; Woodbridge Ringers’ Spring Ring  584; Ypres and Dordrecht  386
Over Kellet, S Cuthbert, Jubilee Bells Project  259–260, 1246–1247
Oxford DG (ODG): 8-bell contest  597; Guild festival at Oxford  756
Oxford University Society (OUS)  785
Oxhey, Hertfordshire, S Matthew  417

Pacific island firsts  1013
Page, Jack (contrib)  245, 1067, 1069
Page, Maggie (contrib)  636
Page, Richard and Sue, wedding anniversary  418
Pailing, F. Neville (obit)  1151
Paling, Martin: (contrib)  435; as ringing teacher  848
Palmer, Celia (contrib)  115
Palmer, Mike (contrib)  1091–1092
Pannell’s notebook  747–748, 776–778, 788–789, 810–811 (let), 826, 828–829, 888–890, 914–915, 934–936
Parfrey, David (contrib)  670
Parfrey, Debbie (obit)  670
Parish Giving Scheme (PGS)  376
Parkin, Neville (contrib)  690
Pattenden, Stephanie (contrib)  887
Paul, Graham (contrib)  1106
Peachey, Barry (contrib)  432
peal boards: Costessey, Norfolk  825, 826; Jack Pitman's composition  1122 (let); in Mickleton, Gloucestershire, S Lawrence  1014; peal board recording project  830–831, 878 (let), 951 (let); peal board recording project - indexes  975 (let); peal board recording project - photos  954, 1163 (let); Pershore Abbey  318; restorations  570 (let), 675; Ruthin, S Peter  389
peal book, Selwyn College  1160
peal ringers: Minehead 1959  798; prolific coronation peal ringers  440
1000 peals: Edwards, Simon L.  8; Mills, Ian G.  961
2000 peals: Apter, Susan L.  1173; Meads, Brian G.  684; Reading, Simon J.  57
5000 peals: 5000-pealers day out  703–704; Mounsey, Paul N.  792
 see also 'First Peal Congratulations'
peals: 60th anniversary of all the possible changes on eight bells  169, 764, 857 (let); 2023 "decades"  1279; anniversary of first Stedman Doubles peal  97 (let); "Eighth peals"  286 (let); future of recording performances and Bellboard  846–847; "highest peal in the world"  67; "Paul" name peal  182; "quickest peal on the bells" (100 Years Ago)  66; "ringing your first peal"  217; statistics after Covid-19 pandemic  100–101; 'Stedman Bitriples'  62, 71; success rate drops  122 (let)
100 Years Ago: multi-method peals  156
peals, long length: Loughborough Bell Foundry, 60th anniversary of all the possible changes on eight bells  764–765, 819
Pearce, Isabel (contrib)  621, 824
Peard, Murray-Luke (contrib)  582
Pearson, David  1020
Pearson, Gill (contrib)  1235
Pease, Jennie (contrib)  167
Pebworth Bells website  989–990
Peckham, Christian (contrib)  1081
Pembroke, S Mary  417
Penaluna, Lorna (contrib)  327
Penney, Pip (contrib)  95–96
Percy, Simon (contrib)  1129
Perrins, James (contrib)  71
Perrins, Thomas (contrib)  155
Perry, Jo (contrib)  848
Pershore Abbey, Worcestershire, Abbey Ch of Holy Cross, peal board dedication  318
personal benefits of ringing  147
Peterborough, Cambs, Cath Ch  369, 370
Peterborough DG, festival and centenary  971, 973
Petersfield, Hampshire, S Peter  626
Philp, Sue, 90th  203
Phipps, Debbie (contrib)  949
phishing emails  592
PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter)  38
Pickering, North Yorkshire, S Peter & S Paul  804
Pickford, Chris (contrib)  373, 538, 802, 1222–1226
Piercy, Wendy (obit)  988, 1150
Piper, Stuart (contrib)  318, 646–647
Pitcher, Diana (contrib)  542, 1021
Pitman, Jack: peal boards  1122 (let); remembering  1073
Pladdys, John (contrib)  690
Plain Bob Doubles: as doubles of the month  695, 714, 736, 758; making bobs and singles  1232–1234; Old Single call  779, 802; Tulloch improver’s week  1280–1281
Plain Hunt, learner's perspective  167
Plows, Harvey (contrib)  601, 1129–1130
Plymouth ringing week  887
Pocock, Norman (contrib)  201
poetry (inc Poet's Corner): limerick from Leicestershire  437; Old Year, New Year  1211; Weather Lore  1219
Pohl, Joanne (contrib)  974
Pomeroy, Michael J. (obit)  252, 556–557
Poole, Chris (contrib)  720
Poulter, Ali (contrib)  121
Pouncey, David (contrib)  4
Poyle Doubles  991, 1014, 1015, 1038, 1063
Poyner, Harry (obit)  252, 276, 415
Poyner, Mary (contrib)  415
practices, running a good practice  155
Pratchett, Terry  811 (let)
Pratt, Philip (contrib)  21
Prescott, Caroline (contrib)  163
'President's Blog' (Linford): bells in the life of the church  427; CC Strategic Priorities  88; Coronation plans  285; ending of presidency  766; George Perrin's films  350; holidays  854; Icelandic blog  683; New Year  7; 'Ring for the King'  215, 305; safeguarding  147; tower captains  590
'President's Blog' (Stoecklin): knitting and method structure  1108; as new CC president  903; older ringers  1001; recruitment, branding and publications  1186
Prewett, Bertram (obit)  417
Price, Gavin E. (contrib)  22, 738–739
Price, Richard E. (obit)  63
Price, Ryan, remembering  1044–1045
Project Resound  700
public events, ringing for
 see events to ring for
publicity: "a reporter called - reflections"  238; appreciation for bell noise  252; group theory and ringing  667; marketing of bellringing  950, 975 (let); The Mirror  428 (let); 'Ring for the King'  428 (let); RWNYC as  719; St Clements Ringing Centre  1214–1215; Songs of Praise, Julie McDonnell on  852–853
 see also 'Fun with Bells' podcast
pubs: 1000 bells pub crawl update  1220–1221; beer mats  659 (let), 676; "mine's a round"  966, 1083; pub closures  869
'Down the Pub': 10 Years Ago  682, 967; tribute to AJB  712
Pullin, Richard (contrib)  1276
Purdey, John Anthony (obit)  1056
puzzle page  1278–1279

quarter peals: 50th anniversary  674; 2022 statistics  18, 168–169, 216; for the Flying Scotsman  228; Friends of Derick Obergene Society  936; "novice to quarter peal in a day"  636; sixteen quarters in a day  809; "your first QP"  865
Quinn, Ben  1036

RAF Battle of Britain meet  1061
RAF Guild, 50th anniversary  320
raising and lowering  1087, 1155
Ramsbottom, Phil (contrib)  1232–1234
Ramsden, Brian (contrib)  439
Randall, Barbara (contrib)  1110
Read, Louise (contrib)  968
Reade, Alan (contrib)  696
Reading and Friends Tulloch Fest  1133
Reading, Liz (contrib)  1180
Reading, Simon J. (contrib)  366–367, 678–681
Reardon, Milica (contrib)  393, 394
recruitment: 1,000 new recruits from breakfast TV slot  188–189; 100 Years Ago  843; Bath & Wells new training centre  1091–1092; Daily Mirror  391; Devonshire Ringers Guild  1139; five years on - Ringing Remembers  1112, 1122 (let), 1130; giving up without notice  74 (let), 97 (let); Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, bands in  848; President's Blog  1186; retention/dismissal of learners  5–7 (let), 27–28 (let), 55 (let), 74 (let); 'Ring for the King'  120; social side of ringing  145; South Petherton  803; Thorley, Herts, S James  121; Tonbridge, S Peter and Paul  112
 see also 'Ring for the King'; teaching ringing
Reed, Colin (obit)  342, 598
Reeder, Madeline (contrib)  646–647
Reeves, Arthur (contrib)  972–973
rehanging bells: Brough, Cumbria, S Michael  761, 762–763, 787; Calne, Wiltshire, S Mary  922–923, 925; Ropley, Hampshire, S Peter  648
 see also restoration projects
Reimer, Leland (contrib)  568–569
religion and ringing: atheism  563; attitudes are contagious  746 (let); clergy engaging with ringers  1234; life of the church  810 (let); "popery and ropery"  375 (let)
remembrance ringing  1040; 100 Years Ago  1069; five years on - Ringing Remembers  1112, 1122 (let), 1130; poppies cascade  1088, 1112; ring out in joy  1155
restoration projects: 2022 Keltek Trust activities  51–53; Benson, Oxon, S Helen  1202; Bethersden, Kent, S Margaret  1001, 1229; Braintree, Essex, S Michael  655; Brighton, E Sussex, S Peter  872; Burton Hastings, Warwickshire, S Botolph  965; Car Colston, Notts, S Mary  65; Horsham, S Mary V  1178; Longhope, Glouc, All Saints  417; Over Kellet, Lancs, S Cuthbert  259–260; Oxhey, S Matthew’s  417; peal boards  570 (let), 675; Pembroke, S Mary  417; Roehampton, HT  630–631, 633; Ropley, Hampshire, S Peter  1156; Sherborne Abbey (c19th)  108–109; Stafford, St Mary  282–284; Troston, Suffolk, S Mary  333–335; Westhorpe, Suffolk  332; Wimbledon, London, S Mary  918, 920
 see also augmented rings; rehanging bells
Reverse Canterbury Bobs  1203
Reverse Durham Place Doubles  627, 651
Reynolds, Laith (contrib)  939
Rice, Martin (contrib)  900
Richards, Brynley (obit)  598–599, 611 (let)
Richards, Chris (contrib)  598–599
Richards, Dave (contrib)  608
Richards, David (contrib)  584
Richardson, Christine (contrib)  814
Ridgman trophy  668
Ridgwell, Jane (contrib)  921, 922–923, 925
Ridley, Chris (contrib)  120, 745, 899, 1084–1085, 1219
Riley, Roger S. (contrib)  437
Ring a First in February  244
'Ring for the King': 1,000 new recruits from breakfast TV slot  188–189; 1831 piece  373; Coronation plans  285; Coronation ringing reports  421, 422 (eds), 429–535, 536, 543–548; cypher for the new King  426, 429–430; eight new recruits  635 (let); enthusiastic response to  305; Farnham District  964; joy of ringing  626; Kingston upon Thames, All Saints  120; in North America  433; Pickering, North Yorkshire, S Peter & S Paul  804; President's Blog  215, 305; previous coronations  390–391; publicity for bellringing  428 (let), 540; ringers who also rang for Elizabeth II's coronation  423, 540, 541 (let); Suffolk Guild  326; 'Thought for the week'  535, 651; at Westminster Abbey  366, 425–426; "world record at midnight"  533
RW special issue  429–435; featuring in  351 (let); planning for  371, 395
Ring o' Bells  966
Ring Out project  924–925
ringers and old age
 see ageing and ringing
ringers, young: Forest of Dean ringers  280; Freddie's first quarter  870; in Kirkwall, Orkney  845; Lilliputters take to Bath  300; London warm-up for contest season  163; mid Cheshire young ringers’ event  737; Rochester young ringers win tough contest  212; SEECON 2023 competition  347–348; Studley, Warwickshire  431; teen first QP triumph  439; 'Thought for the week'  139; "what makes a successful young ringers weekend?"  730; Yorkshire Tykes  609, 1183; young CY peal  1040; "youngest ever CC rep?"  1129–1130
75 Years Ago: Ringing Master at 17  114
 see also Ringing World National Youth Contest
Ringing 2030 initiative  950, 975 (let), 996–997, 1070
ringing masters
 see tower captains
'ringing panic'  85
Ringing Room, ringers reunited  650
Ringing Teachers, Assoc of (ART): 2023 Awards  235; 2024 Awards  1109, 1218; Andrew Slade as chairman  4, 396; appointment of chairman-elect  4; prescriptive vs. responsive approach  95–96; social side of ringing  145
ringing terminology: "look to!"  895; "stand!"  1087
Ringing World: 2024 diaries  951; AGM in Ipswich  880; appointment of directors  748; business update  1141; Eyes on 2030 survey  187, 235, 567; Fred Sharpe guides  757; front cover photographs  159; future of  1209 (eds); future of - performances and Bellboard  846–847; future of - survey results  610–611; letter from Buckingham Palace  832, 848; postal delays  1141; praise for the Image of the Week  397 (let)
corrections: bells of Heaven  951; Chris Rogers' QP  1141; Christ Church  811 (let); Grandsire Triples  261 (let); Jack Pitman’s family  1131; Pershore, Worcs  1194; QP conductors  267; RWNYC results  719
special coronation issue: planning for  371, 395, 429–535
Ringing World National Youth Contest  697, 699, 717, 727; 2023 entries open  232; 2023 results  698; "from the judges"  720; "from the winners"  720–721; Lawrence Street  746 (let); "organiser's view"  718–719; returns to York  679; Robert Lewis Trophy for Excellence  698, 723; Whitechapel Trophy  698, 723; Yorkshire Tykes  609
Ringmer, East Sussex, S Mary V  437
Ripon, N Yorks, Cath Ch of S Peter & S Wilfrid  1096
Roast, Thomas Richard (obit)  200
Robert B Smith striking contest  972–973
Roberts, Jackie (contrib)  143
Roberts, Keith (contrib)  1040
Roberts, Nicola (contrib)  636
Rodliffe, J. Alan (obit)  1197
Rodliffe, Matthew (contrib)  1197
Roehampton, Greater London, Holy Trinity  630–631, 633
Rogers, Chris, 80th birthday  1105
Rogers, Gwen (contrib)  792
Rogers, Philip C. (obit)  46, 200–201
Rogers, Philip (contrib)  240–241, 534, 1204
Rogers, Simon (contrib)  200–201
rope warmers  872
ropemakers, Outhwaites, closure  24
Ropley, Hampshire, S Peter  648, 1156
Rose, Hilary (contrib)  159
Rose, Jon (contrib)  207, 571, 675, 1087
Roskelly, David (contrib)  202, 656–657
Rotherwick, Hampshire, leavers service  758
Roulstone, Ian, as CC trustee  798
rounds: diminishing and incremental  779, 848, 965; "when did we start ringing?"  1097–1098
Roving Ringers Society  713
Rowde, Wiltshire, S Matthew  1136
Rowse, Vicki (contrib)  93, 164
Royal Eijsbouts, Asten, The Netherlands  995
Royal Navy Guild of Bellringers  1189
Royalton-Kisch, Michael (contrib)  31
rule boards  1064
Runting, Steph (contrib)  1129
Russ, Ronald Keith (obit)  136, 313
Russ, Stephen (contrib)  313
Russell, Kenmure Alan (obit)  110
Russian Roulette  179
Ruthin, Denbighshire, Clwyd, Wales, S Peter, peal board  389
Ryedale Festival  844

Saddleton, Philip (contrib)  1149
safeguarding: DBS checks  702 (let); difficult questions  397–398 (let); effectiveness of laws and regulations  658–659 (let); "Jesus weeps"  708; "no room for complacency"  364, 375 (let); President's Blog  147; preventing abuse  261 (let); relevance to ringing  190, 214 (let), 239 (let), 286–287 (let); sex offences  351 (let); training in the CofE  583
safety in ringing: fire safety  877, 1163 (let); leaving bells up  90; risk of bird flu  202; rope warmers  872; tower tours  1071
Saffron Walden, Essex, S Mary V, Great Ringing Day  580–581
St Andrew  897, 898
St Andrews University, graduation ringing  668
St Clement’s Ringing Centre, Cambridge  584, 1214–1215
St Cuileain Guild  859
St Magnus  1111
St Martin’s Guild, Henry Johnson dinner  278
St Mary Abbots Guild  887
St Nicholas B Doubles  1179, 1203, 1283
St Oulton Campanile Youths  1128
St Patrick’s Society of Change Ringers  230
St Remigius B Doubles  583, 602, 627, 651
St Simon's  829
Sts Peter and Paul feast day  675
Salisbury DG: 71 quarters  1195; young ringers  163–164
Salter, Katharine  323 (eds), 325
same-sex weddings  165 (let), 214 (let)
Sawyer, Peter (obit)  735
Saxelbye, Leicestershire  435
Scales, Lynn (contrib)  1199–1200
Scanlan, Joy (obit)  1128
schools and ringing: best use of holiday time  207; Groton School and change ringing in North America  119, 157–158; leavers services  758
Schupke, Sally Anne, MBE  2
Scott, Raymond  440
Scutts, Will (obit)  579
Seabright, Nicky, Revd (contrib)  803, 1203
Seaford, E Sussex, S Leonard  539
Sears, Richard (contrib)  34–35
Seavington St Mary, Somerset, S Mary  297
SEECON 2023 competition  347–348
Self, Ian (contrib)  1273
sex offences  351 (let)
 see also safeguarding
Shallcross, Rick (contrib)  689, 764
Shapwick, Dorset, S Bartholomew  1180
Sharow, S John  304
Sharp, Chris (contrib)  1067
Sharpe Trust  757
Shebbear, Devon, S Michael  1055
Sheffield, S Yorkshire, Cath Ch of S Peter & S Paul
National 12 Bell Striking Contest: "an invitation to Sheffield"  366–367; "another memorable event"  681; judging  681–682; teams  680; "worth waiting for"  678–681
Sheffield Universities Guild of Change Ringers  785
Sheppard, Peter (contrib)  1197–1198
Sherborne, Dorset, Abbey Ch of S Mary V, Wolsey's Bell  72–73, 108–109, 131–133
Sherwood, Margaret (contrib)  578–579
Sidmouth, Devon, S Dunstan  576
Sikorsky, Sophie (contrib)  68
Simpson, David C. H. (obit)  86
Skinner, Elizabeth (contrib)  167
Slade, Andrew, as ART Chairman  4, 396
Sladen, Anne (contrib)  1211
Smedley, Dennis, 99th birthday  992
Smith, Andy (contrib)  3
Smith, Brian (obit)  1128
Smith, David (contrib)  564, 743–744, 786, 855–856, 948–949, 1216–1217
Smith, Elizabeth (contrib)  254–255, 669, 1067, 1069
Smith, Freda  340
Smith, Geoff (contrib)  434
Smith, George A, in memory of  236–237
Smith, Margaret, in memory of  84
Smith, Norman (obit)  239, 557–559
Smith, Raymond and Doreen, remembering  893
Smith, Richard A. (contrib): Halesworth, Suffolk, S Mary  338–340; Pannell’s notebook  776–778, 788–789, 828–829, 888–890, 914–915, 934–936; Tintinnalogia: or the Art of Ringing  399; "when did we start ringing?"  1097–1098
Smith, Robert 'Bob' Bevis (obit)  136, 689; legacy in stained glass  737
Smith, Simon (contrib)  825
Smithfield, C of London, Great St Bart’s  301, 302–303
social media  783
social side of ringing  145; "ladies just want to have fun"  964–965; "mine's a round"  966, 1083; personal benefits of ringing  147; ready-made group of friends  871; "unfriendly clique"  1119–1120
Society of Royal Cumberland Youths (SRCY)
 see Cumberland Youths
software: Abel  27 (let); artificial intelligence chatbot  147; Campana  1230
Songs of Praise, Julie McDonnell on  852–853
Sonneur  692–693
Sotheran, Peter (contrib)  89
sound of bells: appreciation for  252; avoiding those clashes  1135; Hawkear system  370, 373; neighbour objections  1083
sound of Suffolk bells  336
South Petherton, Somerset, S Peter & S Paul  803
Southrepps Doubles  22, 48, 92
Spanish wheel of bells  68, 75 (let), 98 (let)
Sparling, Gill (contrib)  386
spliced methods: Plain Bob Doubles to Maximus  637; Westminster Doubles  889
Spray, Richard H. (contrib)  431
SRCY
 see Cumberland Youths
Stafford, St Mary  282–284
stained glass: Bob Smith’s legacy  737; Project Resound  700; Yelvertoft, Northamps  1180
Stanford, David (contrib)  891
Stanford, Stephen (contrib)  710–711
Staniforth, Michael (obit)  21
Stansfeld, Timothy (contrib)  1079
Stanway, Glouc, S Peter  1068
stays, getting broken  317
Stedman: 2023 date touches  263; anniversary of first Stedman Doubles peal  97 (let), 123 (let); Brooks’s variation  30–31; catching up on Stedman composition  85; as Doubles of the month  871, 895, 919, 943; 'Stedman Bitriples' peal  62, 71; Triples date touches  286 (let)
Steele, Ted (contrib)  161, 162, 954
Stephens, Michael (contrib)  231, 651
Stephens, Tricia (contrib)  673
Stephenson, Clive (contrib)  19–20, 294, 1013
Stephenson, John W. (obit)  46, 294
Stephenson, Judy (contrib)  326
Stewardship & Management Workgroup
 see under CC workgroups
Stewart, Dianne (contrib)  64, 184
Stock, Nigel, Rt Revd, book review by  604
Stoecklin, Tina: CC president nomination  798; interview with  1093–1095; as new CC president  903
(contrib): female ringers  1067; insurance  1231; marketing of bellringing  950; understanding ringing from the external perspective  996–997, 1070
 see also 'President's Blog' (Stoecklin)
Stonehouse, Ian (contrib)  1048–1049, 1253
Storie, Fraser (contrib)  347–348
Streatley, Berkshire, S Mary  1065, 1066
Stretton, Staffs, S Mary  541 (let), 570 (let)
strike meters  693
striking: avoiding those clashes  1135; Hawkear system  370, 373; Pebworth Bells website  989–990
striking competitions: Cheltenham Minster  315; Devon Major Final  632–633; Essex Trophy  942; first National Call Change Competition  99, 587, 605, 606–609; George W Pipe Trophy  295; HCACR Coburn Trophy  635; Kimpton Cup  1064; Middlesex eight-bell  576; minor jottings on  1060; National Call Change Competition, Birmingham  587; ODG 8-bell contest  597; Ridgman trophy  668; Robert B Smith striking contest  972–973; SEECON 2023 competition  347–348; Whitechapel Trophy  1071
 see also National 12 Bell Striking Contest; Ringing World National Youth Contest
Stroud, Glos, Jim Hill  4
Stroud, Glos, S Laurence  805, 806
Studley, Warwickshire, Nativity of BVM  431
Suffolk Guild: bells of  324; centenary  321, 322, 323 (eds), 325, 344, 351 (let), 541 (let); East Bergholt, Suffolk, S Mary V  327; female leadership  325; Halesworth, Suffolk, S Mary  338–340; happy memories  397 (let); history of  322; learning to ring  327; 'Ring for the King'  326; Samuel J. Twitchett  328–330; sound of Suffolk bells  336; Suffolk-related ringing  323; tower quiz question  344; Troston, Suffolk, S Mary  333–335; Westhorpe, Suffolk  332
Suggett, Ruth (contrib)  331
Surrey Assoc: Guildford District QP weekend  1079; SWinging16 or Tales of Two Tower (Nunn)  799
Surrey Strikers  163
Sussex bells online directory  807
Sutherland, Andy (contrib)  253
Sutton, S James  438
Swanage Railway  1136
Swansea & Brecon DG: 5040 changes, a detective story  1199–1200; centenary  1254–1255
Sweet, Tig (contrib)  45
Sweeting, Adrian (contrib)  1086
SWinging16 or Tales of Two Tower (Nunn)  799
Switzerland, cowbells in Aarwangen  1098
Symonds, Caroline, Major Cllr  716

Tallis, Roy (obit)  88
taxation: avoiding VAT  21, 660–661, 702 (let); bell ropes  21; Gift Aid  76–77, 124, 166, 277, 376, 927; on tower funds  1228–1229
Taxonomy & Technology Workgroup
 see under CC workgroups
Taylor, Bridget (contrib)  183, 894, 988
Taylor-Connor, Bridget (contrib)  304
Taylor, Paul  98 (let)
Taylor, Sheila (contrib)  1058, 1114
Taylors
 see John Taylor & Co (bellfounder)
teaching ringing  969; "a North American travelling teacher"  743–744, 786–787, 855–856; "Angela and the horse"  634; charging for  77, 97 (let); joy of  28 (let); "learning to enjoy teaching"  331; Martin Paling as teacher  848; natural talent and retention of learners  5–7 (let), 27–28 (let), 55 (let), 74 (let); on the North West Ringing Course  827, 831; QP for the Flying Scotsman  228; "ringers will come and go"  5 (let); running a good practice  155; St Clements Ringing Centre  1214–1215; volunteering at residential courses  901; see also Ringing Teachers, Assoc of (ART)
Teasdale, Christopher (contrib)  439
technology: 3D-printed bell  211–212; Abel  27 (let); artificial intelligence chatbot  147; Campana  1230; deputy ringing master for online ringing  287; Hawkear  370, 373; odd-struckness  693, 900
50 Years Ago: proving compositions with a small computer  271
 see also online ringing
Tendring Doubles  890
terminology
 see ringing terminology
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, Abbey Ch of S Mary V  69, 70
Thomas, Jen (contrib)  298–299
Thomas, Neil (contrib)  25, 185, 257, 849, 1017, 1280
Thompson, Cordelia (contrib)  784
Thompson, Dr. Ian D. (obit)  276, 577
Thompson, Nick (contrib)  1194–1195
Thomson, Nick (contrib)  737
Thorley, Herts, S James  121, 255
Thorne, John (contrib)  45
Thorpe, Helena (contrib)  370, 373
'Thought for the week': Advent  1179; Anglican Feast Day of George Herbert  207; “are we nearly there yet?”  627; "at home with God"  779; "at the tail end"  255; atheism  563; avoiding those clashes  1135; bells of Heaven  919; "called to serve"  991; Candlemas  115; Charles III's coronation  366, 419; "come and celebrate"  1283; the Covenant  47; Epiphany  23, 91; failure  279; front cover photographs  159; get-out-of-jail free  299; giving thanks  1015; global witness  943; hand-clapping  231; helpful labelling  967; human flourishing  803; jubilee  343; King Alfred’s Tower, Somerset  67; leader of the country  535; Lent  183; "look to!"  895; Magnus the martyr  1111; modern world  1203; "must do better?"  319; ready-made group of friends  871; regular bellringing  603; "rest and reflection"  715; rhythms of the year  847; 'ring' and 'sing'  651; ring out in joy  1155; safeguarding training  583; Sts Peter and Paul feast day  675; "something to celebrate"  1039; "stand!"  1087; stretching exercise  1063; "summoned by bells"  695; "time for a break"  823; unity  759; warning bells  738; young ringers  139
Thurloxton, Somerset, S Giles  439
Thurmott, Maurice (obit)  316, 734
Time and Tide bells  738, 1017
Tintinnalogia  399, 621, 659 (let), 829
Tipler, Dudley  1046
Tiverton, Devon, S James  1120
Tolkien, J. R. R.  123 (let)
Tommasi, Giancarlo (obit)  939
Towcester, Northamptonshire, S Lawrence, Ridgman trophy  668
tower captains: 'President's Blog' (Linford)  590; running a good practice  155; "what makes a good tower captain?"  1107, 1142 (let)
tower funds  851, 927; tax  1228–1229; transferring  1121–1122; where to put  998
 see also money and ringing
tower open days
 see open days
tower tours  1071
Townsend, Les, birthday  571, 591 (let)
tradition, sense of  147
Travis, Ruth (contrib)  276
Tremain, Phil (contrib)  183, 627, 1015
Trio of the month  261 (let); Badbury Minimus  279; Baldrick Doubles  50, 92; Bastow Doubles  159; Bastow LB Minor  560, 848; Bayles  1110, 1122 (let), 1155; BiCLiC (Big Change, Little Change)  319, 1063; BiCLiC with variations  991; Boveney  919, 943; call changes by place  871; call changes the other way  186, 279; Cloister  1039; Darling Point  1135, 1155; diminishing and incremental rounds  779, 848; Face outwards  583, 651; Fletton  602, 651; handbells  1179, 1239; hunting the treble  695; Huntingfield  231, 279; Jump call changes  138; Kaleidoscope  895, 1200, 1203; Melancholy  47, 92; Mexican wave  715, 736; "minor jottings"  111; Poyle Doubles  1014; Reverse Durham  627, 651; Russian Roulette  179; Switcheroo  114; two-and-two and three-and-two  1283; up and down in peal  1087, 1155; Whitefield exercise  759; whole pull and stand  22, 92; York LB Minor  802, 848
Troston, Suffolk, S Mary  333–335
Trout family triumph  632–633
Trowbridge, Wilts, S James  1210
Truro, Cornwall, Cath & P Ch of S Mary  1227
Truro DG: 50th anniversary dinner in Cornwall  1272; Eastern District QP day  62
Tuhey, Rosemary (contrib)  137
Tulloch Ringing Centre, Scotland: Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Leicestershire ringers  644; Reading and Friends Tulloch Fest  1133; Tulloch improver’s week  1280–1281
tuning bells: 25 Years Ago  175; 100 Years Ago  204, 231; long-waisted bells  1242–1243
Turner, Catherine (contrib)  1133
Turner, Malcolm (contrib)  63
Turner, Matthew (contrib)  435, 804
twelve-bell ringing
 see under 12 at head of index
Twitchett, Samuel J.  328–330
Tyson, Kathryn (contrib)  1081

Ukrainian Unity Day  137
United States: "a North American travelling teacher"  743–744, 786–787, 855–856, 948–949; Charleston, South Carolina peal weekend  1272; Chicago, Mitchell Tower  587, 880; 'Couch to 41'  568–569; Groton School and change ringing in North America  119, 157–158; Grytviken, South Georgia  143, 215 (let), 227, 239 (let); Hingham Memorial Bell Tower, MA  856; Kalamazoo College, Stetson Chapel  1159–1160; 'Ring for the King'  433
University Guilds
 see under named university e.g. London University Society (ULSCR)
university ringing, "how to make friends"  784–785, 808
unringable bells
 see non-ringable bells
Uphill, Michael (contrib)  314, 630–631, 633, 1046

VAT (money and ringing)  21, 660–661, 702 (let)
Veal, Clare (contrib)  325
Vear, Jennifer (obit)  1082
Vernet-les-Bains, France  760, 1013, 1035
Verona, Italy, Cath Ch  822–823
Veronese Association  656–657
Vickars, Steve and Judith (contrib)  533
Virji, Jadd (contrib)  709
virtual ringing
 see online ringing
The Voice of the Church: Bells and bellringers in the life of the Church of England (Drinkwater)  372, 541 (let), 570 (let), 604, 624
von Wantoch, Lian (contrib)  345, 346

Wakefield, Bruce (contrib)  584
Walker, Anthony (contrib)  780, 1056–1057
Walker, Simon (contrib)  556
Wallace, Robert (contrib)  721
Wallasey, Nick (contrib)  690
Walpole, Michael (contrib)  711, 716
Walter, Colin Leslie (obit)  416
Warboys, Frank (contrib)  255
Warboys, Stephanie (contrib)  1109, 1218
Ward, Nick (contrib)  259–260, 676, 1246–1247
Washington, DC, Emancipation Bells  23
Watson, Jenny (contrib)  389
Watson, Ollie (contrib)  293
Wayfarers outings  1048–1049
Webster, Richard (contrib)  426
wedding ringers  902 (let); for individual occasions see marriages
weddings, same-sex  165 (let), 214 (let) 
Welby, Lincs, S Bartholomew  1, 2
Wells, Somerset, Cath Ch  300
Welsh, Caroline (contrib)  626
West Cork Ringing Festival  1021
West Cork Ringing Weekend  542
Westhorpe, Suffolk, S Margaret  332
Westley Award for Church Belfry Maintenance and Improvement  211
Westman, Anne (contrib)  920, 992
Westminster Doubles  889
Westminster, Greater London, Collegiate Ch of S Peter: Charles III's coronation  366; Commonwealth Day  287
Wheeler family ringing  439
Whichford, Warks, S Michael  628
White, Andrew (contrib)  144–145, 205–206, 1025
White, James (contrib)  431
White, Simon, Revd Canon (contrib)  299, 759, 1155
Whitechapel Bell Foundry Ltd  1178
Whitechapel Trophy  1071
Whitefield exercise  759
Whitehead, David (contrib)  87
Whitehead, Mavis (obit)  1060, 1197–1198
Whiteley, Maggie (contrib)  2
Whittingtons (change)  75 (let), 97 (let)
Wightman, Jimmy (obit)  45
Wigney, Mike (contrib)  643
Wilby, Michael (contrib)  533
Wild, Val (contrib)  986
Williams, Jenny (contrib)  626
Williams, Mary (obit)  45
Williams, Natasha (contrib)  942
Williams, Nigel (contrib)  1105
Williamson, Jonathan (contrib)  540
Willingale, Essex, S Christopher  439
wills, leaving money to belfries  306–307
Willson, Rhoda (contrib)  1128
Wilson, Nich (contrib)  1273
Wilson, Richard Max (obit)  64
Wilson, Rowan: (contrib)  649; as Suffolk Guild chair  325
Wimbledon, Greater London, S Mary  918, 920
Winchester & Portsmouth DG (W&PDG): Alton & Petersfield District  430; Channel Islands tour  588–589; RWNYC winners  720–721, 723; "what makes a successful young ringers weekend?"  730
Winchester, Hants, Cath Ch of Holy Trinity, S Peter, S Paul & S Swithun  636, 1177
Windsor, Berkshire, Curfew Tower, HM Free Chapel of S George, Windsor Castle  431
Winkless-Clark, Chris (contrib)  961
Winter, Alan (contrib)  668
winter, ringing practices during  67
Wisdom for Worship Bands: Advice from Unexpected Places (Leach)  879
Witchell, David (contrib)  366, 823, 1283
Wolsey’s Bell, Sherborne Abbey  72–73, 108–109, 131–133
Wolton, Caroline (contrib)  326
Wombwell, South Yorkshire, S Mary  916–917
Women's Institute bell ringing taster bells  1139–1140
Wood, C. Dorothy (obit)  623
Wood, Clive (contrib)  140
Woodgate, Rebecca (contrib)  690
Woodruffe, Brian (contrib)  764–766, 819
Woods, Lionel S. (obit)  19–20
Woodstock, Cape Town, S Mary V  1113, 1114
Woodward, Lucy (contrib)  263
Wooler, Stephen (contrib)  416
Woolpit, Suffolk, S Mary V  993, 994
Worthington, Tessa (contrib)  628
Wotton, Paul (contrib)  1119–1120
Wray, James (contrib)  897, 1157
Wrexham, N Wales, as city  22
Wright, Chris (contrib)  535, 1020
Wyatt, Doug (contrib)  121

Yarburgh, Lincolnshire, S John Bapt  432
Yellowyoyo  950, 996–997
Yelvertoft, Northamps, All Saints  1180
York Colleges Guild  785, 942, 1038
York LB Minor  802, 848
York, N Yorks, Cath & Metropolitical Church of S Peter (York Minster): winning the White Rose  1096
Ringing World National Youth Contest: 2023 results  698; call change teams  728–729; "from the judges"  720; "from the winners"  720–721; method ringing teams  728; "organiser's view"  718–719; return to York  679; Robert Lewis Trophy for Excellence  698, 723; Whitechapel Trophy  698, 723
Yorkshire Assoc (YACR), Western branch QP week  204
Yorkshire Tykes  609, 1183
Young, Hayley (contrib)  1227
young ringers
 see ringers, young
Ypres, Belgium, S George  386