Mini-ring Directory

The table describes all the known mini-rings. The number of bells in the diatonic ring are shown with the number of semitones indicated in parenthesis where applicable. I also maintain a list of portable rings. For more information about any of them either follow the associated link or e-mail me.

Roughly speaking, the criteria for inclusion are that the ring must be under private ownership with a tenor under two hundredweight or, if under public ownership then the tenor must weigh one hundredweight or less.

Quite a few changes since I last updated the site. Thanks to everyone who sends me information, please keep it coming. Please accept my apologies if you sent me updates months ago and only just seen them change. Please do keep me posted if you know of any changes.

There are lots of updates this time. Some requre explanation... Potters Yard in Taunton are currently unavailable because access to ring the bells is so difficult - they are hung in the middle of Bob Parker's bellhanging works.

The Billington bells have moved to Barnoldswick replacing the ring that was under construction there. Matthew Blurton is constructing a ceramic ten in Nafferton and Michael Wilby is moving the Rack to his new home in Great Barr.

One of the earliest mini-rings is the late Frank Mack's ring of six formerly housed in his garage. His wife has donated them to the Guild of Devonshire Ringers and they are now portable, living mainly at Kingsteinton. The Bedroom bells will be moving too, probably to Withycombe Raleigh church. More information as it happens...

There are rumours that the Old Hayes Campanile at Cockshutt has been dismantled and the Parc Campanile too so I will try to ascertain the situation. Please let me know if you have any information.

Just to clarify, the Red Light Ring moved to Shelford and was renamed the Cuckoo Tower. The former version of this list showed two different rings. To cloud the issue there is a new ring there called the Mousetrap Ring.

Those marked '+' are ceramic bells, those marked '*' are under construction and # indicates the ring is also portable (## Indicates that part of the ring is portable). A ring in italics is unringable or not available.

Directory of Mini-rings

Location Name Bells Weight Key

Appleton, Oxfordshire The Balscote Ring 12(5) 1-2-16 Bb

Armitage, Staffordshire The Campanile 8 10lb 6oz G

Barnoldswick, Lancashire The Coach House, S Mary le Ghyll 8 9lb 4oz D
Belper, Derbyshire The Campanile 6 10lb 6oz Ab

Binley Woods, Warwickshire The Bell Tower 6 1½lb

Bishopsteignton, Devon Bishops-Ting-Tong 6 10lb 0oz G

Branston, Lincolnshire The Woodside Campanile+## 8 5lb 8oz Eb

Brockenhurst, Hampshire Old Gas Works Campanile 8 9½oz C

Brockenhurst, Hampshire Washroom Ring 8 6½oz G

Carmel, Indiana, USA Carmel Campanile 8 10lb 3oz F#

Chilcompton, Somerset The Campanile 10 11lb 0oz Ab

Claydon, Suffolk The Folly 8 15lb 9 oz E

Cockshutt, Shropshire The Old Hayes Campanile 5 4lb 15¼oz F#

Cockshutt, Shropshire The Ringmore Campanile 6 0-3-25 Bb

Colden Common, Hampshire The Maybells Campanile+ 12(2) 11¼lb B

East Huntspill, Somerset Little Orchard Tower 10 21lb 9oz D

Exmouth, Devon The Bedroom, Bapton Lane 10 5lb 8oz C

Fobbing, Essex The Barstaple Campanile 6 22lb D

Framlingham, Suffolk Well Close Square Campanile+ 8 4lb 13oz

Frosterley, County Durham The Black Bull Ring# 8 10lb 11oz G

Gosport, Hampshire The Jack & Jill House Campanile 8 10oz Bb

Great Barr, Birmingham The Rack 6 3lb 6oz A

Guernsey, Channel Islands Les Clloches d'Âne 6 10lb 0oz E

Highnam, Gloucestershire The Longhope Campanile* 6 9lb 10oz G

Holme Lacy, Herefordshire The Workshop Campanile 8 1lb 8oz G

Hooe, East Sussex Dewby's Bells# 8 21.4lb B

Hopton Heath, Shropshire The Fire Ring 8 0-2-8 C

Keele, Staffordshire Woodlands 8 0-3-19 A#

Kingswood, Gloucestershire The Trap Door Ring 6 7oz D

Lambourne, Berkshire Far Corfe Campanile* 12

Leigh Sinton, Worcestershire Lower House Farm 12(1) 1lb 8½oz C

Lincoln, Lincolnshire Chedburgh Campanile+ 8 2lb 7oz C

Liss, Hampshire Under construction* 12 16lb E

Mark, Somerset The Conkers Campanile+ 8 6¾lb A

Marston Bigot, Somerset Pig-le-Tower 8 20lb 11oz D

Measham, Leicestershire The Garage Ring 6 15.2oz Db

Messingham, Lincolnshire The Tills' Campanile+ 10 5lb 1¼oz D

Nafferton, East Yorkshire The Garage Ring+* 10 ? ?

Nairn, Inverness-shire Druim Croft Campanile 8 1-0-11 C

Newmarket, Suffolk Mindinho-le-Tower 10 8lb 14½oz C#

Newport, Essex The Ellen Campanile 8 10lb 0oz G

Northallerton, North Yorkshire The Romanby Green Campanile+ 8 3½lb Eb

Old Stoke, Ipswich, Suffolk The Wolery 8 9lb 8oz G

Overton, Hampshire The Campanile+ 6 6lb E

Parc, Bala, Gwynedd The Campanile 5 11lb 0oz F#

Platt, Kent Piltdown House Campanile 12 22lb 7oz Eb

St. Neots, Cambridgeshire The Parkway Campanile 6 16lb 4oz E

Sale, Cheshire Woodville Drive 8 1lb C

Sapcote, Leicestershire The Harecroft Ring 8 12lb 2oz Ab

Sawley, Derbyshire The Jeptha Pacey Memorial Ring+ 3 2lb 11oz B

Shelford, Nottinghamshire The Cuckoo Tower+ 6 10lb 8oz C#

Shelford, Nottinghamshire The Mousetrap Ring 8 4lb ?

Southampton, Hampshire The Hartley Twelve 12 15lb 6oz Eb

Storrington, Sussex Storrington Six+* 6 23lb

Stoulton, Worcestershire The Campanile 12 1-1-11 Bb

Stoulton, Worcestershire The Foundry Workshop 6 0-2-9 F#

Stubbington, Hampshire The Narnia Campanile 10 16lb 8oz F

Stubbington, Hampshire The Midways Campanile 10 11¼oz F#

Taunton, Somerset Potters Yard 10 1-1-9½ Ab

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire Bellflowermews+* 4 2lb 12oz Bb

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire Bellflowerpots+* 5 8lb 8oz C

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire Bellflowering 6 10lb 6oz G

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire The Shed 10 16lb 4oz F#

Walsoken, Norfolk The Coleridge Campanile 8 10lb 0oz G

Warden Hill, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire St. Christopher 6 0-2-7 C

Warnham, West Sussex The Bell Meadow Peal## 10 21lb Eb

Washington, West Sussex Chanctonbury Ring+ 12(2) 24.5lb G

West Meon, Hampshire The Meonside Campanile 8 11lb 3oz E

Wheatley, Oxfordshire Leigh End 8 0-2-8 C

Whitacre Heath, Warwickshire The Campanile 6 11 oz

Wickford, Essex The Louvaine Campanile 8 8lb 10oz F#

Willingham, Cambridgeshire The Millcroft Campanile 10 15lb 6oz Eb

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Directory of Mini-rings
Location	Name	Bells	Weight	Key
Appleton, Oxfordshire	The Balscote Ring	12(5)	1-2-16	Bb
Armitage, Staffordshire	The Campanile	8	10lb 6oz	G
Barnoldswick, Lancashire	The Coach House, S Mary le Ghyll	8	9lb 4oz	D
Belper, Derbyshire	The Campanile	6	10lb 6oz	Ab
Binley Woods, Warwickshire	The Bell Tower	6	1½lb
Bishopsteignton, Devon	Bishops-Ting-Tong	6	10lb 0oz	G
Branston, Lincolnshire	The Woodside Campanile+##	8	5lb 8oz	Eb
Brockenhurst, Hampshire	Old Gas Works Campanile	8	9½oz	C
Brockenhurst, Hampshire	Washroom Ring	8	6½oz	G
Carmel, Indiana, USA	Carmel Campanile	8	10lb 3oz	F#
Chilcompton, Somerset	The Campanile	10	11lb 0oz	Ab
Claydon, Suffolk	The Folly	8	15lb 9 oz	E
Cockshutt, Shropshire	The Old Hayes Campanile	5	4lb 15¼oz	F#
Cockshutt, Shropshire	The Ringmore Campanile	6	0-3-25	Bb
Colden Common, Hampshire	The Maybells Campanile+	12(2)	11¼lb	B
East Huntspill, Somerset	Little Orchard Tower	10	21lb 9oz	D
Exmouth, Devon	The Bedroom, Bapton Lane	10	5lb 8oz	C
Fobbing, Essex	The Barstaple Campanile	6	22lb	D
Framlingham, Suffolk	Well Close Square Campanile+	8	4lb 13oz
Frosterley, County Durham	The Black Bull Ring#	8	10lb 11oz	G
Gosport, Hampshire	The Jack & Jill House Campanile	8	10oz	Bb
Great Barr, Birmingham	The Rack	6	3lb 6oz	A
Guernsey, Channel Islands	Les Clloches d'Âne	6	10lb 0oz	E
Highnam, Gloucestershire	The Longhope Campanile*	6	9lb 10oz	G
Holme Lacy, Herefordshire	The Workshop Campanile	8	1lb 8oz	G
Hooe, East Sussex	Dewby's Bells#	8	21.4lb	B
Hopton Heath, Shropshire	The Fire Ring	8	0-2-8	C
Keele, Staffordshire	Woodlands	8	0-3-19	A#
Kingswood, Gloucestershire	The Trap Door Ring	6	7oz	D
Lambourne, Berkshire	Far Corfe Campanile*	12
Leigh Sinton, Worcestershire	Lower House Farm	12(1)	1lb 8½oz	C
Lincoln, Lincolnshire	Chedburgh Campanile+	8	2lb 7oz	C
Liss, Hampshire	Under construction*	12	16lb	E
Mark, Somerset	The Conkers Campanile+	8	6¾lb	A
Marston Bigot, Somerset	Pig-le-Tower	8	20lb 11oz	D
Measham, Leicestershire	The Garage Ring	6	15.2oz	Db
Messingham, Lincolnshire	The Tills' Campanile+	10	5lb 1¼oz	D
Nafferton, East Yorkshire	The Garage Ring+*	10	?	?
Nairn, Inverness-shire	Druim Croft Campanile	8	1-0-11	C
Newmarket, Suffolk	Mindinho-le-Tower	10	8lb 14½oz	C#
Newport, Essex	The Ellen Campanile	8	10lb 0oz	G
Northallerton, North Yorkshire	The Romanby Green Campanile+	8	3½lb	Eb
Old Stoke, Ipswich, Suffolk	The Wolery	8	9lb 8oz	G
Overton, Hampshire	The Campanile+	6	6lb	E
Parc, Bala, Gwynedd	The Campanile	5	11lb 0oz	F#
Platt, Kent	Piltdown House Campanile	12	22lb 7oz	Eb
St. Neots, Cambridgeshire	The Parkway Campanile	6	16lb 4oz	E
Sale, Cheshire	Woodville Drive	8	1lb	C
Sapcote, Leicestershire	The Harecroft Ring	8	12lb 2oz	Ab
Sawley, Derbyshire	The Jeptha Pacey Memorial Ring+	3	2lb 11oz	B
Shelford, Nottinghamshire	The Cuckoo Tower+	6	10lb 8oz	C#
Shelford, Nottinghamshire	The Mousetrap Ring	8	4lb	?
Southampton, Hampshire	The Hartley Twelve	12	15lb 6oz	Eb
Storrington, Sussex	Storrington Six+*	6	23lb
Stoulton, Worcestershire	The Campanile	12	1-1-11	Bb
Stoulton, Worcestershire	The Foundry Workshop	6	0-2-9	F#
Stubbington, Hampshire	The Narnia Campanile	10	16lb 8oz	F
Stubbington, Hampshire	The Midways Campanile	10	11¼oz	F#
Taunton, Somerset	Potters Yard	10	1-1-9½	Ab
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire	Bellflowermews+*	4	2lb 12oz	Bb
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire	Bellflowerpots+*	5	8lb 8oz	C
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire	Bellflowering	6	10lb 6oz	G
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire	The Shed	10	16lb 4oz	F#
Walsoken, Norfolk	The Coleridge Campanile	8	10lb 0oz	G
Warden Hill, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire	St. Christopher	6	0-2-7	C
Warnham, West Sussex	The Bell Meadow Peal##	10	21lb	Eb
Washington, West Sussex	Chanctonbury Ring+	12(2)	24.5lb	G
West Meon, Hampshire	The Meonside Campanile	8	11lb 3oz	E
Wheatley, Oxfordshire	Leigh End	8	0-2-8	C
Whitacre Heath, Warwickshire	The Campanile	6	11 oz
Wickford, Essex	The Louvaine Campanile	8	8lb 10oz	F#
Willingham, Cambridgeshire	The Millcroft Campanile	10	15lb 6oz	Eb