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Hexham Abbey, Northumberland.
The Priory and Parish Church
of Saint Andrew
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Usual
Ringing Times
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Sunday Service
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9.15am to 10.00am
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(check for changes
to service ringing)
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5.30pm to 6.30pm*
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Tuesday 6 bell
practice (silent)
(Check calendar)
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5.30 – 7.00pm
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Thursday Practice
(check for changes to
practice night)
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7:00pm to 9:00pm
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Advanced
practice
(usually last Monday
in the month, or last Wednesday in school holidays, but please check our calendar)
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7:15pm to 9:00pm
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*We occasionally ring quarter peals for Sunday evening service,
usually the first Sunday in the month – please check by visiting
our ringing calendar 2012. They are kept up to date with
service ringing, practice nights, quarter peals, weddings, visiting
ringers, etc.
Visitors
Visiting ringers are
welcome to attend practices or service rings without notice, but please
contact one of the guild officers if you want to
check that we are ringing. If there are likely to be larger numbers of
visitors we would appreciate some warning.
The bells are
available for visiting bands and occasionally for peal attempts. Contact
the Secretary for details or to apply. The charge for
peals is £4.00 per rope.
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Access
When the Abbey is open, access to the tower is from small
door on the right at the top of the “midnight stairs” within the
Abbey. Climb the first flight of spiral stairs all the way to the top, walk
along the clerestory, and the next few spiral stairs will lead you to a
spacious ringing chamber (no problem about entering while we are ringing).
When the Abbey is shut access is via a door which leads
into the “slype” from the west side of the south transept (the
opposite side from Beaumont
Street / Market Place). This door is next to a
grassed area which has the empty Abbey clinic / magistrates’ courts car
park on one side and the Abbey nave on the other. There is a ringers’
bell on the left hand side above the lintel of this door. If a ringer rings
this bell a key will be thrown from the south transept roof. Enter the Abbey,
ascend the broad “midnight stairs” and follow the directions above.
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