July 2009

 

 

 

Hexham Abbey, Northumberland.
The Priory and Parish Church of Saint Andrew

Usual Ringing Times

Sunday Service

9.15 am to 9.55 am

 (check for changes to service ringing)

5.30 pm to 6.25 pm*

 

 

Thursday Practice

(check for changes to practice night)

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

 

Advanced practice

(either last Tuesday in the month, or last Wednesday in school holidays)

7:15 pm to 9:00 pm

 

*We occasionally ring quarter peals for Sunday evening service – these will be shown below.

 

Another way of checking up on our ringing times is to visit the new bookings diary 2009, which we are keeping 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.

 

 

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). Please take care on the spiral stairs – a lot of them are very worn.

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 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.

 

 

Practice night & service ringing changes 2009

Original date / time

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New date / time

Sunday, 08/02/09, 9.15 – 9.55

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No morning service ringing – band away in North Yorkshire

Sunday, 19/04/09, 9.15 – 9.55

 

Sunday, 19/04/09, 8.45 – 9.25

Thursday, 21/05/09

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No practice – Ascension Day service at 7.30pm. A quarter will be attempted before it.

Sunday, 26/07/09

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No service ringing – band away on Isle of Wight trip

Thursday, 30/07/09

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No practice – band away on Isle of Wight trip

 

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Sunday evening service quarter peals in 2009

If we are ringing a quarter peal or if we have a visiting band, the bells will not be available to visitors for general service ringing. However, it may be worthwhile contacting the Tower Captain if you are going to be in Hexham when we are aiming to ring a quarter for evening service – we may be glad of you to ring in it!

Date / time

Method

Sunday, 1st February 2009, 5.10pm

Stedman Caters

Sunday, 8th February 2009, 5.10pm

Stedman Caters

Sunday, 15th March 2009, 5.10pm

Plain Bob Caters

Easter Sunday, 12th April 2009, 5.10pm

Plain Bob Royal

Sunday, 26th April 2009, 5.10pm

Norfolk Surprise Major?

Sunday, 3rd May 2009, 5.10pm

Cambridge Surprise Minor (striking contest band)

Sunday, 7th June 2009, 5.10pm

Yorkshire Surprise Major? (striking contest band)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maintained by Clive Moon
Last modified 01/07/2009