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.

It has been a exactly a year since this list was updated and many new rings have been installed. You will see that the list has grown: new additions include Billington, a new Higby octave. Six of the pots from Old Langho have gone to Colne and are replaced by ten new ones. The Bishops-Ting-Tong has now moved to its intended home after a brief stay in Kingsteignton as the Kings-Ting-Tong and the list sees the addition of the first unringable mini-ring at Kingswood!

Three rings have been dismantled: The Summer House Campanile, Shepton Mallet, the Brockenhurst Campanile and the remarkable Hillbrow Campanile in Liss where it all started. All is not lost however, since Roger Barber is currently rehanging his portable octave in a permanent location in West Liss and augmenting to twelve. The Red Light Ring has moved from Southampton to Clevedon with a visit to Ringing Roadshow on the way. Leigh End have been augmented and has a new website - in fact many website links have been updated.

Finally, if anyone can fill in missing details or provide me with information about the three near Tavistock or anything else that is not included, I would be pleased to hear from you.

Matthew Higby has various bells and fittings lying around his workshop so if you are interested you might wish to contact him.

Those marked '+' are ceramic bells and those marked '*' are under construction.

Directory of Mini-rings

Location Name Bells Weight Key

Ainderby Steeple, North Yorkshire The Campanile+ 12(2) 18¼lb G

Aldbourne, Wiltshire The Old Forge Campanile 8 10lb 0oz G

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

Belper, Derbyshire The Campanile 6 10lb 6oz Ab

Berkeley, Gloucestershire The Mews Ring+ 6 1lb 13oz A

Billington, Lancashire The Campanile 8 9lb 4oz D

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

Bishopstoke, Hampshire Under construction* 10?

Braintree, Essex The Garage-le-Tower Campanile+ 6 0-1-4 F#

Capheaton, Northumbria The Clock Mill Campanile# 8 10lb 11oz G

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

Chilcompton, Somerset The Campanile 10 11lb 0oz Ab

Clevedon, Somerset The Red Light Ring+ 6 10½lb

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

Colne, Lancashire The Campanile+* 6 7¾lb E

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

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

Exmouth, Devon The Garage, Bapton Lane 6 1lb 9½oz F#

Fobbing, Essex The Barstaple Campanile 6 22lb D

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

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

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

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

Hook, Hampshire The Ambergate Campanile 10 10lb 4oz F#

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 (unringable) 6 7oz D

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

Longhope, Gloucestershire The Campanile 6 9lb 10oz G

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

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

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

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

Old Langho, Lancashire The Brockhall Campanile+* 10 6lb C

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 Jephta Pacey Memorial Ring+ 3 2lb 11oz

Shelford, Nottinghamshire Under construction* 6

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

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 8 8½oz Ab

Swanage, Dorset The Beehive 6 10lb 15oz Ab

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

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

Towcester, Northamptonshire 12 Watling Street 6 3lb 6oz A

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

West Liss, Hampshire Under construction* 12 16lb E

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

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

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

# The Clock Mill Campanile is also portable.

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Directory of Mini-rings
Location	Name	Bells	Weight	Key
Ainderby Steeple, North Yorkshire	The Campanile+	12(2)	18¼lb	G
Aldbourne, Wiltshire	The Old Forge Campanile	8	10lb 0oz	G
Appleton, Oxfordshire	The Balscote Ring	12(5)	1-2-16	Bb
Belper, Derbyshire	The Campanile	6	10lb 6oz	Ab
Berkeley, Gloucestershire	The Mews Ring+	6	1lb 13oz	A
Billington, Lancashire	The Campanile	8	9lb 4oz	D
Bishopsteignton, Devon	Bishops-Ting-Tong	6	10lb 0oz	G
Bishopstoke, Hampshire	Under construction*	10?
Braintree, Essex	The Garage-le-Tower Campanile+	6	0-1-4	F#
Capheaton, Northumbria	The Clock Mill Campanile#	8	10lb 11oz	G
Carmel, Indiana, USA	Carmel Campanile	8	10lb 3oz	F#
Chilcompton, Somerset	The Campanile	10	11lb 0oz	Ab
Clevedon, Somerset	The Red Light Ring+	6	10½lb
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
Colne, Lancashire	The Campanile+*	6	7¾lb	E
East Huntspill, Somerset	Little Orchard Tower	10	21lb 9oz	D
Exmouth, Devon	The Bedroom, Bapton Lane	10	5lb 8oz	C
Exmouth, Devon	The Garage, Bapton Lane	6	1lb 9½oz	F#
Fobbing, Essex	The Barstaple Campanile	6	22lb	D
Framlingham, Suffolk	Well Close Square Campanile+	8	4lb 13oz
Gosport, Hampshire	The Jack & Jill House Campanile	8	10oz	Bb
Guernsey, Channel Islands	Les Clloches d'Âne	6	10lb 0oz	E
Holme Lacy, Herefordshire	The Workshop Campanile	8	1lb 8oz	G
Hook, Hampshire	The Ambergate Campanile	10	10lb 4oz	F#
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 (unringable)	6	7oz	D
Leigh Sinton, Worcestershire	Lower House Farm	12(1)	1lb 8½oz	C
Longhope, Gloucestershire	The Campanile	6	9lb 10oz	G
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
Nairn, Inverness-shire	Druim Croft Campanile	8	1-0-11	C
Newmarket, Suffolk	Mindinho-le-Tower	10	8lb 14½oz	C#
Northallerton, North Yorkshire	The Romanby Green Campanile+	8	3½lb	Eb
Old Langho, Lancashire	The Brockhall Campanile+*	10	6lb	C
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 Jephta Pacey Memorial Ring+	3	2lb 11oz
Shelford, Nottinghamshire	Under construction*	6
Southampton, Hampshire	The Hartley Twelve	12	15lb 6oz	Eb
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	8	8½oz	Ab
Swanage, Dorset	The Beehive	6	10lb 15oz	Ab
Taunton, Somerset	Potters Yard	10	1-1-9½	Ab
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire	The Shed	10	16lb 4oz	F#
Towcester, Northamptonshire	12 Watling Street	6	3lb 6oz	A
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
West Liss, Hampshire	Under construction*	12	16lb	E
Wheatley, Oxfordshire	Leigh End	8	0-2-8	C
Wickford, Essex	The Louvaine Campanile	8	8lb 10oz	F#
Willingham, Cambridgeshire	The Millcroft Campanile	10	15lb 6oz	Eb