Cathedral Church of St James, Bury St Edmunds
The Suffolk Guild of Ringers serves most of the county of Suffolk. However, there are a few towers in the extreme north-east of the county that belong to the Norwich Diocesan Association.
The Suffolk Guild of Ringers was founded in 1923 to look after bellringing in the new Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich and Charles Sedgley was its first Ringing Master. It now has over 600 members. There are 258 churches with 4 or more bells hung for change ringing, 178 of which are ringable.
Suffolk has the lightest ring of 12 bells hung in a church tower (Grundisburgh, 8cwt), the oldest ring of 8 bells in the world (Horham, 1672) and the heaviest ring of 5 in the world (East Bergholt, 26cwt). East Bergholt bells have another claim to fame in that it requires a rather special technique to ring them. The bells are hung in a frame at ground level and are rung by a handle carved into the headstock of each bell. The heaviest bell in Suffolk hung for change ringing lives at St Mary-Le-Tower in Ipswich and weighs 35 cwt.
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SE District Mid-week practice, Dennington
An Evening of Chamber Music with The Guidonion Ensemble, Bardwell Church
Marlesford Practice, Marlesford
Veterans' Day, Debenham
Mid-week Ringing, Offton
Young Ringers Practice, Tostock
NE District Practice, Blaxhall
Old Time Farming Day, Bridge Farm, Chediston
Ruby & Her Horses, Thornham Magna Village Hall
SW District Mini Tour,
Fifth Tuesday Practice, Stowmarket
NW District Practice, Rougham
SE District Quarter Peals, Henley, Ashbocking & Otley
NE District Mini Tour,
Open Day at The Folly, Claydon
Mid-week Ringing, Kersey
Marlesford Practice, Marlesford