As I am sure you are aware the bellringers of Whitchurch Canonicorum and Chideock have been busy restoring the bells in the churches of St.Candida and Holy Cross and St.Giles, Chideock. A film about these events was funded by a Heritage Lottery Grant and includes footage of the removal of the bells and when they […]
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CHURCH IS FULL FOR DEDICATION OF THE BELLS SERVICE
Continue Reading · September 23, 2012
The Church Service at St.Giles for the ‘dedication and blessing’ of the bells was a great success. The Archdeacon of Sherborne and the Rev.Stephen Skinner blessed the bells which were then rung by our great team of bellringers. The Archdeacon also blessed the new Altar Cross which had been sculpted out of oak from the original […]
ST.GILES BELLS – SERVICE OF DEDICATION wed 19th September
Continue Reading · September 13, 2012
A Service of Dedication & Thanksgiving will be held at St.Giles Church on Wednesday 19th September to celebrate the refurbishment of the church bells. The Archdeacon of Sherborne will arrive at 6-40 pm to ‘bless’ the bells followed by the service of dedication at 7.00pm. After the service Mike and Helen at The Clockhouse will […]
THE CLOCK HOUSE RAISES £2,700 FOR THE ST.GILES BELLS PROJECT
Continue Reading · August 2, 2012
The Clock House presents a cheque to the bell ringers of £2,700 towards the Bell Project. Mike and Helen gave the cheque to Dave Symonds, bell captain at a special presentation at The Clock. The team at the Clock House have raised this amazing sum of money by way of race nights, raffles, etc., It […]
THE CHIDEOCK BELL TOWER OPEN AFTERNOON
Continue Reading · July 18, 2012
On Saturday afternoon many villagers and visitors to the area climbed up the narrow stone staircase to the Bell Tower to inspect the new bells. Dave Symonds, Bell Captain, was on hand to show people around and explain the workings of the bell pulleys, wheels, etc., It was a very interesting talk and it was […]