The 15 bells in the tower have provided music for the U of I’s campus for over 100 years. The bells weigh seven-and-a-half tons altogether, and the largest comes in at around 3,000 pounds.

In November 2021, we celebrate 50 years since the present bells were dedicated, and 100 years since the Abbey’s Company of Ringers was founded. To mark the occasion, David Dearnley, Secretary of the ...

A vicar has defended a church bell ringing after online criticism over the early hour of its chimes. St John the Baptist ...

By European standards, these ancient Chinese bronze bells are enormous. Nothing on this scale would be cast in Europe until the Middle Ages, over fifteen hundred years later. But the role of bells ...

By European standards, these ancient Chinese bronze bells are enormous. Nothing on this scale would be cast in Europe until the Middle Ages, over fifteen hundred years later. But the role of bells ...