Ringing Up at St Mary the Virgin, Rotherhithe

Many thanks to Louise Booth for giving me so much time and flexibility and thanks once more to Father Mark Nicholls who helped arrange the access.
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[@atticuslikesbees]

Algorithm discovery! So grateful 🌟

[@hereticatious]

Me too - I know there's people interested out there - but it's hard to get KZbin to show it to them. I'm so glad you found my channel.

[@louisramosa]

My ancestors lived in Elephant Lane in the 1800s, this church was where they got hatched matched and dispatched according to the family history records. It was very interesting to stumble on this video. I'm in NZ, and am unlikely to ever get to Rotherhithe in person, so this is the best chance I'll get to hear these bells 😊

[@hereticatious]

How delightful to hear from you. Do checkout my other Rotherhithe videos - starting here kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4SYnn59bbOKqrM

[@denisebutler4289]

Just amazing. All that history and how it works. Fascinating

[@hereticatious]

Watch out for next weeks video when I try to really get to the "Ding"

[@Steven_Rowe]

The back 6 bells were cast by Thomas Lester in 1748. Two lighter bells were added and cast by Tayors bell foundry of Loughborough in 1996. The tenor bell weighs 10 cwt 2 quarters 5lbs, which is 536kg.

[@hereticatious]

Not much you can buy today that will still be good in the year 2300! Amazing.

[@Steven_Rowe]

@hereticatious bery true indeed. Bell ringing is bery therapeutic mentally as it is about following graphical patterns to get different sequences. So basically whilst all the bells start in order 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 the bells change position. There are a few simple rules A bell can change position or stay in the same position. A bell can only swap one position at a time with the bell before it or the bell following it. The number or sequences is the factorial of the number of bells . So 2 bells only two positions when you get to 8 bells it is 40320 when you get to 12. Bells it is 479001600. You can ring a bell of 5040 changes in anywhere between 2hr 30 and 4 hours 30 on a heavy peal of bells . It you tried to ring every sequence on 12 bells it would take 9ver 30 years without ever stopping.

[@user-nb4ck7ly3o]

My favourite place anywhere ever. I just love seeing the beautiful hidden depths revealed by you in your very much appreciated video's. As I've said before I am obsessed with my local church & have been my whole life. 🔔❤xXx👏😁xXx❤🔔

[@hereticatious]

It's a wonderful place, with wonderful, generous people. More next week.