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Stedman Doubles and Downwards at Bishopsgate, City of London

The week leading up to Easter normally has no ringing on it at all, however to my surprise I got an email saying that Bishopsgate were still ringing on Wednesday and Thursday for their services! To make it even better, this is a new tower for me, bringing my record to 124! Bishopsgate (just like Newgate which featured on my channel not so long ago) was one of the old boundary gates of the old London Wall. It's name comes from the ward of the same name, divided into two parts. Bishopsgate Within being on the London side and Bishopsgate Without being on the country side. The Without side forms the start of what is known as the East End. The specific site of the former gate is marked by a stone mitre, on a building located near the junction of Bishopsgate with Wormwood Street. Bishopsgate is known for some of London's tallest skyscrapers, including the National Westminster Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The church of St Botolph, just like many of the Gate Churches of London are in the Without ward, giving it's full name "St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate". In total, there are four medieval churches dedicated to St Botolph. Those being in Aldgate, Bishopsgate, Aldersgate and Billingsgate. The Bishopsgate church is located just next to London Liverpool Street station, providing great transport links along with the several buses running nearby towards London Bridge, St Paul's, and the Docklands. It is structured largely with red brick and Portland stone. On to the bells. The tower here houses quite an old octave (as can be told by the sound of the bells) cast in 1782 by Patrick & Osborn. They are a mid-weight ring having a tenor weight of 17cwt which may seem a bit big for the tower here, but once you get inside you see that the tower is actually much bigger! Because of the tower structure, it does move around quite a bit, especially when the back bells are ringing meaning ropes must be kept taught in order to maintain bell control. This video was recorded on 13/4/22, ringing for the regular service here. We only had 6 of us so we stuck to the front six bells. Ringing featured a 240 of Plain Bob Minor, an attempted touch of St Clements, but in this video we see and hear a successful 120 of Stedman Doubles with 4 & 5 affected at the Singles. Along with the Stedman, the lower of the front six is also featured. St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate, City of London is affiliated to the North & East District of the Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild of Bell ringers. (MCALDG)