Ring O' Bells, 130 Church Lane - Marple, UK - Pictorial Pub Signs on Waymarking.com

The pub is next to the Macclesfield Canal, near to its junction with the Peak Forest Canal. It is believed that it opened around about the time that the Macclesfield Canal was opened.

The church has a link with the nearby earlier Peak Forest Canal as the bells in the church tower were paid for by local mill owner, Samuel Oldknow, who was a major sponsor for the building of the Peak Forest Canal.

A "Ring of bells" (or "peal of bells") is a set of bells hung in the full-circle English style, which was invented in the 17th century to give control over the speed of striking of each bell. This feature soon led to the development of change ringing. The vast majority of "rings" are in church towers in the Anglican church in England. A ring can be three to sixteen bells, though six and eight bell towers are the most common. They are tuned to the notes of a diatonic scale. link

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