John Camp

The late John Camp first became interested in ringing in the 1950s at Amersham, Buckinghamshire, where his son and wife were ringing at the parish church. As a historian he was more attracted to the origins and development of bells and ringing than in becoming an expert ringer and this book is the result of his extensive research into the subject. For this reason, too, Discovering Bells and Bellringing is not a technical treatise on the arts of ringing or bellfounding (though the elementary principles of both are explained) but more a history of ‘the exercise’ through the ages. John Camp contributed many articles on the subject to magazines and periodicals. He was a historical writer and the author of fourteen books. This fourth edition has been revised and updated by his son, the Reverend John Camp.