Four-sided hand-bells are emblematic of the early Irish church. They were used from St Patrick’s time in the 5th century and – like the cow-bells they copied – were made at first from sheet iron.

The ringing of church bells, not heard for generations, is described as an emotional moment.

If you hear the word “tintinnabulation,” you are almost certainly going to think of Edgar Allen Poe’s poem, “The Bells,” perhaps only because you are unlikely to remember anyplace else you’ve heard ...

Three new bells arrived for installation at Notre-Dame on November 7. One of the bells had been used for the Summer Olympics in Paris. Chesnot / Getty Images For the first time in more than five years ...

After a long, "strange" silence, church bells that had marked the most important moments in the life of one Adelaide community for more than 150 years are ringing once again. The bells of St Andrews ...

Some of us may remember the Mother Goose poem “Ride a Cockhorse to Banbury Cross”. Ride a cockhorse to Banbury Cross, To see a fine lady upon a white horse; Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes, ...

In the late Bronze Age, ca. 500-450 BCE, bells were made in sets that rang different notes according to size. Freer|Sackler In the year 433 BCE, Marquis Yi of the state of Zeng was laid to rest in his ...

For more than two centuries the Oigo Seisakusho company has been producing bells for Buddhist temples. Today it accounts for around 70% of all bells made in Japan. It is a sound that can be heard ...