Church bells, ruled too delicate for bell-ringers, are pealing again after 50 years - thanks to electric hammers and a touch screen. Traditional bellringing at St Sampson's Church has been replaced by ...

The climb to the top of Boston’s Old South Church bell tower is a labyrinth of steps and catwalks stretching more than 200 feet into the air. Thin railings are the only thing to hold on to as you trek ...

CHURCHES are turning to computerised chimes in a move that threatens the end of traditional bell-ringing. St Sampson’s in South Hill, Cornwall, is the latest to abandon the traditional rope and ...

A restoration project has been completed at the Immanuel Congregational United Church of Christ in Oxford ahead of schedule. The bell and tower that were part of the original structure built in 1878 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. +++ON HOLD++++ Sitting in a chair with ropes looped around both feet and hands, Joan Carles Osuna, a student of the Vall d'en Bas ...

A historic Anglican church in a small English town has silenced its bells after 177 years following noise complaints, prompting outrage from local villagers who claim the move has upended a long ...

How many fallen bricks constitute a building collapse? A historic Boston-area church and its insurer are currently in a legal battle to find out. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy of ...

FOND DU LAC — One of Fond du Lac's oldest churches will soon have a new story to tell. As St. Mary's Church celebrates a new bell automation system, Holy Family Catholic Community invites the ...

LINCOLNVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) - The Ebenezer AME Church in Lincolnville celebrated the return of its original 147-year-old cast-iron number six church bell. In 1869, the land on Pinckney Street was ...

BEGGS, Okla. — The nearly century-old bell tower at First United Methodist Church in Beggs is finally getting the repairs it desperately needed after water damage threatened the historic landmark in ...