Hertford County Association| Society Name | Descriptions | From (year) | To (year) | Web site |
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| Hertford County Association | An attempt was made in 1876 by Henry Lewis and E P Debenham at St Albans to form a change ringing society. This led to the creation of the St Albans Association with a paid instructor (J R Haworth) from London, but this lapsed after 5 years. Several letters appeared in the Bell News at the time and proposals at ringers' gatherings held at Hertford and Sawbridgeworth to form an association were agreed. An attempt was made to get the recently formed Essex Association to transform itself into a diocesan association so at to subsume Hertfordshire - at the time the county of Essex was part of the St Albans Diocese. This proposal did not appeal to the Essex members so Hertfordshire were left to make their own arrangements.
The St Albans Cathedral Society was formed on 1st January 1884 and in the following September at a special meeting the desirability of forming a County Association was discussed. A meeting of representatives from various change Hertfordshire change ringing groups was held on 29th October 1884 at the Rectory in St Albans at which it was agreed to establish 'The Hertford County Association of Change Ringers'. Further background can be found in Ringing World (18th May 1984, pages 421, 422 and 429). founded 1884 | 1884 | | https://www.hcacr.org.uk/index.php |
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Books in the Council Library| Title | Author | Date | Notes | Acquisition Number |
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| Newsletter | | | Mar 1988, 1984 (Centenary Edition) | 2320 | | Hertford, All Saints | | 13.v.2000 | Hertford County Association of Change-Ringers Dedication of a memorial to John Briant | 1044 | | Annual Reports | | | 1902/03-11/12, 13/14-15/16, 18/19, 19/20, 21/22-27/28, 1928/29-2012, 2013-2021 | 683 | | The Church Bells of Hertfordshire | Geoffrey Dodds (compiler) | 1992/1994 | | 2267 | | A History of Ringing in Hertfordshire | L G Goodman (Editor) | 1971 | illustrated Reconstruction with additional material of A History of Ringing in Hertfordshire by H V Frost - see above in this section | 822 | | A History of Ringing in Hertfordshire | L G Goodman (Editor) | 1971 | illustrated Reconstruction with additional material of A History of Ringing in Hertfordshire by H V Frost - see above in this section | 1357 | | Hertford County Association Library list | | 1977 | See 1780 and 1940 below | 1126 | | Hertford County Association List of books and property | | 1986 | See 1126 above and 1940 below | 1780 | | Hertford County Association Library list | | 1989 | See 1126 and 1780 above | 1940 |
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Accounts of the lives of members (Navigation at foot of page)| Name | Place(s) | Other societies | Date of death |
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| Stanley Hugh Ashton | Place of Birth: Pirton
Began ringing at: Pirton
Location mentioned in obituary: Clifton (Beds) | Bedfordshire Association | 09/04/2020 | | Walter Ayre | Place of Birth: Barton on Humber, Lincs
Began ringing at: Barton on Humber
First peal tower: St. Peter, Barton on Humber,
Towers: King's Langley, Herts from March 1922 for several years Apsley End for the rest of his life.
Location mentioned in obituary: Apsley End | Central Council of Church Bellringers | 20/02/1978 | | Herbert Baker | Place of Birth: Hertford
Began ringing at: St Andrew, Hertford
First peal tower: All Saints, Hertford
Towers: All Saints, Hertford from 1879.
Location mentioned in obituary: Hertford | | 28/12/1925 | | Mr R Baldwin | | Central Council of Church Bellringers | 16/08/2023 | | Brian Miles Barker | Place of Birth: Kings Langley
Began ringing at: Kings Langley
First peal tower: Kings Langley | | 19/01/2011 | | Mrs Olive Delia Barnett (nee Hairs) | Place of Birth: Brighton
First peal tower: Handbells
Location mentioned in obituary: Zeals | Central Council of Church Bellringers | 25/10/2010 | | David Walter Beard | Began ringing at: Dunstable
First peal tower: Dunstable
Towers: Subsequently attached to North Ferriby.
Location mentioned in obituary: Elloughton | Ancient Society of College Youths
Central Council of Church Bellringers
Yorkshire Association | 11/01/2004 | | Richard Guy Bell | Place of Birth: Markyate, Herts
Began ringing at: St. Mary's Watford
First peal tower: Stanmore, Middx
Location mentioned in obituary: Watford (Herts) | | 20/08/1977 | | Harold James Brackley | Location mentioned in obituary: Tring
Roll of Honour tower: Tring | | 18/09/1944 | | Percy George Henry Buckell | Roll of Honour tower: Stanmore | | 30/06/1941 | | George Vernon Carlin | Roll of Honour tower: Bushey | | 24/05/1941 | | Harold George Cashmore | Place of Birth: Apsley End
Began ringing at: Oxhey
First peal tower: Bushey Heath
Location mentioned in obituary: Bushey
Location mentioned in obituary: Apsley End | Ancient Society of College Youths | 29/12/1997 | | Henry Chandler | Place of Birth: Warnham, Sussex
Began ringing at: St. Margaret, Warnham
First peal tower: St. John the Baptist, Crawley, Sussex
Towers: St. Mary, Billingshurst, Sussex, Hillingdon, Middlesex. | Sussex County Association | 30/12/1928 | | John Charlton | Roll of Honour tower: Aston | | 28/02/1919 | | George William Critchley | Place of Birth: Sutton Coldfield
Began ringing at: Boldmere
First peal tower: Keresley
Towers: Tregony
Location mentioned in obituary: Truro | Ancient Society of College Youths
Middlesex County Association | 23/02/2006 | | Private Arthur Croft | Roll of Honour tower: Great Wymondley | | 25/04/1917 | | Arthur Henry Davey | Location mentioned in obituary: Tring
Roll of Honour tower: Tring | | 16/03/1917 | | Edward Percy Debenham | Place of Birth: St. Albans
Began ringing at: St. Peter, St. Albans
First peal tower: St. Matthew, Bethnal Green, London
Location mentioned in obituary: St Albans | Ancient Society of College Youths | 16/12/1934 | | Gilbert Edward Debenham | Place of Birth: St. Albans, Herts
Began ringing at: St. Peter, St. Albans
First peal tower: St. Peter, St. Albans
Towers: None | Central Council of Church Bellringers | 01/10/1981 | | Geoffrey Dodds | Place of Birth: Isleworth
Began ringing at: Isleworth
First peal tower: Somersham, Huntingdonshire
Towers: Brentford, St. Albans
Location mentioned in obituary: St Albans | | 30/01/2011 |
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Peal Statistics
Statistics sourced from the annual reports of the Council Peal Analysis Committee will be shown here
The tables will need to be digitised first. A job for 2024.
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Hertford County Association| Society Name | Descriptions | From (year) | To (year) | Web site |
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| Hertford County Association | An attempt was made in 1876 by Henry Lewis and E P Debenham at St Albans to form a change ringing society. This led to the creation of the St Albans Association with a paid instructor (J R Haworth) from London, but this lapsed after 5 years. Several letters appeared in the Bell News at the time and proposals at ringers' gatherings held at Hertford and Sawbridgeworth to form an association were agreed. An attempt was made to get the recently formed Essex Association to transform itself into a diocesan association so at to subsume Hertfordshire - at the time the county of Essex was part of the St Albans Diocese. This proposal did not appeal to the Essex members so Hertfordshire were left to make their own arrangements.
The St Albans Cathedral Society was formed on 1st January 1884 and in the following September at a special meeting the desirability of forming a County Association was discussed. A meeting of representatives from various change Hertfordshire change ringing groups was held on 29th October 1884 at the Rectory in St Albans at which it was agreed to establish 'The Hertford County Association of Change Ringers'. Further background can be found in Ringing World (18th May 1984, pages 421, 422 and 429). founded 1884 | 1884 | | https://www.hcacr.org.uk/index.php |
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Books in the Council Library| Title | Author | Date | Notes | Acquisition Number |
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| Newsletter | | | Mar 1988, 1984 (Centenary Edition) | 2320 | | Hertford, All Saints | | 13.v.2000 | Hertford County Association of Change-Ringers Dedication of a memorial to John Briant | 1044 | | Annual Reports | | | 1902/03-11/12, 13/14-15/16, 18/19, 19/20, 21/22-27/28, 1928/29-2012, 2013-2021 | 683 | | The Church Bells of Hertfordshire | Geoffrey Dodds (compiler) | 1992/1994 | | 2267 | | A History of Ringing in Hertfordshire | L G Goodman (Editor) | 1971 | illustrated Reconstruction with additional material of A History of Ringing in Hertfordshire by H V Frost - see above in this section | 822 | | A History of Ringing in Hertfordshire | L G Goodman (Editor) | 1971 | illustrated Reconstruction with additional material of A History of Ringing in Hertfordshire by H V Frost - see above in this section | 1357 | | Hertford County Association Library list | | 1977 | See 1780 and 1940 below | 1126 | | Hertford County Association List of books and property | | 1986 | See 1126 above and 1940 below | 1780 | | Hertford County Association Library list | | 1989 | See 1126 and 1780 above | 1940 |
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Accounts of the lives of members (Navigation at foot of page)| Name | Place(s) | Other societies | Date of death |
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| Stanley Hugh Ashton | Place of Birth: Pirton
Began ringing at: Pirton
Location mentioned in obituary: Clifton (Beds) | Bedfordshire Association | 09/04/2020 | | Walter Ayre | Place of Birth: Barton on Humber, Lincs
Began ringing at: Barton on Humber
First peal tower: St. Peter, Barton on Humber,
Towers: King's Langley, Herts from March 1922 for several years Apsley End for the rest of his life.
Location mentioned in obituary: Apsley End | Central Council of Church Bellringers | 20/02/1978 | | Herbert Baker | Place of Birth: Hertford
Began ringing at: St Andrew, Hertford
First peal tower: All Saints, Hertford
Towers: All Saints, Hertford from 1879.
Location mentioned in obituary: Hertford | | 28/12/1925 | | Mr R Baldwin | | Central Council of Church Bellringers | 16/08/2023 | | Brian Miles Barker | Place of Birth: Kings Langley
Began ringing at: Kings Langley
First peal tower: Kings Langley | | 19/01/2011 | | Mrs Olive Delia Barnett (nee Hairs) | Place of Birth: Brighton
First peal tower: Handbells
Location mentioned in obituary: Zeals | Central Council of Church Bellringers | 25/10/2010 | | David Walter Beard | Began ringing at: Dunstable
First peal tower: Dunstable
Towers: Subsequently attached to North Ferriby.
Location mentioned in obituary: Elloughton | Ancient Society of College Youths
Central Council of Church Bellringers
Yorkshire Association | 11/01/2004 | | Richard Guy Bell | Place of Birth: Markyate, Herts
Began ringing at: St. Mary's Watford
First peal tower: Stanmore, Middx
Location mentioned in obituary: Watford (Herts) | | 20/08/1977 | | Harold James Brackley | Location mentioned in obituary: Tring
Roll of Honour tower: Tring | | 18/09/1944 | | Percy George Henry Buckell | Roll of Honour tower: Stanmore | | 30/06/1941 | | George Vernon Carlin | Roll of Honour tower: Bushey | | 24/05/1941 | | Harold George Cashmore | Place of Birth: Apsley End
Began ringing at: Oxhey
First peal tower: Bushey Heath
Location mentioned in obituary: Bushey
Location mentioned in obituary: Apsley End | Ancient Society of College Youths | 29/12/1997 | | Henry Chandler | Place of Birth: Warnham, Sussex
Began ringing at: St. Margaret, Warnham
First peal tower: St. John the Baptist, Crawley, Sussex
Towers: St. Mary, Billingshurst, Sussex, Hillingdon, Middlesex. | Sussex County Association | 30/12/1928 | | John Charlton | Roll of Honour tower: Aston | | 28/02/1919 | | George William Critchley | Place of Birth: Sutton Coldfield
Began ringing at: Boldmere
First peal tower: Keresley
Towers: Tregony
Location mentioned in obituary: Truro | Ancient Society of College Youths
Middlesex County Association | 23/02/2006 | | Private Arthur Croft | Roll of Honour tower: Great Wymondley | | 25/04/1917 | | Arthur Henry Davey | Location mentioned in obituary: Tring
Roll of Honour tower: Tring | | 16/03/1917 | | Edward Percy Debenham | Place of Birth: St. Albans
Began ringing at: St. Peter, St. Albans
First peal tower: St. Matthew, Bethnal Green, London
Location mentioned in obituary: St Albans | Ancient Society of College Youths | 16/12/1934 | | Gilbert Edward Debenham | Place of Birth: St. Albans, Herts
Began ringing at: St. Peter, St. Albans
First peal tower: St. Peter, St. Albans
Towers: None | Central Council of Church Bellringers | 01/10/1981 | | Geoffrey Dodds | Place of Birth: Isleworth
Began ringing at: Isleworth
First peal tower: Somersham, Huntingdonshire
Towers: Brentford, St. Albans
Location mentioned in obituary: St Albans | | 30/01/2011 |
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Peal Statistics
Statistics sourced from the annual reports of the Council Peal Analysis Committee will be shown here
The tables will need to be digitised first. A job for 2024.
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