Leicester Diocesan Guild| Society Name | Descriptions | From (year) | To (year) | Web site |
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| Leicester Diocesan Guild | Was formed after the Midland Counties Association was divided into four new associations at the beginnings of 1946. The AGM of the Midland Counties Association held on 7th April 1945 agreed the society should be divided into three separate societies - Derby, Leicester and Southwell - from 1 January 1946, to generate greater local interest and the advancement of ringing. For further background see the Ringing World (12th January 1996, pages 35 to 37) and entry for the Midlands Counties Guild. founded 1946 Formerly: Midland Counties Association (1882 to 1945) | 1946 | | https://leicesterdg.org.uk/ |
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Books in the Council Library| Title | Author | Date | Notes | Acquisition Number |
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| Annual Reports | | | 1946/7-2018, | 687 | | A History of the Leicester Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers 75 years 1946 – 2021 | Rosemary Mason | 2021 | illustrated | 4126 | | Touches A reference collection | John Thompson | 1997 | Author signed | 2423 | | Short touches of Stedman - A collection of Stedman touches | J R Thompson | 1997 | | 2524 | | Burton upon Trent, St Paul | | 20.i.1996 | A Celebration of the Formation of the Derby, Leicester, Midland Counties and Southwell Bell-Ringing Guilds in 1946 | 1044 |
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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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| John A Acres | Place of Birth: Newmarket, Suffolk
Began ringing at: All Saints, Newmarket
First peal tower: Saffron Walden, Essex
Towers: Leicester Cathedral from 1953
Location mentioned in obituary: Melton Mowbray | Central Council of Church Bellringers | 18/03/1981 | | Alfred Ballard | Place of Birth: Stoney Stanton
Began ringing at: Stoney Stanton
First peal tower: Witherley, Leicestershire
Location mentioned in obituary: Hinckley | Ancient Society of College Youths | 13/05/1992 | | Mr Shirley Burton | Place of Birth: Leicester
Began ringing at: St Mary's Leicester
First peal tower: Melton Mowbray
Towers: St John the Divine, Leicester 1912-1915, Leicester Cathedral 1915-
Location mentioned in obituary: Leicester | | 13/09/1974 | | Alan Cattell | Place of Birth: Glenfield, Leicester
Began ringing at: St Margaret's, Leicester
First peal tower: Loughborough Bellfoundry
Towers: All Saints Leicester
Location mentioned in obituary: Leicester | Ancient Society of College Youths | 26/10/1997 | | Reginald William Collis | Location mentioned in obituary: Croft (Leics)
Roll of Honour tower: Croft | | 01/01/1945 | | Mr Roland H Cook | Location mentioned in obituary: Great Glen | Central Council of Church Bellringers | 16/07/2019 | | Philip Anthony Corby | Place of Birth: Sutton on the Isle of Ely
Began ringing at: Langdon Hills
First peal tower: Cudham
Location mentioned in obituary: Chiddingstone | Ancient Society of College Youths
Central Council of Church Bellringers
Kent County Association
London County Association (1903-1928) | 09/06/1992 | | John Paulden Fidler | Place of Birth: Hazel Grove, Cheshire
Began ringing at: Norbury, Cheshire
First peal tower: Norbury
Towers: All Saints, Loughborough, Leics, from 1926
Location mentioned in obituary: Bow (Devon) | Central Council of Church Bellringers | 21/11/1978 | | Frank Alexander Graham | Roll of Honour tower: Belgrave | | 11/03/1943 | | Robert Glyn Hamilton Hands | Roll of Honour tower: Croft | | 08/04/1945 | | John Michael Jelley | Location mentioned in obituary: Barrow-upon-Soar | Central Council of Church Bellringers | 20/07/2018 | | Ernest Morris | Began ringing at: St Margaret's, Leicester
First peal tower: St. Andrew, Grimsby
Location mentioned in obituary: Leicester | | 28/04/1962 | | Harold Joseph Poole | Place of Birth: Lutterworth
Began ringing at: St Mary's, Bitteswell, Leics.
First peal tower: St. Michael, Stoney Stanton
Towers: St Mary de Castro 1917-1919; St Martin's (Cathedral) Leicester 1919-1955.
Location mentioned in obituary: Leicester | Midland Counties Association | 14/07/1955 | | Harry Poyner | Place of Birth: Leicester
Began ringing at: Leicester Cathedral
First peal tower: Leicester, St Martin's belfry (in hand)
Towers: Aghton, Lancs 1957-59
Towers: AUghton, Lancs 1957-59
Towers: AUghton, Lancs 1957-59
Towers: AUughton, Lancs 1957-59
Towers: East Retford 1963-73
Towers: Holt, Norfolk 1985-2000
Towers: Norwich, St peter Mancroft 1973-85
Towers: Norwicj, St peter Mancroft 1973-85
Towers: Shrewsbury St Chad 1959-63
Towers: Whissendine, Rutland 2000 on
Location mentioned in obituary: Holt
Location mentioned in obituary: Whissendine | Lancashire Association
Norwich Diocesan Association
Peterborough Diocesan Guild
Shropshire Association
Southwell Diocesan Guild | 11/03/2023 | | Arthur Edwin Rowley | Place of Birth: Higham on the Hill
Began ringing at: Higham on the Hill
First peal tower: Stoke Golding
Towers: Ibstock 1937
Location mentioned in obituary: Ibstock | | 06/03/1984 | | Robert Samuel William Smith | Roll of Honour tower: Anstey | | 17/12/1941 | | Peter John Staniforth | Place of Birth: Leicester
Began ringing at: Anstey
First peal tower: Anstey
Towers: St. Peter's Carmarthen in South Wales and then Winchester Cathedral while he was at King Alfred's College. After his marriage to Jill Poole in 1951 he rang at Leicester Cathedral
Location mentioned in obituary: Leicester | | 05/02/2012 | | Edward Charles Turner | Place of Birth: Wigston, Leics.
Began ringing at: Leicester Cathedral
Towers: Burbage 1940-1951; Leicester Cathedral 1951-1964 | | 25/03/1964 | | Brian Geoffrey Warwick | Place of Birth: Leicester
Began ringing at: Rothley
First peal tower: Rothley
Towers: Leicester Cathedral band 1948-1953 and then of St. Thomas, South Wigston from 1953 until his death in 2006
Location mentioned in obituary: South Wigston | Ancient Society of College Youths | 05/11/2006 | | Reuben Wightman | Roll of Honour tower: Earl Shilton | | 11/10/1943 |
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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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Leicester Diocesan Guild| Society Name | Descriptions | From (year) | To (year) | Web site |
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| Leicester Diocesan Guild | Was formed after the Midland Counties Association was divided into four new associations at the beginnings of 1946. The AGM of the Midland Counties Association held on 7th April 1945 agreed the society should be divided into three separate societies - Derby, Leicester and Southwell - from 1 January 1946, to generate greater local interest and the advancement of ringing. For further background see the Ringing World (12th January 1996, pages 35 to 37) and entry for the Midlands Counties Guild. founded 1946 Formerly: Midland Counties Association (1882 to 1945) | 1946 | | https://leicesterdg.org.uk/ |
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Books in the Council Library| Title | Author | Date | Notes | Acquisition Number |
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| Annual Reports | | | 1946/7-2018, | 687 | | A History of the Leicester Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers 75 years 1946 – 2021 | Rosemary Mason | 2021 | illustrated | 4126 | | Touches A reference collection | John Thompson | 1997 | Author signed | 2423 | | Short touches of Stedman - A collection of Stedman touches | J R Thompson | 1997 | | 2524 | | Burton upon Trent, St Paul | | 20.i.1996 | A Celebration of the Formation of the Derby, Leicester, Midland Counties and Southwell Bell-Ringing Guilds in 1946 | 1044 |
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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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| John A Acres | Place of Birth: Newmarket, Suffolk
Began ringing at: All Saints, Newmarket
First peal tower: Saffron Walden, Essex
Towers: Leicester Cathedral from 1953
Location mentioned in obituary: Melton Mowbray | Central Council of Church Bellringers | 18/03/1981 | | Alfred Ballard | Place of Birth: Stoney Stanton
Began ringing at: Stoney Stanton
First peal tower: Witherley, Leicestershire
Location mentioned in obituary: Hinckley | Ancient Society of College Youths | 13/05/1992 | | Mr Shirley Burton | Place of Birth: Leicester
Began ringing at: St Mary's Leicester
First peal tower: Melton Mowbray
Towers: St John the Divine, Leicester 1912-1915, Leicester Cathedral 1915-
Location mentioned in obituary: Leicester | | 13/09/1974 | | Alan Cattell | Place of Birth: Glenfield, Leicester
Began ringing at: St Margaret's, Leicester
First peal tower: Loughborough Bellfoundry
Towers: All Saints Leicester
Location mentioned in obituary: Leicester | Ancient Society of College Youths | 26/10/1997 | | Reginald William Collis | Location mentioned in obituary: Croft (Leics)
Roll of Honour tower: Croft | | 01/01/1945 | | Mr Roland H Cook | Location mentioned in obituary: Great Glen | Central Council of Church Bellringers | 16/07/2019 | | Philip Anthony Corby | Place of Birth: Sutton on the Isle of Ely
Began ringing at: Langdon Hills
First peal tower: Cudham
Location mentioned in obituary: Chiddingstone | Ancient Society of College Youths
Central Council of Church Bellringers
Kent County Association
London County Association (1903-1928) | 09/06/1992 | | John Paulden Fidler | Place of Birth: Hazel Grove, Cheshire
Began ringing at: Norbury, Cheshire
First peal tower: Norbury
Towers: All Saints, Loughborough, Leics, from 1926
Location mentioned in obituary: Bow (Devon) | Central Council of Church Bellringers | 21/11/1978 | | Frank Alexander Graham | Roll of Honour tower: Belgrave | | 11/03/1943 | | Robert Glyn Hamilton Hands | Roll of Honour tower: Croft | | 08/04/1945 | | John Michael Jelley | Location mentioned in obituary: Barrow-upon-Soar | Central Council of Church Bellringers | 20/07/2018 | | Ernest Morris | Began ringing at: St Margaret's, Leicester
First peal tower: St. Andrew, Grimsby
Location mentioned in obituary: Leicester | | 28/04/1962 | | Harold Joseph Poole | Place of Birth: Lutterworth
Began ringing at: St Mary's, Bitteswell, Leics.
First peal tower: St. Michael, Stoney Stanton
Towers: St Mary de Castro 1917-1919; St Martin's (Cathedral) Leicester 1919-1955.
Location mentioned in obituary: Leicester | Midland Counties Association | 14/07/1955 | | Harry Poyner | Place of Birth: Leicester
Began ringing at: Leicester Cathedral
First peal tower: Leicester, St Martin's belfry (in hand)
Towers: Aghton, Lancs 1957-59
Towers: AUghton, Lancs 1957-59
Towers: AUghton, Lancs 1957-59
Towers: AUughton, Lancs 1957-59
Towers: East Retford 1963-73
Towers: Holt, Norfolk 1985-2000
Towers: Norwich, St peter Mancroft 1973-85
Towers: Norwicj, St peter Mancroft 1973-85
Towers: Shrewsbury St Chad 1959-63
Towers: Whissendine, Rutland 2000 on
Location mentioned in obituary: Holt
Location mentioned in obituary: Whissendine | Lancashire Association
Norwich Diocesan Association
Peterborough Diocesan Guild
Shropshire Association
Southwell Diocesan Guild | 11/03/2023 | | Arthur Edwin Rowley | Place of Birth: Higham on the Hill
Began ringing at: Higham on the Hill
First peal tower: Stoke Golding
Towers: Ibstock 1937
Location mentioned in obituary: Ibstock | | 06/03/1984 | | Robert Samuel William Smith | Roll of Honour tower: Anstey | | 17/12/1941 | | Peter John Staniforth | Place of Birth: Leicester
Began ringing at: Anstey
First peal tower: Anstey
Towers: St. Peter's Carmarthen in South Wales and then Winchester Cathedral while he was at King Alfred's College. After his marriage to Jill Poole in 1951 he rang at Leicester Cathedral
Location mentioned in obituary: Leicester | | 05/02/2012 | | Edward Charles Turner | Place of Birth: Wigston, Leics.
Began ringing at: Leicester Cathedral
Towers: Burbage 1940-1951; Leicester Cathedral 1951-1964 | | 25/03/1964 | | Brian Geoffrey Warwick | Place of Birth: Leicester
Began ringing at: Rothley
First peal tower: Rothley
Towers: Leicester Cathedral band 1948-1953 and then of St. Thomas, South Wigston from 1953 until his death in 2006
Location mentioned in obituary: South Wigston | Ancient Society of College Youths | 05/11/2006 | | Reuben Wightman | Roll of Honour tower: Earl Shilton | | 11/10/1943 |
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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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