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Stafford Archdeaconry Society and associated societies

Associated societies have a green background.

Society Name	Descriptions	From (year)	To (year)	Web site
Society for the Archdeanery of Stafford	[Biog has reps 1894 - 1939 probably none in Minutes] [Observations made during the compilation of this combined dataset - by Doug Hird]
Stafford Archdeaconry Society	[is this really 86/130?] [Observations made during the compilation of this combined dataset - by Doug Hird]
Society for the Archdeaconry of Stafford	The name was changed to the Lichfield and Walsall Archdeaconry Society in 1983 when the names of the deaconries were altered. [reps in biog 1891-1969, reps in minutes 1891, 2, 3 & 1928, 9 & 1947, 8] [Research by John Harrison.]	1883	1982
Lichfield Archdeaconry Society	[Reps in Central Council minutes 1982 - 1999] [Observations made during the compilation of this combined dataset - by Doug Hird]	1983	1999
Lichfield and Walsall Archdeaconry Society	Was originally formed in 1883 and known as the Society of Change Ringers for the Archdeaconry of Stafford. The name was changed after the names of the deaconries were changed. [reps in minutes 2000 - 2021. no reps in biogs] [Research by John Harrison.] The Archdeacon of Stafford invited the leaders of the Lichfield towers to a meeting at his house in the Cathedral Close on 17th May 1883, which led to the impetus to form a Society of Change Ringers for the Archdeaconry of Stafford. A further meeting was held on 2nd June in the Cathedral belfry to which leaders of other towers in the area were invited. A draft set of rules was drawn up and interim officers were elected to act until the first Annual General Meeting. This was held on 30th June 1883 in Lichfield, with about 50 ringers attending. At the meeting a final draft of the rules was confirmed, the officers elected, and the Society of Change Ringers for the Archdeaconry of Stafford came into being. Until late in 1979 the Diocese of Lichfield was comprised of three Archdeaconries - Salop (Shropshire, north of the River Severn), Stoke and Stafford. The transfer of Stafford from the Archdeaconry of Stafford to Stoke meant the title was no longer relevant with the loss of its main church. This resulted in the creation of the Archdeaconry of Lichfield and the subsequent change of the society name. Further changes have resulted in the society's current title. For further background see the Ringing World (24th June 1983, pages 502 and 505) and the publication Bells and Bellringing in South Staffordshire: The History of the first 100 years of the Lichfield and Walsall Archdeaconaries Society of Change Ringers by Stuart Hutchinieson/Eric Speke (undated). [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Certificates Collection by Chris Ridley.] founded 1997 Formerly: Society for the Archdeaconry of Stafford (1883 to 1982) Lichfield Archdeaconry Society (1982 to 1997) [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Badge Collection by Chris Ridley.]	2000		https://www.lwascr.org/

Accounts of the lives of members (Navigation at foot of page)

Name	Place(s)	Other societies	Date of death
Sapper Ralph Baker	Roll of Honour tower: Willenhall		08/08/1918
Gunner William Harry Brown	Roll of Honour tower: Aldridge		06/08/1917
Second Lieutenant Howard Burton	Roll of Honour tower: Rushall		14/10/1917
Rowland Cartwright	Place of Birth: Womborne Began ringing at: St Benedict's Womborne First peal tower: St. Benedict Womborne Location mentioned in obituary: Wombourn	Central Council of Church Bellringers Society for the Archdeanery of Stafford St. Peter's Guild, Wolverhampton	27/02/1915
Harold James Chester	Roll of Honour tower: Stafford (St Mary)		12/06/1944
Enoch Coley	Roll of Honour tower: Willenhall		24/03/1918
Revd Preb Ernest Vyvyan Cox	Place of Birth: Stockland, Devon Began ringing at: Stockland, Devon First peal tower: St. Mary Kidlington Towers: 1902-1903 Keble College Oxford. Revived O.U.S. Location mentioned in obituary: Axminster	Devonshire Guild	30/05/1961
Thomas Josiah Elton	Place of Birth: Bloxwich, Walsall Began ringing at: Christ Church, Blakenhall, Staffs First peal tower: All Saints, Bloxwich, Staffs Towers: All Saints, Bloxwich, St. Matthew's Walsall.	Society for the Archdeaconry of Stafford Society for the Archdeanery of Stafford	01/07/1939
Charles Frederick William Eyre	Place of Birth: Appleby Magna Began ringing at: Appleby Magna Towers: Penn in Staffordshire and Banwell in Somerset. Location mentioned in obituary: Banwell		11/09/1994
Mr M W Fairey		Central Council of Church Bellringers
William Fisher	Place of Birth: Short Heath, Wolverhampton Began ringing at: Coseley, Staffs First peal tower: St. Mary, Tipton, Staffs Location mentioned in obituary: Coseley	Society for the Archdeanery of Stafford	21/08/1943
Private Bert Hand	Roll of Honour tower: Penn		27/09/1918
Bert Horton	Place of Birth: Wolverhampton area Began ringing at: Wood Green, Wednesbury First peal tower: Wood Green, Wednesbury Towers: St. Peter's, Wolverhampton; Darlaston, Staffs; Newcastle Cathedral. Location mentioned in obituary: Wolverhampton	Society for the Archdeaconry of Stafford	20/04/1978
Horace Gordon Howell	Roll of Honour tower: Walsall (St Matthew)		20/09/1944
Arthur Frederick Hubball	Roll of Honour tower: Blakenhall (St Luke)		02/10/1943
George Walter Hughes	Place of Birth: Walsall Began ringing at: St Matthew's, Walsall First peal tower: St Peter's, Wolverhampton Location mentioned in obituary: Walsall	Society for the Archdeaconry of Stafford	25/02/1991
Serjeant William Joshua Jones	Roll of Honour tower: Wombourne		17/02/1917
Private Herbert Jones	Location mentioned in obituary: Wolverhampton Roll of Honour tower: Wolverhampton		24/04/1919
Francis John Keen	Location mentioned in obituary: Tamworth Roll of Honour tower: Tamworth		20/01/1915
Barnabas George Key	Place of Birth: Burton-on-Trent, Staffs Began ringing at: Wombourne, Staffs First peal tower: Wombourne Towers: Tettenhall, Staffs, 1937-45; Burton-on-Trent, St. Paul's, 1945-59; Gnosall, 1959-68; Hartlebury 1970-75; Tenbury Wells, 1976-83. Location mentioned in obituary: Tenbury Wells	Midland Counties Association Society for the Archdeaconry of Stafford	03/12/1983

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.

Stafford Archdeaconry Society and associated societies

Associated societies have a green background.

Society Name	Descriptions	From (year)	To (year)	Web site
Society for the Archdeanery of Stafford	[Biog has reps 1894 - 1939 probably none in Minutes] [Observations made during the compilation of this combined dataset - by Doug Hird]
Stafford Archdeaconry Society	[is this really 86/130?] [Observations made during the compilation of this combined dataset - by Doug Hird]
Society for the Archdeaconry of Stafford	The name was changed to the Lichfield and Walsall Archdeaconry Society in 1983 when the names of the deaconries were altered. [reps in biog 1891-1969, reps in minutes 1891, 2, 3 & 1928, 9 & 1947, 8] [Research by John Harrison.]	1883	1982
Lichfield Archdeaconry Society	[Reps in Central Council minutes 1982 - 1999] [Observations made during the compilation of this combined dataset - by Doug Hird]	1983	1999
Lichfield and Walsall Archdeaconry Society	Was originally formed in 1883 and known as the Society of Change Ringers for the Archdeaconry of Stafford. The name was changed after the names of the deaconries were changed. [reps in minutes 2000 - 2021. no reps in biogs] [Research by John Harrison.] The Archdeacon of Stafford invited the leaders of the Lichfield towers to a meeting at his house in the Cathedral Close on 17th May 1883, which led to the impetus to form a Society of Change Ringers for the Archdeaconry of Stafford. A further meeting was held on 2nd June in the Cathedral belfry to which leaders of other towers in the area were invited. A draft set of rules was drawn up and interim officers were elected to act until the first Annual General Meeting. This was held on 30th June 1883 in Lichfield, with about 50 ringers attending. At the meeting a final draft of the rules was confirmed, the officers elected, and the Society of Change Ringers for the Archdeaconry of Stafford came into being. Until late in 1979 the Diocese of Lichfield was comprised of three Archdeaconries - Salop (Shropshire, north of the River Severn), Stoke and Stafford. The transfer of Stafford from the Archdeaconry of Stafford to Stoke meant the title was no longer relevant with the loss of its main church. This resulted in the creation of the Archdeaconry of Lichfield and the subsequent change of the society name. Further changes have resulted in the society's current title. For further background see the Ringing World (24th June 1983, pages 502 and 505) and the publication Bells and Bellringing in South Staffordshire: The History of the first 100 years of the Lichfield and Walsall Archdeaconaries Society of Change Ringers by Stuart Hutchinieson/Eric Speke (undated). [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Certificates Collection by Chris Ridley.] founded 1997 Formerly: Society for the Archdeaconry of Stafford (1883 to 1982) Lichfield Archdeaconry Society (1982 to 1997) [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Badge Collection by Chris Ridley.]	2000		https://www.lwascr.org/

Accounts of the lives of members (Navigation at foot of page)

Name	Place(s)	Other societies	Date of death
Sapper Ralph Baker	Roll of Honour tower: Willenhall		08/08/1918
Gunner William Harry Brown	Roll of Honour tower: Aldridge		06/08/1917
Second Lieutenant Howard Burton	Roll of Honour tower: Rushall		14/10/1917
Rowland Cartwright	Place of Birth: Womborne Began ringing at: St Benedict's Womborne First peal tower: St. Benedict Womborne Location mentioned in obituary: Wombourn	Central Council of Church Bellringers Society for the Archdeanery of Stafford St. Peter's Guild, Wolverhampton	27/02/1915
Harold James Chester	Roll of Honour tower: Stafford (St Mary)		12/06/1944
Enoch Coley	Roll of Honour tower: Willenhall		24/03/1918
Revd Preb Ernest Vyvyan Cox	Place of Birth: Stockland, Devon Began ringing at: Stockland, Devon First peal tower: St. Mary Kidlington Towers: 1902-1903 Keble College Oxford. Revived O.U.S. Location mentioned in obituary: Axminster	Devonshire Guild	30/05/1961
Thomas Josiah Elton	Place of Birth: Bloxwich, Walsall Began ringing at: Christ Church, Blakenhall, Staffs First peal tower: All Saints, Bloxwich, Staffs Towers: All Saints, Bloxwich, St. Matthew's Walsall.	Society for the Archdeaconry of Stafford Society for the Archdeanery of Stafford	01/07/1939
Charles Frederick William Eyre	Place of Birth: Appleby Magna Began ringing at: Appleby Magna Towers: Penn in Staffordshire and Banwell in Somerset. Location mentioned in obituary: Banwell		11/09/1994
Mr M W Fairey		Central Council of Church Bellringers
William Fisher	Place of Birth: Short Heath, Wolverhampton Began ringing at: Coseley, Staffs First peal tower: St. Mary, Tipton, Staffs Location mentioned in obituary: Coseley	Society for the Archdeanery of Stafford	21/08/1943
Private Bert Hand	Roll of Honour tower: Penn		27/09/1918
Bert Horton	Place of Birth: Wolverhampton area Began ringing at: Wood Green, Wednesbury First peal tower: Wood Green, Wednesbury Towers: St. Peter's, Wolverhampton; Darlaston, Staffs; Newcastle Cathedral. Location mentioned in obituary: Wolverhampton	Society for the Archdeaconry of Stafford	20/04/1978
Horace Gordon Howell	Roll of Honour tower: Walsall (St Matthew)		20/09/1944
Arthur Frederick Hubball	Roll of Honour tower: Blakenhall (St Luke)		02/10/1943
George Walter Hughes	Place of Birth: Walsall Began ringing at: St Matthew's, Walsall First peal tower: St Peter's, Wolverhampton Location mentioned in obituary: Walsall	Society for the Archdeaconry of Stafford	25/02/1991
Serjeant William Joshua Jones	Roll of Honour tower: Wombourne		17/02/1917
Private Herbert Jones	Location mentioned in obituary: Wolverhampton Roll of Honour tower: Wolverhampton		24/04/1919
Francis John Keen	Location mentioned in obituary: Tamworth Roll of Honour tower: Tamworth		20/01/1915
Barnabas George Key	Place of Birth: Burton-on-Trent, Staffs Began ringing at: Wombourne, Staffs First peal tower: Wombourne Towers: Tettenhall, Staffs, 1937-45; Burton-on-Trent, St. Paul's, 1945-59; Gnosall, 1959-68; Hartlebury 1970-75; Tenbury Wells, 1976-83. Location mentioned in obituary: Tenbury Wells	Midland Counties Association Society for the Archdeaconry of Stafford	03/12/1983

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.

The history of bellringers & bellringing - Ringing Societies

Stafford Archdeaconry Society and associated societies

Accounts of the lives of members (Navigation at foot of page)

Peal Statistics

Stafford Archdeaconry Society and associated societies

Accounts of the lives of members (Navigation at foot of page)

Peal Statistics