Essays for The Friends of the Central Council Library
Essays on bibliographical subjects are issued to the Friends annually, together with a newsletter. The thirty essays in this series have been written by three authors, to whom our thanks are due for their meticulous research and entertaining prose.
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| 21. Canon Woolmore Wigram, M.A., Belfry Reform and Change-Ringing Disentangled by John Eisel, February 2014 Discusses the part this nineteenth century clergyman played in the Belfry Reform movement and in ringing in Cambridge and Hertfordshire. | | 22. The Rambling Ringers Club, Nov 29 1733 by William Willans, February 2015 A look into the activities of the club, it's founder, William Laughton, and the comments of later historians. | | 23. The remarks and collections of Thomas Hearne by William Willans, February 2016 The notes of an Oxford antiquarian. | | 24. A Nineteenth Century Notebook by William Willans, March 2017 The notebook of George Withey of Bristol | | 25. Ringing Out the Age by John Eisel, March 2018 John Eisel explores customs regarding ringing for deaths. | | 26. An Australian admirer by William Willans, March 2019 Based on the notebook of Ernest Behan, a ringer in Melbourne, Victoria. | | 27. Brave Sir John by William Willans, February 2020 An account of Sir John Egerton of Egerton. | | 28. Hoax by John Eisel, February 2021 It is shown here that hoax peal reports are not a modern invention. | | 29. The origins of the Durham Diocesan Association of Ringers by John Eisel, February 2022 The people and places. | | 30. William Longney of Longney by John Eisel, February 2023 The ringing career of William Longley in Gloucestershire in the nineteenth century |
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