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Yorkshire Association and associated societies

Associated societies have a green background.

Society NameDescriptionsFrom (year)To (year)Web site
Leeds & District Association
Yorkshire Association

The Yorkshire Association has the Barnsley Society, Doncaster Society and Halifax Guild operating within its boundaries. [Research by John Harrison.]

The formation of an association was first mooted in West Yorkshire at a meeting held in Bradford on 2nd January 1875. A further meeting at York in the July, which attracted 300 ringers, decided that a conference of delegates should meet to draw up a set of rules. This led to the formal setting up of the Association on 30th October 1875 at Birstall near Leeds, with an initial membership of 104 ringers. For further background see the Ringing World (17th October 1975, pages 861 to 865). [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Certificates Collection by Chris Ridley.]

founded 1875
Subsumed: Cleveland & North Yorkshire Association (1898-1970), Leeds & District Society (1889-1970), Sheffield & District Society (1880-1903), Sheffield District & Old East Derbyshire Ass (1903-1973) [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Badge Collection by Chris Ridley.]

1875https://yacr.org.uk/
Leeds & District Society

Became a branch of the Yorkshire Association on 31st January 1970 [Research by John Harrison.]

18891970

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Books in the Council Library

TitleAuthorDateNotesAcquisition Number
Yorkshire Association of Change RingersNewsletter No 1 (Autumn 2006) - No 12 (Summer 2012) Nos 13, 14, 15 and 16 (Autumn 2015)3531
CentrepieceNewsletter Mar 1985 - Feb 1986 (four issues)1724
Newsletter Spring 1986 - Spring 1990, Autumn and Winter 19911890
Annual Reports 1875-2020 (No 145) (1881/82 photocopy) 2019-2022525
A guide to the member churches of the Sheffield and District Branch of the Yorkshire AssociationHelen C Turner (compiler)1989illustrated A5 duplicated typescript 3383
A guide to the member churches of the Sheffield and District Branch of the Yorkshire AssociationHelen C Turner (compiler)1990illustrated Ring bound A4 2009
Diagrams Jasper Snowdon Change Ringing Series2011Entirely new work Based on the original work by Jasper and William Snowdon. 3426
Diagrams Jasper Snowdon Change Ringing Series2013Reprint of 3426 with corrections Based on the original work by Jasper and William Snowdon 3619
Yorkshire Association Archive collection in York Minster's libraryn.d. 2348

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

NamePlace(s)Other societiesDate of death
Battery Serjeant Major Arthur Norman Addison Roll of Honour tower: Thornaby-on-Tees18/07/1918
Sidney Kenneth Arksey Roll of Honour tower: Bridlington Priory19/12/1942
Private Bertie Robert Ayers Roll of Honour tower: Oxenhope07/10/1917
Private (Signaller) Robert Barker Roll of Honour tower: Skipton03/05/1917
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
Hertford County Association
11/01/2004
Revd Gordon Benfield OBEPlace of Birth: Pudsey
Began ringing at: Pudsey
First peal tower: Queensbury, Yorkshire
Towers: Subsequently attached to Far Headlingley, Leeds 1946-1948, Winchester Cathedral and Barford.
Towers: Little Downham
Location mentioned in obituary: Barford
Ancient Society of College Youths12/08/2004
Private Frank Crossland Billows Location mentioned in obituary: Blackburn
Roll of Honour tower: Skipton
24/04/1917
Corporal Tom Eustace Binns Roll of Honour tower: Calverley26/09/1915
George Bean Bolland Place of Birth: Tong, Yorkshire
Began ringing at: Tong
First peal tower: St. James, Tong
Location mentioned in obituary: Tong (Yorks)
29/12/1925
John Claughton Bosomworth Roll of Honour tower: Easingwold15/10/1943
Rifleman Edgar Bottomley Roll of Honour tower: Northowram17/02/1917
Vernon Bottomley Place of Birth: Halifax
Began ringing at: All Souls, Halifax
First peal tower: Elland
Towers: Subsequently attached to Halifax Parish from 1937 to 1938, Queensbury 1938 to 1952, All Souls, Halifax 1952 to 1964, Dewsbury 1964 to 1971, Northowram 1971 to 1974 and Askrigg from 1974.
Location mentioned in obituary: Askrigg, Halifax, Queensbury
Central Council of Church Bellringers19/06/1998
Private David Ivor Brearley Location mentioned in obituary: Bolsterstone
Roll of Honour tower: Bolsterstone
14/05/1917
George Breed Place of Birth: Braintree
Began ringing at: Braintree
First peal tower: St. Paul Shadwell, London
Towers: York Minster from 1876
Location mentioned in obituary: York
18/12/1917
George Brothwell Roll of Honour tower: Whiston (St Mary Magdelene)24/09/1942
Mr R Brown Central Council of Church Bellringers 
Lance Corporal Harold Brown Roll of Honour tower: Drighlington03/05/1917
Private John Camp Roll of Honour tower: Howden20/11/1917
Norman Chaddock Place of Birth: Rotherham
Began ringing at: Eastwood, Rotherham
First peal tower: Eastwood, Rotherham
Towers: Subsequently attached to Whiston, Yorkshire from 1939 to 1969; Market Weighton from 1969 to 1976; Inveraray 1976 to 1991; Milnthorpe from 1991 to 1999.
Location mentioned in obituary: Rotherham & Inveraray
Ancient Society of College Youths
Central Council of Church Bellringers
Sheffield and District Society
17/11/1999
Corporal Harry Champion Location mentioned in obituary: Doncaster
Roll of Honour tower: Doncaster
27/06/1916

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.

Peal board photos

Total records: 1

Otley, W Yorks 13/02/1877

Otley, W Yorks 13/12/1877

Details

Peals

For those who have a pealbase login, the society analysis has totals since 1910.

Yorkshire Association and associated societies

Associated societies have a green background.

Society NameDescriptionsFrom (year)To (year)Web site
Leeds & District Association
Yorkshire Association

The Yorkshire Association has the Barnsley Society, Doncaster Society and Halifax Guild operating within its boundaries. [Research by John Harrison.]

The formation of an association was first mooted in West Yorkshire at a meeting held in Bradford on 2nd January 1875. A further meeting at York in the July, which attracted 300 ringers, decided that a conference of delegates should meet to draw up a set of rules. This led to the formal setting up of the Association on 30th October 1875 at Birstall near Leeds, with an initial membership of 104 ringers. For further background see the Ringing World (17th October 1975, pages 861 to 865). [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Certificates Collection by Chris Ridley.]

founded 1875
Subsumed: Cleveland & North Yorkshire Association (1898-1970), Leeds & District Society (1889-1970), Sheffield & District Society (1880-1903), Sheffield District & Old East Derbyshire Ass (1903-1973) [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Badge Collection by Chris Ridley.]

1875https://yacr.org.uk/
Leeds & District Society

Became a branch of the Yorkshire Association on 31st January 1970 [Research by John Harrison.]

18891970

Photo

Books in the Council Library

TitleAuthorDateNotesAcquisition Number
Yorkshire Association of Change RingersNewsletter No 1 (Autumn 2006) - No 12 (Summer 2012) Nos 13, 14, 15 and 16 (Autumn 2015)3531
CentrepieceNewsletter Mar 1985 - Feb 1986 (four issues)1724
Newsletter Spring 1986 - Spring 1990, Autumn and Winter 19911890
Annual Reports 1875-2020 (No 145) (1881/82 photocopy) 2019-2022525
A guide to the member churches of the Sheffield and District Branch of the Yorkshire AssociationHelen C Turner (compiler)1989illustrated A5 duplicated typescript 3383
A guide to the member churches of the Sheffield and District Branch of the Yorkshire AssociationHelen C Turner (compiler)1990illustrated Ring bound A4 2009
Diagrams Jasper Snowdon Change Ringing Series2011Entirely new work Based on the original work by Jasper and William Snowdon. 3426
Diagrams Jasper Snowdon Change Ringing Series2013Reprint of 3426 with corrections Based on the original work by Jasper and William Snowdon 3619
Yorkshire Association Archive collection in York Minster's libraryn.d. 2348

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

NamePlace(s)Other societiesDate of death
Battery Serjeant Major Arthur Norman Addison Roll of Honour tower: Thornaby-on-Tees18/07/1918
Sidney Kenneth Arksey Roll of Honour tower: Bridlington Priory19/12/1942
Private Bertie Robert Ayers Roll of Honour tower: Oxenhope07/10/1917
Private (Signaller) Robert Barker Roll of Honour tower: Skipton03/05/1917
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
Hertford County Association
11/01/2004
Revd Gordon Benfield OBEPlace of Birth: Pudsey
Began ringing at: Pudsey
First peal tower: Queensbury, Yorkshire
Towers: Subsequently attached to Far Headlingley, Leeds 1946-1948, Winchester Cathedral and Barford.
Towers: Little Downham
Location mentioned in obituary: Barford
Ancient Society of College Youths12/08/2004
Private Frank Crossland Billows Location mentioned in obituary: Blackburn
Roll of Honour tower: Skipton
24/04/1917
Corporal Tom Eustace Binns Roll of Honour tower: Calverley26/09/1915
George Bean Bolland Place of Birth: Tong, Yorkshire
Began ringing at: Tong
First peal tower: St. James, Tong
Location mentioned in obituary: Tong (Yorks)
29/12/1925
John Claughton Bosomworth Roll of Honour tower: Easingwold15/10/1943
Rifleman Edgar Bottomley Roll of Honour tower: Northowram17/02/1917
Vernon Bottomley Place of Birth: Halifax
Began ringing at: All Souls, Halifax
First peal tower: Elland
Towers: Subsequently attached to Halifax Parish from 1937 to 1938, Queensbury 1938 to 1952, All Souls, Halifax 1952 to 1964, Dewsbury 1964 to 1971, Northowram 1971 to 1974 and Askrigg from 1974.
Location mentioned in obituary: Askrigg, Halifax, Queensbury
Central Council of Church Bellringers19/06/1998
Private David Ivor Brearley Location mentioned in obituary: Bolsterstone
Roll of Honour tower: Bolsterstone
14/05/1917
George Breed Place of Birth: Braintree
Began ringing at: Braintree
First peal tower: St. Paul Shadwell, London
Towers: York Minster from 1876
Location mentioned in obituary: York
18/12/1917
George Brothwell Roll of Honour tower: Whiston (St Mary Magdelene)24/09/1942
Mr R Brown Central Council of Church Bellringers 
Lance Corporal Harold Brown Roll of Honour tower: Drighlington03/05/1917
Private John Camp Roll of Honour tower: Howden20/11/1917
Norman Chaddock Place of Birth: Rotherham
Began ringing at: Eastwood, Rotherham
First peal tower: Eastwood, Rotherham
Towers: Subsequently attached to Whiston, Yorkshire from 1939 to 1969; Market Weighton from 1969 to 1976; Inveraray 1976 to 1991; Milnthorpe from 1991 to 1999.
Location mentioned in obituary: Rotherham & Inveraray
Ancient Society of College Youths
Central Council of Church Bellringers
Sheffield and District Society
17/11/1999
Corporal Harry Champion Location mentioned in obituary: Doncaster
Roll of Honour tower: Doncaster
27/06/1916

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.

Peal board photos

Total records: 1

Otley, W Yorks 13/02/1877

Otley, W Yorks 13/12/1877

Details

Peals

For those who have a pealbase login, the society analysis has totals since 1910.

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