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Winchester and Portsmouth Diocesan Guild and associated societies

Associated societies have a green background.

Society NameDescriptionsFrom (year)To (year)Web site
Winchester Diocesan Guild

This Guild was founded by Rev. Arthur du Boulay Hill and Canon F. T. Madge. At that time the Diocese of Winchester was very large. In 1924 it was divided into three dioceses: Winchester, Portsmouth and Guildford. The ringers decided that ringers in the Dioceses of Portsmouth and Winchester should form the Winchester and Portsmouth Diocesan Guild and those in Guildford would form a separate Guildford Diocesan Guild. [Research by John Harrison.]

18791923
Winchester and Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Winchester and Portsmouth Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers [Research by John Harrison.]

The original Winchester Diocesan Guild was founded on 26th June 1879 at a meeting held in Basingstoke. It was the result of the efforts of two individuals, Revd A du Boulay Hill the Revd Canon F T Madge. The new Guild's area was extensive, for the then Diocese of Winchester stretched from parts of the present Greater London in the east to Bournemouth in the west, and included most of Surrey, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands. The decision to divide the Diocese in 1924 to create new diocese for Guildford and Portsmouth led to the setting up of the current Guild, with the Guildford Diocesan Guild being established as a separate entity on 1st May 1927. For further background see the Ringing World (22nd June 1979, pages 509 to 518). [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Certificates Collection by Chris Ridley.]

founded 1928
Formerly: Winchester Diocesan Guild (1879-1928) [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Badge Collection by Chris Ridley.]

1924https://www.wpbells.org/

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Books in the Council Library

TitleAuthorDateNotesAcquisition Number
Winchester Cathedral26.vi.1979Winchester and Portsmouth Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers Centenary Service 1044
Winchester and Portsmouth D GNewsletter until May 1992. Guild News from September 1992 Autumn 1984, (Aut 1985 missing), Aut 1986, Spr & Aut 1987, Spr & Aut 1988, Spr & Aut 1989, (Apr 1990 missing), Jan & Oct 1991, May 1992, Jan & May 1993, (Sep 1993, Feb & Sep 1994 missing), Mar & Oct 1995, Mar & Oct 1996, Mar & Sep 1997, Feb & Sep 1998, Ma1931
Annual Reports 1894/5 (15th), 1900/01 (21st),1908 (29th, published April 1909), 1909 (30th, published May 1910),1911(32nd, published June 1912), 1913 (34th, published May 1914), 1914, 1919 (with peals for 1916 and 1918) -1923, 1926, 1927 (forty-eighth)522
1928-2015/16 (1941, 1942-3, 1943 and 1944 missing), 2016/17 - 2022/23, 1928 was first as W & P, but numbered as 49th continuing from Winchester DG 1940, 1941, 1942-3, 1943 and 1944 were truncated reports of 4 - 8pp700
The Church Bells of the Channel IslandsDavid Cawley and Fredk Sharpe2007illustrated 3418

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

NamePlace(s)Other societiesDate of death
John Cecil Owen Allan Roll of Honour tower: Alresford07/06/1944
Edgar Donald Balaam Roll of Honour tower: Wootton (St Lawrence)29/06/1942
Raymond Courtney Barker Roll of Honour tower: Bournemouth, St Peter29/08/1945
C Barratt Roll of Honour tower: Romsey 
Harry Barton Place of Birth: Eastry, Kent
Began ringing at: St. Mary, Eastry
First peal tower: All Saints, Kingston on Thames
Towers: Southwold 1912. St Margaret's Westminster 1894.
Location mentioned in obituary: Newport (IOW)
Society of Royal Cumberland Youths
Winchester Diocesan Guild
26/01/1940
Percival Stanley C Batten Roll of Honour tower: Eling, Southampton26/04/1943
Harold Eustace Clark Roll of Honour tower: Bishopstoke14/05/1943
Mr Arthur Terence Collins Place of Birth: Swindon
Began ringing at: South Marston
First peal tower: Rodbourne Cheney
Towers: Binstead
Location mentioned in obituary: Binsted
Location mentioned in obituary: East Meon
Central Council of Church Bellringers
Gloucester and Bristol Diocesan Association
30/07/2021
Kenneth Stuart Bayne Croft Place of Birth: Lincoln
Began ringing at: Lincoln Cathedral
First peal tower: Lincoln (handbells)
Towers: St Mary Southampton 1954-1973
Location mentioned in obituary: Lincoln
Central Council of Church Bellringers
Winchester Diocesan Guild
12/05/1984
William James Davidson Place of Birth: Blackcraig, Kirkcudbrightshire
Began ringing at: St. John's, Newcastle
First peal tower: Whitley Bay
Towers: Newcastle Cathedral
Location mentioned in obituary: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Durham and Newcastle Diocesan Association30/05/1983
Arthur Vincent Davis Began ringing at: St. Peter's Bournemouth
First peal tower: Lymington
Location mentioned in obituary: Christchurch (Dorset)
Central Council of Church Bellringers19/12/1988
Geoffrey Kenneth Dodd Location mentioned in obituary: HighclereCentral Council of Church Bellringers03/09/2020
Canon Kenneth Walter Harry Felstead Place of Birth: Beighton, Derbyshire
Location mentioned in obituary: Warminster
Central Council of Church Bellringers26/02/1994
Bernard John Goldsmith Roll of Honour tower: Wootton (St Lawrence)30/03/1944
Leonard Jack Harris Roll of Honour tower: Lyndhurst06/02/1945
John Hartless Place of Birth: Bournemouth
Began ringing at: Ringwood, Hants
First peal tower: Brockenhurst
Towers: Eling, Hants from 1954
Location mentioned in obituary: Eling
26/01/1982
Eric Bertram Hearmon Roll of Honour tower: Yateley12/08/1945
Ronald Frederick Kingham Roll of Honour tower: Basingstoke (St Michael)Oxford Diocesan Guild13/05/1943
Charles Henry Kippin Place of Birth: Beddington, Surrey
Began ringing at: Beddington
First peal tower: Beddington
Towers: Southampton, St Michael's, Farnborough, Hants
Location mentioned in obituary: Hursley
Ancient Society of College Youths
Central Council of Church Bellringers
Surrey Association
16/06/1995
Douglas Robert Luke Roll of Honour tower: Eling, Southampton25/08/1942

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 Boards

Grayshott, Hants 15/04/1939

Details

Winchester and Portsmouth Diocesan Guild and associated societies

Associated societies have a green background.

Society NameDescriptionsFrom (year)To (year)Web site
Winchester Diocesan Guild

This Guild was founded by Rev. Arthur du Boulay Hill and Canon F. T. Madge. At that time the Diocese of Winchester was very large. In 1924 it was divided into three dioceses: Winchester, Portsmouth and Guildford. The ringers decided that ringers in the Dioceses of Portsmouth and Winchester should form the Winchester and Portsmouth Diocesan Guild and those in Guildford would form a separate Guildford Diocesan Guild. [Research by John Harrison.]

18791923
Winchester and Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Winchester and Portsmouth Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers [Research by John Harrison.]

The original Winchester Diocesan Guild was founded on 26th June 1879 at a meeting held in Basingstoke. It was the result of the efforts of two individuals, Revd A du Boulay Hill the Revd Canon F T Madge. The new Guild's area was extensive, for the then Diocese of Winchester stretched from parts of the present Greater London in the east to Bournemouth in the west, and included most of Surrey, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands. The decision to divide the Diocese in 1924 to create new diocese for Guildford and Portsmouth led to the setting up of the current Guild, with the Guildford Diocesan Guild being established as a separate entity on 1st May 1927. For further background see the Ringing World (22nd June 1979, pages 509 to 518). [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Certificates Collection by Chris Ridley.]

founded 1928
Formerly: Winchester Diocesan Guild (1879-1928) [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Badge Collection by Chris Ridley.]

1924https://www.wpbells.org/

Photo

Books in the Council Library

TitleAuthorDateNotesAcquisition Number
Winchester Cathedral26.vi.1979Winchester and Portsmouth Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers Centenary Service 1044
Winchester and Portsmouth D GNewsletter until May 1992. Guild News from September 1992 Autumn 1984, (Aut 1985 missing), Aut 1986, Spr & Aut 1987, Spr & Aut 1988, Spr & Aut 1989, (Apr 1990 missing), Jan & Oct 1991, May 1992, Jan & May 1993, (Sep 1993, Feb & Sep 1994 missing), Mar & Oct 1995, Mar & Oct 1996, Mar & Sep 1997, Feb & Sep 1998, Ma1931
Annual Reports 1894/5 (15th), 1900/01 (21st),1908 (29th, published April 1909), 1909 (30th, published May 1910),1911(32nd, published June 1912), 1913 (34th, published May 1914), 1914, 1919 (with peals for 1916 and 1918) -1923, 1926, 1927 (forty-eighth)522
1928-2015/16 (1941, 1942-3, 1943 and 1944 missing), 2016/17 - 2022/23, 1928 was first as W & P, but numbered as 49th continuing from Winchester DG 1940, 1941, 1942-3, 1943 and 1944 were truncated reports of 4 - 8pp700
The Church Bells of the Channel IslandsDavid Cawley and Fredk Sharpe2007illustrated 3418

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

NamePlace(s)Other societiesDate of death
John Cecil Owen Allan Roll of Honour tower: Alresford07/06/1944
Edgar Donald Balaam Roll of Honour tower: Wootton (St Lawrence)29/06/1942
Raymond Courtney Barker Roll of Honour tower: Bournemouth, St Peter29/08/1945
C Barratt Roll of Honour tower: Romsey 
Harry Barton Place of Birth: Eastry, Kent
Began ringing at: St. Mary, Eastry
First peal tower: All Saints, Kingston on Thames
Towers: Southwold 1912. St Margaret's Westminster 1894.
Location mentioned in obituary: Newport (IOW)
Society of Royal Cumberland Youths
Winchester Diocesan Guild
26/01/1940
Percival Stanley C Batten Roll of Honour tower: Eling, Southampton26/04/1943
Harold Eustace Clark Roll of Honour tower: Bishopstoke14/05/1943
Mr Arthur Terence Collins Place of Birth: Swindon
Began ringing at: South Marston
First peal tower: Rodbourne Cheney
Towers: Binstead
Location mentioned in obituary: Binsted
Location mentioned in obituary: East Meon
Central Council of Church Bellringers
Gloucester and Bristol Diocesan Association
30/07/2021
Kenneth Stuart Bayne Croft Place of Birth: Lincoln
Began ringing at: Lincoln Cathedral
First peal tower: Lincoln (handbells)
Towers: St Mary Southampton 1954-1973
Location mentioned in obituary: Lincoln
Central Council of Church Bellringers
Winchester Diocesan Guild
12/05/1984
William James Davidson Place of Birth: Blackcraig, Kirkcudbrightshire
Began ringing at: St. John's, Newcastle
First peal tower: Whitley Bay
Towers: Newcastle Cathedral
Location mentioned in obituary: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Durham and Newcastle Diocesan Association30/05/1983
Arthur Vincent Davis Began ringing at: St. Peter's Bournemouth
First peal tower: Lymington
Location mentioned in obituary: Christchurch (Dorset)
Central Council of Church Bellringers19/12/1988
Geoffrey Kenneth Dodd Location mentioned in obituary: HighclereCentral Council of Church Bellringers03/09/2020
Canon Kenneth Walter Harry Felstead Place of Birth: Beighton, Derbyshire
Location mentioned in obituary: Warminster
Central Council of Church Bellringers26/02/1994
Bernard John Goldsmith Roll of Honour tower: Wootton (St Lawrence)30/03/1944
Leonard Jack Harris Roll of Honour tower: Lyndhurst06/02/1945
John Hartless Place of Birth: Bournemouth
Began ringing at: Ringwood, Hants
First peal tower: Brockenhurst
Towers: Eling, Hants from 1954
Location mentioned in obituary: Eling
26/01/1982
Eric Bertram Hearmon Roll of Honour tower: Yateley12/08/1945
Ronald Frederick Kingham Roll of Honour tower: Basingstoke (St Michael)Oxford Diocesan Guild13/05/1943
Charles Henry Kippin Place of Birth: Beddington, Surrey
Began ringing at: Beddington
First peal tower: Beddington
Towers: Southampton, St Michael's, Farnborough, Hants
Location mentioned in obituary: Hursley
Ancient Society of College Youths
Central Council of Church Bellringers
Surrey Association
16/06/1995
Douglas Robert Luke Roll of Honour tower: Eling, Southampton25/08/1942

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 Boards

Grayshott, Hants 15/04/1939

Details
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