Sussex County Association| Society Name | Descriptions | From (year) | To (year) | Web site |
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| Sussex County Association | The idea of forming a county association had been raised at meetings in the 1880s as recorded in Bell News reports at the time. At a meeting held in the ringing chamber of St Pater, Brighton on 15th December 1884 the first item on the agenda was a proposition from the Revd Divie Robertson that the Sussex County Association of Change Ringers be formed. This was carried unanimously only after a lengthy discussion. It was further agreed the meeting should be adjourned after which a code of rules should be drawn up and circulated to every parish. A further meeting held on 24th January 1885 to allow delegates to report back to their respective local ringing societies. At this subsequent meeting the rules were agreed and officers elected, although a number of ringing activities in the later part of December 1884 appeared in Bell News under the society title. For further background see the Ringing World (25th January 1985, pages 72, 78 and 79) and the publication The Sussex County Association of Change Ringers 1885-2010 by David Kirkcaldy. | 1885 | | https://scacr.org/ |
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Books in the Council Library| Title | Author | Date | Notes | Acquisition Number |
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| Sussex County Association of Change Ringers | | | Initially Quarterly Newsletter of the Sussex County Association of Change Ringers, later published twice a year and then reverted to quarterly 'Soundbow' Feb 1976 (Issue 1) - Winter 1983/4 (16 unbound issues, an incomplete series) Spring 1984 – Winter 2019, Spring 2020 - Spring 2023 | 1497 | | | | Newsletter Renamed 'Northern News' Nov 1983 - Feb 1995); 'Catch Hold' June 1996 - Sept 1998; 'Northern News' again from Nov 1998 Jan?1983 - Dec 2001/Jan 2002 (not necessarily complete - 70 issues) | 2940 | | Southern News | | | Newsletter Jan 1985 - Nov 2001 (91 issues - not necessarily complete) | 2545 | | Sally-Forth | | | Newsletter No 1 (Summer 1988) - No 69 (Mar 1995), May, Jul and Nov 1995, Mar and May 1996, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov 1997, Jan, May, Jun, Sep, Dec 1998, Mar, May, Jul/Sep, Nov 1999, Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep/Oct 2000, Dec/Jan 2001, Nov/Dec 2008 - Jan/Feb 2010 | 1523 | | | | Photocopy of 'Report of proceedings since the formation of the Association' (an interim report published in May 1885) 1885-2016/7, (1941 photocopy), 2017/18 – 2021/22 | 710 | | Masters of the Sussex County Association of Change Ringers | Christine Baldock (compiler) | 2012 | illustrated | 3457 | | Merrily on High 1885 - 1985 | | 1985 | A5 duplicated leaflet for centenary exhibition | 1733 | | A Basic Collection of Doubles and Triples Methods. | | c.1990 | Based on CC Collection | 3161 | | Treble Bob Minor Methods. | | c.1990 | Based on CC Collection | 3162 | | The 99 Plain Minor Methods. | | c.1990 | Based on CC Collection | 3163 | | Alliance Minor Methods. | | c.1990 | Based on CC Collection | 3164 | | The Tower Captain and training of ringers | Peter Hurcombe | 1985 | | 3404 |
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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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| Norman Ernest Adcock | Roll of Honour tower: Steyning | | 29/05/1940 | | Frederic William John Allfrey | Roll of Honour tower: Billingshurst | | 13/11/1942 | | Company Serjeant Major John Sidney Alliss | Roll of Honour tower: Henfield | | 17/12/1917 | | Private Wilfrid Gordon Anson | Roll of Honour tower: Lewes | | 22/10/1917 | | Stanley Ernest Armstrong | Place of Birth: Doncaster
Began ringing at: Brockenhurst, Hants
First peal tower: Lymington
Towers: Luton 1927-1930, Good Shepherd, Brighton 1930-1987 | | 24/07/1987 | | George Frederick Attree | Place of Birth: Brighton
Began ringing at: Brighton
First peal tower: St. Peter, Brighton
Location mentioned in obituary: Brighton (ex) | | 01/06/1918 | | Ernest Attwater | Location mentioned in obituary: Cuckfield
Roll of Honour tower: Cuckfield | Ancient Society of College Youths | 22/03/1918 | | Alan Robert Baldock | Place of Birth: Eastbourne, Sussex
Began ringing at: Eastbourne, St Mary
First peal tower: Steyning
Towers: Eastbourne St Saviour 1961-65
Towers: Hailsham, St Mary V 1986 -
Towers: Westham, St Mary V 1965-86
Location mentioned in obituary: Hailsham | Central Council of Church Bellringers | 16/12/2021 | | William Henry Banks | Location mentioned in obituary: Barcombe
Roll of Honour tower: Barcombe | | 07/02/1916 | | Andrew Davison Barnsdale | Location mentioned in obituary: Haslemere | Ancient Society of College Youths | 20/03/2016 | | Charles John Batten | Roll of Honour tower: Aldrington | | 21/08/1942 | | Rifleman William George Baugh | Roll of Honour tower: Mayfield | | 08/08/1918 | | William Bennett | Roll of Honour tower: Rye | | 12/09/1917 | | Frank Bennett | Place of Birth: Basingstoke, Hants
Began ringing at: Basingstoke
First peal tower: St. Nicholas, Guildford
Towers: St Nicholas, Guildford 1887-1895 St Peter, Brighton 1895-1907 St Alphege, Greenwich 1907-1912 St Botolph, Heene 1914 St Nicholas Brighton 1920
Location mentioned in obituary: Brighton | Essex Association
Society of Royal Cumberland Youths | 10/11/1957 | | Arthur Burgess Bennett | Place of Birth: Felpham, Sussex
Began ringing at: St Mary Magdalene & St Denys, Midhurst
First peal tower: All Saints, Hursley, Hants
Towers: St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, 1907-1939
Location mentioned in obituary: Kensington | Central Council of Church Bellringers
Society of Royal Cumberland Youths
Suffolk Guild | 30/03/1939 | | Richard George Blackman | Place of Birth: Arundel, Sussex
Began ringing at: Arundel
First peal tower: St. John the Baptist, Westborne, Sussex
Towers: Chichester Cathedral from 1943
Location mentioned in obituary: Chichester | | 22/01/1969 | | Alan Blackman | Roll of Honour tower: Arundel | | 24/03/1942 | | Private Harry Bourn | Roll of Honour tower: Balcombe | | 07/06/1917 | | Private Thomas Edwin Brooker | Roll of Honour tower: Keymer | | 07/11/1916 | | Private Henry Thomas Burgess | Roll of Honour tower: Westham | | 30/06/1916 |
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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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Peal board photosNo pealboard photos have been submitted for this society. | PealsFor those who have a pealbase login, the society analysis has totals since 1910. |
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Sussex County Association| Society Name | Descriptions | From (year) | To (year) | Web site |
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| Sussex County Association | The idea of forming a county association had been raised at meetings in the 1880s as recorded in Bell News reports at the time. At a meeting held in the ringing chamber of St Pater, Brighton on 15th December 1884 the first item on the agenda was a proposition from the Revd Divie Robertson that the Sussex County Association of Change Ringers be formed. This was carried unanimously only after a lengthy discussion. It was further agreed the meeting should be adjourned after which a code of rules should be drawn up and circulated to every parish. A further meeting held on 24th January 1885 to allow delegates to report back to their respective local ringing societies. At this subsequent meeting the rules were agreed and officers elected, although a number of ringing activities in the later part of December 1884 appeared in Bell News under the society title. For further background see the Ringing World (25th January 1985, pages 72, 78 and 79) and the publication The Sussex County Association of Change Ringers 1885-2010 by David Kirkcaldy. | 1885 | | https://scacr.org/ |
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Books in the Council Library| Title | Author | Date | Notes | Acquisition Number |
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| Sussex County Association of Change Ringers | | | Initially Quarterly Newsletter of the Sussex County Association of Change Ringers, later published twice a year and then reverted to quarterly 'Soundbow' Feb 1976 (Issue 1) - Winter 1983/4 (16 unbound issues, an incomplete series) Spring 1984 – Winter 2019, Spring 2020 - Spring 2023 | 1497 | | | | Newsletter Renamed 'Northern News' Nov 1983 - Feb 1995); 'Catch Hold' June 1996 - Sept 1998; 'Northern News' again from Nov 1998 Jan?1983 - Dec 2001/Jan 2002 (not necessarily complete - 70 issues) | 2940 | | Southern News | | | Newsletter Jan 1985 - Nov 2001 (91 issues - not necessarily complete) | 2545 | | Sally-Forth | | | Newsletter No 1 (Summer 1988) - No 69 (Mar 1995), May, Jul and Nov 1995, Mar and May 1996, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov 1997, Jan, May, Jun, Sep, Dec 1998, Mar, May, Jul/Sep, Nov 1999, Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep/Oct 2000, Dec/Jan 2001, Nov/Dec 2008 - Jan/Feb 2010 | 1523 | | | | Photocopy of 'Report of proceedings since the formation of the Association' (an interim report published in May 1885) 1885-2016/7, (1941 photocopy), 2017/18 – 2021/22 | 710 | | Masters of the Sussex County Association of Change Ringers | Christine Baldock (compiler) | 2012 | illustrated | 3457 | | Merrily on High 1885 - 1985 | | 1985 | A5 duplicated leaflet for centenary exhibition | 1733 | | A Basic Collection of Doubles and Triples Methods. | | c.1990 | Based on CC Collection | 3161 | | Treble Bob Minor Methods. | | c.1990 | Based on CC Collection | 3162 | | The 99 Plain Minor Methods. | | c.1990 | Based on CC Collection | 3163 | | Alliance Minor Methods. | | c.1990 | Based on CC Collection | 3164 | | The Tower Captain and training of ringers | Peter Hurcombe | 1985 | | 3404 |
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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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| Norman Ernest Adcock | Roll of Honour tower: Steyning | | 29/05/1940 | | Frederic William John Allfrey | Roll of Honour tower: Billingshurst | | 13/11/1942 | | Company Serjeant Major John Sidney Alliss | Roll of Honour tower: Henfield | | 17/12/1917 | | Private Wilfrid Gordon Anson | Roll of Honour tower: Lewes | | 22/10/1917 | | Stanley Ernest Armstrong | Place of Birth: Doncaster
Began ringing at: Brockenhurst, Hants
First peal tower: Lymington
Towers: Luton 1927-1930, Good Shepherd, Brighton 1930-1987 | | 24/07/1987 | | George Frederick Attree | Place of Birth: Brighton
Began ringing at: Brighton
First peal tower: St. Peter, Brighton
Location mentioned in obituary: Brighton (ex) | | 01/06/1918 | | Ernest Attwater | Location mentioned in obituary: Cuckfield
Roll of Honour tower: Cuckfield | Ancient Society of College Youths | 22/03/1918 | | Alan Robert Baldock | Place of Birth: Eastbourne, Sussex
Began ringing at: Eastbourne, St Mary
First peal tower: Steyning
Towers: Eastbourne St Saviour 1961-65
Towers: Hailsham, St Mary V 1986 -
Towers: Westham, St Mary V 1965-86
Location mentioned in obituary: Hailsham | Central Council of Church Bellringers | 16/12/2021 | | William Henry Banks | Location mentioned in obituary: Barcombe
Roll of Honour tower: Barcombe | | 07/02/1916 | | Andrew Davison Barnsdale | Location mentioned in obituary: Haslemere | Ancient Society of College Youths | 20/03/2016 | | Charles John Batten | Roll of Honour tower: Aldrington | | 21/08/1942 | | Rifleman William George Baugh | Roll of Honour tower: Mayfield | | 08/08/1918 | | William Bennett | Roll of Honour tower: Rye | | 12/09/1917 | | Frank Bennett | Place of Birth: Basingstoke, Hants
Began ringing at: Basingstoke
First peal tower: St. Nicholas, Guildford
Towers: St Nicholas, Guildford 1887-1895 St Peter, Brighton 1895-1907 St Alphege, Greenwich 1907-1912 St Botolph, Heene 1914 St Nicholas Brighton 1920
Location mentioned in obituary: Brighton | Essex Association
Society of Royal Cumberland Youths | 10/11/1957 | | Arthur Burgess Bennett | Place of Birth: Felpham, Sussex
Began ringing at: St Mary Magdalene & St Denys, Midhurst
First peal tower: All Saints, Hursley, Hants
Towers: St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, 1907-1939
Location mentioned in obituary: Kensington | Central Council of Church Bellringers
Society of Royal Cumberland Youths
Suffolk Guild | 30/03/1939 | | Richard George Blackman | Place of Birth: Arundel, Sussex
Began ringing at: Arundel
First peal tower: St. John the Baptist, Westborne, Sussex
Towers: Chichester Cathedral from 1943
Location mentioned in obituary: Chichester | | 22/01/1969 | | Alan Blackman | Roll of Honour tower: Arundel | | 24/03/1942 | | Private Harry Bourn | Roll of Honour tower: Balcombe | | 07/06/1917 | | Private Thomas Edwin Brooker | Roll of Honour tower: Keymer | | 07/11/1916 | | Private Henry Thomas Burgess | Roll of Honour tower: Westham | | 30/06/1916 |
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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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Peal board photosNo pealboard photos have been submitted for this society. | PealsFor those who have a pealbase login, the society analysis has totals since 1910. |
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