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Suffolk Guild

Society NameDescriptionsFrom (year)To (year)Web site
Suffolk Guild

founded 1923
Formerly: St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocesan Association (1921-1922); Suffolk County Association (1922 -1923) [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Badge Collection by Chris Ridley.]

[is this really 254/108?] [Observations made during the compilation of this combined dataset - by Doug Hird]

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Books in the Council Library

TitleAuthorDateNotesAcquisition Number
Suffolk GuildNewsletter Jun 1982 - Mar 2000 (41 issues, not necessarily complete)1345
Annual Reports 1923 (1st)-2015/16, 2016/7 – 2022/23698
Belfry Care and MaintenanceR W M Clouston1973Photocopied typescript 770
A statistical record of the years from Apr 2nd 1923 to Dec 31st 1972, comprising towers, peals rung and methods of which they consistJohn Harroldn.d.Duplicated typescript 2527
Objects, Constitution and Rulesn.d. 1696
Some ideas for activities within the Suffolk Guild of Ringers1973Duplicated typescript. No 132 in 1983 catalogue. 1300
The Suffolk Guild Composition Collection 1987-1988.David G Salter (Compiler)n.d. 2353
An Analysis of Peals rung for the Suffolk Guild of Ringers 1923-1993David G Salter1994 2354
Suffolk Guild library list1984See also 2015 and 2258 below 1594
Suffolk Guild Library Catalogue1991See also 1594 above 2258 below 2015
Suffolk Guild Library Catalogue1994See also 1594 and 2015 above 2258
Belfry Care and MaintenanceR W M Clouston1978Abridged from Belfry Care and Maintenance, Suffolk Guild, 1975 1760

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

NamePlace(s)Other societiesDate of death
Trevor Noel John Bailey Place of Birth: Beccles
Began ringing at: Beccles
First peal tower: Barsham
Location mentioned in obituary: Beccles
Ancient Society of College Youths11/10/2005
Frederick Thomas Baker Roll of Honour tower: Rattlesden24/07/1944
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
Sussex County Association
30/03/1939
John William Charles Blythe Began ringing at: St. George's Colegate, Norwich
First peal tower: Huntingdonshire
Towers: When he worked in Ipswich, he joined the band at St. Margaret's Ipswich, where he became Tower Captain; he also rang at Rushmere and St. Mary-le-Tower in Ipswich.
27/07/2006
Leslie George Brett Place of Birth: Framsden
Began ringing at: Framsden
First peal tower: Framsden
Towers: Helmingham
Location mentioned in obituary: Framsden
04/01/1991
Hubert Joseph Day Place of Birth: Eye, Suffolk
Began ringing at: Eye
First peal tower: Eye
08/08/1952
Revd Herbert Drake Began ringing at: St Peter's, Mountsorrel, Leics
First peal tower: St. Mary, Selly Oak, Worcs
Towers: Braisworth 1907-1919, Ufford 1919-1947
Location mentioned in obituary: Ufford
Central Council of Church Bellringers
Norwich and Ipswich Association
Norwich Diocesan Association
Salisbury Diocesan Guild
St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich Association
08/11/1947
Bertie Eady Roll of Honour tower: Lavenham14/09/1943
Howard William Egglestone Place of Birth: Letterstone, Pembrokeshire
Began ringing at: Boreham, Essex
First peal tower: Boreham
Location mentioned in obituary: Crediton
Central Council of Church Bellringers
Oxford Diocesan Guild
17/02/2013
Robert Hugh Gardiner Roll of Honour tower: Huntingfield02/11/1943
Edwin Charles Hynard Towers: Polstead
Location mentioned in obituary: Polstead
24/05/2023
Adrian Knights Place of Birth: Halesworth
Began ringing at: Leiston
First peal tower: Theberton
Society of Royal Cumberland Youths16/12/2023
Miss Alice Elizabeth Joyce Lester Place of Birth: Ipswich
Began ringing at: Barking, Suffolk
First peal tower: Barking
Towers: Our Lady and St. Nicholas, Liverpool from 1958-1960
07/02/2004
Charles Mee Place of Birth: Sproughton, Suffolk
Began ringing at: Ipswich
First peal tower: St. Mary le Tower, Ipswich
Location mentioned in obituary: Sproughton
Central Council of Church Bellringers
Norwich Diocesan Association
Norwich Diocesan Guild
St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich Association
26/01/1942
Muriel Rosa Page Place of Birth: Stonham Aspal
Began ringing at: Stonham Aspal
First peal tower: Framsden
05/12/2023
Cecil William Pipe Place of Birth: Hasketon, Suffolk
Began ringing at: Grundisburgh, Suffolk
First peal tower: Henley, Suffolk
Towers: St. Andrew's, Holborn 1924-30; St. Paul's Cathedral Substitute 1928-31; Staines & Egham 1931-37; St. Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich 1938.
Location mentioned in obituary: Grundisburgh
12/10/1980
Ernest Frederick Poppy Place of Birth: Weybrigdge Suffolk
Began ringing at: St Cross, Suffolk
First peal tower: St. Mary, Redenhall
Towers: St Mary Redenhall 1894-1901; St Michael & All Angels, Beccles 1901-1903; SS Peter & Paul, Eye, Suffolk 1903-1919
Location mentioned in obituary: Stoke Ash
24/10/1939
Miss R J Seabrook Central Council of Church Bellringers 
Charles John Horace Sedgley Place of Birth: King's Lynn, Norfolk
Began ringing at: King's Lynn
First peal tower: Stow Bardolph, Norfolk
Towers: York, various towers 1908-1909. Ipswich, St Mary le Tower 1909-1973
Location mentioned in obituary: Ipswich
17/01/1973
Herbert William Shemming Location mentioned in obituary: Ipswich
Roll of Honour tower: Ipswich
18/12/1943

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

Horringer, Suffolk 26/12/1935

Details

Peals

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

Suffolk Guild

Society NameDescriptionsFrom (year)To (year)Web site
Suffolk Guild

founded 1923
Formerly: St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocesan Association (1921-1922); Suffolk County Association (1922 -1923) [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Badge Collection by Chris Ridley.]

[is this really 254/108?] [Observations made during the compilation of this combined dataset - by Doug Hird]

Photo

Books in the Council Library

TitleAuthorDateNotesAcquisition Number
Suffolk GuildNewsletter Jun 1982 - Mar 2000 (41 issues, not necessarily complete)1345
Annual Reports 1923 (1st)-2015/16, 2016/7 – 2022/23698
Belfry Care and MaintenanceR W M Clouston1973Photocopied typescript 770
A statistical record of the years from Apr 2nd 1923 to Dec 31st 1972, comprising towers, peals rung and methods of which they consistJohn Harroldn.d.Duplicated typescript 2527
Objects, Constitution and Rulesn.d. 1696
Some ideas for activities within the Suffolk Guild of Ringers1973Duplicated typescript. No 132 in 1983 catalogue. 1300
The Suffolk Guild Composition Collection 1987-1988.David G Salter (Compiler)n.d. 2353
An Analysis of Peals rung for the Suffolk Guild of Ringers 1923-1993David G Salter1994 2354
Suffolk Guild library list1984See also 2015 and 2258 below 1594
Suffolk Guild Library Catalogue1991See also 1594 above 2258 below 2015
Suffolk Guild Library Catalogue1994See also 1594 and 2015 above 2258
Belfry Care and MaintenanceR W M Clouston1978Abridged from Belfry Care and Maintenance, Suffolk Guild, 1975 1760

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

NamePlace(s)Other societiesDate of death
Trevor Noel John Bailey Place of Birth: Beccles
Began ringing at: Beccles
First peal tower: Barsham
Location mentioned in obituary: Beccles
Ancient Society of College Youths11/10/2005
Frederick Thomas Baker Roll of Honour tower: Rattlesden24/07/1944
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
Sussex County Association
30/03/1939
John William Charles Blythe Began ringing at: St. George's Colegate, Norwich
First peal tower: Huntingdonshire
Towers: When he worked in Ipswich, he joined the band at St. Margaret's Ipswich, where he became Tower Captain; he also rang at Rushmere and St. Mary-le-Tower in Ipswich.
27/07/2006
Leslie George Brett Place of Birth: Framsden
Began ringing at: Framsden
First peal tower: Framsden
Towers: Helmingham
Location mentioned in obituary: Framsden
04/01/1991
Hubert Joseph Day Place of Birth: Eye, Suffolk
Began ringing at: Eye
First peal tower: Eye
08/08/1952
Revd Herbert Drake Began ringing at: St Peter's, Mountsorrel, Leics
First peal tower: St. Mary, Selly Oak, Worcs
Towers: Braisworth 1907-1919, Ufford 1919-1947
Location mentioned in obituary: Ufford
Central Council of Church Bellringers
Norwich and Ipswich Association
Norwich Diocesan Association
Salisbury Diocesan Guild
St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich Association
08/11/1947
Bertie Eady Roll of Honour tower: Lavenham14/09/1943
Howard William Egglestone Place of Birth: Letterstone, Pembrokeshire
Began ringing at: Boreham, Essex
First peal tower: Boreham
Location mentioned in obituary: Crediton
Central Council of Church Bellringers
Oxford Diocesan Guild
17/02/2013
Robert Hugh Gardiner Roll of Honour tower: Huntingfield02/11/1943
Edwin Charles Hynard Towers: Polstead
Location mentioned in obituary: Polstead
24/05/2023
Adrian Knights Place of Birth: Halesworth
Began ringing at: Leiston
First peal tower: Theberton
Society of Royal Cumberland Youths16/12/2023
Miss Alice Elizabeth Joyce Lester Place of Birth: Ipswich
Began ringing at: Barking, Suffolk
First peal tower: Barking
Towers: Our Lady and St. Nicholas, Liverpool from 1958-1960
07/02/2004
Charles Mee Place of Birth: Sproughton, Suffolk
Began ringing at: Ipswich
First peal tower: St. Mary le Tower, Ipswich
Location mentioned in obituary: Sproughton
Central Council of Church Bellringers
Norwich Diocesan Association
Norwich Diocesan Guild
St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich Association
26/01/1942
Muriel Rosa Page Place of Birth: Stonham Aspal
Began ringing at: Stonham Aspal
First peal tower: Framsden
05/12/2023
Cecil William Pipe Place of Birth: Hasketon, Suffolk
Began ringing at: Grundisburgh, Suffolk
First peal tower: Henley, Suffolk
Towers: St. Andrew's, Holborn 1924-30; St. Paul's Cathedral Substitute 1928-31; Staines & Egham 1931-37; St. Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich 1938.
Location mentioned in obituary: Grundisburgh
12/10/1980
Ernest Frederick Poppy Place of Birth: Weybrigdge Suffolk
Began ringing at: St Cross, Suffolk
First peal tower: St. Mary, Redenhall
Towers: St Mary Redenhall 1894-1901; St Michael & All Angels, Beccles 1901-1903; SS Peter & Paul, Eye, Suffolk 1903-1919
Location mentioned in obituary: Stoke Ash
24/10/1939
Miss R J Seabrook Central Council of Church Bellringers 
Charles John Horace Sedgley Place of Birth: King's Lynn, Norfolk
Began ringing at: King's Lynn
First peal tower: Stow Bardolph, Norfolk
Towers: York, various towers 1908-1909. Ipswich, St Mary le Tower 1909-1973
Location mentioned in obituary: Ipswich
17/01/1973
Herbert William Shemming Location mentioned in obituary: Ipswich
Roll of Honour tower: Ipswich
18/12/1943

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

Horringer, Suffolk 26/12/1935

Details

Peals

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

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