Leeds & District Association and associated societiesAssociated societies have a green background. | Society Name | Descriptions | From (year) | To (year) | Web site |
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| Leeds & District Association | | | | | | Yorkshire Association | The Yorkshire Association has the Barnsley Society, Doncaster Society and Halifax Guild operating within its boundaries. 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). 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) | 1875 | | https://yacr.org.uk/ | | Leeds & District Society | Became a branch of the Yorkshire Association on 31st January 1970 | 1889 | 1970 | |
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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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| Robert Binns | Place of Birth: Hunslet area of Yorkshire
Towers: Leeds Parish church 1880-1892; Holbeck | Leeds & District Society | 01/01/1919 | | Joseph Broadley | Place of Birth: Bradford, Yorks
Began ringing at: Bradford
First peal tower: St John, Bolton, Bradford
Location mentioned in obituary: Bradford (W Yorks) | Leeds & District Society | 25/02/1953 | | Walter Pratt Cordingley | Place of Birth: Pudsey
First peal tower: Pudsey
Location mentioned in obituary: Pudsey | | 25/05/1945 | | John William Theakston Holgate | Place of Birth: Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire
Began ringing at: St. Peter, Bramley
Location mentioned in obituary: Leeds (Bramley) | Yorkshire Association | 15/10/1951 | | Percy John Johnson | Place of Birth: Bethnal Green, London
Began ringing at: St. Matthew, Holbeck, Yorks
First peal tower: St. Matthew, Holbeck
Towers: St. Michael, Headingley 1903-1936
Location mentioned in obituary: Leeds (Headingley) | Central Council of Church Bellringers
Yorkshire Association | 12/10/1958 | | Thomas Lockwood | Began ringing at: Leeds
First peal tower: St. Oswald, Guisley
Towers: Leeds Parish Church
Location mentioned in obituary: Leeds (Yorks) | Central Council of Church Bellringers | 08/11/1911 |
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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. | PealsThis society is not listed in pealbase. |
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Leeds & District Association and associated societiesAssociated societies have a green background. | Society Name | Descriptions | From (year) | To (year) | Web site |
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| Leeds & District Association | | | | | | Yorkshire Association | The Yorkshire Association has the Barnsley Society, Doncaster Society and Halifax Guild operating within its boundaries. 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). 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) | 1875 | | https://yacr.org.uk/ | | Leeds & District Society | Became a branch of the Yorkshire Association on 31st January 1970 | 1889 | 1970 | |
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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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| Robert Binns | Place of Birth: Hunslet area of Yorkshire
Towers: Leeds Parish church 1880-1892; Holbeck | Leeds & District Society | 01/01/1919 | | Joseph Broadley | Place of Birth: Bradford, Yorks
Began ringing at: Bradford
First peal tower: St John, Bolton, Bradford
Location mentioned in obituary: Bradford (W Yorks) | Leeds & District Society | 25/02/1953 | | Walter Pratt Cordingley | Place of Birth: Pudsey
First peal tower: Pudsey
Location mentioned in obituary: Pudsey | | 25/05/1945 | | John William Theakston Holgate | Place of Birth: Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire
Began ringing at: St. Peter, Bramley
Location mentioned in obituary: Leeds (Bramley) | Yorkshire Association | 15/10/1951 | | Percy John Johnson | Place of Birth: Bethnal Green, London
Began ringing at: St. Matthew, Holbeck, Yorks
First peal tower: St. Matthew, Holbeck
Towers: St. Michael, Headingley 1903-1936
Location mentioned in obituary: Leeds (Headingley) | Central Council of Church Bellringers
Yorkshire Association | 12/10/1958 | | Thomas Lockwood | Began ringing at: Leeds
First peal tower: St. Oswald, Guisley
Towers: Leeds Parish Church
Location mentioned in obituary: Leeds (Yorks) | Central Council of Church Bellringers | 08/11/1911 |
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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. | PealsThis society is not listed in pealbase. |
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