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Ringing Societies

Holt Society of Aston and associated societies

This page combines information from several sources and also indicates how the society has evolved over time.

Society Name	Descriptions	From (year)	To (year)	Web site
St. Philip's Society	Birmingham. Later became the Birmingham District Amalgamated Society [Research by John Harrison.]
Birmingham and District Association			1889
Birmingham Amalgamated Society			1889
Society of St. Martin's Youths	The precursor of St. Martin's Society of Change Ringers [Research by John Harrison.]	1755	1880
Holt Society of Aston		1879	1888
St. Martins Guild of Change Ringers for Birmingham		1880	1888
Birmingham and District Amalgamated Society	This society was led by John Carter and was an expansion of the St. Philip's Society, Birmingham [Research by John Harrison.]	1889	1906
St. Martin's Guild of Change Ringers for Birmingham, Aston and the surrounding districts.	Henry Johnson was the Presiding Ringing Master. The society was later renamed to St Martin's Guild of Church Bell Ringers for the Diocese of Birmingham [Research by John Harrison.]	1889	1906
St. Martin's Guild of Church Bell Ringers for the Diocese of Birmingham	The former St. Martin's Guild of Change Ringers for Birmingham, Aston and the surrounding districts was renamed in January 1906, shortly after the creation of the Diocese of Birmingham [Research by John Harrison.] The St Martins Guild of Change Ringers for Birmingham amalgamated with the Holts Society of Aston on 9th October 1888 (see Bell News 26th June 1889, page 541). Shortly afterwards on the 9th February 1889 a meeting held in the White Swan hostelry in Edmund Street, Birmingham agreed an amalgamation of the Birmingham and Districts Association with the Birmingham Amalgamated Society to form the Birmingham and District Amalgamated Society (see Bell News 2nd March 1889, page 601). The creation of the St Martin's Guild for the Diocese of Birmingham was discussed following the creation of the new Diocese (see Bell News 29th July 1905, page 246). This resulted in the St Martin's Guild of Church Bell Ringers for the Diocese of Birmingham being founded in January 1906. [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Certificates Collection by Chris Ridley.] founded 1906 Formerly: Society of St Martin's Youths (1755-1889); St Martin's Guild for Birmingham, Aston & Districts(1889-1906) Subsumed: Birmingham & District Amalgamated Society (1881-1906) [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Badge Collection by Chris Ridley.]	1906		https://stmartinsguild.org/

Accounts of the lives of society members

Total records: 2

Name	Place(s)	Other societies	Date of death
Henry Bastable	Place of Birth: Pensnett, Staffs Began ringing at: Handsworth First peal tower: St. Mary, Handsworth Towers: St. Martin's Parish Church,Birmingham and the Cathedral Churches of St Philip and St. Chad, Parish Church of SS Peter & Paul, Aston Location mentioned in obituary: Birmingham	St. Martin's Guild of Church Bell Ringers for the Diocese of Birmingham	18/01/1899
William Kent	Towers: Aston, Birmingham Towers: Birmingham, St Martin Towers: Sutton Coldfield Location mentioned in obituary: Birmingham (Erdington)	St. Martin's Guild of Church Bell Ringers for the Diocese of Birmingham	08/03/1929