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Dudley & District Association and associated societies

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

Society NameDescriptionsFrom (year)To (year)Web site

Worcester and Districts Association

The Association was founded at a meeting held on 10th April 1882 in Bromsgrove, following moves to set up a ringing organisation connected with ringing for church services, instead of the old local ringing societies whose activities were divorced from church services. This required early support from the clergy who had previously not encouraged the ringing fraternity in any way. Districts within the Association were established in 1911 as reflected in the nomenclature portrayed on the more recent versions of the membership certificate. For further background see the Ringing World (9th October 1982, pages 285, 291 to 292). [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Certificates Collection by Chris Ridley.]

founded 1882 [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Badge Collection by Chris Ridley.]

1882

http://www.wdcra.org.uk/

Dudley & District Association

Probably the earlier name of the Dudley & District Guild [Observations made during the compilation of this combined dataset - by Doug Hird]

1899

1910

Dudley and District Guild

Made into an Association in 1911. Wound up 19th October 1970. Now part of Northern Branch of Worcestershire & Districts Change Ringing Association [Research by John Harrison.]

1911

1971