Truro Diocesan Guild

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Truro Diocesan Guild

Founded in the Chapter Room of Truro Cathedral [Research by John Harrison.]

The Guild was founded at a meeting in the Chapter Room of Truro Cathedral on 8th October 1897. The emphasis for the new guild, supported by the Lord Bishop in a letter in the first Guild Report, was to replace prize ringing with ringing for church services. A report of events was published in the Bell News (13th November 1897, page 343). [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Certificates Collection by Chris Ridley.]

founded 1897 [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Badge Collection by Chris Ridley.]

1897

https://tdgr.org.uk/

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Books in the Council Library

Total records: 9

Title	Author	Date	Notes	Acquisition Number
Alternative Guild Office		Post 1980		1044
Guild Office				1044
An Clogh			Biannual newsletter No 1/1986 - No 2/1993 1996/1 and 1996/2	1734
			1902 (Facsimile of first printed), 1906 (3rd), 1911 (13th), 1912 (14th), 1913 (15th), 1915-36 1939 (33rd), 1945 (34th), 1949 (38th), 1959 (47th), 1961 (49th) 1964 (52nd), 1965-2015/16, 2016/17	699
Church Bells of Cornwall	Arthur C Cannon	1979	illustrated	1105
Church Bells of Cornwall	Arthur C Cannon	1979	illustrated	3568
Church Bells of Cornwall	Arthur C Cannon	1979	illustrated 1982 reprint. With letter (18.x.1982) from ACC to David Clarke, editor of 'Cornish Life'	4060
Souvenir Mug - White			Guild logo and 'Truro Diocesan Guild of Ringers' on each side in black and gold	3718
Truro D G Library list		1977		1135

Accounts of the lives of society members

Records 1 to 10, of 82
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Name	Place(s)	Other societies	Date of death
Lieut. Colonel Herbert Baker	Place of Birth: Hertford Began ringing at: St Andrew, Hertford First peal tower: All Saints, Hertford Towers: All Saints, Hertford from 1879. Location mentioned in obituary: Hertford	Ancient Society of College Youths Devon Association Essex Association Hertford County Association Kent County Association London County Association (1903-1928) Middlesex Association Midland Counties Association Norfolk Guild Oxford Diocesan Guild Sussex County Association Warwickshire Guild	28/12/1925
John M Body	Place of Birth: East Cornwall Began ringing at: Callington First peal tower: Calstock Towers: Callington	Ancient Society of College Youths Guild of Devonshire Ringers	23/12/2024
Private Robert Charles Boreham	Roll of Honour tower: Laneast		10/10/1917
Wilfred Charles Boucher	Place of Birth: Kelly, Devon Began ringing at: Kelly First peal tower: Kelly Towers: Subsequently attached to Launceston from 1949 to 1994. Location mentioned in obituary: Launceston	Ancient Society of College Youths	24/01/1994
Private James Ernest Brimacombe	Roll of Honour tower: Stratton		01/11/1918
Arthur Frederick Burley	Began ringing at: Kea, near Truro Towers: Kenwyn, he was a member of the bands at Falmouth and Harborne (Birmingham) and finally at Bodmin, where he served as Tower Captain for many years. Location mentioned in obituary: Bodmin		26/05/1995
Revd Douglas Burnett	Place of Birth: Truro Began ringing at: St Ewe First peal tower: St. Ewe Towers: St Austell in 1950 and Truro Cathedral in 1952. Location mentioned in obituary: Flixton		09/06/1988
Reuben Louvain Byrne	Place of Birth: Illogan Began ringing at: St Edmund's, Salisbury Towers: Subsequently attached to St Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield from 1955 to 1975 Location mentioned in obituary: London (St Bartholomew the Great)		07/12/2002
Private Raymond Charles Caff	Roll of Honour tower: Ladock		12/04/1918
Alan C Carveth	Place of Birth: Truro Began ringing at: Kenwyn church in Truro First peal tower: Mabe Towers: Truro Cathedral Location mentioned in obituary: Truro	Ancient Society of College Youths	16/04/2008

Central Council Reps

Records 1 to 10, of 95
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Year	CC Reps
1908	John Claude Daubuz
1909	John Claude Daubuz
1910	John Claude Daubuz
1911	John Claude Daubuz
1912	John Claude Daubuz
1913	John Claude Daubuz
1914	John Claude Daubuz
1927	William Henry Southeard
1928	William Henry Southeard
1929	William Henry Southeard