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Leeds & 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

Leeds & District Association

Yorkshire Association

The Yorkshire Association has the Barnsley Society, Doncaster Society and Halifax Guild operating within its boundaries. [Research by John Harrison.]

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). [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Certificates Collection by Chris Ridley.]

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

1875

https://yacr.org.uk/

Leeds & District Society

Became a branch of the Yorkshire Association on 31st January 1970 [Research by John Harrison.]

1889

1970

 

 
 

Accounts of the lives of society members

Total records: 6
NamePlace(s)Other societiesDate of death
Robert Binns Place of Birth: Hunslet area of Yorkshire
Towers: Leeds Parish church 1880-1892; Holbeck
Leeds & District Society01/01/1919
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 Society25/02/1953
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 Association15/10/1951
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 Bellringers08/11/1911
 

Central Council Reps

Total records: 8
YearCC Reps
1906 John William Theakston Holgate, Walter Pratt Cordingley
1907 John William Theakston Holgate, Walter Pratt Cordingley
1908 John William Theakston Holgate, Walter Pratt Cordingley
1913 Percy John Johnson
1914 Percy John Johnson
1915 Percy John Johnson
1919 Percy John Johnson
1920 Percy John Johnson