Saturday 25th January 2025

History of Ringing in Suffolk -
up to 1990

All Years

• News Archive (1991 onwards)
• Guild History (George Pipe & Rowan Wilson)
• Guild Magazines - Awl a'huld, Spring 2010 - Summer 2017 (23 issues).
• Guild Annual Reports - 1923 - 2023.
• Norwich Diocesan Association of Ringers Annual Reports - 1877 on with gaps.
  For historic information on ringers and ringing in the Eastern half of Suffolk prior to the Guild's formation in 1923.
• Striking Competitions results
• The history of bellringers & bellringing - CCCBR history website

1974

• Photo of Guild AGM 1974 at Bury St Edmunds

1973

• Suffolk Guild 50^th Anniversary edition of The Ringing World - 6th April
• 162 quarter peals rung to mark the 50^th Anniversary

1972

• Interview with Ernest Ambrose at Lavenham - November

1940

• Bowell of Ipswich, 1870-1940
in the Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich Branch)

1932

• Debenham Bells (Searchable pages from The Ringing World)

1920s

• Photo of Bildeston handbell ringers in 1920 (by kind permission of Katharine Salter).

1910

• Some Particulars of the Principal Rings of Bells in the Eastern Counties, Rev William C Pearson (Suffolk towers only)

1899

• George Day and Son book of testimonials

1865

• * Samuel Slater of Glemsford ringing records book (1865 - 1908)
  * 355MB file - very slow to load for viewing.

1822

• The Conductor or Bob Major in Miniature John Elmer's MS book

1815

• Annuals of Stowmarket Ringing (1815 - 1850) John Elmer's MS book

1779

• Daniel Wade of Stonham Aspal book of compositions

c1750

• Great Ashfield Method Book

1640

• * History of ringing in Suffolk (1640 - 1908) by Samuel Slater of Glemsford
  * 266MB file - very slow to load for viewing.