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The association owns a library containing rare ringing books, handwritten peal books recording all peals rung for the Association, and documenting the history of the Association. The following is a list of the items held in the library. For information about how to access items in the library contact the Honorary Librarian

Title	Author	Year
Change Ringing
350 Surprise Royal and Maximus Methods	A J Corrigan	c1964
A Simple Method of Extracting False Course Heads from Major Royal and Maximus	A R Carter
Art & Science of Change Ringing (1st Edn)	W Bannister	1874
Art & Science of Change Ringing (3rd Edn)	W Bannister	1887
Art of Change Ringing	B Thackrah	1852
Campanalogia (Bell News Reprint)	W Shipway	1886
Campanalogia (Original copy but many pages missing)	Stedman	1677
Campanalogia (Original copy) some original pages missing pp193-224 but made ?complete? with photocopies	Stedman	1677
Campanalogia Elements of	W Sottanstall	1867
Campanalogia Elements of (1st Edition)	H Hubbard	1845
Campanalogia Elements of (2nd Edition)	H Hubbard	1854
Campanalogia Elements of (3rd Edition)	H Hubbard	1868
Campanalogia Elements of (4th Edition)	H Hubbard	1876
Campanalogia Improved (5th (Monk) Edition)	J D & C M	1766
Campanalogia Improved (Original copy but many pages missing)	J D & C M	1702
Campanalogia New (Reprint 1975)	Blakemore	1796
Change Ringing	W G Wilson	1965
Change Ringing (4th Edition)	C A W Troyte	1869
Change Ringing Disentangled	W W Wigram	1880
Change Ringing Disentangled	W W Wigram	1871
Circuits of Stedman Caters (Broadsheet)	J Carter	1906
Clavis Campanalogia (1st Edition) (starts at page 41)	Jones Reeves & Blakemore	1788
Clavis Campanalogia (Key to the Art of Ringing) (Longman Edition complete)	Jones Reeves & Blakemore	1796
Collection of Compositions of Grandsire & Stedman Caters		1961
Duffield	A P Heywood	1888
East Herts Archaeological Transaction vol 9 Pt 2. 1935--Vol 11 Pt 4.	L H Chambers	1943/4
Grandsire Triples	W H Thompson	1886
Handbook of Grandsire Caters	E C Shepherd	1964
How to learn Change Ringing without an Instructor	C Pearson	1887
Installation Preservation & Repair of Bells Frames & Fittings		1948
Instruction & Diagrams for Beginners	Lancs Assn	1948
Lead Ends	C D P Davies	1918
Method Splicing ? Practical Hints	J P Fidler	1925
Method Structure in Change Ringing	A York-Bramble	1965
Mysteries unveiled - Treatise on Stedman Triples	Joseph W Parker
Odds and Ends of Grandsire Triples	C D P Davies	1929
Ringers Handbook	E S Powell
Rules & Diagrams for Instruction of Beginners	Lancs Assn	1928
Rules & Diagrams for Instruction of Beginners	Lancs Assn	1937
Symbolic Treatment of False Course Heads	M Hodgson
The Bell News Index 1881--1915	Cyril A Wratten	1973/2002
The Bellringer's Bedside Companion	Steve Coleman
The Bellringer's Early Companion	Steve Coleman
The Bob Caller's Companion	Steve Coleman
The Method Ringer's Companion	Steve Coleman
The Ringing World Index 1911--2003	Cyril A Wratten	2003
Tintinnalogia 1668 - Bell News reprint 1895	Duckworth	1668
Tintinnalogia 1668 - Kingsmead reprint 1970	Duckworth	1668
Union Triples	W H Thompson	1893
Village Bells	J Howes	1946
Bells & History
A Century of Ringing at Kings Langley 1895 -- 1995	Daphne W Barker	1995
A History of Christ Church Society of Bell Ringers1874-1994 (Southgate)	Dennis Wilcocks	1994
A Short Touch by a Grandsire Ringer (Poem)	J S Stewart	1871
A Transcription of a conversation on ringing topics	Chris & Robin Woolley	1960
Arts of Church	B H Walters	1908
Belfries and Ringers	H T Ellacombe	1871
Belfries and Ringers	H T Ellacombe	1861
Bellringers Guide to Church Bells of Britain	R H Dove	1968
Bells and Bellfounding X Y Z	Llewellyn & James	1879
Bells in England	T Ingram	1954
Bells of the Isle - Bob Major	R Harrison
Book about Bells	G S Tyack	1898
Casting a Bell for Exeter Cathedral in 1372	J G M Scott	1969
Change Ringing History Vol 1	J Sanderson	1987
Change Ringing in Essex	Joe Roast
Church Bells Catalogue	Mears & Stainbank
Church Bells and some Parish Clerks of Hertfordshire Nos 1 & 2	L H Chambers
Church bells of Britain 6th Ed.	R H Dove	1982
Development of British Bell Fittings	Trevor S Jennings
English Bells and their Tuning	E A Young	1928
Hertfordshire Bellfounders	Joyce Dodds	2003
History and Art of Change Ringing	E Morris	1931
History and Art of Change Ringing	E Morris	1937
History and Art of Change Ringing (New Edition)	E Morris	1974
History of Cambridge University Guild (Vol II)		1929-1954
History of Ringing in Hertfordshire	H V Frost	1955
History of Ringing in Hertfordshire	L G Goodman	1971
History of Ringing in St.Albans (1729-1889)	H V Frost	1963
History of St Mary The Virgin Bells Westmill	Michael Thody	1998
History of St Stephens Bells St Albans	Alison McFarlane	1998
Manual for Ringers
Method 300
Singing Spires	Van Assumburg
Sound of Bells (45rpm record missing)	E C Shepherd	1964
Sound of Bells (with 45rpm record)	E C Shepherd	1964
Ten & Twelve bell compositions		1972
Towers and Bells of Britain	E Morris	1955
Variations and Transposition	Trollope	1936
Central Council Publications
Central Council Handbook		1956
Central Council Library Catalogue Part I		1979
Central Council Library Catalogue Part II		1983
Change Ringing on Handbells		1959
Collection of Composition in Popular Major Methods		1950
Collection of Doubles Methods		1961
Collection of Doubles and Minor Methods		1949
Collection of Legitimate Methods		1907
Collection of Minor Methods		1961
Collection of Peals I		1903
Collection of Peals II		1904
Collection of Peals III		1908
Collection of Plain Major Methods		1952
Collection of Plain and Major and Cater Methods		1926
Collection of Right-Place Surprise Major Methods		1963
Collection of Surprise Compositions
Collection of Surprise Methods in place notation		1964
Complete Collection of Clear Proof Scale Surprise Major Methods		1969
Compositions of Stedman Caters and Cinques		1961
Elementary Handbook for Beginners		1959
Elementary Handbook for Beginners		1962
Glossary of Technical Terms		1901
Handbook of Grandsire Caters (2nd Edition)		1964
Incidence of Falseness in Right Place Surprise Major Method		1963
Installation Preservation and Repair of Bells Frames and Fittings		1892
Law Affecting Church Bells		1931
Major Methods Method Splicing Part 2
Methods Committee Report on Extension		1953
On Conducting		1960
Preservation and Repair of Bells		1962
Report of the Committee on Catalogue of Peals		1894
Report of the Committee on Catalogue of Peals		1893
Ringing for Service		1961
Rules of Central Council of Church Bell Ringers
Spliced Minor Collection	CCCBR	1986
Towers and Bells Handbook		1974
Towers and Bells Handbook		1973
Snowdon Publications
Diagrams	Groome	1972
Double Norwich Court Bob Major		1884
Grandsire	J A Trollope	1948
Grandsire	J W Snowdon	1888
Grandsire	J W Snowdon	1905
Ropesight		1891
Ropesight		1950
Ropesight		1883
Ropesight		1880
Standard Methods (Diagrams)		1881
Standard Methods (Diagrams)		1892
Standard Methods (Diagrams)		1908
Standard Methods (Letterpress)		1928
Standard Methods (Letterpress)		1916
Standard Methods (Letterpress)		1908
Standard Methods/Treatise on Duffield	Snowdon/Heywood	1892
Stedman	C D P Davies	1903
Stedman	J A Trollope	1938
Surprise Methods	C D P Davies	1927
Treatise on Treble Bob - Part 1		1902
Treatise on Treble Bob - Part 2		1879
Treatise on Treble Bob - Parts 1 & 2		1878/9
Biographies
A Great Adventure	J S Goldsmith	1935
Among the Bells (Bound Volume)	F E Robinson	1909
Among the Bells Parts 1-17 (Part 15 missing)	F E Robinson	1909
Benjamin Annable - College Youths Bicentenary of his Mastership 1746-1946	E A Young	1946
College Youths	J A Trolloope	1937
John Briant - A Biography and List of his Bells and Clocks	H C Andrews	1930
Master of My Art Taylors 1784-1987	Trevor S Jennings	1987
Memoirs of Woolmore Wigram	Wigram (Mrs)	1908
Church Bells of
Aberdeenshire Parts I II III	Eeles & Coulston	1956
Bedfordshire	T North	1883
Berkshire (2nd Edition)	F Sharpe	1970
Buckinghamshire	A H Cocks	1897
Cambridgeshire	J J Raven	1869
Cardiganshire	F Sharpe	1965
Cheshire Bells (Photocopied)	J W Clark
Church bells of Essex (Photocopied)	Deeds & Walters	1909
Devon	H Ellacombe	1872
England	H H Walters	1912
Exeter Cathedral	H Ellacombe	1874
Flintshire	R W Clouston	1960
Guernsey Alderney and Sark	F Sharpe	1964
Herefordshire Volume I	F Sharpe	1966
Herefordshire Volume II	F Sharpe	1969
Herefordshire Volume III	F Sharpe	1970
Hertfordshire	North & Stahlschmidt	1886
Inscriptions on the church bells in Cambridgeshire (Photocopied)
Kirkcudbridgt	R W Clouston	1966
Leicestershire	T North	1876
Lincolnshire	T North	1882
Somerset	H Ellacombe	1875
Sussex	A D Tyssen	1864
The Church Bells of Hertfordshire	Geoffrey Dodds	1992
Personal Books
Ernest E Huntley Peal Book (1)
Frederick J Spicer Peal & Note Book (Folder & Book)	Frederick J. Spicer
Frederick W Brinklow Peal Books (3)
Frederick W Brinklow's Peals 1--117		1901--1911
George N Price Peal Books (2) Note Books (3)
George N Price Peals rung by 1893--1897	C W Woolley
George Pope So. of Watford Union Youths Peal Book. Some colour prints		1818--1827
J C Mitchell Early Handbell Peals (cuttings)
J Sanderson Check List of Ringing Books
Peals rung by Henry Hodgetts 1901--1949	C W Woolley
T Clark Diaries and photographs
Thomas L Simmons peal book 1904--1912
William H Lawrence Peal Books (2)
Newspapers
Bell News Portraits Bound Volume
Church Bells Vols VI VII VIII IX XIII XVIII (1876-1888)
The Bell News Vols II - XIV (1883-1896)
The Bellringer Unbound parts 1907
The Ringing World Vols 1-7 (1911-1917) 1955 1968-1980
Other Items
Bound Annual Reports No.1 1884-1912
Bound Annual Reports No.2 1912-1934
Bound Annual Reports No.3 1932-1953 with General Secretary
Bound Annual Reports No.4 1954-1971 with General Secretary
Ledger Books No.1 1884	Held at County Records Office
Minute Books No.1 1884	Held at County Records Office
Minute Books No.2 1895	Held at County Records Office
Peal Book No.1 28.02.1885 - 26.11.1902	Held at County Records Office
Peal Book No.2 27.11.1902 - 30.12.1950	Held at County Records Office
Peal Book No.3 12.01.1951 - 09.08.1972	Held at County Records Office
Peal Book No.4 11.08.1972 -	Held at County Records Office
Miscellaneous Items
A Bellringer's book of Brain Benders	Angela Newing	1978
Association Portrait Album
Association Tin Box
Bell Block for Life Membership Certificates
Bell Rubbings (presented by Mrs. L. Goodman)
Cassette - "Festalban 77" Highlights of the Centenary
Central Council Library List		1991
Certificate Block (1930 design) for Membership Certificates
Dedication service sheets
Directory of Church Bell Ringers	Bristol United Ringing Guilds	1935
Directory of Church Bell Ringers	Bristol United Ringing Guilds	1928
Framed Photograph of peal board of Thurstons four part peal at Tring. First peal on the bells 25 February 1905 (2 hours 55 mins)
Framed Photograph of ringers of Thurstons one part peal at Stedman Triples non-conducted at St.George's Southwark 31 October 1901 (2 hours 58 mins)
Framed Photographs of Peal Board and Ringers of Peal of Bristol Surprise Major 12160 changes at Knebworth 8th April 1912 (7 hours 18 mins)
Gavel and Block presented by G W Debenham (President 1959)
Gavel and Block presented by Mrs. M A Coburn (President 1983-4)
Gramophone record of Spliced Surprise Major (handbells)
HCA Membership certificate (signed but blank)
Middlesex County Association Library List		1991
Model Code of Ringers
Musical Handbell Ringing	W Gordon
Old style 8 Bell Competition Certificate (before renamed Coburn Trophy)
Old style Kimpton Cup Certificate (change 1989)
Royal Cumberland Youths Society Certificate - Arthur Day 19 June 1948
Rule Books and Reports of various Societies including Yorkshire bound reports 1932-1959
Scrap Book (presented by Miss Ayre in memory of W Ayre)