The Hertford County Association of Change-Ringers

Publications


Annual Report
The Annual Report contains a list of towers and correspondents, useful for outing organisers, plus Officers’ reports, accounts, details of peals rung, etc, for the preceding year. The report is published in March or April each year. Copies are available for £2.50 each (cheques payable to "HCACR"), including p&p, from the Honorary Secretary.

Library
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: Date:
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  (Original copy)           some original pages missing, pp193-224, but made “complete” with photocopies Stedman 1677
Campanalogia (Original copy, but many pages missing) Stedman 1677
Campanalogia Improved                                        (Original copy, but many pages missing) J D & C M 1702
Campanalogia Improved (5th (Monk) Edition) J D & C M 1766
Campanalogia, (Bell News Reprint) W Shipway 1886
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, 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 1871
Change Ringing Disentangled W W Wigram 1880
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 1861
Belfries and Ringers H T Ellacombe 1871
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 and some Parish Clerks of Hertfordshire Nos 1 & 2 L H Chambers  
Church Bells Catalogue Mears & Stainbank  
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 Doubles and Minor Methods   1949
Collection of Doubles Methods   1961
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 and Major and Cater Methods   1926
Collection of Plain Major Methods   1952
Collection of Composition in Popular Major Methods   1950
Collection of Surprise Compositions    
Collection of Surprise Methods in place notation   1964
Collection of Right-Place Surprise Major Methods   1963
Incidence of Falseness in Right Place Surprise Major Method   1963
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
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   1893
Report of the Committee on Catalogue of Peals   1894
Towers and Bells Handbook   1973
Towers and Bells Handbook   1974
Ringing for Service   1961
Rules of Central Council of Church Bell Ringers    
Spliced Minor Collection CCCBR 1986
Snowdon Publications    
Diagrams Groome 1972
Double Norwich Court Bob Major   1884
Grandsire J W Snowdon 1888
Grandsire J W Snowdon 1905
Grandsire J A Trollope 1948
Ropesight   1880
Ropesight   1883
Ropesight   1891
Ropesight   1950
Standard Methods (Diagrams)   1881
Standard Methods (Diagrams)   1892
Standard Methods (Diagrams)   1908
Standard Methods (Letterpress)   1908
Standard Methods (Letterpress)   1916
Standard Methods (Letterpress)   1928
Standard Methods/Treatise on Duffield Snowdon/Heywood 1892
Surprise Methods C D P Davies 1927
Stedman C D P Davies 1903
Stedman J A Trollope 1938
Treatise on Treble Bob – Parts 1  & 2   1878/9
                                                    Part 2 1879
                                                    Part 1    1902
Biographies    
Among the Bells Parts 1-17 (Part 15 missing) F E Robinson  1909
Among the Bells (Bound Volume) F E Robinson  1909
Benjamin Annable – College Youths Bicentenary of his Mastership 1746-1946 E A Young  1946
John Briant – A Biography and List of his Bells and Clocks H C Andrews  1930
College Youths J A Trolloope 1937
A Great Adventure J S Goldsmith  1935
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
Inscriptions on the church bells in Cambridgeshire  (Photocopied)    
Cardiganshire F Sharpe 1965
Cheshire Bells  (Photocopied) J W Clark  
Devon H Ellacombe 1872
England H H Walters 1912
Church bells of Essex (Photocopied) Deeds & Walters 1909
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
The Church Bells of Hertfordshire Geoffrey Dodds 1992
Kirkcudbridgt R W Clouston 1966
Leicestershire T North 1876
Lincolnshire T North 1882
Somerset H Ellacombe 1875
Sussex A D Tyssen 1864
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    
Church Bells Vols VI, VII, VIII, IX, XIII, XVIII (1876-1888)    
The Bell News Vols II – XIV (1883-1896)    
Bell News Portraits Bound Volume    
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      
                                                No.2     1912-1934    
                                                No.3     1932-1953  ) with General    
                                                No.4     1954-1971   ) Secretary    
Minute Books No.1        1884 Held at County Records Office  
                              No.2        1895 Held at County Records Office  
Ledger Books No.1        1884 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 1928
Directory of Church Bell Ringers Bristol United Ringing Guilds 1935
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