The Guild Library is at present housed at the Chairman's home. The Committee is currently considering housing the library at a more accessible location. Details will appear here in due course.
If you would like to borrow a book from the Library, please contact the Guild Secretary who will make the necessary arrangements.
The Library Catalogue shown below was correct at 1 June 2016.
Title |
Author |
Date Published |
A Short History of the Bells of Cranbrook Church, Kent |
M A Legg |
1963 |
A Directory of Church Bell Ringers (4th edition) |
Bristol United Ringing Guilds |
1935 |
A Handbook on the Installation, Preservation and Repair of Bells, Bell-Frames and Fittings (3rd Edition) |
Central Council of Church Bell Ringers |
1948 |
A Model Code of Rules |
Central Council of Church Bell Ringers |
|
A Short History of Black Notley and the Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul |
|
1995 |
Annual Report (Kent) |
Kent County Association |
1952 |
Annual Report (Lancashire) |
Lancashire Association of Change Ringers |
1955 |
Annual Report (Sussex) |
The Sussex County Association |
1939 |
Annual Report (Yorkshire) |
The Yorkshire Association |
2009 |
Bell Towers and Bell Hanging – An Appeal to Architects |
A P Heywood |
1914 |
Bellfounding |
Trevor S Jennings |
|
Bells and Bellringing in Suffolk |
R W M Clouston & G J W Pipe |
1980 |
Bells in England |
Tom Ingram |
1954 |
Bells of the Isle by Bob Major |
Reginald Harrison |
|
Bells Thro’ the Ages |
J R Nichols |
1928 |
Big Ben and the Westminster Clock Tower |
|
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Campanalogia Improved or The art of Ringing Made Easy MDCCLIII (4th edition) |
|
1853 |
Central Council Handbook |
Central Council of Church Bell Ringers |
1956 |
Change Ringing (4th edition) (2 copies) |
Charles A W Troyte |
|
Change Ringing on Handbells (2nd Edition) |
C W Wooley |
1959 |
Cheshire Bells – A detailed Survey and History of the Bells of the County – Part 1 |
J W Clarke |
1949 |
Cheshire Bells – Part 5 |
J W Clarke |
1956 |
Church Bell Founding During Four Centuries at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry |
|
|
Church Bells |
H B Walters |
|
Church Bells |
H B Walters |
1937 |
Church Bells and Ringers of Norwich (2nd edition) |
A G G Thurlow |
1948 |
Church Bells of Britain (1st edition) (2 copies) |
R H Dove |
1950 |
Church Bells of Britain (3rd edition) |
R H Dove |
1962 |
Church Bells of Britain (6th edition) |
R H Dove |
1982 |
Collection of Doubles and Minor Methods (3rd edition) |
|
1939 |
Collection of Plain Minor Methods (2nd edition) |
Lancashire Association of Change Ringers |
1952 |
Collection of Triples Methods |
|
1935 |
Dedication of bells of St Mary, Lamberhurst |
(Order of Service) |
2 December 1925 |
Dedication of new bells at St Peter and St Paul, Wadhurst |
(Order of Service) |
28 May 1955 |
Dedication of Ring of Ten Bells at the Collegiate Church of the Holy Trinity Stratford upon Avon |
(Order of Service) |
6 November 1948 |
Discovering Bells and Bellringing |
John Camp |
|
Elementary Change Ringing |
F F Rigby |
1956 |
Grandsire |
J Armiger Trollope |
1948 |
Instructions and Diagrams for Beginners (5th edition) |
|
1948 |
Instructions and Diagrams for Beginners (5th edition) |
Lancashire Association of Change Ringers |
1948 |
John Taylor & Co – Bellfounders and Bellhangers (Reprint) |
John Taylor & Co |
1904 |
Legends O’The Bells |
Ernest Morris |
|
Notes on the Churches in the Rural Deanery of Bicester |
|
1937 |
Notes on the Churches in the Rural Deanery of Bicester |
Frederick Sharpe |
1937 |
Post Cards of Churches (2 books) |
|
|
Rules and Decisions (1891 – 1903) |
Central Council of Church Bell Ringers |
1904 |
Standard Methods (10th edition) (2 copies) |
|
1935, 1940 |
Standard Methods (3rd edition) (2 copies) |
|
1892, 1908 |
Stedman |
J Armiger Trollope |
1938 |
Surprise Methods |
Snowdon |
1927 |
Sussex Archaeological Collections relating to the History and Antiquities of the County – Vol. LXXXIV |
The Sussex Archaeological Society |
1945 |
The Beginner’s Guide to Change Ringing on Handbells (Reprint) |
William Butler |
2001 |
The Bell-Cage and the Bells of St Mary, East Bergholt |
|
|
The Bells of Chester Cathedral |
|
1974 |
The Church and Other Bells of Aberdeenshire |
F C Eeles and Ranald W M Clouston |
1956-1957 |
The Church Bells of Ayrshire – Vol 1 – Second Series |
Ranald W M Clouston |
1947-1949 |
The Church Bells of Flintshire |
Ranald W M Clouston |
1951 |
The Church Bells of the Deanery of Bicester (2 copies) |
Frederick Sharpe |
1932 |
The History and Art of Change Ringing |
Ernest Morris |
1937 |
The History of Shoreditch Church |
H J Bradley |
1914 |
The Ringer’s Handbook (11th edition) |
E S & M Powell |
1974 |
The Tower and Bells of Solihull Church |
Edgar C Shepherd |
1950 |
Toren en Beiaard te Mechelen La Tour et le Carillon a Malines |
W Godenne |
1930 |
Treatise on Treble Bob (2nd edition) |
Jasper Whitfield Snowdon |
1902 |
Whitechapel Bell Foundry Ltd |
Whitechapel Bell Foundry Ltd |
1994 |