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Church Bells

Church Bells was a weekly paper for church folk, published towards the end of Victoria’s reign. The first edition appeared on New Year’s Eve, 1870 and it came out regularly until August 25th 1906. The paper began with Reverend John Erskine Clarke (1827 – 1920) as proprietor and editor.

From the very beginning the contents included a column on bells and bell-ringing under the direction of Revd H T Ellacombe. This proved successful and the column was extended to a full page and included contributions by many of the leading ringers of the time. Only one issue out of 1861 did not contain the news of bells and bell-ringing. The section remained under the nominal control of Ellacombe until his death in 1885, but Ellacombe’s remoteness from the main centres of change-ringing led Erskine Clarke, in about 1878, to invite Harvey Reeves to look after it. When Reeves moved on to start The Bell News and Ringers’ Record in February 1881, he was succeeded by James Robert Haworth, who continued to edit the page until about 1895.

In 2014 the John Taylor Bellfoundry Museum (and the Board of Bell Foundry Collections Ltd) kindly lent their almost complete set of Church Bells to the CCCBR Library Committee to allow all the material relating to bells and bell-ringing to be scanned and made available online. Making it possible for the scans to be made while the volumes were disbound greatly assisted the undertaking of the project and helped to ensure the best possible quality of the images.

The assistance of The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, is acknowledged for the provision of scans of the following pages: Shelfmark: N.1126 c.13.
Vol.22, Issue No.1093 (4th December 1891) pp.16,18; Issue No.1094 (11th December 1891) pp.37,38,40; Issue No.1095 (18th December 1891) p.62; Issue No.1096 (24th December 1891) pp.80,82.
Vol.24, Issue No.1201 (29th December 1893) pp.80,81; Issue No.1224 (8th June 1894) p.518; Issue No.1239 (21st September 1894) p.824.
Vol.25, Issue No.1260 (15th February 1895) pp.225,226.
Vol.30, Issue No.1514 (29th December 1899) pp.122,124.
Vol.31, Issue No.1566 (28th December 1900) pp.99,100.
Vol.35, Issue No.1788 (31st March 1905), p.376.

‘Bells and Bell Ringing’ columns
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Bell News

Bell News was the first journal solely devoted to ringing. It appeared monthly from February 1881 until April 1882 and then weekly until 25 December 1915. Early issues can be accessed below and further issues will be added in due course.

Note that when using the index, which uses ‘Year/Page No’ references, some references can occur in two volumes. For example ’83/317′ to ’83/420′ occur in both Volume 1 and Volume 2.

Index
Volume 1 (First Series)
No 1. February 1881, pp 1-8 No 2. March 1881, pp 9-16 No 3. April 1881, pp 17-24 No 4. May 1881, pp 25-32 No 5. June 1881, pp 33-40	No 6. July 1881, pp 41-48 No 7. August 1881, pp 49-56 No 8. September 1881, pp 57-64 No 9. October 1881, pp 65-72 No 10. November 1881, pp 73-80	No 11. December 1881, pp 81-88 No 12. January 1882, pp 89-96 No 13. February 1882, pp 97-104 No 14. March 1882, pp 105-112 No 15. April 1882, pp 113-120
Volume 1 (New Series)
No 1. 08/04/1882, pp 1-8 No 2. 15/04/1882, pp 9-16 No 3. 22/04/1882, pp 17-24 No 4. 29/04/1882, pp 25-32 No 5. 06/05/1882, pp 33-40 No 6. 13/05/1882, pp 41-48 No 7. 20/05/1882, pp 49-56 No 8. 27/05/1882, pp 57-64 No 9. 03/06/1882, pp 65-72 No 10. 10/06/1882, pp 73-80 No 11. 17/06/1882, pp 81-88 No 12. 24/06/1882, pp 89-96 No 13. 01/07/1882, pp 97-104 No 14. 08/07/1882, pp 105-112 No 15. 15/07/1882, pp 113-120 No 16. 22/07/1882, pp 121-128 No 17. 29/07/1882, pp 129-136 No 18. 05/08/1882, pp 137-144	No 19. 12/08/1882, pp 145-152 No 20. 19/08/1882, pp 153-160 No 21. 26/08/1882, pp 161-168 No 22. 02/09/1882, pp 169-176 No 23. 09/09/1882, pp 177-184 No 24. 16/09/1882, pp 185-192 No 25. 23/09/1882, pp 193-200 No 26. 30/09/1882, pp 201-208 No 27. 07/10/1882, pp 209-216 No 28. 14/10/1882, pp 217-224 No 29. 21/10/1882, pp 225-232 No 30. 28/10/1882, pp 233-240 No 31. 04/11/1882, pp 241-248 No 32. 11/11/1882, pp 249-256 No 33. 18/11/1882, pp 257-264 No 34. 25/11/1882, pp 265-272 No 35. 02/12/1882, pp 273-280 No 36. 09/12/1882, pp 281-288	No 37. 16/12/1882, pp 289-296 No 38. 23/12/1882, pp 297-308 No 39. 30/12/1882, pp 309-316 No 40. 06/01/1883, pp 317-324 No 41. 13/01/1883, pp 325-332 No 42. 20/01/1883, pp 333-340 No 43. 27/01/1883, pp 341-348 No 44. 03/02/1883, pp 349-356 No 45. 10/02/1883, pp 357-364 No 46. 17/02/1883, pp 365-372 No 47. 24/02/1883, pp 373-380 No 48. 03/03/1883, pp 381-388 No 49. 10/03/1883, pp 389-396 No 50. 17/03/1883, pp 397-404 No 51. 24/03/1883, pp 405-412 No 52. 31/03/1883, pp 413-420
Volume 2
No 53. 07/04/1883, pp 1-12 No 54. 14/04/1883, pp 13-24 No 55. 21/04/1883, pp 25-36 No 56. 28/04/1883, pp 37-48 No 57. 05/05/1883, pp 49-60 No 58. 12/05/1883, pp 61-72 No 59. 19/05/1883, pp 73-84 No 60. 26/05/1883, pp 85-96 No 61. 02/06/1883, pp 97-108 No 62. 09/06/1883, pp 109-120 No 63. 16/06/1883, pp 121-132 No 64. 23/06/1883, pp 133-144 No 65. 30/06/1883, pp 145-156 No 66. 07/07/1883, pp 157-168 No 67. 14/07/1883, pp 169-180 No 68. 21/07/1883, pp 181-192 No 69. 28/07/1883, pp 193-204 No 70. 04/08/1883, pp 205-216	No 71. 11/08/1883, pp 217-228 No 72. 18/08/1883, pp 229-240 No 73. 25/08/1883, pp 241-252 No 74. 01/09/1883, pp 253-264 No 75. 08/09/1883, pp 265-276 No 76. 15/09/1883, pp 277-288 No 77. 22/09/1883, pp 289-300 No 78. 29/09/1883, pp 301-312 No 79. 06/10/1883, pp 313-324 No 80. 13/10/1883, pp 325-336 No 81. 20/10/1883, pp 337-348 No 82. 27/10/1883, pp 349-360 No 83. 03/11/1883, pp 361-372 No 84. 10/11/1883, pp 373-384 No 85. 17/11/1883, pp 385-396 No 86. 24/11/1883, pp 397-408 No 87. 01/12/1883, pp 409-420 No 88. 08/12/1883, pp 421-432	No 89. 15/12/1883, pp 433-444 No 90. 22/12/1883, pp 445-456 No 91. 29/12/1883, pp 457-468 Christmas Supplement. 29/12/1883 No 92. 05/01/1884, pp 469-480 No 93. 12/01/1884, pp 481-492 No 94. 19/01/1884, pp 493-504 No 95. 26/01/1884, pp 505-516 No 96. 02/02/1884, pp 517-528 No 97. 09/02/1884, pp 529-540 No 98. 16/02/1884, pp 541-552 No 99. 23/02/1884, pp 553-564 No 100. 01/03/1884, pp 565-576 No 101. 08/03/1884, pp 577-588 No 102. 15/03/1884, pp 589-600 No 103. 22/03/1884, pp 601-612 No 104. 29/03/1884, pp 613-624
Volume 3
No 105. 05/04/1884, pp 1-12 No 106. 12/04/1884, pp 13-24 No 107. 19/04/1884, pp 25-36 No 108. 26/04/1884, pp 37-48 No 109. 03/05/1884, pp 49-60 No 110. 10/05/1884, pp 61-72 No 111. 17/05/1884, pp 73-84 No 112. 24/05/1884, pp 85-96 No 113. 31/05/1884, pp 97-108 No 114. 07/06/1884, pp 109-120 No 115. 14/06/1884, pp 121-132 No 116. 21/06/1884, pp 133-144 No 117. 28/06/1884, pp 145-156 No 118. 05/07/1884, pp 157-168 No 119. 12/07/1884, pp 169-180 No 120. 19/07/1884, pp 181-192 No 121. 26/07/1884, pp 193-204 No 122. 02/08/1884, pp 205-216	No 123. 09/08/1884, pp 217-228 No 124. 16/08/1884, pp 229-240 No 125. 23/08/1884, pp 241-252 No 126. 30/08/1884, pp 253-264 No 127. 06/09/1884, pp 265-276 No 128. 13/09/1884, pp 277-288 No 129. 20/09/1884, pp 289-300 No 130. 27/09/1884, pp 301-312 No 131. 04/10/1884, pp 313-324 No 132. 11/10/1884, pp 325-336 No 133. 18/10/1884, pp 337-348 No 134. 25/10/1884, pp 349-360 No 135. 01/11/1884, pp 361-372 No 136. 08/11/1884, pp 373-384 No 137. 15/11/1884, pp 385-396 No 138. 22/11/1884, pp 397-408 No 139. 29/11/1884, pp 409-420 No 140. 06/12/1884, pp 421-432	No 141. 13/12/1884, pp 433-444 No 142. 20/12/1884, pp 445-456 No 143. 27/12/1884, pp 457-468 Christmas Supplement. 27/12/1884 No 144. 03/01/1885, pp 469-480 No 145. 10/01/1885, pp 481-492 No 146. 17/01/1885, pp 493-504 No 147. 24/01/1885, pp 505-520 No 148. 31/01/1885, pp 521-532 No 149. 07/02/1885, pp 533-544 No 150. 14/02/1885, pp 545-556 No 151. 21/02/1885, pp 557-568 No 152. 28/02/1885, pp 569-580 No 153. 07/03/1885, pp 581-592 No 154. 14/03/1885, pp 593-604 No 155. 21/03/1885, pp 605-620 No 156. 28/03/1885, pp 621-632
Volume 4
No 157. 04/04/1885, pp 1-8 No 158. 11/04/1885, pp 9-16 No 159. 18/04/1885, pp 17-24 No 160. 25/04/1885, pp 25-32 No 161. 02/05/1885, pp 33-40 No 162. 09/05/1885, pp 41-48 No 163. 16/05/1885, pp 49-56 No 164. 23/05/1885, pp 57-64 No 165. 30/05/1885, pp 65-72 No 166. 06/06/1885, pp 73-80 No 167. 13/06/1885, pp 81-88 No 168. 20/06/1885, pp 89-96 No 169. 27/06/1885, pp 97-104 No 170. 04/07/1885, pp 105-112 No 171. 11/07/1885, pp 113-120 No 172. 18/07/1885, pp 121-128 No 173. 25/07/1885, pp 129-136 No 174. 01/08/1885, pp 137-144	No 175. 08/08/1885, pp 145-152 No 176. 15/08/1885, pp 153-160 No 177. 22/08/1885, pp 161-168 No 178. 29/08/1885, pp 169-176 No 179. 05/09/1885, pp 177-184 No 180. 12/09/1885, pp 185-192 No 181. 19/09/1885, pp 193-200 No 182. 26/09/1885, pp 201-208 No 183. 03/10/1885, pp 209-216 No 184. 10/10/1885, pp 217-224 No 185. 17/10/1885, pp 225-232 No 186. 24/10/1885, pp 233-240 No 187. 31/10/1885, pp 241-248 No 188. 07/11/1885, pp 249-256 No 189. 14/11/1885, pp 257-264 No 190. 21/11/1885, pp 265-272 No 191. 28/11/1885, pp 273-280 No 192. 05/12/1885, pp 281-288	No 193. 12/12/1885, pp 289-296 No 194. 19/12/1885, pp 297-304 No 195. 26/12/1885, pp 305-312 Christmas Supplement. 26/12/1885 No 196. 02/01/1886, pp 313-320 No 197. 09/01/1886, pp 321-328 No 198. 16/01/1886, pp 329-336 No 199. 23/01/1886, pp 337-344 No 200. 30/01/1886, pp 345-352 No 201. 06/02/1886, pp 353-360 No 202. 13/02/1886, pp 361-368 No 203. 20/02/1886, pp 369-380 No 204. 27/02/1886, pp 381-388 No 205. 06/03/1886, pp 389-396 No 206. 13/03/1886, pp 397-404 No 207. 20/03/1886, pp 405-412 No 208. 27/03/1886, pp 413-420
Volume 5
No 209. 03/04/1886, pp 1-8 No 210. 10/04/1886, pp 9-16 No 211. 17/04/1886, pp 17-24 No 212. 24/04/1886, pp 25-32 No 213. 01/05/1886, pp 33-40 No 214. 08/05/1886, pp 41-48 No 215. 15/05/1886, pp 49-56 No 216. 22/05/1886, pp 57-64 No 217. 29/05/1886, pp 65-72 No 218. 05/06/1886, pp 73-80 No 219. 12/06/1886, pp 81-88 No 220. 19/06/1886, pp 89-96 No 221. 26/06/1886, pp 97-104 No 222. 03/07/1886, pp 105-112 No 223. 10/07/1886, pp 113-120 No 224. 17/07/1886, pp 121-128 No 225. 24/07/1886, pp 129-136 No 227. 31/07/1886, pp 137-144	No 228. 07/08/1886, pp 145-152 No 229. 14/08/1886, pp 153-160 No 230. 21/08/1886, pp 161-168 No 231. 28/08/1886, pp 169-176 No 232. 04/09/1886, pp 177-184 No 233. 11/09/1886, pp 185-192 No 234. 18/09/1886, pp 193-200 No 235. 25/09/1886, pp 201-208 No 236. 02/10/1886, pp 209-216 No 237. 09/10/1886, pp 217-224 No 238. 16/10/1886, pp 225-232 No 239. 23/10/1886, pp 233-244 No 240. 30/10/1886, pp 245-252 No 241. 06/11/1886, pp 253-264 No 242. 13/11/1886, pp 265-272 No 243. 20/11/1886, pp 273-280 No 244. 27/11/1886, pp 281-288 No 245. 04/12/1886, pp 289-296	No 246. 11/12/1886, pp 297-304 No 247. 18/12/1886, pp 305-312 No 248. 25/12/1886, pp 313-320 Christmas Supplement. 25/12/1886 No 249. 01/01/1887, pp 321-328 No 250. 08/01/1887, pp 329-336 No 251. 15/01/1887, pp 337-344 No 252. 22/01/1887, pp 345-352 No 253. 29/01/1887, pp 353-360 No 254. 05/02/1887, pp 361-368 No 255. 12/02/1887, pp 369-380 No 256. 19/02/1887, pp 381-388 No 257. 26/02/1887, pp 389-396 No 258. 05/03/1887, pp 397-404 No 259. 12/03/1887, pp 405-416 No 260. 19/03/1887, pp 417-424
Volume 6
No 261. 26/03/1887, pp 1-12 No 262. 02/04/1887, pp 13-24 No 263. 09/04/1887, pp 25-36 No 264. 16/04/1887, pp 37-48 No 265. 23/04/1887, pp 49-60 No 266. 30/04/1887, pp 61-72 No 267. 07/05/1887, pp 73-84 No 268. 14/05/1887, pp 85-96 No 269. 21/05/1887, pp 97-108 No 270. 28/05/1887, pp 109-120 No 271. 04/06/1887, pp 121-132 No 272. 11/06/1887, pp 133-144 No 273. 18/06/1887, pp 145-156 No 274. 25/06/1887, pp 157-168 No 275. 02/07/1887, pp 169-180 No 276. 09/07/1887, pp 181-192 No 277. 16/07/1887, pp 193-204 No 278. 23/07/1887, pp 205-216	No 279. 30/07/1887, pp 217-228 No 280. 06/08/1887, pp 229-240 No 281. 13/08/1887, pp 241-252 No 282. 20/08/1887, pp 253-264 No 283. 27/08/1887, pp 265-276 No 284. 03/09/1887, pp 277-288 No 285. 10/09/1887, pp 289-300 No 286. 17/09/1887, pp 301-312 No 287. 24/09/1887, pp 313-324 No 288. 01/10/1887, pp 325-336 No 289. 08/10/1887, pp 337-348 No 290. 15/10/1887, pp 349-360 No 291. 22/10/1887, pp 361-372 No 292. 29/10/1887, pp 373-384 No 293. 05/11/1887, pp 385-396 No 294. 12/11/1887, pp 397-408 No 295. 19/11/1887, pp 409-420 No 296. 26/11/1887, pp 421-432	No 297. 03/12/1887, pp 433-444 No 298. 10/12/1887, pp 445-456 No 299. 17/12/1887, pp 457-468 No 300. 24/12/1887, pp 469-480 Christmas Supplement. 24/12/1887 No 301. 31/12/1887, pp 481-492 No 302. 07/01/1888, pp 493-504 No 303. 14/01/1888, pp 505-516 No 304. 21/01/1888, pp 517-528 No 305. 28/01/1888, pp 529-540 No 306. 04/02/1888, pp 541-552 No 307. 11/02/1888, pp 553-564 No 308. 18/02/1888, pp 565-576 No 309. 25/02/1888, pp 577-588 No 310. 03/03/1888, pp 589-600 No 311. 10/03/1888, pp 601-612 No 312. 17/03/1888, pp 613-620
Volume 7
No 313. 24/03/1888, pp 1-12 No 314. 31/03/1888, pp 13-24 No 315. 07/04/1888, pp 25-36 No 316. 14/04/1888, pp 37-48 No 317. 21/04/1888, pp 49-60 No 318. 28/04/1888, pp 61-72 No 319. 05/05/1888, pp 85-96 No 320. 12/05/1888, pp 97-108 No 321. 19/05/1888, pp 109-120 No 322. 26/05/1888, pp 121-132 No 323. 02/06/1888, pp 133-144 No 324. 09/06/1888, pp 145-156 No 325. 16/06/1888, pp 157-168 No 326. 23/06/1888, pp 169-180 No 327. 30/06/1888, pp 181-192 No 328. 07/07/1888, pp 193-204 No 328. 14/07/1888, pp 205-216 No 329. 21/07/1888, pp 217-228 No 330. 28/07/1888, pp 229-240	No 331. 04/08/1888, pp 241-252 No 332. 11/08/1888, pp 253-264 No 333. 18/08/1888, pp 265-276 No 334. 25/08/1888, pp 277-288 No 335. 01/09/1888, pp 289-300 No 336. 08/09/1888, pp 301-312 No 337. 15/09/1888, pp 313-324 No 338. 22/09/1888, pp 325-336 No 339. 29/09/1888, pp 337-348 No 340. 06/10/1888, pp 349-360 No 341. 13/10/1888, pp 361-372 No 342. 20/10/1888, pp 373-384 No 343. 27/10/1888, pp 385-396 No 344. 03/11/1888, pp 397-408 No 345. 10/11/1888, pp 409-420 No 346. 17/11/1888, pp 421-432 No 347. 24/11/1888, pp 433-444 No 348. 01/12/1888, pp 445-456 No 349. 08/12/1888, pp 457-468	No 350. 15/12/1888, pp 469-480 No 351. 22/12/1888, pp 481-492 No 352. 29/12/1888, pp 493-504 Christmas Supplement. 29/12/1888 No 353. 05/01/1889, pp 505-516 No 354. 12/01/1889, pp 517-528 No 355. 19/01/1889, pp 529-540 No 356. 26/01/1889, pp 541-552 No 357. 02/02/1889, pp 553-564 No 358. 09/02/1889, pp 565-576 No 359. 16/02/1889, pp 577-588 No 360. 23/02/1889, pp 589-600 No 361. 02/03/1889, pp 601-612 No 362. 09/03/1889, pp 613-624 No 363. 16/03/1889, pp 625-636 No 364. 23/03/1889, pp 637-648 No 365. 30/03/1889, pp 649-660
Volume 8
No 366. 06/04/1889, pp 1-12 No 367. 13/04/1889, pp 13-24 No 368. 20/04/1889, pp 25-32 No 369. 27/04/1889, pp 33-44 No 370. 04/05/1889, pp 45-56 No 371. 11/05/1889, pp 57-68 No 372. 18/05/1889, pp 69-80 No 373. 25/05/1889, pp 81-92 No 374. 01/06/1889, pp 93-104 No 375. 08/06/1889, pp 105-116 No 376. 15/06/1889, pp 117-128 No 377. 22/06/1889, pp 129-140 No 378. 29/06/1889, pp 141-152 No 379. 06/07/1889, pp 153-168 No 380. 13/07/1889, pp 169-180 No 381. 20/07/1889, pp 181-192 No 382. 27/07/1889, pp 193-204 No 383. 03/08/1889, pp 205-216	No 384. 10/08/1889, pp 217-228 No 385. 17/08/1889, pp 229-240 No 386. 24/08/1889, pp 241-252 No 387. 31/08/1889, pp 253-264 No 388. 07/09/1889, pp 265-276 No 389. 14/09/1889, pp 277-288 No 390. 21/09/1889, pp 289-300 No 391. 28/09/1889, pp 301-312 No 392. 05/10/1889, pp 313-324 No 393. 12/10/1889, pp 325-336 No 394. 19/10/1889, pp 337-348 No 395. 26/10/1889, pp 349-360 No 396. 02/11/1889, pp 361-372 No 397. 09/11/1889, pp 373-384 No 398. 16/11/1889, pp 385-396 No 399. 23/11/1889, pp 397-408 No 400. 30/11/1889, pp 409-420 No 401. 07/12/1889, pp 421-432	No 402. 14/12/1889, pp 433-444 No 403. 21/12/1889, pp 445-456 Christmas Supplement. 21/12/1889 No 404. 28/12/1889, pp 457-464 No 405. 04/01/1890, pp 465-476 No 406. 11/01/1890, pp 477-488 No 407. 18/01/1890, pp 489-500 No 408. 25/01/1890, pp 501-512 No 409. 01/02/1890, pp 513-524 No 410. 08/02/1890, pp 525-536 No 411. 15/02/1890, pp 537-548 No 412. 22/02/1890, pp 549-560 No 413. 01/03/1890, pp 561-572 No 414. 08/03/1890, pp 573-584 No 415. 15/03/1890, pp 585-596 No 416. 22/03/1890, pp 597-608
Volume 9
No 417. 29/03/1890, pp 1-12 No 418. 05/04/1890, pp 13-24 No 419. 12/04/1890, pp 25-40 No 420. 19/04/1890, pp 41-52 No 421. 26/04/1890, pp 53-64 No 422. 03/05/1890, pp 65-76 No 423. 10/05/1890, pp 77-88 No 424. 17/05/1890, pp 89-100 No 425. 24/05/1890, pp 101-112 No 426. 31/05/1890, pp 113-124 No 427. 07/06/1890, pp 125-136 No 428. 14/06/1890, pp 137-148 No 429. 21/06/1890, pp 149-160 No 430. 28/06/1890, pp 161-172 No 431. 05/07/1890, pp 173-184 No 432. 12/07/1890, pp 185-196 No 433. 19/07/1890, pp 197-208 No 434. 26/07/1890, pp 209-220	No 435. 02/08/1890, pp 221-232 No 436. 09/08/1890, pp 233-244 No 437. 16/08/1890, pp 245-256 No 438. 23/08/1890, pp 257-268 No 439. 30/08/1890, pp 269-280 No 440. 06/09/1890, pp 281-292 No 441. 13/09/1890, pp 293-304 No 442. 20/09/1890, pp 305-316 No 443. 27/09/1890, pp 317-328 No 444. 04/10/1890, pp 329-340 No 445. 11/10/1890, pp 341-352 No 446. 18/10/1890, pp 353-364 No 447. 25/10/1890, pp 365-376 No 448. 01/11/1890, pp 377-388 No 449. 08/11/1890, pp 389-400 No 450. 15/11/1890, pp 401-412 No 451. 22/11/1890, pp 413-424 No 452. 29/11/1890, pp 425-436	No 453. 06/12/1890, pp 437-448 No 454. 13/12/1890, pp 449-460 No 455. 20/12/1890, pp 461-472 No 456. 27/12/1890, pp 473-484 Christmas Supplement. 27/12/1890 No 457. 03/01/1891, pp 485-496 No 458. 10/01/1891, pp 497-508 No 459. 17/01/1891, pp 509-520 No 460. 24/01/1891, pp 521-532 No 461. 31/01/1891, pp 533-544 No 462. 07/02/1891, pp 545-556 No 463. 14/02/1891, pp 557-568 No 464. 21/02/1891, pp 569-580 No 465. 28/02/1891, pp 581-592 No 466. 07/03/1891, pp 593-604 No 467. 14/03/1891, pp 605-616 No 468. 21/03/1891, pp 617-628

Volume 10

No 469. 28/03/1891, pp 1-12 No 470. 04/04/1891, pp 13-24 No 471. 11/04/1891, pp 25-36 No 472. 18/04/1891, pp 37-48 No 473. 25/04/1891, pp 49-60 No 474. 02/05/1891, pp 61-72 No 475. 09/05/1891, pp 73-84 No 476. 16/05/1891, pp 85-96 No 477. 23/05/1891, pp 97-108 No 478. 30/05/1891, pp 109-120 No 479. 06/06/1891, pp 121-132

No 480. 13/06/1891, pp 133-144 No 481. 20/06/1891, pp 145-156 No 482. 27/06/1891, pp 157-168 No 483. 04/07/1891, pp 169-180 No 484. 11/07/1891, pp 181-192 No 485. 18/07/1891, pp 193-204 No 486. 25/07/1891, pp 205-216 No 487. 01/08/1891, pp 217-228 No 488. 08/08/1891, pp 229-240 No 489. 15/08/1891, pp 241-252 No 490. 22/08/1891, pp 253-264

Bell News is also available on DVD in one pdf file per volume.

Campanology (16 September 1896 – 10 March 1897)

The first paper solely devoted to ringing was The Bell News and Ringer’s Record (usually called Bell News), which appeared between February 1881 and 25 December 1915. This had two short-lived rivals, the first of which was entitled Campanology. The proprietor and editor was William Bedwell and the office was at 221 High Street, Lewisham. Essentially the same as Bell News, it was laid out more as a magazine. In the introductory remarks in the first issue of 16 September 1896 it was stated that “…the necessity of a bright and cheerful journal … has for years past been plainly manifest”. In the pages of Bell News there was no mention of its competitor, but it is evident that this new venture affected its circulation, for a new advertising flyer for Bell News was issued. This is undated, but from internal evidence it dates from February 1897 or soon after, and presumably was issued before the demise of Campanology, the 26th and last issue of which appeared on 10 March 1897. It had paid the penalty of being too similar to Bell News. (John Eisel, September 2000)

The Library Committee is grateful for the permission to use the comprehensive index compiled by the late Cyril Wratten which lists, amongst other subjects, every ringer who rang a peal and every tower mentioned in ringing performances in the journal.

Index
No 1. 16/09/1896, pp 1-12 No 2. 23/09/1896, pp 13-24 No 3. 30/09/1896, pp 25-36 No 4. 07/10/1896, pp 37-48 No 5. 14/10/1896, pp 49-60 No 6. 21/10/1896, pp 61-72 No 7. 28/10/1896, pp 73-84 No 8. 04/11/1896, pp 85-96 No 9. 11/11/1896, pp 97-108	No 10. 18/11/1896, pp 109-120 No 11. 25/11/1896, pp 121-132 No 12. 02/12/1896, pp 133-144 No 13. 09/12/1896, pp 145-156 No 14. 16/12/1896, pp 157-168 No 15. 23/12/1896, pp 169-180 No 16. 30/12/1896, pp 181-192 No 17. 06/01/1897, pp 193-204 No 18. 13/01/1897, pp 205-216	No 19. 20/01/1897, pp 217-228 No 20. 27/01/1897, pp 229-240 No 21. 03/02/1897, pp 241-252 No 22. 10/02/1897, pp 253-264 No 23. 17/02/1897, pp 265-276 No 24. 24/02/1897, pp 277-288 No 25. 03/03/1897, pp 289-300 No 26. 10/03/1897, pp 301-312

Campanology is also available on CD in one searchable pdf file.

The Bellringer (5 January 1907 – 1 June 1907)

The threat of a rival journal changed nothing in the format and content of Bell News, and another attempt was made to start an alternative ringers’ paper ten years after Campanology. A circular was sent out late in 1906 and the first issue of The Bellringer appeared on 5 January 1907, costing 1d (½p). The editor was William C Hunt, and a major contributor was William Willson of Leicester, who wrote under the pen-name ‘Jingle’ and who had previously contributed a regular column to Bell News under the same pen name. The opening editorial, without actually naming Bell News, stated that a paper should be published on time, inferring that Bell News was regularly published late, thus appearing after meetings, notices of which had appeared in its pages. It also said that it stood for progress, and lamented the demise of Campanology from lack of support, through a mistaken sense of sympathy to the old. However, despite its brighter approach The Bellringer evidently also suffered from lack of support. Five weekly issues appeared, and then it was admitted that the money that had been set aside to start the paper was rapidly vanishing. As a result the paper became monthly from 1 March at a cost of 3½d (1½p). The ninth and last issue was dated 1 June 1907 and on the front was an apology for its late appearance. It was announced that it would recommence as a weekly paper on 29 June at a cost of 2d, but no more issues appeared and thus it went the way of Campanology. (John Eisel, September 2000)

As with Campanology, the Library Committee is grateful for the permission to use the index compiled by the late Cyril Wratten.

Index
No 1. 05/01/1907, pp 1-20 No 2. 12/01/1907, pp 21-40 No 3. 19/01/1907, pp 41-60	No 4. 26/02/1907, pp 61-80 No 5. 02/02/1907, pp 81-100 No 6. 01/03/1907, pp 101-144	No 7. 01/04/1907, pp 145-180 No 8. 01/05/1907, pp 181-216 No 9. 01/06/1907, pp 215-246

The Bellringer is also available on CD in one searchable pdf file.

The Ringing World

The Ringing World appeared weekly from 24 March 1911. Early issues can be accessed below and further issues will be added in due course.

Note that when using the index, which uses ‘Year/Page No’ references, some references in years 1912 to 1916 can occur in two volumes.

Index
Volume 1 (1911)
No 1. 24/03/1911, pp 1-16 No 2. 31/03/1911, pp 17-32 No 3. 07/04/1911, pp 33-48 No 4. 14/04/1911, pp 49-64 No 5. 21/04/1911, pp 65-80 No 6. 28/04/1911, pp 81-96 No 7. 05/05/1911, pp 97-112 No 8. 12/05/1911, pp 113-128 No 9. 19/05/1911, pp 129-148 No 10. 26/05/1911, pp 149-164 No 11. 02/06/1911, pp 165-180 No 12. 09/06/1911, pp 181-196 No 13. 16/06/1911, pp 197-216 No 14. 23/06/1911, pp 217-232	No 15. 30/06/1911, pp 233-252 No 16. 07/07/1911, pp 253-272 No 17. 14/07/1911, pp 273-288 No 18. 21/07/1911, pp 289-304 No 19. 28/07/1911, pp 305-320 No 20. 04/08/1911, pp 321-336 No 21. 11/08/1911, pp 337-352 No 22. 18/08/1911, pp 353-368 No 23. 25/08/1911, pp 369-384 No 24. 01/09/1911, pp 385-400 No 25. 08/09/1911, pp 401-416 No 26. 15/09/1911, pp 417-432 No 27. 22/09/1911, pp 433-448 No 28. 29/09/1911, pp 449-468	No 29. 06/10/1911, pp 469-484 No 30. 13/10/1911, pp 485-504 No 31. 20/10/1911, pp 505-520 No 32. 27/10/1911, pp 521-536 No 33. 03/11/1911, pp 537-556 No 34. 10/11/1911, pp 557-572 No 35. 17/11/1911, pp 573-592 No 36. 24/11/1911, pp 593-608 No 37. 01/12/1911, pp 609-624 No 38. 08/12/1911, pp 625-640 No 39. 15/12/1911, pp 641-656 No 40. 22/12/1911, pp 657-672 No 41. 29/12/1911, pp 673-688
Volume 2 (1912)
No 42. 05/01/1912, pp 1-20 No 43. 12/01/1912, pp 21-36 No 44. 19/01/1912, pp 37-56 No 45. 26/01/1912, pp 57-72 No 46. 02/02/1912, pp 73-88 No 47. 09/02/1912, pp 89-108 No 48. 16/02/1912, pp 109-124 No 49. 23/02/1912, pp 125-140 No 50. 01/03/1912, pp 141-156	No 51. 08/03/1912, pp 157-172 No 52. 15/03/1912, pp 173-188 No 53. 22/03/1912, pp 189-204 No 54. 29/03/1912, pp 205-220 No 55. 05/04/1912, pp 221-236 No 56. 12/04/1912, pp 237-252 No 57. 19/04/1912, pp 253-272 No 58. 26/04/1912, pp 273-288 No 59. 03/05/1912, pp 289-304	No 60. 10/05/1912, pp 305-324 No 61. 17/05/1912, pp 325-344 No 62. 24/05/1912, pp 345-360 No 63. 31/05/1912, pp 361-376 No 64. 07/06/1912, pp 377-396 No 65. 14/06/1912, pp 397-416 No 66. 21/06/1912, pp 417-436 No 67. 28/06/1912, pp 437-452
Volume 3 (1912)
No 68. 05/07/1912, pp 1-16 No 69. 12/07/1912, pp 17-32 No 70. 19/07/1912, pp 33-48 No 71. 26/07/1912, pp 49-68 No 72. 02/08/1912, pp 69-84 No 73. 09/08/1912, pp 85-100 No 74. 16/08/1912, pp 101-116 No 75. 23/08/1912, pp 117-132 No 76. 30/08/1912, pp 133-148	No 77. 06/09/1912, pp 149-168 No 78. 13/09/1912, pp 169-184 No 79. 20/09/1912, pp 185-204 No 80. 27/09/1912, pp 205-220 No 81. 04/10/1912, pp 221-236 No 82. 11/10/1912, pp 237-252 No 83. 18/10/1912, pp 253-272 No 84. 25/10/1912, pp 273-288 No 85. 01/11/1912, pp 289-308	No 86. 08/11/1912, pp 309-324 No 87. 15/11/1912, pp 325-344 No 88. 22/11/1912, pp 345-360 No 89. 29/11/1912, pp 361-376 No 90. 06/12/1912, pp 377-396 No 91. 13/12/1912, pp 397-412 No 92. 20/12/1912, pp 413-428 No 93. 27/12/1912, pp 429-444

The Ringing World is also available on DVD in one pdf file per volume.

Friends’ Essays

Essays on bibliographical subjects are issued to the Friends annually, together with a newsletter. The essays listed below, all by Dr John Eisel unless otherwise stated, can be viewed online.

1. History of the Central Council Library March 1995
2. Indexes March 1995
   Discusses the various indexes available in the Central Council Library
3. Hubbard’s Elements of Campanalogia February 1996
   Identifies all the different editions and variants
4. Troyte’s Change Ringing February 1997
   Brings together information on various editions
   Troyte’s Change Ringing – An Update January 1998
   Identifies more variants of the various editions
5. Ringing Periodicals February 1998
   A brief history, including samples of title pages
6. Snowdon’s Ropesight February 1999
   The background and editions of this important text
7. Reprints of early ringing books February 2000
   List and discusses all early texts from Tintinnalogia to Shipway’s Campanalogia and their reprints
8. The Revd H T Ellacombe and his Campanological Works February 2001
   Discusses when and where his work was published, and the different editions
9. Ramblings of a Collector February 2002
   Shares the experience of 40 years of book collecting
10. Snowdon’s Standard Methods in the Art of Change Ringing February 2003
    Discusses the many editions of both the Letterpress and Diagrams
11. Publications of the College of Campanology (William Butler) February 2005
    Publications of an unusual venture in teaching change ringing
12. An Exercise in Printing – Beginners’ Grandsire and Beginners’ Plain Bob February 2005
    Gives the history of Alex Waddington’s little books, republished by the Central Council
13. Andrew James Corrigan and his publications on Surprise methods February 2006
    Discusses the history of Corrigan’s ground-breaking publications
14. Large Paper Copies of Standard County Works February 2007
    Discusses the limited numbers of large-paper copies printed, and their significance
15. Collectors of Ringing Books February 2008
    Identifies and discusses a number of prominent collectors of ringing books
16. Change Ringers’ Guides February 2009
    Over the years many list of rings of bells have been compiled in order to help visiting ringers. This essay traces the history of such lists
17. Snowdon’s other Publications February 2010
    This forms a supplement to Essays Nos 6 and 10, and completes a study of all Snowdon’s works
18. Publications of the Central Council prior to the First World War February 2011
    From its inception the Central Council has produced a succession of important texts on all aspects of bells and ringing, and this essay discusses the earliest of these
19. Two Nineteenth Century Text Books: Thackrah and Sottanstall February 2012
    Explores the background to these two very different texts
20. The Gothic Traveller February 2013
    For the first time the career of John Alfred Parnell is considered in detail, together with his writings, and his inaccurate contributions to the history of change ringing.
21. Canon Woolmore Wigram, M.A., Belfry Reform and Change-Ringing Disentangled (John Eisel) February 2014
    Discusses the part this nineteenth century clergyman played in the Belfry Reform movement and in ringing in Cambridge and Hertfordshire.
22. “The Rambling Ringers Club, Nov 29 1733” (William Willans) February 2015
    A look into the activities of the club, it’s founder, William Laughton, and the comments of later historians.