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Library: Methods, Peals & Compositions

AUTHOR	SUBJECT	TITLE	EDITION	NOTES
Anon	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Peals rung for the SCACR in three volumes: 1945-1966, 1967-1980 and 1981-1995
Bailey & Sturge	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Collection of Clear Proof Scale Surprise Major Methods	Undated
Balcombe Bellringers	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Bell Methods book by I Will Bob		See Ephemera
Balcombe, St Mary?s Guild	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Peal book 1951-1965 incl first double-handed peal on eight tower bells (hand lettering by A E Laker) and three 11? x 9? hand lettered peal cards	1951-1965 Spine missing and covers loose.
Bennett, Frank	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Peal records	May 1902-July 1911, Aug 1911-1953	See Ephemera
Blagrove, F.	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Campanalogia. Surprise Methods 1821 to 1950	1950
Blagrove, F.	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Little Alliance and Doubles Methods	2 copies
Blagrove, F.	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Surprise Methods	1950
Blagrove, F.	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Triples Methods	2 copies
Cave, W.A	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Cambridge Surprise
Central Council	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Collection of Compositions: Doubles and Minor Methods	1931, 3rd Ed. 1939
Central Council	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Collection of Compositions: Doubles Methods	1955 & 2nd Ed. 1961
Central Council	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Collection of Compositions: Major Methods	1950
Central Council	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Collection of Compositions: Major Methods from Plain Bob to Spliced Surprise	1966
Central Council	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Collection of Compositions: Minor Methods	4th Ed. 1961
Central Council	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Collection of Compositions: Plain Major and Cater Methods	1926
Central Council	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Collection of Compositions: Plain Major Methods	1952
Central Council	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Collection of Compositions: Popular Major Methods	1950
Central Council	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Collection of Compositions: Stedman Caters and Cinques	1961
Central Council	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Collection of Compositions: Surprise Compositions by C. A Wratten	Undated
Central Council	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Collection of Compositions: Surprise Methods in Place Notation	1964
Central Council	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Collection of Compositions: Triples Methods
Central Council	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Collection of Legitimate Methods Doubles Minor and Triples, Collection of Section 1 (see also copy bound in with Rules and Decisions)	1907
Central Council	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Collection of Peals - Section 1, Group 1 Odd Bell Treble - Dominated Methods	1903	Repair
Central Council	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Collection of Peals of Plain Bob and Double Oxford. Section 2, Group 2 Even Bell Methods with Plain Hunting Treble, Plain Bob and Double Oxford Bob	1904	Repair
Central Council	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Collection of Peals Section 3 Group 2 - Even Bell Methods with Plain Hunting Treble. Including Double Norwich Court Bob Method	1908	Repair
Central Council	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Collection of Peals Sections 1, 2 & 3 (bound in single volume)	2 copies 1903-1908
Central Council	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Legitimate Methods Doubles Minor and Triples, Collection of Section 1 (see also copy bound in with Rules and Decisions)	1907
Central Council	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Report of the Committee on Forming a Catalogue of Peals	1894	Repair
Central Council	Methods, Peals & Compositions	The "Standard Eight" Surprise Major Methods (P Hurcombe)	1992
Central Council	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Treble Dodging Minor Methods - a complete collection in place notation	1979
Chapman, E.J.	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Surprise Major Methods - 2 vols.
Corrigan, A.J.	Methods, Peals & Compositions	100 Surprise Major Methods in Place Notation. 1st Series	2 copies 1947
Corrigan, A.J.	Methods, Peals & Compositions	160 Unnamed major Surprise Methods in Place Notation 2nd Series
Corrigan, A.J.	Methods, Peals & Compositions	370 Surprise Major Methods
Davies, C.D.P	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Lead Ends	1918
Davies, C.D.P	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Stedman	3 copies 1903	1 copy is Len Stillwell's copy
Davies, C.D.P	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Surprise Methods for Six and Eight Bells	1927
Doleman, John and C. M	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Campanalogia Improved.	1702 1st Ed, 3rd Ed.1733, 5th Ed. 1766 reprinted in 1887	1702, 1st Ed.was donated by John Hooton. It was owned by his grandfather, E H Lewis. 1788 was held but is missing.
Goldsmith, J.S	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Great Adventure II Peals Record	1965
Heywood, Sir A.Percival	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Duffield, A Musical Method	2 copies 1888
Hubbard, H	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Elements of Campanalogia or an Essay on the Art of Ringing	1854 and 3rd ed 1868	2 copies of 1868 ed., one in memory of Robin Burchett of Slaugham
Hudson, McClenahan & Bishop	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Complete Collection of Right Place Surprise Major Methods	1963
Hudson, McClenahan & Bishop	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Incidence of Falseness in Right Place Surprise Major Methods	1963
Hurcombe, Peter T.	Methods, Peals & Compositions	The "Standard Eight" Surprise Major Methods (P Hurcombe)	1992
Jones, William; Reeves, John; Blakemore, Thomas	Methods, Peals & Compositions	New Campanalogia or A Key to the Art of Ringing	2 copies 1788, 1 facsimile 1886,1 undated copy with additions	1 to be restored
Jones, William; Reeves, John; Blakemore, Thomas	Methods, Peals & Compositions	New Campanalogia or a key to the art of ringing with considerable additions by William Jones, John Reeves and Thomas Blakemore. Facsimile of the c1796 edition by Christopher Groome, Burton Latimer, Kettering, Northamptonshire. Contains introduction by Cyril A. Wratten Donation by Alan Ellis	1975
Jones, William; Reeves, John; Blakemore, Thomas	Methods, Peals & Compositions	New Campanalogia or a key to the art of ringing with considerable additions by William Jones, John Reeves and Thomas Blakemore. Facsimile of the c1796 edition by Ellis Publications. Donation by Alan Ellis	2008
Moreton, W.F.	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Elementary Method Construction		Central Council?
Morris, E	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Two Thousand Peals	1961
Overy, Raymond	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Collection of peals in Surprise Major Methods, Non-standard Surprise Peals, Peals in Plain Major and Royal Methods and Collection of Peals in Triples, Caters and Cinques Methods
Overy, Raymond	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Collection of peals in Surprise Major Methods, Non-standard Surprise Peals, Peals in Plain Major and Royal Methods and Collection of Peals in Triples, Caters and Cinques Methods
Overy, Raymond	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Method and conductings book		See Ephemera
Overy, Raymond	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Ringer's Handbook	1978 copy no. 2	See Ephemera
Powell, Rev. E.S. & M	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Ringers Handbook	2nd Ed. Rev., 3rd Ed. 1944
Shepherd, E.C.	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Double Norwich Court Bob Caters	1947
Shipway, W.	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Art of Ringing (Campanologia)	1 copy 1816, 1 copy 1886 reprint of 1816
Snowdon, Jasper. W	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Double Norwich Court Bob Major	2 copies1884	1 needs repair
Snowdon, Jasper. W	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Grandsire	1 copy 1888, 2 copies 1905	1 1905 needs repair
Snowdon, Jasper. W	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Ropesight (Revised by W. Snowdon)	7th Ed. 1923, 10th Ed. 1946
Snowdon, Jasper. W	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Standard Methods Letterpress "Diagrams"	1892
Snowdon, Jasper. W	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Treatise on Treble Bob (3 copies parts 1&2)	1879 & 1902 (2 copies part 1 & 2)
Snowdon, W	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Stedman
Snowdon, W.M.	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Standard Methods Letterpress	1935	Revision of J. W. Snowdon's 1892 edition
Sottanstall, W.M.	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Elements of Campanalogia, 2nd Part	2 copies 1867
St. Pauls, Brighton	Methods, Peals & Compositions	St. Pauls, Brighton Peal Book (1889 - 1909)		See Sussex
Stedman, F.	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Campanalogia Improved.	3rd Ed. 1733, 5th Ed. 1766 reprinted 1887
Stedman, F.	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Campanalogia or the Art of Ringing Improved	Facsimile of 1677 edition	1990
Stedman, F.	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Campanalogia or the Art of Ringing Improved (incomplete)	1677	Stored in glass box
Stedman, F.	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Tintinnalogia	1 copy reprint 1895, 1 facsimile copies 1970, donated by Dr Robert Harrison
Sussex County Association	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Handwritten Peal Book	6th December 1970 - 28th July 1973	Half full, written up by Tom Fox of Horsham. See Sussex
Sussex County Association	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Peal Book Volume 2	1920-1923	See Sussex
Sussex County Association	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Survey of Peal Boards and Record Books carried out by the 1985 Committee	1985	See Sussex
Thompson	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Union Triples	1893
Thompson, W. H.	Methods, Peals & Compositions	A Note on Grandsire Triples	1886
Trollope, J.A	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Stedman	2 copies 1938
Trollope, J.A	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Variations and Transpositions	2 copies 1936
Trollope, J.W	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Standard Methods Letterpress	10th ed. 1940	Revision of W. M Snowdon's 1935 edition
Troyte, C.A.W	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Change Ringing. (Introduction to Early Stages of Church or Handbell Ringing)	2 copies 4th Ed. 1875	One copy under Methods and one under Handbells
Turner, Alfred J.	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Peal records	1891 to 1938	See Ephemera. Repair
Walder, George	Methods, Peals & Compositions	George Walder of Bolney - copy of Grandsire Treble Ringing Dodge Method and Bob Method taken from his notebook	c1865	See Ephemera
Wratten, C.A	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Collection of Compositions: Surprise Compositions by C. A Wratten	Undated
York-Bramble, Albert	Methods, Peals & Compositions	Method Structure book		Donation by Geoff Rix

Library: Magazines

AUTHOR	SUBJECT	TITLE	EDITION	NOTES
Bell News	Magazines	Bell News and Ringers Record	1886-1911
Bell News Index	Magazines	Index	1881 - 1915
Bellringer	Magazines	The Bellringer, complete set	5 Jan 1907 to 1 Jun 1907
Campanology	Magazines	Campanology, complete set.	16 Sept.1896 to 10 Mar 1897
CD of ringing newspapers	Magazines	Campanology No. 1 (14 Sept 1896) to No. 26 (10 Mar 1897) plus index. The Bellringer No. 1 (5 Janu 1907) to No. 9 (1 June 1907) Plus index
Church Bells	Magazines	Church Bells 11 vols bound + vols 11 & 14. 1871-1884 & July - Nov 1899		vol 11 missing
Irish Bell News	Magazines	Irish Bell News 90 issues
Littlehampton Gazette	Magazines	Cuttings re. attempt to Install Bells at Littlehampton in 1929	1929
Ringers' Magazine	Magazines	Ringers' Magazine Nos 1 - 15 ODG E. Berks & S. Bucks	1957 - 1961
Ringing Towers	Magazines	Magazine of the Australian and New Zealand Association. 53 issues.
Ringing World, The	Magazines	Ringing World, The	1911 - 2018
Snowdon, W.	Magazines	The Thompson Papers
Soundbow	Magazines		Feb 1976 - date

Library: Interest

AUTHOR	SUBJECT	TITLE	EDITION	NOTES
Adams, A.T	Interest	Church Bells	1930	Repair
Anon	Interest	A Directory of Church Bell Ringers	4th ed. 1935	Donation by Bill Hubbard
Banister, W. M	Interest	Art & Science of Change Ringing	1st Ed. 1874, 2nd Ed. 1879, 3rd Ed. 1887
Betjeman, John	Interest	Summoned by Bells	1st Ed.1960
Briscoe, J. Potter	Interest	Curiosities of the Belfry	1883	Donation by Tim Waterman
Camp, John	Interest	In Praise of Bells	1988
Central Committee for the Protection of Churches	Interest	Protection of our English Churches	1923
Central Council	Interest	Handbook on Bell Frames and Fittings	3rd Ed. 1948, 2 copies revised Ed. of 1954
Central Council	Interest	Report on the Preservation and Repair of Bells, Frames and Fittings	1892
Central Council	Interest	Report on the Preservation and Repair of Bells, Frames and Fittings. Bound in Rules and Decisions	1892	See Societies
Central Council	Interest	Review of Sunday Service Bands and Ringing	1972
Clouston, R.W.M.	Interest	Belfry Care and Maintenance
Cobban, Alexander D.	Interest	250 Years after Sir Christopher Wren	1974
Cockett, Mary	Interest	Bells in Our Lives	1973
Coleman, Steve	Interest	The Bell Ringer's Early Companion	1999
Coleman, Steve	Interest	The Bellringer's Bedside Companion	1994
Coleman, Steve	Interest	The Bob Caller's Companion	1996
Coleman, Steve	Interest	The Method Ringer's Companion	1995
Cook, William T	Interest	A Centenary History	1993
Cox, G.	Interest	George Cox Benefit Book. (This county cricketer rang 14 peals)	1951
Day, John	Interest	Belfry Life in Birmingham c.1780-1860	2002
Dennison, E.E.	Interest	Clocks Watches and Bells	1868
Downman, E. Andrews	Interest	Ancient Church Bells in England, their inscriptions, founders' trade marks and measurements. Together with some notice of the early bellfounders. Facsimile of the 1898 edition by Ellis Publications, Vancouver. Donation by Alan Ellis	2008
Frost, Alan J	Interest	Towers and Bells	1995
Gatty, Rev. A.	Interest	The Bell: It's Origin, History and Uses	1848
Goldsmith, J.S.	Interest	A Great Adventure The Story of a Bellringing Tour in Australia	1935
Harrison, John	Interest	The Tower Handbook. Answers to 1001 questions about ringing	1998
Harrison, Reginald	Interest	Bells of the Isle
Ingram, Tom	Interest	Bells in England	1954
Johnston, Ron	Interest	Bellringing The English Art of Bellringing	1986
Jones, William; Reeves, John; Blakemore, Thomas	Interest	New Campanalogia or a key to the art of ringing with considerable additions by William Jones, John Reeves and Thomas Blakemore. Facsimile of the c1796 edition by Christopher Groome, Burton Latimer, Kettering, Northamptonshire. Contains introduction by Cyril A. Wratten Donation by Alan Ellis	1975
Jones, William; Reeves, John; Blakemore, Thomas	Interest	New Campanalogia or a key to the art of ringing with considerable additions by William Jones, John Reeves and Thomas Blakemore. Facsimile of the c1796 edition by Ellis Publications. Donation by Alan Ellis	2008
Lomax, B.	Interest	Bells and Bellringers	1879
Lukis, Rev. W.C.	Interest	Church Bells, An Account of	1857
Morris, E	Interest	Bells of all Nations	1951
Morris, E	Interest	History and Art of Change Ringing	1931, 1937
Morris, E	Interest	Legend o' the Bells	1952
Morris, E	Interest	Tintinabula (1959)	1959
Myres, T.H.	Interest	Bells and Bell Lore	1916
Nichols, J. R	Interest	Bells thro' the Ages	1928	One copy donated by Cecil Longhurst
Oxford Diocesan Guild	Interest	A Manual for Bellringers (SPCK)
Oxford Diocesan Guild	Interest	Belfry Care and Maintenance	Undated
Oxford Diocesan Guild	Interest	Sound Control	Undated
Pink, Margaret	Interest	Multiplicity of Bells, An Anthology	1978
Prewett, B. & Stillwell, L.	Interest	Lecture Notes on Bells and Bellringing - mss & typescript versions	1909
Price, Percival	Interest	Bells and Man	1983
Rice, W. M. Gorham	Interest	Carillon Music and Singing Towers of the Old World and New	1930s
Robinson, F. E.	Interest	Among the Bells	1 copy 1904, 2 copies 1909	One contains 2 letters and is signed by the author
Rossing, Thomas D	Interest	The Accoustics of Bells	1984
Sanderson, J	Interest	Change Ringing: The History of an English Art. 3 Vol. set, Vol. 1. Its Development up to 1699	1987
Sanderson, J	Interest	Change Ringing: The History of an English Art. 3 Vol. set, Vol. 2. The Eighteenth Century, an Overview	1992
Sanderson, J	Interest	Change Ringing: The History of an English Art. 3 Vol. set, Vol. 3. The Eighteenth Century, a Regional Survey	1994
Sayers, D. L.	Interest	The Nine Taylors	1940
Shepherd, Edgar C.	Interest	The Sound of the Bells	1964	Has EP record
Shipway, W.	Interest	Art of Ringing (Campanologia)	1 copy 1816, 2 copies 1886
Simpson, Rev. Arthur B.	Interest	Why bells sound out of tune and how to cure them	1897
Smith, Robert B.	Interest	Life Among the Bells	1999
Springer, L. Elsinore	Interest	That Vanishing Sound	1976
Stevenson, Janet	Interest	Ladies Guild of Change Ringers, A History of the	1999
Struckett, David W.	Interest	A Dictionary of Campanology	4 copies 1985	Signed
Sweertius, Franciscus	Interest	Tintinnabulis
Taylor, G.	Interest	Oranges and Lemons	1954
Thackrah, Benjamin	Interest	The Art of Change Ringing. Facsimile of 1852 edition by Ellis Publications, Vancouver 2007.	2007
Tyack, G.S	Interest	A Book About Bells	1898
Von Schiller, F.	Interest	The Lay of the Bell
Wales, Tony	Interest	Ballards, Bands and Bellringers	1985	See Sussex
Walters, H.B.	Interest	The Arts of the Church - Church Bells	1908, 1937	One donated by Bill Hubbard
Wilson, Wilfred G.	Interest	Change Ringing	1965	Signed
Yolen, Jane	Interest	Ring Out! A Book About Bells	1978
Young, E.A	Interest	Benjamin Annable 1702 - 1756	2 copies 1946
Young, E.A	Interest	James Robert Haworth, Biography reprinted from Ringing World	1952

Library: Handbells

AUTHOR	SUBJECT	TITLE	EDITION	NOTES
Anon	Handbells	3 easy tunes for 5 bells
Anon	Handbells	3 easy tunes, exercises for 8 bells
Bedford, Philip	Handbells	An Introduction to English Handbell Tune Ringing	1974
Butler, William	Handbells	Musical Handbells - A Comprehensive History of the Bells and their Founders	2000
Goslin, S.B	Handbells	ABC of Musical Handbell Ringing Tunes, Parts 1& 2	1887 & 2nd Ed. 1891	Repair
Haley, W	Handbells	Instructions for Playing Tunes on Hand Bells [by numbers]		Repair
Jennings, Trevor S.	Handbells	Handbells	1989	Shire Album 241
Troyte, Charles A. W	Handbells	Change Ringing. (Introduction to Early Stages of Church or Handbell Ringing)	2 copies 4th Ed. 1875	One copy under Methods and one under Handbells
Woolley, C.W	Handbells	Change Ringing on Handbells	1949 & 2nd Ed. 1959

Library: Founders

AUTHOR	SUBJECT	TITLE	EDITION	NOTES
Andrews, H.C	Founders	John Briant, Bellfounder and Clockmaker	1930
Brooke, Christopher J	Founders	The archaeology of bellframes, recording and preservation	After 1994
Burstow, Henry	Founders	Photocopy of chapter on Bells & Bellringing, incl some a/c of the Old Bell Foundry of Horsham		See Ephemera
Butler, William	Founders	Musical Handbells - A Comprehensive History of the Bells and their Founders	2000	See Handbells
Elphick, G.P.	Founders	The Craft of the Bellfounder (autographed)	1988	See Sussex
Gillett & Johnston	Founders	Recasting of the Great Bell of Bow	1933
Gillett & Johnston	Founders	The Clock and Bell' House magazine Vol. 1	1952
Jennings, Trevor S.	Founders	Bellfounding	1988
Jennings, Trevor S.	Founders	Master of my Art The Taylor Bellfoundries 1784-1987	1987
Johnston, Cyril F.	Founders	Bells Old and New	1929
Llewellyn & James	Founders	Bells and Bellfounding	1879
Mears & Stainbank	Founders	Bell Founding from the Armada to the Great War	c1925 & c1931
Mears & Stainbank	Founders	Church Bell Founding during four centuries	c1952 & later Ed.
Mears & Stainbank	Founders	Church Bells, Catalogue of Bells from the Foundry	1 copy c. 1895, 1 copy 1898, 1 copy 1918
Morris, Ernest	Founders	Topographical Quarterly, Vol. 4 No. 1 incl. British Bellfounders with a chronological list of all known names	1935
Simpson, Rev. Arthur B.	Founders	Why bells sound out of tune and how to cure them	1897	See Interest
Taylor Bellfoundry	Founders	Great Carillons	c. 1920
Taylor Bellfoundry	Founders	The Taylor Bell Foundry
Van Heuven, E.W	Founders	Acoustical Measurements on Church Bells and Carillons
Whitechapel	Founders	The Whitechapel Bell Foundry	c. 1970
Whitechapel	Founders	The Whitechapel Bell Foundry. During Sixteen Reigns from Queen Elizabeth to King George V	1934
Young, Alexander	Founders	Bell Tones and How to Observe Them	1920s

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