Guild Archive
Catalogue May 2003
Analysis and cataloguing the Guild’s archival material is a continuous process and the most presentable material is either held in the Guild Library bookcase or is lodged with the Hampshire Record Office.
The Hampshire Record Office is in Sussex Streeet, Winchester, SO23 8TH (tel: 01962-846154), just opposite Winchester railway station. The HRO is part of the County Archive Research Network, and normal admission is on presentation of a CARN reader's card. If you have one, take it with you, or take material to prove your identity so that they can issue you with one. The reference 20M94 identifies the W&P collection. I am grateful to the HRO for permission to reproduce this extract from the catalogue (for which they hold the copyright) relating to bellringing in Hampshire.
The material is held in the ringing chamber of Winchester Cathedral is generally less substantial. It includes booklets, pamphlets, individual papers and press cuttings relating to specific local events and services collected for . To gain access, please contact me at by email , by 'phone on 01962 885234, or at 31 Woodgreen Road, Winchester, SO22 6LZ. The W&P Library collection contains books on the local history of parishes in the Guild, as well as a fine collection on books of interest to ringers at large.
Bruce Purvis, Guild Librarian and Archivist
| Minute book | Feb 1900 - Jul 1923 | 20M94/1 |
| Minute book | Jul 1932 - Jul 1948 | 20M94/2 |
| Minute book | Jul 1948 - Jun 1964 | 20M94/3 |
| Minute book | Jun 1964 - Mar 1975 | 20M94/4 |
| Minute book | Jul 1975 - Dec 1987 | 20M94/5 |
| Minute book, Alton District | Jan 1928 - Apr 1939 | 20M94/6 |
| Minute book, Alton and Petersfield District | Jun 1939 - Feb 1960 | 20M94/7 |
| Minute book, Christchurch (New Forest) District | Oct 1903 - Nov 1913 | 20M94/8 |
| Minute book, Christchurch District | Dec 1915 - Sep 1929 | 20M94/9 |
| Minute book, Southampton District | Feb 1937 - Oct 1960 | 20M94/10 |
| Minute book, Southampton District | Jan 1960 - Jan 1968 | 20M94/11 |
| Minute book, Winchester District | Dec 1903 - Feb 1913 | 20M94/12 |
| Minute book, Winchester District Nov 1913 - Dec 1927 and Southampton District Jan 1928 - Jan 1937 | 1913 - 1937 | 20M94/13 |
| Minute book, new Winchester District | Jan 1928 - Jan 1951 | 20M94/14 |
| Minute book, the ringers of St Mary's Southampton | Jul 1914 - May 1939 | 20M94/15 |
| Receipt and Expenditure account | Jan 1912 - Jul 1919 | 20M94/16 |
| Cash Accounts | Jan 1938 - 1963 | 20M94/17 |
| Basingstoke District account book | 1961 - 1986 | 20M94/42 |
| Annual General Meeting attendance book | Jul 1928 - Jul 1987 | 20M94/18 |
| Attendance book Christchurch District | Feb 1951 - Dec 1971 | 20M94/19 |
| Attendance book Southampton District | Oct 1965 - Jan 1967 | 20M94/20 |
| Attendance book Christchurch and Southampton District | Jan 1972 - Jun 1981 | 20M94/21 |
| Peal book | Dec 1881 - Jan 1891 | 20M94/22 |
| Peal book | Jan 1891 - May 1894 | 20M94/23 |
| Peal book | May 1894 - Apr 1896 | 20M94/24 |
| Peal book | Jan 1943 - Dec 1952 | 20M94/25 |
| Peal book, George Williams | Jan 1884 - Oct 1891 | 20M94/26 |
| Peal book, George Williams | Oct 1891 - Jan 1907 | 20M94/27 |
| Peal book, George Williams | Feb 1907 - Oct 1938 | 20M94/28 |
| Peal book, George Williams | Oct 1938 - May 1940 | 20M94/29 |
| Photograph of George Williams | n.d. | 20M94/30 |
| Campanologia' a manuscript description of the church bells of Winchester and Hampshire | Feb 1877 | 20M94/31 |
| Group photograph of the Central Committee of the Winchester Diocesan Guild of Change Ringers (individuals identified) | 1925 | 20M94/32 |
| Album of photographs of 'leading conductors' taken from 'The Ringing World' | c.1938 - 1939 | 20M94/33 |
| Belfry visitors' book compiled at the Centenary Service of Thanksgiving, Winchester Cathedral, 26 Jun 1979 and attendance list, AGM 7 Jul 1979 | 1979 | 20M94/34 |
| A Journal of the Centenary Year, compiled by KSB Croft, Master of the Guild, commemorating the 900th anniversary of Winchester Cathedral | 1979 | 20M94/35 |
| Photograph of bells and bell frame, possibly at Havant | n.d. | 20M94/36 |
| Various postcards and photographs of churches (non-Hampshire) 45 items | n.d. | 20M94/37 |
| Minute book, Basingstoke District | Sep 1903 - Jan 1933 | 20M94/38 |
| Minute book, Basingstoke District | Apr 1933 - Apr 1954 | 20M94/39 |
| Minute book, Basingstoke District | Jun 1954 - Apr 1973 | 20M94/40 |
| Minute book, Basingstoke District | 1973 - 1988 | 20M94/41 |
| Account book, Basingstoke District | 20M94/42 | |
| Minute book Portsmouth District | 1922 - 1940 | 20M94/43 |
| Minute book Portsmouth District | 1940 - 1963 | 20M94/44 |
| Minute book Portsmouth District | 1963 - 1968 | 20M94/45 |
| Minute book Portsmouth District | 1968 - 1975 | 20M94/46 |
| Minute book Southampton District | 1960 - 1982 | 20M94/47 |
| George Williams Scrapbook, Photos and Peal Compositions | |
| Wilfred Andrews correspondence | 1905 - 1945 |
| Wilfred Andrews collected booklets (Winchester) | 1893 - 1942 |
| Wilfred Andrews Guild Towers correspondence | |
| Press cuttings and some photographs | 1990 -1992 |
| W&P Guild Scrapbook | 1971 - 1989 |
| Ephemera | Before 1960 |
| Ephemera | 1960 - 1979 |
| Ephemera | 1980 -1984 |
| Ephemera | 1985 - 1989 |
| Ephemera | 1990 - 1994 |
| Ephemera | 1995 - 1998 |
| Ephemera | 1999 |
| Ephemera | Millennium Ringing |
| Ephemera | 2000 - 2001 |
| Ephemera | 2002 - 2003 |