P91/28/79

File of loose press cuttings and others papers concerning the bells, clock and chimes, Belfry Committee and ringers - mostly from the papers of Robert Richmond.

1882 - c.1906

From: 1882 To: 1906

a) Cutting from the Leighton Buzzard Observer (LBO) 21 March 1882 about a meeting held re belfry rules Duplicated letters (2) to the old ringers and to the newly elected members of the Company, 10 June 1882.[Three papers mounted on one sheet] b) List of ringers [printed - from letter re Christmas subscriptions] n.d. [21 December 1882] c) Cuttings from the LBO concerning accidents in the belfry (broken clappers) 11 and 18 December 1883, and re annual belfry meeting, 15 January 1884 [Three items mounted on one sheet] d) Letter from Mears & Stainbank, the Bell Foundry, Whitechapel, to Robert Richmond, giving the diameters and weights of the bells at Leighton Buzzard 15 March 1884, with cutting from LBO 18 March 1884 reporting inspection by Mears & Stainbank and giving history and inscriptions of the bells [two items mounted on one sheet] e) cutting re annual belfry meeting, [from LBO] 19 January 1886 f) cutting re ringers' supper and annual belfry meeting, [from LBO] 8 January 1889 g) cutting re ringers' supper, [from LBO, probably 7 January 1890] h) cutting re meeting of Bedfordshire Association of Changeringers at Leighton Buzzard and Linslade, [from LBO] 7 October 1890 i) cutting re bellringers' invitation supper at the Town Hall, from LBO 5 January 1892 j) cutting from The Church Daily Newspaper 6 September 1895 concerning the customary use of a passing bell k) cutting "What the Buzzard Hears" from LBO 14 June 1898 l) cutting re proposed subscription for repairs to the bells, [from LBO] n.d. [August 1898] m) cutting re meeting held to consider estimate for rehanging the bells and to discuss funding by subscription, from LBO 30 August 1898 two copies n) cutting from the Parish Magazine, September 1898, concerning the restoration of the bells, with subscription list Proof copy o) cutting re work on the bells and chimes, from LBO 6 Sept. 1898 p) cutting re completion of work on the bells, and on proposed work on the clock and chimes, from LBO 20 December 1898 q) cutting re completion of work on the bells, on a peal "to be rung by experts on 7 January, some of the most efficient change ringers in the kingdom visiting Leighton for the purpose", and on the chimes, from LBO 27 December 1898 r) cutting re completion of the work on the chimes (listing the new tunes), from LBO n.d. [early 1899] s) cutting re peal of 5040 Stedman Triples rung at Leighton, from LBO 10 January 1899 two copies t) Photocopy of article in The Bell News and Ringers' Record 18 January 1899 concerning the restoration of Leighton Buzzard bells [copy made c.1985] u) Newspaper article giving details of Leighton Buzzard bells, including the two new bells added to make a ring of ten in 1906. n.d. [post 1906] v) "Ancient Belfry Articles" - old ringers' rules (whereabouts not specified). Reprinted in the late C19th by Crossley & Clarke, Leicester.

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Richmond, Robert,
Mears & Stainbank,
Bedfordshire Association of Change Ringers,
Crossley & Clarke

LEIGHTON BUZZARD, church bells, bellringing, church clocks, Leighton Buzzard Observer, LINSLADE, Leighton Buzzard Town Hall, parish magazines, newspapers