List of bell ringing organizations explained

The following is a list of bell ringing organizations

List of change ringing organizations

Below is a list of all currently known ringing societies around the world. This includes societies affiliated to the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers – identified by the number of representative members.:^[1]

• Aberystwyth University Society
• Aldenham College Youths
• Ancient Society of College Youths (4 CC Reps)
• Antient Free and Accepted Masons of England - Clavis Lodge No. 8585
• Army Guild of Bellringers
• The Australian and New Zealand Association of Bellringers (4 CC Reps)
• Bangor Student Society
• Barnsley and District Society
• Barrow and District Society (1 CC Rep)
• Bath and Wells Diocesan Association (5 CC Reps)
• Bath University Society
• Bedfordshire Association (3 CC Reps)
• Beverley and District Society (2 CC Reps)
• Birmingham University Society
• Cambridge University Guild (2 CC Reps)
• Camping, Caravanning and Hostelling Ringing Society
• Canterbury Colleges Society
• Cardiff Students' Society
• Carlisle Diocesan Guild (2 CC Reps)
• Central European Association
• Chester Diocesan Guild (4 CC Reps)
• Clerical Ringers Guild
• Company of Ringers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln
• Coventry Diocesan Guild (4 CC Reps)
• Derby Diocesan Association (4 CC Reps)
• Devon Association (2 CC Reps)
• Devonshire Guild (4 CC Reps)
• Doncaster and District Society
• Dordrecht Ringers Guild
• Dorset County Association (2 CC Reps)
• Durham and Newcastle Diocesan Association (4 CC Reps)
• Durham University Society (1 CC Rep)
• East Anglia University
• East Derbyshire & West Nottinghamshire Association (1 CC Reps)
• East Grinstead and District Guild (1 CC Reps)
• Edinburgh University Guild
• Ely Diocesan Association (4 CC Reps)
• Essex Association (5 CC Reps)
• Exeter University Change Ringing
• Faraday Guild
• Fire Service Guild
• Four Shires Guild (2 CC Reps)
• Framland Ringers Society
• Friends of Dorothy Society
• Geldrop, Guild of St Brigida Bellringers
• Gloucester and Bristol Diocesan Association (5 CC Reps)
• Guildford Diocesan Guild (4 CC Reps)
• Guild of Medical Ringers
• Guild of St Magnus
• Halifax Archdeaconry Guild
• Handbell Ringers of Great Britain
• Hereford Diocesan Guild (4 CC Reps)
• Hertford County Association (4 CC Reps)
• Huddersfield University Society
• Hull University Society
• Irish Association (2 CC Reps)
• Keele University Society
• Kent County Association (5 CC Reps)
• Ladies' Guild (3 CC Reps)
• Lancashire Association (5 CC Reps)
• Lancaster University Society
• Leeds University Society (1 CC Reps)
• Leicester Diocesan Guild (4 CC Reps)
• Leicester University Society
• Lichfield & Walsall Archdeaconry Society (3 CC Reps)
• Lincoln Diocesan Guild (4 CC Reps)
• Lincoln University Ringing
• Liverpool Universities Society (1 CC Reps)
• Llandaff and Monmouth Diocesan Association (3 CC Reps)
• Lundy Island Society of Change Ringers
• Manchester Universities Guild of Change Ringers
• Medway Universities
• Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild (4 CC Reps)
• MIT Guild
• Musicians' Guild of Change Ringers
• National Police Guild (1 CC Rep)
• Newcastle Universities Society
• North American Guild of Change Ringers (4 CC Reps)
• North Staffordshire Association (3 CC Reps)
• North Wales Association (2 CC Reps)
• Norwich Diocesan Association (4 CC Reps)
• Nottingham University Society of Change Ringers
• Open University Society
• Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers(6 CC Reps)
• Oxford Society of Change Ringers(1 CC Reps)
• Oxford University Society of Change Ringers (1 CC Rep)
• Peterborough Diocesan Guild (4 CC Reps)
• Portsmouth University
• Post and Telecom Ringers Guild
• Rambling Ringers Society
• Reading University
• Royal Air Force Guild
• Royal Naval Guild of Bellringers
• Saffron Walden Society
• Salisbury Diocesan Guild (5 CC Reps)
• Scottish Association (2 CC Reps)
• Sheffield Universities' Guild
• Shropshire Association (2 CC Reps)
• Society of Cambridge Youths
• Society of Royal Cumberland Youths (3 CC Reps)
• Society of Sherwood Youths (1 CC Reps)
• South African Guild (1 CC Reps)
• South Northamptonshire Society
• Southampton City Ringers
• Southampton University Guild of Change Ringers
• Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Guild (4 CC Reps)
• St Agatha's Guild (1 CC Reps)
• St Andrews University
• St Brannock's Society of North Devon
• St David's Diocesan Guild (1 CC Reps)
• St James's Society
• St Martin's Guild for the Diocese of Birmingham (2 CC Reps)
• St Mary Abbotts Guild, Kensington
• Suffolk Guild of Ringers (4 CC Reps)
• Surrey Association (4 CC Reps)
• Surrey University Society
• Sussex County Association (5 CC Reps)
• Swansea and Brecon Diocesan Guild (2 CC Reps)
• Teachers, National Guild of
• Three and Four Bell National Society
• Towcester, St Lawrence Society
• Truro Diocesan Guild (5 CC Reps)
• University of Bristol Society of Change Ringers (2 CC Reps)
• University of London Society of Change Ringers (1 CC Reps)
• Veronese, Associazione Suonatori di Campane a Sistema (2 CC Reps)
• Wells Amateur Bellringing Society
• Welsh Colleges Guild
• West Anglia Society
• Whiting Society
• Winchester and Portsmouth Diocesan Guild (5 CC Reps)
• Worcestershire and Districts Association (4 CC Reps)
• York Colleges Guild
• Yorkshire Association (5 CC Reps)

List of carillon organizations

• The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America
• Royal Carillon School "Jef Denyn"

List of handbell organizations

• Bells at Temple Square
• Dorothy Shaw Bell Choir
• Pikes Peak Ringers
• The Raleigh Ringers

Notes and References

1. Central Council of Church Bell Ringers Retrieved April 2017