A section on the history of the Cumberland Association ( 1889 to 1947) and the Cumberland and North Westmorland Association (1947 to 1975) will be added later.
The Guild Archive is housed in a cabinet in the ringing room at the Cathedral.
Here are a few items from 1975 to 2017 – please contribute.
Carlisle DGCBR established
12th April 1975
The final AGM of the Cumberland and Westmorland Association of Changeringers held at Orton agreed to change the name to the Carlisle Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers
Read moreTen bells for Whitehaven
15th December 1978
The Guld’s first ring of ten are dedicated at Whitehaven
Read moreFirst Annual Dinner
9th October 1982
The Guild held its first Annual Dinner at the Tithebarn in Cockermouth
Read moreMillennium Celebrations
1st January 2000
Millennium projects in the CDGCBR area include: Carlisle Cathedral Wigton Aspatria Greystoke
Read moreRinging Open Day
17th July 2002
CDGCBR and Lancashire Association towers were open
Read moreNew peal ringers
2nd December 2015
Six ringers from the Guild rang their first peal in 2015 to mark 300 years since the first recorded full peal.
Read moreClosure of Cleator Moor
2nd May 2017
Cleator Moor (archived web page)
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