A small collection of (mainly) ringing-related books is kept in the tower, and can be borrowed by DCCR members.
The New Ringer's Book
12 chapters and a glossary, including a large number of illustrations in full colour, to meet the needs of new ringers in the 21st century.
Author: John Harrison, Catherine Lewis.
Publisher: Central Council, 2009
The Tower Handbook - Answers to 1001 Questions About Ringing
Information and advice on every aspect of ringing, designed for browsing and easy reference.
Author: John Harrison
Publisher: Central Council, 1998
Elementary Handbook for Beginners in the Art of Change Ringing
2 copiesIntroduction to ringing covering bells, handling, ringing with others and elementary methods.
Publisher: Central Council, 1966 (1), 1969 (1)
Beginner's Handbook
3 copiesIntroduction to ringing covering bells, handling, ringing with others and elementary methods.
Author: Malcolm Tyler
Publisher: Central Council, 1981
The Ringer's Handbook
Instruction in bell handling, Grandsire, Stedman, Plain Bob and Kent Treble Bob.
Author: E S & M Powell
Publisher: A A Sotheran, 1993
The One-per-Learner Book
Sherbourne Teaching Aid No 3. Pocket book covering basics and general topics in easily understood form.
Author: Pam Copson
Publisher: E J Copson
The Follow-On Book
Sherbourne Teaching Aid No 4. Pocket book covering basics and general topics in easily understood form.
Author: Pam Copson
Publisher: Pam Copson
Ringing Basics for Beginners
Publisher: Central Council, 2008
Towards Better Striking
2 copiesBasic advice on the importance of good striking and how to achieve it. Covers relative importance of visual, aural and rhythmic approaches to striking. Describes common problems.
Author: Roger Smith, Malcolm Tyler
Publisher: Central Council, 1989 (1), 1995 (1)
Raising and Lowering in Peal
Practical advice on raising and lowering singly and in peal including trebling, with advice on common problems.
Author: John Harrison
Publisher: Central Council, 1987
Ringing Skills [Recent addition]
Advice on developing ropesight, listening and rhythym skills.
Author: John Harrison
Publisher: Central Council, 1993
Change Ringing: The Art and Science of Change Ringing on Church and Hand Bells
A wide ranging introduction to method ringing and general theory.
Author: Wilfred Wilson
Publisher: Faber, 3rd edition 1976
The Art and Science of Change Ringing [Recent addition]
Reprint of a 19th century text book.
Author: William Banister
Publisher: Nabu Public Domain Reprints
Ropesight
Introduction to the art of change ringing.
Author: Jasper Whitfield Snowdon, William Snowdon
Publisher: Christopher Groome, 13th edition 1970
From Rounds to Ropesight
A book and DVD for use by beginners to change ringing and their tutors, aimed at teaching ropesight in easy stages.
Author: Stuart I. Bamforth
Publisher: Whiting Society
Come on! Listen to it! - A Bellringers' Guide to Accurate Striking
A book and DVD to assist the in learning how to pick out the sound of your bell in change ringing. It aims to teach the student to identify faults in striking, and to be able to recognise and correct common striking errors.
Author: Michael Foulds
Publisher: Whiting Society
Progress - A Scrapbook of Bellringing
A mixture of methods, compositions, jokes and philosophy with something for everyone with an interest in change ringing.
Author: A. J. Barnfield
Publisher: Whiting Society
The Unofficial Ringers’ Handbook
Cartoons.
Author: Jean Barnes
Publisher: Editorial Worksop Ltd, 1982
Learning the Ropes
Cartoons.
Author: B & D Martin
Publisher: B & D Martin, 1994
The Waiting to Ring Book
Ringing puzzles and quizzes.
Author: William Butler
Publisher: William Butler, 1983
The Method Ringers Companion
A guide of how to ring all the widely rung methods on all numbers from Bob Doubles upwards.
Author: Steve Coleman
Publisher: Sue Coleman, 1994
Ringing Circles - a Guide to Learning Methods
A guide to learning twenty four methods, progressively arranged, from Plain Bob Doubles through Cambridge Surprise Major.
Author: Chris Adams
Publisher: Central Council, 2000
How to Learn Methods
3 copiesAimed at the ringer who has mastered the basics of hunting and dodging and place making - can ring Plain Bob, Kent, St. Clement's, for example - but is looking for guidance on how to learn more complex methods.
Author: Michael Foulds
Publisher: Whiting Society, 2010
Doubles and Minor for Beginners
2 copiesGuidance on learning and ringing twenty different methods including blue lines, work order, above and below the treble, place notation and bob calling.
Author: William Butler
Publisher: Central Council, 1st edition 1980 (1), 2nd edition 1983 (1)
Triples and Major for Beginners [Recent addition]
Guidance on learning and ringing nine different methods including blue lines, work order, above and below the treble, place notation and bob calling.
Author: William Butler
Publisher: Central Council, 1st edition 1986
Carry On Counting - An Introduction to Plain Hunting and the Plain Course of Plain Bob Doubles
2 copiesAimed at beginners to change ringing, this explains the theory and practice of Plain Hunting, and then the plain course of Plain Bob Doubles, in simple language.
Author: Karl Grave
Publisher: Whiting Society, 2009
Doubles or Quit - or How to Conquer Plain Bob Doubles
2 copiesThis sequel to Carry on Counting explains the core skills required to ring Plain Bob Doubles and gives advice on how to acquire them. It explains the working of the bob, and how to ring (and call) touches and extents, and introduces a few other simple Doubles methods to lead into An Introduction to Ringing Multi-Method Doubles.
Author: Karl Grave
Publisher: Whiting Society, 2013
Plain Hunting and Plain Bob Doubles
ODG Educational Leaflet No. 3
Publisher: Oxford Diocesan Guild
Plain Bob Doubles in Easy Stages
Sherbourne Teaching Aid No 9p
Author: Pamela Copson
Publisher: E J Copson
Beginners Plain Bob
2 copiesAuthor: A. Waddington
Publisher: Central Council, 3rd edition 2003
Beginners Grandsire
2 copiesAuthor: A. Waddington
Publisher: Central Council, 3rd edition 2003
Grandsire Doubles in Easy Stages
2 copiesSherbourne Teaching Aid No 9g
Author: Pamela Copson
Publisher: E J Copson
Grandsire Doubles
ODG Educational Leaflet No. 8
Publisher: Oxford Diocesan Guild
Stedman Doubles and Triples
ODG Educational Leaflet No. 7
Publisher: Oxford Diocesan Guild
Eight Doubles Methods and how they are related
ODG Educational Leaflet No. 11
Author: David W Struckett
Publisher: Oxford Diocesan Guild 1991
Surprise Minor: Cambridge to London - Part 1 Cambridge Surprise Minor
ODG Educational Leaflet No. 12
Publisher: Oxford Diocesan Guild, 1992
Surprise Minor: Cambridge to London - Part 2 Building on Cambridge Minor & Part 3 London Surprise Minor
ODG Educational Leaflet No. 12
Publisher: Oxford Diocesan Guild, 1992
Plain Bob Minor, Little Bob Minor, Double Bob Minor, Plain Bob Major
ODG Educational Leaflet No. 13
Publisher: Oxford Diocesan Guild, 1996
Understanding Place Notation
Basic description of what place notation is and how to use it to construct diagrams of methods, with examples
Author: R G T Morris
Publisher: Central Council, 1984
Diagrams
5 copiesDiagrams defining over 100 methods from Minimus to Maximus.
Author: Jasper Whitfield Snowdon, William Snowdon
Publisher: Christopher Groome (4), Yorkshire Association, 2011 (1)
The Little Purple Ringing Book
Pocket guide with details of hundreds of methods, ranging in difficulty from Reverse Canterbury Doubles to Stedman Triples, on four to ten bells, with diagrams and explanations. A6 edition.
Publisher: Ringing World, 2021
Collection of Doubles and Minor Methods
Author: CC Methods Committee
Publisher: Central Council, 3rd edition 1949
Exploring Plain Minor Methods
Starts at a basic level with Plain Bob and Little Bob, and covers 65 Plain Minor methods, with a diagram for each, lots of hints about ringing and conducting them, compositions for short touches and extents, and spliced touches and extents.
Author: Michael Day
Publisher: Whiting Society, 2010
Collection of Doubles Methods
Publisher: Central Council, 1955
Plain Doubles Methods
Black Line Series Part 4
Author: John Gough
Publisher: Swan Multimedia
Plain Minor Selection
2 copiesBlack Line Series Part 5
Author: John Gough
Publisher: Swan Multimedia
Collection of Minor methods
Author: CC Methods Committee
Publisher: Central Council 1969, 5th edition
Collection of Minor Methods
Author: CC Methods Committee
Publisher: Central Council, 6th edition 1984
Asymmetric Plain Minor Methods Untangled
Proof copyAfter a brief introduction, with some historical background, this book explains in detail why and how it is possible to obtain a true extent with conventional calls with a significant number of non-palindromic Plain Minor Methods. It includes full method diagrams of 174 such methods with "ordinary" five lead plain courses and lead ends, and no more than two blows in one place. A selection of compositions for practice touches, 540s or 576s, and extents is included for each.
Author: Michael Foulds
Publisher: Whiting Society, 2012
Untrodden Ground - Fresh Thinking on Non-Palindromic Plain Minor
Proof copyThis book follows on from Asymmetric Plain Minor Methods Untangled, and covers those non-palindromic Plain Minor methods with single change lead ends, explaining the implications for composition. The book has full method diagrams for all the 114 such methods, with no more than two successive blows made in one place, for which true extents can be produced with lead end calls. It also gives compositions for extents and quarter peal lengths (540 or 576) for all 96 lead end groups applicable to these methods.
Author: Michael Foulds
Publisher: Whiting Society, 2012
An Introduction to Ringing Multi-Method Spliced Treble Bob Minor [Recent addition]
Spliced Treble Bob Minor Series Book 1. Covers 85 regular Treble Bob, Delight and Surprise methods, with a full diagram of a plain course of each; how they are related, explaining lead end place and half lead place variants and how to combine different work above and below the treble. It deals with arranging simple spliced extents using lead splicers, course splicers, 3-lead splicers and 6-lead splicers.
Author: Michael Foulds
Publisher: Whiting Society, 2003
Intermediate Spliced Treble Bob Minor
Spliced Treble Bob Minor Series Book 2. Covers the remaining 62 methods not covered in An Introduction to Ringing Multi-Method Spliced Treble Bob Minor. With full diagrams of each, how they are related, work above and below treble. Explains further theory; Parker's arrangement, Relfe's arrangement, Driver's composite course, the Grid Splice, etc. A text book, not a collection of compositions. Includes A3 table of legitimate methods, regular and irregular.
Author: Michael Foulds
Publisher: Whiting Society, 2002
Advanced Spliced Treble Bob Minor [Recent addition]
Covers "illegitimate" methods and irregular methods, with a further 58 selected method diagrams, and diagrams of work above and below the treble. It deals with the increased repertoire available by using illegitimate methods, the implications of the irregular lead end, the theory of splicing regular and irregular methods together to form extents without calls, more on complex grid splices, and the construction of 30 method extents. Also includes a separate A3 table of methods.
Author: Michael Foulds
Publisher: Whiting Society, 2002
Easily Remembered Service Touches
Over 150 simple compositions in basic methods on all numbers, of varied lengths up to quarter peals.
Author: David Parsons
Publisher: Central Council, 1997
Touches in Popular Doubles Methods
Author: A J Crabtree
Publisher: A J Crabtree, 1975
Short Touches of Spliced Minor
Spliced Treble Bob Minor Series Book 1A. A collection of straightforward practice night touches and quarter peal lengths in the methods covered in An Introduction to Ringing Multi-Method Spliced Treble Bob Minor.
Author: Michael Foulds
Publisher: Whiting Society, 2005
A Collection of Compositions in the Popular Major Methods
Author: CC Peals Collection Committee
Publisher: Central Council, 1966
Handbook of Grandsire Caters
Author: Edgar Shepherd
Publisher: Central Council, 2nd edition 1964
Handbook of Composition
Author: John R Leary
Publisher: Central Council, 1983
Variation and Transposition
Author: J Armiger Trollope
Publisher: Central Council
On Conducting
Description of conducting methods covering both "traditional" and coursing order based methods from Plain Bob Minor to Maximus and Surprise Major.
Author: Wilfred Wilson
Publisher: Central Council, 1975
Bob Calling for Beginners
ODG Educational Leaflet No. 9
Publisher: Oxford Diocesan Guild
Simple Conducting
Typewritten notes
A Road to Ringing - Part A: First Steps [Recent addition]
A course for beginners committed to learning change ringing. It consists of a graded series of exercises to develop the key skills required for method ringing.
Author: Linda Pelc
Publisher: Whiting Society, 2024
A Road to Ringing - Part B: Moving On [Recent addition]
A course for beginners committed to learning change ringing. It consists of a graded series of exercises to develop the key skills required for method ringing.
Author: Linda Pelc
Publisher: Whiting Society, 2024
A Road to Ringing - Part C: Hunting [Recent addition]
A course for beginners committed to learning change ringing. It consists of a graded series of exercises to develop the key skills required for method ringing.
Author: Linda Pelc
Publisher: Whiting Society, 2024
A Road to Ringing - Part D: Dodging [Recent addition]
A course for beginners committed to learning change ringing. It consists of a graded series of exercises to develop the key skills required for method ringing.
Author: Linda Pelc
Publisher: Whiting Society, 2024
Tower Captain's Handbook
Advice on: organisation, recruiting, teaching bell handling, running the ringing and maintenance, with appendices on call changes and touches of Plain Bob, Grandsire and Stedman.
Author: David Parsons
Publisher: Central Council, 1983
Teaching Beyond Bell Handling
Analysis of basic skills needed for effective method ringing, over and above those needed to ring rounds, with an approach and a structured exercises designed to help develop them.
Author: Richard Pargeter
Publisher: Central Council, 2005
Teaching from Rounds to Bob Doubles
2 copiesA structured scheme for progressing beyond initial training to develop method ringing ability and the associated additional bell control skills.
Author: Wilfrid Moreton
Publisher: Central Council, 1987
Tutors Handbook: Part 2 - Elementary Change Ringing
Detailed guidance for those teaching ringers. A progressive scheme of instruction with practical and theoretical exercises from hunting on three to ringing Plain Bob on six and more.
Author: Wilfrid Moreton, Norman Chaddock
Publisher: Central Council, 1972
How to Run a One-Day Ringing Course & How to Run a One-Day Bell Maintenance Course
ODG Educational Leaflet No. 5
Publisher: Oxford Diocesan Guild
Bell Handling & Control in the Elements of Change Ringing
Manual of ringing training - part 1.
Author: Alfred York-Bramble
Publisher: College of Campanology, 1957
Method Structure in Change Ringing
Manual of ringing training - part 2. An introduction to its theory and technology.
Author: Alfred York-Bramble
Publisher: College of Campanology, 1965
Maintenance Handbook
Guidance on general bell maintenance
Author: Alan Frost
Publisher: Central Council, 1979
Manual of Belfry Maintenance
Covers a wide range of topics relevant to the maintenance of church bells – towers, bells, frames, sound control, the faculty system, fault finding etc.
Publisher: Central Council, 2017
Belfry Care and Maintenance
ODG Educational Leaflet No. 4
Publisher: Oxford Diocesan Guild
Towers and Bells Handbook
Reference book covering bells, towers, tower oscillation, bell frames, bell gear, sound control, maintenance.
Author: CC Towers & Belfries committee
Publisher: Central Council, 1973
Splicing Bell Ropes Illustrated
A step-by-step guide to splicing bell ropes with illustrations in full colour.
Author: Frank Beech
Publisher: Central Council, 2005
Rope Splicing
2 copiesODG Educational Leaflet No. 1
Author: William L. Gilks
Publisher: Oxford Diocesan Guild
Bell Ropes - Procurement and Care
Publisher: John Pritchard (Ropes) Ltd
How to Make a Friendly Rope End Dryer
Sound Control
ODG Educational Leaflet No. 6
Author: Stanley G. Scott
Publisher: Oxford Diocesan Guild
Clapper Bush Wear
Technical note
Publisher: Oxford Diocesan Guild
Bellframes - A Practical Guide to Inspection and Recording [Recent addition]
Author: Chris Pickford (compiler)
Publisher: Chris Pickford
Code of Practice for the Conservation, Installation and repair old bells and bell frames
Publisher: Council for the Care of Churches, 1991
Assessment of Masonry Bell Tower Response to Bell Ringing using Operational Modal Analysis and Numerical Modelling
Organising a Restoration Project
Guidance and encouragement upon all aspects of a bell restoration project from getting started, through choosing a contractor to fund raising and other financial and legal matters.
Author: Central Council Bell Restoration Fund Committee
Publisher: Central Council 1986
Learning Change Ringing On Handbells - Some Basic Guidelines
ODG Educational Leaflet No. 10
Publisher: Oxford Diocesan Guild
Change Ringing on Handbells
Covers basics, coursing positions and methods up to Surprise.
Author: Chris Woolley
Publisher: Central Council 1951
The Art and Science of Handbell Ringing
Instructions on ringing tunes with handbells.
Author: J M Turner
Publisher: Tiverton Bookshop
Items marked with an asterisk are not to be removed from the tower without permission.
Record of Peals - Volumes 1 & 2*
Details of all peals rung at St Peters since the rebuilding of the tower. This can also be downloaded from the Ringing Records page.
Old Peal Book*
An older version of the peal book. This only contains peals up to 2017 and does not include as much detail as the current peal book. This can also be downloaded from the Ringing Records page.
Quarters and Miscellaneous Touches*
Details of all known quarter peals rung at St Peter's, and also any touches of 360 changes or more. This can also be downloaded from the Ringing Records page.
Visitor Book*
A record of visitors to the tower.
Photo Album*
St Peter's Tower in the News*
A collection of news articles and other writing connected to the history of ringing at the old and new towers. This can also be downloaded from the Tower History page.
Early Minute Book*
Handwritten minutes of the ringer's meetings from 1902 - 1914. This can also be downloaded from the Tower History page.
Early Minute Book - Copy and Transcription
A scanned copy of the minute book and the transcribed text.
Tower Visitor’s Handbook
A summary of the what is involved in ringing at St Peter's, for non-ringing visitors.
Author: Alan Rowe
Publisher: Derby City Centre Ringers, 2016
Bells and Bellringing at St Peter's Church, Derby
2 copiesvgA short history of ringing at St Peter's.
Author: Alan Rowe
Publisher: Derby City Centre Ringers, 2023
1000 Years of History - St Peter’s Church, Derby
A History of St Peter's
Author: Rachel Coupe
Publisher: Rachel Coupe, 2000
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing
The first book on change ringing. Reprint, originally published in 1667.
Author: Richard Duckworth
Publisher: Echo Library, 2007
The Great Church Towers of England
A photographic study of principal towers, with critical notes and architectural details.
Author: Frank J Allen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1932
Giants of the Exercise
Biographies of notable ringers.
Author: Dr John C Eisel
Publisher: Central Council, 1998
Campanalogia: or, the Art of Ringing Improved
The second book on change ringing. Facsimile, originally published in 1677.
Author: Fabian Stedman
Publisher: Early English Books Online
Change Ringing Disentangled
Facsimile, originally published in 1880.
Author: Woolmore Wigram
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
The History and Art of Change Ringing
Author: Ernest Morris
Publisher: EP Publishing, 1974
Legends o’ the Bells
A collection of legends, traditions, folk tales, myths etc.
Author: Ernest Morris
Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston & Co, 1935
Tintinnabula - Small Bells
Author: Ernest Morris
Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd, 1959
Towers and Bells of Britain
Author: Ernest Morris
Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd, 1955
Bells of All Nations
Author: Ernest Morris
Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd, 1951
A Bellringer’s Guide to the Church Bells of Britain (Dove's Guide)
Details of churches and other buildings with 5 or more bells, and lists rings of 4 bells.
Author: R H Dove
Publisher: W H Viggers, 1988
Bell Ringing: Chimes, Carillons, Handbells - The World of the Bell and the Ringer
Over 300 years of history of bells - the making and hanging, famous bells and towers, belfry customs and the traditions of the various ringing associations.
Author: John Camp
Publisher: David and Charles, 1974
The Gorbals Brass and Bell Foundry
The history of Scotland's only ever industrial scale bellfoundry, the people who ran it, who they were and how they lived, and their most significant products, larger bells and chimes. It charts the course of the Gorbals Foundry from its first bell in 1838, until its closure in 1928. It also covers the firm's successor, Steven & Struthers, until its demise in 1961, marking the end of bellfounding in Scotland.
Author: Michael Foulds
Publisher: Whiting Society, 2011
The Part Time Bellfounders of Glasgow and Renfrewshire
A sequel to The Gorbals Brass and Bell Foundry, this book covers the bellfounding activities of a dozen or so other firms which were in operating in Glasgow and along the Clyde between about 1780 and 1910. The book supplies some biographical information about the owners of the firms, where and how they lived, and when they died, and also describes some surviving examples of their work, telling the story of a bellfounding industry which has remained largely unknown to mainstream bell enthusiasts.
Author: Michael Foulds
Publisher: Whiting Society, 2013
Forbidden Methods [Recent addition]
The story of the ringing establishment's efforts to prevent the use of some methods.
Author: Karl Grave
Publisher: Whiting Society, 2010
My Life Among the Bells
Bob Smith's ringing autobiography
Author: Robert B. Smith
Publisher: Robert B. Smith, 1999
A Dictionary of Campanology
Dictionary of ringing terms, comprehensive list of bell founders and foundries, bibliography on bells and ringing.
Author: David Struckett
Publisher: David Struckett, 1985
Central Council Handbook
Description of the history and operation of the council including the work and terms of reference of its 14 committees, its rules and list of affiliated societies.
Publisher: Central Council, 1978
Derby Diocesan Association Annual Report
Annual reports for 1982, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013
The Dumb Bell at Knole
Photocopied magazine article.
York Minster - Its Bells and Bell Ringers
Author: Harold Walker
Publisher: Friends of York Minster, 1973
The Bells of York Minster [Recent addition]
Author: David Potter
Publisher: Author
Ten Bells [Recent addition]
A light-hearted look at the bells and ringers of Derby Cathedral.
Author: Patricia A M Halls
Publisher: Whiting Society, 2016
Old and New Bells of Peterborough Cathedral
Author: Michael Lee
Publisher: Peterborough Diocesan Guild, 1984
The Hereford Diocesan Guild of Bellringers, 1886-1986 - The History of the First Hundred Years
A history of the first century of the Hereford Diocesan Guild, its main characters, centres of activity and achievements, decade by decade.
Author: John Eisel
Publisher: Whiting Society, 2013
Ring in the True: The First Hundred Years of the Lincoln Diocesan Guild
Author: Denis A Frith
Publisher: Denis A Frith, 1999
A History of the Leicester Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers
A history to mark the 75th anniversary of the formation of the guild.
Author: Rosemary Mason
Publisher: Leicester Diocesan Guild, 2001
Bells on the East Cliff
Author: Mark T Edwards
Southwark Cathedral Tower and Bells
Author: A Winn
Gloucester Cathedral Bells [Recent addition]
Camborne Bells - A Short History
Author: David Thomas
The Bells of the Priory Church of St Mary and St Michael, Cartmel [Recent addition]
Author: Canon W R M Chaplin
The Church Bells of Herefordshire - Volume 1 [Recent addition]
Author: Frederick Sharpe
Publisher: Author, 1966
The Church Bells of Herefordshire - Volume 2 [Recent addition]
Author: Frederick Sharpe
Publisher: Author, 1969
The Church Bells of Herefordshire - Volume 3 [Recent addition]
Author: Frederick Sharpe
Publisher: Author, 1970
The Church Bells of Herefordshire - Volume 4 [Recent addition]
Author: Frederick Sharpe
Publisher: Author, 1972
The Church Bells of Herefordshire - Volume 5 [Recent addition]
Author: Frederick Sharpe
Publisher: Author, 1975
The Taylor Bell Foundry
Smalley Church Bells
Publisher: Workers Educational Association, 1985
Ring Out the Old, Ring In the New - The Restoration of the Bell Tower Of St Teilo’s Church, Llanarth, Gwent [Recent addition]
Author: Christabel Valaydon, c1983
Arte Campanaria
The history of ringing in the Verona region. Text in Italian
Author: Mario Carregari, Gianni Mauli
The Story of Great Paul
Author: Trevor S Jennings
Publisher: John Taylor & Co, 1986
Discovering Bells and Bellringing
Author: John Camp
Publisher: Shire Publications
Classic Taylor Bells: Change Ringing (CD)
Publisher: John Taylor & Co
Keene's Derby
Old photographs
Author: Maxwell Craven
Publisher: Breedon Books, 1993
The Winter's Collection of Derby, volume 2
Old photographs
Author: Angela Leeson, W.W.Winter Ltd
Publisher: Breedon Books, 1996
St Werburgh's Church, Derby
Guide book
Author: John Drackley
Publisher: Churches Conservation Trust, 1996
Derby and Ale [Recent addition]
A history of Derby's breweries
Author: John Arguile
Publisher: John Arguile, 2023
Derby (North) 1899
Reprint of old Ordnance Survey map
Publisher: Alan Godfrey Maps, 2012
Derby (South) 1899
Reprint of old Ordnance Survey map
Publisher: Alan Godfrey Maps, 2012
Derby & Burton upon Trent 1921
Reprint of old Ordnance Survey map
Publisher: Cassini
Derby 1836, 1902, 1921 & 2007
Reprint of old Ordnance Survey maps
Publisher: Cassini
The World's Great Clocks and Watches
Author: Cedric Jagger
Publisher: Hamlyn, 1982
England's Thousand Best Churches
Author: Simon Jenkins
Publisher: Allen Lane, 1999
117 Days Adrift
The story of Maurice and Maralyn Bailey's survival for nearly four months adrift in a rubber raft after their yacht sank beneath them in the Pacific Ocean. Maurice was a local ringer, and his father was tower captain at St Peters for several years.
Author: Maurice Bailey, Maralyn Bailey
Publisher: Nautical Publishing Company, 1974
Spoon's Carpets
Pictures of carpets in Wetherspoon's pubs.
Author: Kit Caless
Publisher: Square Peg, 2016
Pleated Paper Folding
Author: Eric Hawkesworth
Publisher: Faber
John Betjeman's Collected Poems
Author: John Betjeman
Publisher: John Murray, 1980
Look Back in Anger
A Play with links to St Peter's bells.
Author: John Osborne
Publisher: Faber, 1960
1066 and all that
The memorable history of England.
Author: W C Sellar, R J Yeatman
Publisher: Methuen, 1985
Together: Annals of an Army Wife
Author: Katherine Tupper Marshall
Publisher: Blandford Press