Association Information
Information and Statistics about the Association
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The Association was established on 13th March 1882.
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It covers the geographical county of Bedfordshire but due to boundary alterations includes the parish of Eaton Socon.
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The Association is split into three broadly equal areas known as Districts, namely the Bedford District, the Biggleswade District and the Luton District.
| District | Number of Members* (2008) | Number of Towers and (Bells) (2008) | |
| Ringable | Unringable | ||
| Bedford | 122 | 34 (219) | 4 (18) |
| Biggleswade | 84 | 22 (146) | 4 (18) |
| Luton | 124 | 27 (183) | 4 (16) |
| Total | 330 | 83 (548) | 12 (52) |
* The number of ringers within the Association's territory is likely to be higher than shown as not all ringers are members.
Rings of Bells (ringable only) updated February 2008
| District | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | Total |
| Bedford | 1 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 34 | |
| Biggleswade | 8 | 12 | 2 | 22 | ||||
| Luton | 2 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 27 | ||
| Total | 3 | 1 | 23 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 83 |
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The Association has two patrons: the Bishop of St. Albans and the Bishop of Bedford.
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The early ringing centres in the association were Bedford, St. Paul, Woburn, Biggleswade and Leighton Buzzard. These are depicted on the current certificate.
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The Association certificate was designed by Sidney Avis of Woburn in 1902. The original has now been framed and can be viewed in Woburn ringing room.
| Heaviest Tenors in the Association | Lightest Tenors in the Association | ||||
| 1 | Leighton Buzzard | 35-1-14 | 1 | Swineshead | 2-2-7 |
| 2 | Bedford, St Paul | 28-3-06 | 2 | Whipsnade | 3-1-24 |
| 3 | Luton | 25-0-24 | 3 | Kensworth | 3-3-15 |
| 4 | Woburn | 24-1-16 | 4 | Steppingley | 5-0-0 |
| 5 | Dunstable | 23-2-15 | 5 | Bedford, St Andrew | 5-2-22 |
| 6 | Bromham | 22-3-18 | 6 | Clapham | 5-3-20 |