The Rode Hall Silver Band are an English brass band based in South

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's coun ...

History

One of the oldest in England, they formed in 1837 as the Rode Hall Fife and Drum Band, becoming a brass band in 1886. It is believed that the Band was originally formed to lead the local people to services at Astbury Church before Rode Church was built. The band have played in the

Congleton Congleton is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. The town is by the River Dane, south of Manchester and north of Stoke on Trent. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 26,482. Topony ...

area ever since and rehearse at Scholar Green Village Hall. The band have held a long association with

Rode Hall Rode Hall, a Georgian country house, is the seat of the Wilbraham family, members of the landed gentry in the parish of Odd Rode, Cheshire, England. The estate, with the original timber-framed manor house, was purchased by the Wilbrahams fr ...

with Lady Anne Baker-Wilbraham serving as the current president. The band competes in the third section of the North West Region. The Band plays at events in South

and Staffordshire. The conductor is Nigel Butler.

External links

Rode Hall Silver Band website
British brass bands 1837 establishments in England Culture in Cheshire {{England-band-stub