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Society Peal Analysis

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Ringers
  1. Alan Regin 2378 (70 as C)
  2. Derek E Sibson 1776 (1554 as C)
  3. Simon J Davies 1317 (6 as C)
  4. E Jane Sibson 1211 (1 as C)
  5. Ian R Fielding 1203 (683 as C)
  6. Ian G Campbell 1201 (1 as C)
  7. Graham A Duke 1172 (160 as C)
  8. John P Loveless 1054 (487 as C)
  9. Richard M Hobbs 1027 (129 as C)
  10. Shirley E McGill 1021 (1 as C)
 
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Conductors
  1. Derek E Sibson 1554
  2. Ian R Fielding 683
  3. Stephen A Wheeler 549
  4. John P Loveless 487
  5. Jack E Page 286
  6. Roger Baldwin 274
  7. Ian Roulstone 233
  8. George Newson 227
  9. Graham A Duke 160
  10. Dennis Beresford 150
 
Shoreditch
Towers/Location
  1. Shoreditch, St Leonard 1010
  2. Spitalfields, Christ Church 232
  3. Westminster, St Martin in the Fields 122
  4. Watford, 15 Harford Drive 99
  5. Trumpington, St Mary & Michael 84
  6. Barton Seagrave, St Botolph 74
  7. Edmonton, All Saints 71
  8. West Ham, All Saints 63
  9. Highgate, St Anne 60
  10. Hackney, St John 51
Bellropes
Methods
  1. Spliced Surprise Major 1026
  2. Bristol Surprise Major 727
  3. Surprise Minor 359
  4. London Surprise Major 314
  5. Grandsire Triples 296
  6. Yorkshire Surprise Major 275
  7. Stedman Cinques 268
  8. Bristol Surprise Maximus 244
  9. Plain Bob Major 212
  10. Kent Treble Bob Major 206
Methods
 

The Society has rung 9151 peals, an average of 32.8 a year in 1258 different methods, 1687 different towers by 3149 ringers 502 as conductors.

Francis Wood was the first person to ring 50 peals for the Society calling just one. His first peal was at West Ham called by George Partrick, first master of the Society and his 50th peal was rung at St Giles Cripplegate called by George Gross.

First same forename (William) peal called by William Shipway

Peals rung nth years ago
Date Place Method Conductor pdf
1976 50 Years ago
17/02/1976 Shoreditch, St Leonard Yorkshire Surprise Maximus Dennis Beresford 
20/02/1976 Shoreditch, St Leonard Spliced Surprise Major Derek E Sibson 
06/03/1976 Easebourne, St Mary Pudsey Surprise Major P Jonathan Franklin 
09/03/1976 Shoreditch, St Leonard Bristol Surprise Maximus Dennis Beresford 
13/03/1976 Shoreditch, St Leonard Spliced Surprise Major Derek E Sibson 
16/03/1976 Shoreditch, St Leonard Yorkshire Surprise Maximus Dennis Beresford 
23/03/1976 Shoreditch, St Leonard Bristol Surprise Maximus Derek E Sibson 
06/04/1976 Shoreditch, St Leonard London No.3 Surprise Royal Derek E Sibson 
19/04/1976 Newark upon Trent, St Mary Magdalene Bristol Surprise Royal Derek E Sibson 
15/05/1976 Balderton, St Giles Yorkshire Surprise Major Jack L Millhouse 
19/06/1976 Westminster, St Martin in the Fields Yorkshire Surprise Maximus Derek E Sibson 
06/07/1976 Shoreditch, St Leonard Strathclyde Surprise Maximus Derek E Sibson 
17/08/1976 Oxenhope, St Mary the Virgin Lincolnshire Surprise Major Peter M Wilkinson 
30/08/1976 Chester, Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary Yorkshire Surprise Maximus Derek E Sibson 
11/09/1976 Shoreditch, St Leonard Uxbridge Surprise Maximus Derek E Sibson 
18/09/1976 Grundisburgh, St Mary the Virgin London No.3 Surprise Royal Howard W Egglestone 
18/09/1976 Henley, St Peter Lincolnshire Surprise Major Stephen D Pettman 
18/09/1976 Ashbocking, All Saints Minor John P Loveless 
18/09/1976 Debenham, St Mary Magdalene Yorkshire Surprise Major Dennis Beresford 
28/09/1976 Shoreditch, St Leonard Yorkshire Surprise Maximus Dennis Beresford 
02/10/1976 Aston, SS Peter & Paul Bristol Surprise Maximus Derek E Sibson 
02/10/1976 Birmingham, St Philip Bristol Surprise Maximus Roger Baldwin 
05/10/1976 Shoreditch, St Leonard Mottram Surprise Maximus Derek E Sibson 
09/10/1976 Shoreditch, St Leonard Mellor Surprise Maximus Derek E Sibson 
23/10/1976 Leeds, Minster Church of St Peter Yorkshire Surprise Maximus Derek E Sibson 
02/11/1976 Shoreditch, St Leonard Spliced Maximus Derek E Sibson 
06/11/1976 Bakewell, All Saints Bristol Surprise Major Jack L Millhouse 
30/11/1976 Shoreditch, St Leonard Bristol Surprise Maximus Derek E Sibson 
04/12/1976 Shoreditch, St Leonard Spliced Surprise Maximus Derek E Sibson 
13/12/1976 Shoreditch, St Leonard Bristol Surprise Maximus Stanley Jenner 
1926 100 Years ago
20/02/1926 Edmonton, All Saints Cambridge Surprise Major James Parker 
20/03/1926 Gospel Oak, St Martin Surprise Minor William W Miller 
21/08/1926 Shoreditch, St Leonard Stedman Cinques John D Matthews 
28/08/1926 Painswick, St Mary the Virgin Stedman Cinques John D Matthews 
27/12/1926 Westminster, St Martin in the Fields Stedman Cinques John D Matthews 
1876 150 Years ago
11/01/1876 Hertford, All Saints Stedman Caters John Cox 
29/01/1876 Battersea, St Mary Grandsire Triples Joseph W Cattle 
17/02/1876 Camberwell, St George Kent Treble Bob Major George Newson 
17/04/1876 Westminster, St Martin in the Fields Stedman Cinques John Cox 
27/04/1876 Highgate, St Anne Kent Treble Bob Major George Newson 
09/05/1876 City of London, St Brides Stedman Cinques John Cox 
13/05/1876 Westminster, St Margaret Stedman Caters George Newson 
05/06/1876 Hertford, St Andrew Grandsire Triples John Cox 
25/06/1876 Clerkenwell, St James Grandsire Triples George Newson 
18/09/1876 Camberwell, St George Plain Bob Major George Newson 
20/09/1876 Camberwell, St George Grandsire Triples George Newson 
28/10/1876 Hampstead, St Stephen Stedman Caters George Newson 
04/11/1876 Camberwell, St George Kent Treble Bob Major George Newson 
17/11/1876 Redenhall, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Double Norwich Court Bob Major Benjamin Smith 
1826 200 Years ago
26/03/1826 Poplar, All Saints Grandsire Triples Thomas Gross 
04/12/1826 Poplar, All Saints Grandsire Caters Robert Mirfield 
12/12/1826 Mitcham, SS Peter & Paul Grandsire Triples Henry Blease 
1776 250 Years ago
26/02/1776 Southwark, SS Saviour & Mary Overie Cumberland Cinques George Gross 
26/05/1776 Horsham, St Mary the Virgin Plain Bob Major George Gross 
20/10/1776 Rotherhithe, SS Mary & Paul Oxford Treble Bob Major George Gross 
18/11/1776 Bermondsey, St Mary Magdalen Oxford Treble Bob Major George Gross 
Selected first peal in method for the Society
Date Place Method pdf
30/11/1748 Shoreditch, St Leonard Plain Bob Major 
12/09/1750 West Ham, All Saints Plain Bob Triples 
17/07/1752 West Ham, All Saints Grandsire Caters 
17/10/1752 Shoreditch, St Leonard Oxford Treble Bob Major 
29/10/1752 West Ham, All Saints Plain Bob Royal 
12/10/1754 Shoreditch, St Leonard Grandsire Triples 
27/11/1758 West Ham, All Saints Oxford Treble Bob Royal 
10/11/1766 Southwark, SS Saviour & Mary Overie Oxford Treble Bob Maximus 
24/01/1774 Southwark, SS Saviour & Mary Overie Grandsire Cinques 
23/09/1787 Southwark, St John Horsleydown Grandsire Royal 
07/01/1788 Bethnal Green, St Matthew Double Norwich Court Bob Major 
23/08/1788 Shoreditch, St Leonard Stedman Caters 
07/05/1792 Southwark, SS Saviour & Mary Overie Grandsire Maximus 
07/04/1801 Shoreditch, St Leonard Double Norwich Court Bob Royal 
27/12/1802 Islington, St Mary Grandsire Major 
20/12/1806 Spitalfields, Christ Church Stedman Cinques 
14/03/1833 Clerkenwell, St James Stedman Triples 
31/01/1891 Stoke Newington, St Mary Plain Bob Minor 
15/05/1920 Southwark, SS Saviour & Mary Overie Plain Bob Maximus 
17/11/1934 Hitcham, St Mary Plain Bob Doubles 
29/03/1948 Foots Cray, All Saints Grandsire Doubles 
05/05/1981 Shoreditch, St Leonard Oxfordshire Surprise Maximus 
05/05/1997 Winchester, Cathedral, Holy Trinity, SS Peter, Paul & Swithun Stedman Sextuples 
29/11/1997 Thornby, St Helen Stedman Doubles 
15/11/2003 Charleston, Grace Church Plain Bob Caters 
08/03/2008 New York, Trinity Church Plain Bob Cinques 
First peal on number of bells
Date Place Bells pdf
12/09/1750 West Ham, All Saints Triples  
30/11/1748 Shoreditch, St Leonard Major  
17/07/1752 West Ham, All Saints Caters  
29/10/1752 West Ham, All Saints Royal  
24/01/1774 Southwark, SS Saviour & Mary Overie Cinques  
10/11/1766 Southwark, SS Saviour & Mary Overie Maximus  

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