Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire
St Mary the Virgin
Saturday, 20 November 2021 in 3hrs 3mins (15-1-21 in Eb)
5054 Superlative Surprise Major
Composed by Anthony J Cox
Rung for the SRCY peal weekend.
1st peal for 2 years-1.
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Cathedral Church of St James and St Edmund (the Norman Tower)
Saturday, 20 November 2021 in 3hrs 16mins (27-2-5 in C#)
5039 Grandsire Caters
Composed by Stephen D Pettman
Rung on the Feast of St Edmund. For the Society's peal weekend.
Peal No: 8615Essendon, Hertfordshire
St Mary the Virgin
Saturday, 20 November 2021 in 2hrs 57mins (15-0-13 in F)
5088 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Donald F Morrison
No 55
On SRCY peal weekend.
Peal No: 8617Fenham, Tyne and Wear
St James and St Basil
Saturday, 20 November 2021 in 3hrs 6mins (14-0-10 in F)
5056 Cooktown Orchid Delight Major
Composed by Ian Butters
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
All Saints
Saturday, 20 November 2021 in 3hrs 4mins (11-0-09 in G)
5024 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Stephen J Ivin
For the Society's peal weekend. Rung after meeting short for Royal. With thanks to Luke Groom for standing (in and) down.
Peal No: 8611Maidstone, Kent
All Saints
Saturday, 20 November 2021 in 3hrs 23mins (32-0-20 in C#)
5120 Spliced Surprise Royal
Composed by Robert C Kippin
5 methods: 1120 London No.3; 1000 Bristol, Cambridge, Superlative No.2, Yorkshire; 116 changes of method; all the work.
Rung for SRCY Peal Weekend.
Peal No: 8614Northampton MA, USA
Bixby Court
Saturday, 20 November 2021 in 2hrs 28mins (14 in D)
5024 Cornwall Surprise Major
Composed by James A Smith
For the Society Peal Weekend.
First for the Society: 5-6, 7-8.
First of many peals to be rung at this address!
Roker, Tyne and Wear
St Andrew
Saturday, 20 November 2021 in 3hrs 6mins (22-2-26 in E)
5042 Bristol Surprise Royal
Composed by Alex S Riley
For SRCY peal weekend.
Peal No: 8616Wareham, Dorset
Lady St Mary
Saturday, 20 November 2021 in 3hrs 15mins (17-1-20 in E)
5040 Spliced Surprise Royal
Composed by Robert D S Brown
3 methods: 2160 Yorkshire, 1440 each Cambridge, Lincolnshire, 9 changes of method, all the work.
Rung for Society Peal Weekend. 91st birthday compliment to Eric Hitchins.
Peal No: 8612Ashtead, Surrey
St Giles
Sunday, 21 November 2021 in 2hrs 54mins (12-3-26 in F)
5088 Spliced Surprise Major
Composed by Mark B Davies
6 methods: 960 each Bristol, Cornwall, Malpas; 864 Deva; 672 each Lessness, Superlative; 135 changes of method.
Rung for society peal weekend.
Birthday compliments to Tom Page.
Derby, Derbyshire
Cathedral Church of All Saints
Sunday, 21 November 2021 in 3hrs 20mins (19-0-1 in Db)
5040 Kenninghall Surprise Royal
Composed by Donald F Morrison
No 7008
Elveden, Suffolk
Memorial Tower of St Patrick and St Andrew
Sunday, 21 November 2021 in 3hrs 4mins (17-2-20 in E)
5056 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Donald F Morrison
No 7619
For the Society's peal weekend.
Peal No: 8624Stockton on Tees, Durham
Parish Church
Sunday, 21 November 2021 in 3hrs 18mins (21-0-11 in Eb)
5088 Zanussi Surprise Maximus
Composed by John S Warboys
For SRCY Peal Weekend
Peal No: 8622Terling, Essex
All Saints
Sunday, 21 November 2021 in 2hrs 45mins (11-1-13 in F#)
5054 Superlative Surprise Major
Composed by Anthony J Cox
Rung for the Society's peal weekend.
Marking Stephen's 25 years membership of the Society.
Northallerton, North Yorkshire
19 The Green, Romanby
Sunday, 28 November 2021 in 2hrs 33mins (11 in G)
5120 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Alex S Riley
Godalming, Surrey
St Peter and St Paul
Saturday, 4 December 2021 in 3hrs 16mins (24-0-4 in Eb)
5024 London Surprise Major
Composed by Stephen J Ivin (No 40)
To welcome the Reverend Canon John Harkin and his wife Sue to the Parish.
Peal No: 8626Shalford, Surrey
St Mary the Virgin
Saturday, 4 December 2021 in 2hrs 58mins (13-2-8 in F)
5088 Lessness Surprise Major
Composed by Philip A B Saddleton
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Jonathan's election to the Society.
1500th peal: 4.
Campton, Bedfordshire
All Saints
Thursday, 9 December 2021 in 2hrs 46mins (6-2-10 in B)
5024 Yorkshire Surprise Major
Composed by Anthony J Cox
Fairwarp, East Sussex
Christ Church (Nave)
Tuesday, 14 December 2021 in 1hr 58mins (11 in G)
5760 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor
Composed by John S Warboys
147 methods: Balmoral, Barham, Beeston, Belvoir, Berkeley, Bogedone, Bucknall, Caernarvon, Cambridge, Carisbrooke, Castleton, Chelsea, Chepstow, Conisborough, Conway, Coventry, Disley, Donottar, Dover, Dunedin, Edinburgh, Ely, Evening Star, Fotheringay, Francis Genius, Kentish, Knutsford, Leasowe, Ludlow, Melandra, Oswald, Pembroke, Pevensey, Peveril, Pontefract, Richborough, Rostherne, Skipton, Stirling, Warwick, Wath, Wilmslow 3D; Abbeyville, Bedford, Braintree, Burnaby, Burslem, Canterbury, Charlwood, Clarence, College Bob IV, Combermere, Crowland, Elston, Evesham, Fountains, Glastonbury, Humber, Kirkstall, London Victory, Marple, Melrose, Merton, Neasden, Newdigate, Old Oxford, Sherborne, Southwark, St Albans, St Werburgh, Taxal, Tewkesbury, Tintern, Vale Royal, Waltham, Willesden, Wragby 4D; Allendale, Alnwick, Annable's London, Bacup, Bamborough, Berwick, Beverley, Bourne, Cambridge, Canterbury, Carlisle, Chester, Coldstream, Cunecastre, Durham, Hexham, Hull, Ipswich, Kelso, Lightfoot, Lincoln, London, Morpeth, Munden, Netherseale, Newcastle, Norfolk, Northumberland, Norwich, Primrose, Rossendale, Sandiacre, Stamford, Surfleet, Warkworth, Wearmouth, Wells, Westminster, Whitley, Wooler, York S; Berwyn, British Scholars’ Pleasure, Burton, Capel, Chadkirk, Cheviot, Chiltern, College Exercise, Cotswold, Duke of Norfolk, Kent, Killamarsh, Kingston, London Scholars’ Pleasure, Mendip, Morning Star, Nelson, Norbury, Norton-le-Moors, Ockley, Oxford, Pennine, Quantock, Rochester, Sandal, Snowdon, Trinity Sunday, Waterford, Woodcock’s Victory TB.
Belated congratulations to Michael on his election to the Society. Rung with his proposer and seconder.
Peal No: 8629Reading, Berkshire
26 Redlands Road
Thursday, 16 December 2021 in 2hrs 57mins (16 in Bb)
5024 Spliced Surprise Maximus
Composed by Mark R Eccleston
4 methods 1776 Bristol; 1344 Cambridge; 1200 Yorkshire; 704 Littleport Little; 27 changes of method; all the work.
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
All Saints
Tuesday, 28 December 2021 in 3hrs 27mins (35-1-14 in C#)
5006 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Mark R Eccleston
Brown Candover, Hampshire
St Peter
Thursday, 30 December 2021 in 2hrs 32mins (5-3-6 in B)
5040 Doubles
1 principle/15 methods: (1-4) Stedman; (5-6) New Bob; (7-8) Huntspill; (9-10) St. Vedast; (11-12) Blaisdon; (13-18) Grandsire; (19-20) St. Nicholas; (21-22) Winchendon Place; (23-24) St. Remigius; (25-26) Huntley Place; (27-30) Reverse Canterbury; (31-32) St. Simon's; (33-34) St. Martin's; (35-36) St. Osmund; (37-38) Eynesbury; (39-42) Plain Bob.
Reading, Berkshire
26 Redlands Road
Wednesday, 5 January 2022 in 1hr 46mins (9 in Bb)
5040 Spliced Surprise Minor
Composed by Peter G C Ellis (No 1105)
14 methods: 1-6) Northumberland, Whitley, Sandiacre, Wooler, Lightfoot, Rossendale, Bamborough, Bacup, Ipswich, Norfolk, Cambridge, Primrose; cyclic part ends, variable treble. (7) Beverley, Surfleet.
This variable treble composition is now rung on handbells for the first time.
Peal No: 8633City of London,
St Katharine Cree, Leadenhall Street
Saturday, 8 January 2022 in 3hrs 10mins (9-3-18 in G)
5760 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor
Composed by John S Warboys (TD0801)
147 methods: Balmoral, Barham, Beeston, Belvoir, Berkeley, Bogedone, Bucknall, Caernarvon, Cambridge, Carisbrooke, Castleton, Chelsea, Chepstow, Conisborough, Conway, Coventry, Disley, Donottar, Dover, Dunedin, Edinburgh, Ely, Evening Star, Fotheringay, Francis Genius, Kentish, Knutsford, Leasowe, Ludlow, Melandra, Oswald, Pembroke, Pevensey, Peveril, Pontefract, Richborough, Rostherne, Skipton, Stirling, Warwick, Wath, Wilmslow 3D; Abbeyville, Bedford, Braintree, Burnaby, Burslem, Canterbury, Charlwood, Clarence, College Bob IV, Combermere, Crowland, Elston, Evesham, Fountains, Glastonbury, Humber, Kirkstall, London Victory, Marple, Melrose, Merton, Neasden, Newdigate, Old Oxford, Sherborne, Southwark, St Albans, St Werburgh, Taxal, Tewkesbury, Tintern, Vale Royal, Waltham, Willesden, Wragby 4D; Allendale, Alnwick, Annable's London, Bacup, Bamborough, Berwick, Beverley, Bourne, Cambridge, Canterbury, Carlisle, Chester, Coldstream, Cunecastre, Durham, Hexham, Hull, Ipswich, Kelso, Lightfoot, Lincoln, London, Morpeth, Munden, Netherseale, Newcastle, Norfolk, Northumberland, Norwich, Primrose, Rossendale, Sandiacre, Stamford, Surfleet, Warkworth, Wearmouth, Wells, Westminster, Whitley, Wooler, York S; Berwyn, British Scholars’ Pleasure, Burton, Capel, Chadkirk, Cheviot, Chiltern, College Exercise, Cotswold, Duke of Norfolk, Kent, Killamarsh, Kingston, London Scholars’ Pleasure, Mendip, Morning Star, Nelson, Norbury, Norton-le-Moors, Ockley, Oxford, Pennine, Quantock, Rochester, Sandal, Snowdon, Trinity Sunday, Waterford, Woodcock’s Victory TB.
Rung strictly silent and non-conducted, the first time this has been done on tower bells.
Peal No: 8634Reading, Berkshire
Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin
Sunday, 9 January 2022 in 3hrs 17mins (25-2-26 in Db)
5024 Spliced Surprise Major
Composed by Roderick R Horton
4 methods: 1344 Glasgow; 1248 London; 1216 Belfast, Bristol. 113 changes of method, all the work.
For Epiphany.
Peal No: 8635Shoreditch, Greater London
St Leonard
Wednesday, 19 January 2022 in 2hrs 42mins (12 in F)
5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major
Composed by Alex S Riley
First handbell peal: 7-8.
Peal No: 8636Chichester, West Sussex
Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity
Saturday, 22 January 2022 in 3hrs 8mins (18-1-12 in Eb)
5088 Spliced Triples and Major
Composed by Alan S Burbidge and Mark R Eccleston
1 principle/3 methods: 2304 Stedman Triples; 1632 Double Norwich Court Bob Major; 1152 Bristol Surprise Major; 36 changes of method.
Northington, Hampshire
St John the Evangelist
Sunday, 23 January 2022 in 2hrs 38mins (6-0-14 in Bb)
5040 Treble Dodging Minor
7 methods, 1 extent each: Canterbury D, Canterbury S, York D, York S, Cambridge D, Cambridge S, Warkworth S.
Shoreditch, Greater London
St Leonard
Wednesday, 26 January 2022 in 3hrs 23mins (25-1-11 in Eb)
5030 Spliced Cinques and Maximus
Composed by Mark R Eccleston
1 principle/2 methods: 2534 Stedman Cinques; 2496 Bristol Surprise Maximus; 7 changes of method/principle
Rung in memory of Bruce N Butler, president of the North American Guild and member of this society.
Circled the tower: 10, 12.
Leicester, Leicestershire
St Margaret
Saturday, 29 January 2022 in 3hrs 37mins (32-3-14 in C#)
5023 Spliced Cinques and Maximus
Composed by Mark R Eccleston
1 principle/3 methods: 2431 Stedman Cinques; 1296 each Avon Delight Maximus, Bristol Surprise Maximus; 25 changes of method/principle
Birthday compliments to Sally for tomorrow. Length chosen especially?
Peal No: 8640City of London,
St Katharine Cree, Leadenhall Street
Saturday, 5 February 2022 in 2hrs 52mins (9-3-18 in G)
5040 Spliced Surprise Minor
Composed by John S Warboys (SU0308 SU0403)
4 methods: (1-3) 2160 Alnwick, Canterbury, Carlisle, Chester, Coldstream, Cunecastre, Kelso, Lincoln, London, Morpeth, Munden, Newcastle, Northumberland, Sandiacre, Wells, Whitley, Wooler (4-7) 2880 Allendale, Annable’s London, Bacup, Bamborough, Berwick, Beverley, Bourne, Cambridge, Durham, Hexham, Hull, Ipswich, Lightfoot, Netherseale, Norfolk, Norwich, Primrose, Rossendale, Stamford, Surfleet, Warkworth, Wearmouth, Westminster and York
Rung for the Society’s ‘Not the Dinner Day’
Peal No: 8642Kensington, Greater London
St Mary Abbots
Saturday, 5 February 2022 in 3hrs 24mins (31-0-4 in C#)
5040 Bristol Surprise Royal
Composed by Anthony R Carter
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Accession of HM Queen Elizabeth II
First Bristol Royal:4
Spitalfields, Greater London
Christ Church
Saturday, 5 February 2022 in 3hrs 1min (17-1-6 in E)
5024 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Alan G Reading
Kingston upon Thames, Greater London
All Saints
Sunday, 6 February 2022 in 3hrs 16mins (18-3-27 in Eb)
5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus
Composed by John S Warboys
5 methods: 1056 Ariel, Bristol; 1008 Barford; 960 Cambridge, Yorkshire; 32 changes of method; all the work.
Rung for the 70th anniversary of the accession of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Peal No: 8644Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire
Minster Church of St John and St Martin
Saturday, 12 March 2022 in 3hrs 43mins (41-1-20 in C)
5000 St John Of Beverley Surprise Royal
Composed by Donald F Morrison
Rung for the 1301st anniversary of the death of St John of Beverley, Covid-19 preventing a 1300th anniversary peal.
St John of Beverley S: 30-50.14-50-36.12-70.58.16-16.70-78-10,12.
South Croydon, Greater London
St Peter
Saturday, 19 March 2022 in 3hrs 21mins (30-0-20 in D)
5040 Spliced Treble Dodging Maximus
Composed by Alan G Reading and Mark B Davies
5 methods: 1008 Avon Delight, Bristol Surprise, Orion Surprise, Rigel Surprise, Strathclyde Surprise; 88 changes of method; all the work.
Campton, Bedfordshire
17 Gravenhurst Road
Wednesday, 23 March 2022 in 1hr 59mins (11)
5040 Surprise Minor
7 methods: One extent each of York, Norwich, Netherseale, Primrose, Cambridge, Ipswich and Bourne
Spitalfields, Greater London
Christ Church
Thursday, 31 March 2022 in 3hrs 4mins (17-1-6 in E)
5152 Spliced Surprise Major
Composed by Donald F Morrison
8 methods: 896 Cambridge, Pudsey, Superlative; 672 Rutland; 448 Bristol, Lincolnshire, London, Yorkshire; 126 changes of method; all the work.
Bishopstoke, Hampshire
St Mary
Saturday, 2 April 2022 in 2hrs 57mins (11-1-1 in G)
5000 Bristol Surprise Royal
Composed by Benjamin D Constant arr Simon A Bond
First peal on 10 bells: 1. Well done June!
Peal No: 8649Holybourne, Hampshire
Holy Rood
Saturday, 2 April 2022 in 2hrs 44mins (6-3-16 in B)
5056 Spliced Surprise Major
Composed by Alan G Reading and Mark B Davies
8 methods: 768 Cornwall; 736 Bristol; 640 each Cambridge, Superlative; 608 Cassiobury; 576 Lessness; 544 Glasgow, London; 124 changes of method, all the work
Kingston upon Thames, Greater London
All Saints
Sunday, 3 April 2022 in 3hrs 16mins (18-3-27 in Eb)
5021 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Mark R Eccleston
100th peal: 1 - Well done Matthew!
500th peal: 6
First blows of Stedman Cinques as conductor.
Thanks to Paul for filling in at short notice.
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
All Saints
Monday, 18 April 2022 in 3hrs 21mins (26-3-15 in D)
5016 Spliced Maximus
Composed by David J Pipe
6 methods: 1056 each Ariel S, Phobos S, Zanussi S; 880 Maypole A; 792 Deimos A; 176 Slinky Differential Little TP; 109 changes of method, all the work.
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