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Society of Royal Cumberland Youths

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Society Peals

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Ringers
  1. Alan Regin 2385 (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 G Campbell 1205 (1 as C)
  6. Ian R Fielding 1203 (683 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 1023 (1 as C)
 
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Conductors
  1. Derek E Sibson 1554
  2. Ian R Fielding 683
  3. Stephen A Wheeler 552
  4. John P Loveless 487
  5. Jack E Page 287
  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 233
  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 728
  3. Surprise Minor 359
  4. London Surprise Major 314
  5. Grandsire Triples 296
  6. Yorkshire Surprise Major 276
  7. Stedman Cinques 268
  8. Bristol Surprise Maximus 244
  9. Plain Bob Major 212
  10. Kent Treble Bob Major 206
Methods
 

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Crayford, Kent
Paulinus
Saturday, 19 December 1931 in 2hrs 51mins (11-2-15)
5120 Double Norwich Court Bob Major
Composed by George H Cross

  1. Mrs G H Cross
  2. Edwin A Barnett
  3. Edwin Barnett
  4. John H Cheesman
  5. Edwin Barnett Jr
  6. Herbert E Audsley
  7. Harry Hoverd
  8. George H Cross (C)
Peal No: 1387

Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 9 January 1932 in 3hrs 39mins (28)
5011 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

  1. John D Matthews (C)
  2. William H Fussell
  3. Edwin Barnett
  4. Frederick G Symonds
  5. Thomas Newman
  6. George A Card
  7. Cecil J Matthews
  8. Thomas Bevan
  9. John W Cornford
  10. Harry Sear
  11. William Bottrill
  12. Walter Ayre
Peal No: 1388

Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Monday, 18 April 1932 in 3hrs 35mins (28)
5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal
Composed by James A Burford

  1. John D Matthews
  2. Mrs G H Cross
  3. George H Cross (C)
  4. John Potter
  5. Leonard H Baybut
  6. Thomas Newman
  7. Alfred Pye
  8. George Radley
  9. Edward D Smith
  10. Walter Ayre
Peal No: 1389

Crayford, Kent
Paulinus
Friday, 22 April 1932 in 3hrs 1min (11-2-15)
5088 London Surprise Major
Composed by James W Washbrook

  1. Edwin Barnett
  2. Edwin A Barnett
  3. Edith K Fletcher
  4. John H Cheesman
  5. Herbert E Audsley
  6. Harry Hoverd
  7. James Parker
  8. George W Fletcher
Peal No: 1390

Westminster, Middlesex
St Martin in the Fields
Monday, 16 May 1932 in 3hrs 26mins (30-1-20)
5056 Cambridge Surprise Major
Composed by Charles Middleton

  1. Harry Sear
  2. John H Cheesman (C)
  3. Edward J Beer
  4. Frederick J Cullum Jr
  5. Harry Hoverd
  6. Herbert E Audsley
  7. Edward D Smith
  8. Cecil J Matthews
Peal No: 1391

Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 15 October 1932 in 3hrs 42mins (28)
5007 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Charles H Hattersley

  1. Frederick G Symonds
  2. Thomas Newman
  3. John Potter
  4. Mrs G H Cross
  5. George H Cross (C)
  6. E Leonard Taylor
  7. George A Card
  8. Leonard H Baybut
  9. Walter Sear
  10. George W Steere
  11. Harry Sear
  12. Edward D Smith
Peal No: 1392

Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 26 November 1932 in 3hrs 35mins (28)
5056 Cambridge Surprise Major
Composed by Charles Middleton

  1. Thomas Newman
  2. Leonard H Baybut
  3. John H Cheesman (C)
  4. Harry Hoverd
  5. George W Steere
  6. Herbert E Audsley
  7. Edward D Smith
  8. Cecil J Matthews
Peal No: 1393

Westminster, Middlesex
St Martin in the Fields
Monday, 26 December 1932 in 3hrs 52mins (30-1-20)
5019 Stedman Cinques
Composed by John D Matthews

  1. Frederick G Symonds
  2. John H Cheesman (C)
  3. Mrs R F Deal
  4. Mrs G H Cross
  5. John Potter
  6. Edward J Beer
  7. George J Butcher
  8. Herbert E Audsley
  9. Frederick J Cullum Jr
  10. William Bottrill
  11. George H Cross
  12. Edward D Smith
Peal No: 1394

Kelvedon, Essex
Church Street
Sunday, 12 February 1933 in 2hrs 40mins ()
5040 Plain Bob Major
Composed by Arthur T King

  1. 1–2George Green
  2. 3–4William H Fussell
  3. 5–6William Keeble (C)
  4. 7–8Arthur Saunders
Peal No: 1395

Feering, Essex
All Saints
Saturday, 25 February 1933 in 3hrs 15mins (18)
5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major
Composed by Arthur Knights

  1. Charles W Burton
  2. William Keeble (C)
  3. Ernest Mingay
  4. Charles Button
  5. William T Elliot
  6. Henry Nicholls
  7. Ambrose Mason
  8. Frederick Fludder
Peal No: 1396

West Ham, Essex
All Saints
Tuesday, 28 February 1933 in 3hrs 19mins (28)
5007 Stedman Caters
Composed by John Carter

  1. John D Matthews (C)
  2. William H Theobald
  3. Leonard H Baybut
  4. Charles A Hughes
  5. Alfred Pye
  6. William H Fussell
  7. Leonard Stilwell
  8. William T Beeson
  9. Edward D Smith
  10. John Moule
Peal No: 1397

Kelvedon, Essex
St Mary the Virgin
Tuesday, 21 March 1933 in 3hrs 26mins (21)
5040 London Surprise Minor

  1. William Keeble (C)
  2. Charles W Burton
  3. Ambrose Mason
  4. Joseph Elliot
  5. William T Elliot
  6. Charles Button
Peal No: 1398

Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 1 July 1933 in 3hrs 43mins (28)
5007 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Charles H Hattersley

  1. Arthur N Hardy
  2. Frederick G Symonds
  3. John Potter
  4. Mrs G H Cross
  5. George H Cross
  6. Thomas Newman (C)
  7. George Radley
  8. George J Butcher
  9. Leonard H Baybut
  10. John W Cornford
  11. Edward D Smith
  12. William Bottrill
Peal No: 1399

Barnehurst, Kent
9 Beverley Road
Sunday, 24 September 1933 in 3hrs 5mins ()
5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal
Composed by George H Cross

  1. 1–2George J Butcher
  2. 3–4Herbert E Audsley
  3. 5–6George H Cross (C)
  4. 7–8Edward J Beer
  5. 9–10Stuart Sandford

Umpire Harry Hoverd

Peal No: 1400

Prittlewell, Essex
St Mary the Virgin
Saturday, 7 October 1933 in 3hrs 16mins (18)
5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal
Composed by William Pye

  1. George E Wilson
  2. John H Cheesman (C)
  3. Herbert E Audsley
  4. George J Butcher
  5. Edwin A Barnett
  6. Thomas Newman
  7. Henry T Wilson
  8. Stanley W Baybut
  9. Harry Hoverd
  10. Leonard H Baybut
Peal No: 1401

Waltham Abbey, Essex
Holy Cross & S Lawrence
Saturday, 14 October 1933 in 4hrs 0mins (37-1-7)
5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus
Composed by Frederick Dench

  1. Herbert E Audsley
  2. John H Cheesman
  3. Mrs G H Cross
  4. Edward J Beer
  5. Thomas Newman
  6. Harry Hoverd
  7. George J Butcher
  8. George Radley
  9. Edward D Smith
  10. George W Steere
  11. Leonard H Baybut
  12. George H Cross (C)
Peal No: 1402

Burnham, Buckinghamshire
St Peter
Saturday, 11 November 1933 in 3hrs 6mins (16)
5056 Plain Bob Major
Composed by John R Pritchard

  1. William E Taylor
  2. George H Limmer
  3. Ernest W Eldridge
  4. Gordon W Limmer
  5. William H Fussell
  6. Thomas S Goodchild
  7. William Henley
  8. George Gilbert (C)
Peal No: 1403

Crayford, Kent
Paulinus
Tuesday, 21 November 1933 in 2hrs 57mins (11-2-15)
5040 Stedman Triples
Composed by James W Washbrook
Variation of Thomas Thurstans four part

  1. Harry Hoverd
  2. John H Cheesman
  3. James R M Bennett
  4. Herbert E Audsley
  5. Edwin A Barnett
  6. George J Butcher
  7. Edwin Barnett
  8. Frederick J Cullum Jr

Rung with the bells half-muffled to the memory of Mr. John D Matthews, Master of the above society.

Peal No: 1404

Gravesend, Kent
St George
Saturday, 9 December 1933 in 3hrs 4mins (17-3-22)
5056 Pudsey Surprise Major
Composed by George H Cross

  1. John H Cheesman
  2. Mrs G H Cross
  3. Edward J Beer
  4. George H Cross (C)
  5. Harry Hoverd
  6. Herbert E Audsley
  7. George J Butcher
  8. Leonard H Baybut
Peal No: 1405

Coggeshall, Essex
St Peter ad Vincula
Saturday, 30 December 1933 in 3hrs 18mins (24-1-7)
5056 Cambridge Surprise Major
Composed by Charles Middleton

  1. George Green
  2. Percy Green
  3. Hilda G Snowden
  4. Joseph Elliot
  5. Charles W Burton
  6. William T Elliot
  7. William Keeble (C)
  8. Arthur Saunders
Peal No: 1406

Gravesend, Kent
At Lavenham, 25 Woodfield Avenue
Sunday, 11 February 1934 in 3hrs 22mins ()
5007 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Charles H Hattersley

  1. 1–2Stuart Sandford
  2. 3–4Herbert E Audsley
  3. 5–6George H Cross (C)
  4. 7–8Edward J Beer
  5. 9–10George J Butcher
  6. 11–12Harry Hoverd

Umpires: Richard A Constant and Mrs George H Cross. Witnesses Mrs E J Beer, Miss Kathleen Beer and Cyril Hammond. First twelve hell peal on handbells by the society.

Peal No: 1407

Staines, Surrey
St Mary
Saturday, 24 February 1934 in 3hrs 3mins (16-3-1)
5056 Plain Bob Major
Composed by Frank Bennett

  1. William R Shorter
  2. William C Parker
  3. Frank Bennett (C)
  4. Kenneth C Grace
  5. William H Fussell
  6. William E Butler
  7. William Henley
  8. George Gilbert
Peal No: 1408

City of London, Hart Street
St Olave
Saturday, 24 March 1934 in 2hrs 58mins (10)
5056 Superlative Surprise Major
Composed by George H Cross

  1. George H Cross (C)
  2. George Radley
  3. John H Cheesman
  4. Mrs G H Cross
  5. George J Butcher
  6. Edward J Beer
  7. Leonard H Baybut
  8. Herbert E Audsley
Peal No: 1409

Crayford, Kent
Paulinus
Saturday, 14 July 1934 in 2hrs 45mins (11-2-15)
5056 Cambridge Surprise Major
Composed by Charles Middleton

  1. Edwin Barnett
  2. John H Cheesman (C)
  3. Alfred Pye
  4. Leonard H Baybut
  5. Frederick J Cullum Jr
  6. Ernest W Furbank
  7. George W Steere
  8. Edward D Smith
Peal No: 1410

Rayleigh, Essex
Holy Trinity
Saturday, 21 July 1934 in 3hrs 8mins (16-1-14)
5056 Cambridge Surprise Major
Composed by Charles Middleton

  1. Gordon A Bacon
  2. Frank B Lufkin
  3. Ernest W Furbank
  4. Alfred Pye
  5. Henry T Wilson (C)
  6. Stanley W Baybut
  7. Edward D Smith
  8. Leonard H Baybut
Peal No: 1411

Earls Colne, Essex
St Andrew
Sunday, 5 August 1934 in 3hrs 3mins (14-0-15)
5056 London Surprise Major
Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

  1. William J Nevard
  2. Frank Claydon
  3. William H Fussell
  4. Frank Bennett
  5. Frederick Ridgwell
  6. William Keeble
  7. Walter Arnold (C)
  8. Arthur Saunders
Peal No: 1412

Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 1 September 1934 in 3hrs 22mins (28)
5001 Stedman Caters
Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

  1. Mrs R F Deal
  2. George W Steere
  3. Frank B Lufkin
  4. John H Cheesman (C)
  5. Ronald H Dove
  6. Thomas Bevan
  7. Cecil J Matthews
  8. Henry T Wilson
  9. Edward D Smith
  10. Leonard H Baybut
Peal No: 1413

Crayford, Kent
Paulinus
Saturday, 22 September 1934 in 2hrs 43mins (11-2-15)
5056 Plain Bob Major
Composed by Frederick A Holden

  1. Reginald Brough
  2. George W Steere
  3. Raymond Philpott
  4. Arthur G Mason
  5. Harry Barton
  6. James R M Bennett (C)
  7. Edwin Barnett
  8. William Bottrill
Peal No: 1414

Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire
All Saints
Saturday, 6 October 1934 in 3hrs 18mins (22-2-15)
5040 Surprise Minor
7 methods: One extent each of Surfleet, Beverley, London, Wells, York, Durham and Cambridge

  1. Ernest W Furbank
  2. Ernest J Butler
  3. Alfred Prior
  4. William H Theobald
  5. George A Dawson
  6. Edward D Smith (C)

First peal on the bells.

Peal No: 1415

Coggeshall, Essex
St Peter ad Vincula
Saturday, 10 November 1934 in 3hrs 11mins (24-1-7)
5184 London Surprise Major
Composed by Arthur Knights

  1. Charles W Burton
  2. Hilda G Snowden
  3. Frederick Ridgwell
  4. Frank Claydon
  5. William Keeble (C)
  6. William T Elliot
  7. Walter Arnold
  8. Arthur Saunders

Conductors 100th peal of London

Peal No: 1416

Hitcham, Buckinghamshire
St Mary
Saturday, 17 November 1934 in 2hrs 52mins (6-0-11)
5040 Plain Bob Doubles
42 extents, four callings

  1. Patrick N Cashman
  2. Ronald G Taylor (C)
  3. John E Taylor (C)
  4. James D Taylor (C)
  5. William A Cyster (C)
  6. Norman G Bristow

The Conducting was shared between 2 (1,200), 3 (1320), 4 (1320) and 5 (1200)

Peal No: 1417

Goring on Thames, Oxfordshire
St Thomas of Canterbury
Saturday, 24 November 1934 in 3hrs 2mins (8-0-21)
5040 Plain Bob Triples
Composed by Henry Hubbard

  1. Ronald G Taylor
  2. John E Taylor
  3. James D Taylor
  4. Beverley T Harrison
  5. Gordon W Limmer
  6. George H Limmer
  7. George Gilbert (C)
  8. William A Cyster
Peal No: 1418

Erith, Kent
St John the Baptist
Saturday, 1 December 1934 in 3hrs 3mins (15)
5056 Cambridge Surprise Major
Composed by Thomas B Worsley

  1. Lionel J Cullum
  2. Herbert E Audsley
  3. Edwin A Barnett
  4. John S Morton
  5. Alfred G Hill
  6. Harry Hoverd
  7. Ernest W Furbank
  8. Leonard H Baybut
Peal No: 1419

Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 23 February 1935 in 3hrs 40mins (28)
5019 Stedman Cinques
Composed by John D Matthews

  1. Thomas Newman (C)
  2. Harry Sear
  3. Harry Hoverd
  4. George Radley
  5. John W Cornford
  6. Thomas Bevan
  7. Alfred Pye
  8. Frank B Lufkin
  9. Edward D Smith
  10. Henry T Wilson
  11. Leonard H Baybut
  12. Herbert E Audsley
Peal No: 1420

Hitcham, Buckinghamshire
St Mary
Saturday, 2 March 1935 in 2hrs 55mins (6-0-11)
5040 Plain Minor
3 methods: 2 extents each of Single Oxford Bob and Reverse Canterbury Pleasure, and 3 extents of Plain Bob. Methods rung alternatively and called differently.

  1. Ronald G Taylor
  2. James D Taylor
  3. George H Limmer
  4. John E Taylor
  5. Gordon W Limmer
  6. George Gilbert (C)
Peal No: 1422

Northfleet, Kent
St Botolph
Saturday, 2 March 1935 in 3hrs 6mins (14-0-10)
5040 Plain Bob Major
Composed by George H Cross

  1. Cyril W Hammond
  2. Joseph H Wicks
  3. George J Butcher (C)
  4. Edward J Beer
  5. William Spice
  6. William J Beer
  7. James E Bailey
  8. George Kenward
Peal No: 1421

Great Tey, Essex
St Barnabas
Saturday, 9 March 1935 in 3hrs 18mins (15-1-0)
5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major
Composed by Joseph W Parker

  1. William Keeble
  2. Frederick Ridgwell
  3. William J Nevard
  4. Ambrose Mason
  5. Charles W Burton
  6. William T Elliot
  7. Frank Claydon
  8. Walter Arnold (C)
Peal No: 1423

Erith, Kent
St John the Baptist
Saturday, 6 April 1935 in 2hrs 58mins (15)
5024 Spliced Surprise Major
Composed by Reverend Henry Law James
4 methods: 2944 London, 736 Cambridge and Superlative, 608 Bristol

  1. John S Morton
  2. Edwin A Barnett
  3. John H Cheesman
  4. Herbert E Audsley
  5. Alfred G Hill
  6. Alfred J House
  7. Frederick J Cullum Jr (C)
  8. Harry Hoverd

First peal of 4 spliced Surprise Major by the Society

Peal No: 1424

Thatcham, Berkshire
St Mary
Saturday, 21 September 1935 in 3hrs 4mins (13-0-23)
5056 Plain Bob Major
Composed by John R Pritchard

  1. Marie R Cross
  2. Samuel Quinton
  3. Ruby M Hazell
  4. John E Taylor
  5. Thomas S Goodchild
  6. Reginald W Rex
  7. George H Limmer
  8. George Gilbert (C)
Peal No: 1425

Gravesend, Kent
At Lavenham, 25 Woodfield Avenue
Wednesday, 25 September 1935 in 2hrs 30mins ()
5120 Double Norwich Court Bob Major
Composed by George H Cross

  1. 1–2Edward J Beer
  2. 3–4Herbert E Audsley
  3. 5–6George H Cross (C)
  4. 7–8Stuart Sandford

Witnesses: Miss Kathleen Beer, Mrs Ivy Beer, Mrs G H Cross.

Peal No: 1426

Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset
St Michael
Saturday, 21 December 1935 in 3hrs 0mins (10-3-16)
5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major
Composed by James Hunt

  1. Percy Merson
  2. Walter H Poole
  3. Alfred J Wyatt
  4. Arthur H Reed
  5. William G Gigg
  6. S George Coles
  7. Jack Roy
  8. James Hunt (C)
Peal No: 1427

Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 4 January 1936 in 3hrs 52mins (28)
5019 Stedman Cinques
Composed by John Carter

  1. George Radley
  2. George H Cross (C)
  3. Edward J Beer
  4. Mrs C J Matthews
  5. Charles A Hughes
  6. Stanley J T Shellock
  7. Thomas Bevan
  8. James E Bailey
  9. George W Steere
  10. Harry Hoverd
  11. Herbert E Audsley
  12. Edward D Smith
Peal No: 1428

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