Tonbridge, Kent
SS Peter & Paul
Sunday, 7 May 1972 in 3hrs 10mins (19-1-0)
5280 Spliced Surprise Major
Composed by Anthony R Peake
165 methods: 32 Acton, Aldbourne, Aldenham, Aldermaston, Amesbury, Appledore, Apsley, Ashburton, Axminster, Banwell, Barnsbury, Bedfont, Benington, Benson, Bicester, Blddenden, Bideford, Bitton, Blagdon, Brislington, Bristol, Caine, Cambridge, Campsall, Chard, Cheddar, Cherwell, Chester, Chippenham, Clanfield, Claybrooke, Cleeve, Codicote, Colerne, Conisbrough, Corston, Cray, Crowan, Cuckfield, Dartford, Dawlish, Deben, Dedham, Derwent, Dorchester, Drayton, Drogheda, Dublin, Dursley, Ealing, Eastbury, Eastcote, Elford, Exminster, Falmouth, Faringdon, Fordham, Framley, Frankley, Grendon, Gresford, Hanbury, Harlow, Haselbech, Helston, Henbury, Hendon, Highgate, Highworth, Hitchin, Houghton-le-Spring, Hungerford, Ickleton, Ilfracombe, Ipplepen, Jedburgh, Jersey, Kea, Kettering, Keynsham, Knowle, Lambourn, Langley, Langston, Launceston, Leatherhead, Leckhampton, Lessness, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Lindum, Liskeard, Llanfair P G, London, Longney, Lundy, Lydney, Malmesbury, Mangotsfield, Marshfield, Maulden, Melksham, Mickleton, Minsmere, New Gloucester, Northam, Northleach, Northolt, Northwood, Okeford, Okehampton, Olney, Olveston, Ospringe, Otley, Painswick, Pickering, Portishead, Prestbury, Pudsey, Pyrford, Quinton, Radcliffe, Radlett, Ramsey, Redruth, Revelstoke, Reverse Dublin, Richmond, Ruardean, Rutland, Scawthorpe, Seaton, Shenley, Shoreditch, Shrivenham, Sidbury, Southwell, Stratton, Street, Stockport, Stoke, Stow, Superlative, Thornbury, Thorne, Tiverton, Tring, Twyford, Umberslade, Urchfont, Uxbridge, Vauxhall, Warwickshire, Watford, Wedmore, Wembley, Westbury, Wight, Wootton, Wordsworth, Wraxall, Yatton, Yorkshire Zeals, with 164 changes of method.
Oakham, Rutland
All Saints
Saturday, 3 June 1972 in 3hrs 12mins (24-2-9)
5024 Rutland Surprise Major
Composed by Maurice Hodgson
Wrotham, Kent
St George
Saturday, 17 June 1972 in 3hrs 6mins (20-0-10)
5088 London Surprise Major
Composed by Stephen J Ivin
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Blessed Virgin Mary and St Hugh
Friday, 8 September 1972 in 3hrs 24mins (23-3-13)
5007 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Robert E J Dennis
Spitalfields, Middlesex
Christ Church
Saturday, 23 September 1972 in 3hrs 14mins (17-1-6)
5088 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Stanley Jenner
First Peal on the bells transferred from St Stephen's, Clapham Park
Peal No: 1895Ashtead, Surrey
St Giles
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 2hrs 46mins (12-3-26)
5056 Cambridge Surprise Major
Composed by Charles Middleton
Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire
St Mary the Virgin
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 3hrs 10mins (15-1-21)
5056 Plain Bob Major
Composed by Charles H Martin
Bowdon, Cheshire
St Mary the Virgin
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 3hrs 4mins (18-0-6)
5024 Cambridge Surprise Major
Composed by Joseph W Parker
Burnham, Buckinghamshire
St Peter
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 2hrs 46mins (12-3-13)
5040 Grandsire Triples
Composed by Joseph J Parker
Twelve part
Bushey, Hertfordshire
St James
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 2hrs 42mins (12-3-23)
5152 Spliced Surprise Major
Composed by Albert J Pitman
4 methods: 1312 Bristol, 1280 Cambridge, London, Superlative. 112 changes of method, all the work
Caston, Norfolk
The Holy Cross
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 2hrs 40mins (8-3-21)
5040 Minor
7 methods: One extent each of Single Oxford, Double Oxford, Oxford Treble Bob, Double Court, St. Clement's, Plain Bob and Kent Treble Bob.
Chester le Street, Durham
St Mary & St Cuthbert
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 3hrs 8mins (19-0-2)
5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major
Composed by Christopher P Starbuck
Danbury, Essex
St John the Baptist
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 2hrs 46mins (10-1-24)
5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major
Composed by Nathan J Pitstow
Drayton, Berkshire
St Peter
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 2hrs 50mins (9-1-20)
5056 Cambridge Surprise Major
Composed by Charles Middleton
Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire
St Mary
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 2hrs 50mins (13-1-11)
5056 Cambridge Surprise Major
Composed by Charles Middleton
Grundisburgh, Suffolk
St Mary the Virgin
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 2hrs 54mins (9)
5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal
Composed by Christopher I Rowson
Harrow Weald, Middlesex
All Saints
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 2hrs 46mins (7-3-3)
5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major
Arranged by Frank T Blagrove
Hertford, Hertfordshire
St Andrew
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 2hrs 50mins (15-1-22)
5040 Plain Bob Major
Arranged by Roger Baldwin
Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire
St Matthew
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 2hrs 46mins (12-0-22)
5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major
Composed by Christopher P Starbuck
Kingston, Dorset
St James
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 3hrs 20mins (26-3-16)
5056 Spliced Surprise Major
Composed by Norman Smith
8 methods: 768 London, Rutland, 640 Bristol, 576 Cambridge, Lincolnshire, Pudsey, Superlative, Yorkshire. 142 changes of method.
Langdale, Westmorland
Holy Trinity
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 2hrs 34mins (8-3-6)
5040 Minor
7 methods: One extent each of Single Oxford, Double Oxford, Oxford Treble Bob, St. Clement's, Kent Treble Bob, Cambridge Surprise, Plain Bob
Leicester, Leicestershire
All Saints
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 2hrs 47mins (8-2-15)
5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major
Composed by Christopher P Starbuck
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
St Giles
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 3hrs 5mins (18-0-2)
5056 Cambridge Surprise Major
Composed by Charles Middleton
Longney, Gloucestershire
St Lawrence
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 2hrs 45mins (10-3-17)
5040 Stedman Triples
Composed by James W Washbrook
Transposition of Thomas Thurstans' four part
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
St Paul
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 3hrs 10mins (10-0-24 )
5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major
Composed by Nathan J Pitstow
Meldreth, Cambridgeshire
Holy Trinity
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 2hrs 47mins (10-1-14)
5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major
Composed by Michael S Bruce
Oakham, Rutland
All Saints
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 3hrs 19mins (24-2-9)
5056 Plain Bob Major
Composed by Frank Bennett
Oxford, Oxfordshire
St Ebbe with St Peter le Bailey
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 2hrs 29mins (4-3-19)
5040 Plain Bob Major
Composed by Peter Brickall
Penrith, Cumberland
St Andrew
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 3hrs 4mins (18-3-6)
5056 Plain Bob Major
Composed by Arthur Knights
Pulborough, Sussex
St Mary
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 2hrs 59mins (14-0-18)
5024 Cambridge Surprise Major
Composed by Joseph W Parker
Southport, Emmanuel, Lancashire
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 2hrs 57mins (12-1-16)
5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major
Arranged by Stephen J Ivin
Weldon, Northamptonshire
St Mary
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 2hrs 36mins (8-3-26)
5040 Minor
5 methods: One extent each of Oxford Treble Bob, Double Oxford, St. Clement's, Kent Treble Bob; and three extents of Plain Bob.
Withyham, Sussex
St Michael and All Angels
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 2hrs 56mins (15-0-9)
5040 Grandsire Triples
Composed by Joseph J Parker
Twelve part, 6th observation
Yatton, Somerset
St Mary the Virgin
Saturday, 7 October 1972 in 3hrs 8mins (24)
5088 Rutland Surprise Major
Composed by Charles W Roberts
Solihull, Warwickshire
St Alphege
Saturday, 2 December 1972 in 3hrs 24mins (21-1-11)
5225 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Dale Barton
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Thursday, 22 February 1973 in 3hrs 4mins (28-1-14)
5152 Spliced Surprise Major
Composed by Albert J Pitman
4 methods: 1312 Bristol, 1280 Cambridge, London, Superlative. 112 changes of method, all the work
Burwash, Sussex
St Bartholomew
Saturday, 31 March 1973 in 2hrs 44mins (10-1-21)
5152 Cambridge Surprise Major
Composed by Charles Middleton
Putney, Surrey
St Mary
Saturday, 31 March 1973 in 3hrs 5mins (15-1-4)
5184 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Stanley Jenner
Balderton, Nottinghamshire
St Giles
Saturday, 21 April 1973 in 2hrs 37mins (8-0-26)
5152 Superlative Surprise Major
27 course block reduced.
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 5 May 1973 in 2hrs 59mins (10-1-8)
5152 Spliced Surprise Major
Composed by Albert J Pitman
4 methods: 1312 Bristol, 1280 Cambridge, London, Superlative. 112 changes of method, all the work
Stanford le Hope, Essex
St Margaret of Antioch
Saturday, 12 May 1973 in 3hrs 3mins (11-1-5)
5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major
Composed by Roderick W Pipe
Wrotham, Kent
St George
Saturday, 16 June 1973 in 3hrs 8mins (20-0-10)
5088 Ashtead Surprise Major
Composed by John R Mayne
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