Campanology No 5 - Central Council of Church Bell Ringers

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No. 5.
V o l.
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W E D N E S D A Y , O C T O B E R i 4th, 1896.
JOHN TAYLOR & Co.,
CC
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O
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P
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CHARLES CARR,”
Q W ffo u n b e r e an*> Q jW f^ a n g e re ,
The
tO U QHBOROUQH
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B ell Foundry,
SM ETH W ICK,
BIRMINGHAM.
LEICESTERSHIRE.
C M X J R C H
Founders of the ring of twelve bells of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London,
the largest peal of ringing bells in the w orld; and of “ G r e a t P a u l,” the
Bourdon Bell, weighing 16 tons, 14 cwts., 2 qrs., 19 lbs. “ This bell is a
very noble specimen of modern English bell-founding .” — P a ll Mall M ag.,
Sept., 1896. Also the bells of the Cathedrals of Worcester, Newcastle-onTyne. St. M ary’s, Edinburgh, St. Patrick’s, Dublin, Christ Church, N .Z.,
and Singapore; of the Town Halls of Manchester, Bradford, Halifax,
Preston, Wakefield, Rochdale, Kendal, and Londonderry; the Royal
Exchange, London; the Sydney and Adelaide Post Offices in A ustralia;
and the University Buildings of Liverpool, Glasgow, and Bombay.
Also the “ A l e x a n d r a ” ring of ten bells of the Imperial Institute,
London.
S IN G L Y
BELLS
B E L L
OR
IN
RE-CAST
S.
RIN G S.
OR
RE-HUNG.
B E L L H A N O E R S S E N T TO IN S P E C T AND REPO R T UPON
B E L L S AN D T O W E R S .
Foundeis of the Jubilee Peal at Malinslee.
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Hangers of the Celebrated Peal of Eight at Stourbridge,
W orcestershire;
also Kildare Cathedral Bell.
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SEND
CHURCH
FOR
CATALOGUE.
CLOCKS
AND
CHIMES.
Z
TOHN
S M I T H & SONS, Midland Steam Clock Works,
QUEEN STREET,
N etv Tenor B e ll, S t . P a u l’s Church, Bedford.
MUSICAL
HANDBELLS
Weight 29 Civ's.
A SPECIALTY.
DERBY.
Manufacturers by Improved Machinery of all kinds of Church
Clocks and Carillons. Selected by Lord Grimthorpe to make
the New Clock for St. Paul’s Cathedral, London.
CAM PANOLOGY.
CH ARLES FARRIS,
M R A R S
&
S T 'i U N M N K ,
81, Bishopsgate S treet Within, London, E.C.
(Successor to Whitmore & Craddock
),
Qm rdi Furnisher \ Wax Chandler.
T h e L a b g e s t S e l e c t io n in L o n d o n o f
CANDLES
FOR
th E
ALTAR
ffiRiteefiapef Bell Foandrsj.
B E L F R IE S
(Over 100 Sizes in Stock).
Also Candles for the School Room, Dining Room, Bedroom, &*c.
Do not Gutter, and are Unaffected by Heat.
Incense, Sanctuary Lamp Oil, Charcoal, Wicks, etc.
CHURCH
CHURCH
A
B RA SS
CLOCK
TOW ERS
CHURCH BELLS FOR RINGING OR CBH[ING
Erected complete with Fittings and Frames.
EMBROIDERY.
V E S T M E N T S M A D E TO A N Y D E S IG N .
Cassocks, Surplioos, Frontals, Banners, Alms Bags, Hangings,
Kneelers, Carpets, &c., &e.
AND
IN S P E C T E D .
OLD
B E L L S R E -C A S T .
PEALS
R E -F IT T E D
£■ R E -H U N G .
WORK.
V e r y L a r g e C o l l e c t io n o p
Crosses & Cruoifixes, Candlesticks, Vases, Lecterns,
Altar and Pulpit Desks, Sanctuary Lamps, Thuribles,
Cruets, &c., &e.
C H A R L E S F A R R IS invites inspection of his various Departments,
which, though not inferior, are Cheaper than any other Churcli Furnish­
ing Establishm ent.
Illustrated Price Lists forwarded on application.
E v e r y t h i n g r e q u is ite fo r u se in th e S e r v ic e s o f th e C h u r c h
ca n b e o b ta in e d a t th is E s ta b lis h m e n t.
(O pposite S t. E tkelb urga's, B ishopsgate, and close to B road S treet and Liverp ool Street
Station s).
JAMES
BARWELL,
40, GREAT HAMPTON ST., BIRMINGHAM.
C H U R C H B E L L S , with all requisite Fittings and Framework, Singly or
in Peals.
C L O C K and C H IM E B E L L S to any size and note.
Existing Peals economically and efficiently restored.
C R A C K E D B E L L S recast, and A N C IE N T IN S C R IP T IO N S reproduced
in fac-simile when required.
Men who are Ringers sent to inspect Towers and report upon the tune
and condition of Bells and Fittings.
M U S IC A L H A N D B E L L S tuned in Diatonic and Chrematic Scales, in
sets of any numbers.
FOUNDRY—
( E s ta b lis h d
a .d .
15 7 0 ).
267, W HITECHAPEL
LONDON.
Half-mile East of “ C ity.”
REAL ROOKS I
REAL ROOKS I
Every Ringer should have his own Peal Book
P e a l B o o k s , c o n t a i n i n g 1 5 0 l e a v e s , w e l l b o u n d , w i t h n a m e in
g ilt letters,
P R IC E
51-
3U A O -E E .
Campanology Office, 221 , High Street, Lewisham, S.E.
A S T L E Y ’S S P E C I A L I T E
BELL
ROPES
ARE THE BEST,
Most
Durable and Pliable.
HIGHLY APPRECIATED by all RINGERS.
For unsolicited Testimonials and Price,
send weight of tenor, number of Bells, and
length of Rope, to
JOHN A S TLE T & SONS, Ltd ,
ROPE MAKERS,
E stablish ed 166 years.
Y e O lde House, a .d . 1730,
COVENTRY.
WEBB
&
BENNETT,
g a i t e r s mx5>
Mill Street, Kidlington, Oxford.
M e s s r s . W e b b & B e n n e t t are practical ringers, and have had con­
siderable experience in Church Bell Hanging and Tuning. Reports and
Estimates furnished. The Ellacombe Chime Hammers fixed. Handbells
supplied. Old Peals restored.
G E O R G E
WELCH,
(Successor to G eorge Stockham ,)
HANDBELL
FOUNDER,
51, Bankside, Southwark, London, S.E.
M usical H andbells to an y size or k e y ; Chrom atic or D iatonic S cales. Old B ells repaired
or augm ented to any size on the m ost reasonable term s.
P R IC E
L IS T
ON
A P P L IC A T IO N .
G ^ C O P ftN O !jO Q y
($• £0utrc0 Qg>eff (R tn g e re 3 0u rn a^
N o. 5.
W ED N ESD AY,
OCTOBER
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Bands of Ringers taking more than four copies can have them forwarded
post free at a reduced rate.
All Subscriptions and Orders for papers must be sent direct to the
Manager, "C am p an olo gy” office, 221, H igh Street, Lewisham, S.E .
Everything for insertion in this Journal to be addressed " The Editor of
"■Ca m p a n o l o g y , " 2 2 1 , High Street, Lewisham, S .E .”
Letters forwarded
for publication, and performances under 5000 changes must reach us not
later than Monday m orning; and the insertion of any communication
arriving later than the first postal delivery on Tuesday morning cannot be
guaranteed in that week’s number.
C am pan olo gy
One copy,
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14T H ,
1896.
V o l.
I.
1756, (Snowden’s G randsire) being about the only old record
handed down of past glories.
From that date, up till the last five years, a peal of G ran d ­
sire, or Plain Bob, has been a performance of rare occurrence
for the local men. B rother strings from other counties have
occasionally made exploring expeditions, and we hear of a
few peals being carried off b y them. Such as T reble B ob at
G ainsborough (in the forties) and S ibsey ; Bob M ajor and
G randsire at G rim sby, by Yorskhire societies; Treble Bob, and
Stedm an Triples at L incoln C athedral, by the M idland Coun­
ties Association. O f Stedm an peals there is some doubt as
All communications respecting advertisements must be addressed to the to the first. P ossibly some of our N orw ich or H olbeach
Manager, office of " C a m p a n o l o g y , ” 2 2 1 , High Street, Lewisham.
friends m ight be able to enlighten us in this m atter. H ow ­
ever, a peal of Stedm an T rip les is supposed to have been
rung a t: H olbeach by a band from N orw ich
fiotes apound Iiineoln.
One great reason for the dearth of local perform ances is,
there being so few rings above six ; w hich at the present time,
“jp N introducing our Brother Ringers into this part of the
in this, the second largest C ounty, only amounts to twentycountry, it would be w ell to giv e them a general review
I six ; about one third of w hich have been added to this list
y
of the situation.
during the last decade.
T h is county, as all are well aw are, has never been
L a te ly, things have begun to improve. T hree Associations
prominent in C han ge R inging C ircles, notw ithstanding, it
have been formed, viz : N orth, South, and E ast L in cs.
being the C ounty in which bells were first hung for ringing,
Associations, and these doing quiet steady w ork, are gradually
nam ely, at C royland A b b ey.
carrying our favourite art from tower to tower.
W ith regard to that first ring, seven in number, the follow­
N ot only have the ringers and ringing improved, but every­
ing extract m ay be of interest.
thing in connection with them. Several rings have been
*
*
*
*
' augm ented to eight, one case of four to ten, new rings have
T u rk e ty l the sixth Abbot ( a . d . , 946-975), cast a great bell been put in ; and in other places where in bad condition, the
for the A b b ey, nam ing it G u th lac. E g e lric his nephew and bells re-hung.
,
*•'
successor ( a . d . 975-984), added six more bells, nam ely, two
B ut all that is necessary has not yet been done. A t a great
large ones which he named B artholom ew and B etelm , two
many places the bells are yet in sad need of repair. Though
middle ones named T u rketyl and T a tw y n , and two lesser ones
at a great m any places young bands have sprung up, some of
named P ega and B ega.
which are m aking rapid progress. N otes of which will be left
W h e n these seven bells were rung, an exquisite harm ony till some future occasion.
B ig T om .
w as produced thereby, nor w as there such a peal of bells in
those days in all E ngland. Another writer says : “ T h ey
T H E E L Y D IS T R IC T A SSO C IA T IO N .
resounded with m elody through the extended plains of
A
ringing
meeting
of members of the above Association, in the two ArchiH olland (in that division of the C ounty, situated round the I
diaconal Districts of E ly and the Isle of Ely, was held on Tuesday, October
wash) w hence the proverb ‘ A.s sweet as C royland B ells.’ ”
6th, at Sutton, and was as well attended as could reasonably be expected,
T h e sound of G u th lac was even better than music, for “ the the afternoon being extremely wet and stormy. Several touches of Plain
Bob were rung; also a well-struck 720 of Oxford Treble Bob Minor, by
sound of G u th la c,” according to F u ller, “ w as a rem edy for the following members, all from Willburton :—James Markwell, 1; Joseph
Markwell, 2; Henry Markwell, 3; A. Hazell, 4 ; A. Sharp, 5 ; Arthur
the head ache.”
*
*
*
.
P ea l ringing, by our forefathers in this part, seem never to
have reached a very high standard. T h e peal of ‘ G arth in g’s
T re b b le s’ rung at S t. P eter-at-Arches, L in coln, on June 20th,
Markwell, 6. Conducted by the last-named ringer. After tea in the Vicar­
age Room, adjoining the Church, the usual business-meeting was held, the
Rev. W alter W . Crump (Haddenham), General Secretary of the Associa­
tion, presiding. Several fresh members from Sutton and Haddenham were
elected, and it was proposed to hold the next branch meeting at Soham,
near Ely (where there is a fine peal of ten), early in the new year.
October 14th, 1896.
CHANGE
RINGING
PERFORMANCES.
TH E
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S U S S E X A SS O C IA T IO N .
B R IG H T O N
TH E
63
A L L S A IN T S ' S O C IE T Y , F U L H A M .
F U L H A M , M ID D L E S E X .
M inutes,
A
A t t h e C h o r c h o f A l l S a in t s ’ ,
PEAL
OF
BOB
R O YA L,
5040
C H A N O E S,
Tenor 21 cwt.
J a m e s W . D r i v e r ........................Treble I
V i c t o r W . W e s t * ........................2
F r e d e r i c k G. P e r r i n
..
..
3
1
H a r o l d N. D a v i s ........................4
W i l l i a m T . E l s o n ........................5
H arry B arton
........................6
G e o r g e C h a r g e * ........................7
J a m e s N i c h o l l s ........................8
E dw ard H . A dam s
..
..
9
C o r n e l iu s C h a r g e
..
. . Tenor
Composed and Conducted b y
S t.
A t th e C hurch of
On Saturday, October 10 th, 1896, in Three Hours and Thirty
A
SU SSE X .
0)i Friday, October 9th, 1896, in Two H ours and Fifty-eight and a h a lf Minutes,
C o r n e l iu s C h a r g e .
* F irst peal o f R oyal. T h e ab ove was rung on the occasion o f the 28th B irthday o f the
conductor, his brother ringers w ishing him m any happy returns o f th e day. T h is com ­
position is now rung for the first time, has the 4th and 5th, each nin e courses in 6ths,
and the 6th ten courses at hom e. G eorge C h arge hails from B ish op ’s Stortford, Herts,
and is his first attem pt at R oyal.
P E A L OF S U P E R L A T IV E
5056 C H A N G E S.
....................... Treble
G e o r g e A. K i n g
G e o r g e F . A t t r e e .......................
2
K e i t h H a r t ..................................3
F r an k H opgood
....................... 4
Composed by C.
P eter.
S U R P R .S E
M AJOR,
Tenor 10} cwt.
J a m e s N. F r o s s e l l
5
G e o r g e W il l ia m s
6
R e v . F r a n c i s E. R o b i n s o n
7
W il l ia m W . G if f o r d . .
. . Tenor
and Conducted by
H . H attersley,
G e o r g e W il l ia m s .
T h is is the 50th peal on the bells, com prising the fo llo w in ' methods, T rip les, G^andsire 11, Stedm an t2, M ajor, Kent T reb le B ob 2, C ollege E xe rcise 1, D ouble N orw ich 8,
Cham pion Surprise 2, Sup erlative Surprise 7, N ew Cum berland Surprise 1, C am bridge
Surprise 3, London Surprise 3.
68
CH ESTER.
On Saturday, October 10 th, 1896, in Three Hours and Twenty-seven Minutes.
A t th e C ath ed ral,
|
]K
tafar.
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A
T H E S T . M A R Y 'S S O C I E T Y , K I D D E R M I S T E R .
K ID D E R M IN S T E R , W O R C E S T E R S H IR E .
PEAL
OP
BOB
M AJOR,
5088
C H A N O E S,
T e n o r 30 c w t. in D .
W i l l i a m H. S m i t h * . .
..
5
T h o m a s J. S a l t e r
..
..
6
7
W i l l i a m S h o r t .......................
W i l l i a m H. B a r b e r + . .
..T e n o r
E r n e s t C . H u n t * ..................... Treble
N o a h D a v i s * ...........................2
R ic h a r d E . G r o v e ..................... 3
T h o m a s E l c o x ...............................4
C o m p o s e d by F r e d e r ic k C l a y t o n ( K in g ’s N o rto n ), a n d C o n d u c te d
by W i l l i a m H . B a r b e r .
* F irst p eal in the method, t F irst peal as cdnductor on T o w e r B ells.
only 4, 5, 6, in 6th p lace and the 2nd n ever in 5th's p la ce at a course end.
TH E
W IN C H E S T E R
D IO C E S A N
SO BER TO N ,
H A M P S H IR E .
Composed by
THE
09
G U IL D .
A
PEAL
OF
C
th e
hurch of
S U P E R L A T IV E
S U R P R IS E
5056 C H A N G E S,
G e o r g e C h a p p e ll*
..
..T r e b le
H e n r y W h i t e ...............................2
I
I saac G . S h ad e
..................... 3
I
W illia m W . G if f o r d
. . . .
4 [
C o m p o s e d by th e la te J o h n T
horp,
M AJOR,
a n d C o n d u c te d by G . W
il l ia m s .
TH E
C O U N T IE S
(D
B
erby
SUSSEX
70 T H E
th e
C
hurch of
St. W
M AJOR,
erburgh,
5024
Composed by
G a b r ie l L in d o f f ,
S t. M ary th e
of
NORWICH
V ir g in ,
CO URT
Tenor
14
BOB
cwt. 1 qr.
22
M AJOR,
lbs.
W il l ia m W . G i f f o r d . .
.,
5
F r a n k H o p g o o d .....................
6
J a m e s N. F r o s s e l l
..
.,
7
G e o r g e W il l ia m s
..
., Tenor
and Conducted by
S O C IE T Y
THE
OF
ROYAL
SUSSEX
A t th e C hurch of
CH AN O E S,
T e n o r 17 c w t.
T h o m a s A n t h o n y ........................ Treble
John W m . T h om pson
..
..
2
John H ow e
.................................. 3
J o h n N e w b o l d ..................................4
C h u rch
G e o r g e W il l ia m s .
CUM BERLAN D
COUNTY
CRAW LEY,
DERBY.
At
A SSO C IA T IO N .
SU SSE X .
YOUTH S
A SS O C IA T IO N .
SU SSE X .
On Sunday, October 11 th, 1896, in Two Hours and F ifty-eight Minutes,
On Tuesday, October 6th ; 1896, in Three H ours and Twelve Minutes,
A P E A L OF BO B
COUNTY
H e n r y D a in s ,
A S S O C IA T IO N .
r a n c h ).
H enry D ew .
T h is is the first peal o f D ouble N orw ich on the bells. M essrs. T u rn e r and G oldsm ith
hail from L ew es, G ifford from Salisbury, Hopgood from Reading, and the rest from
Brighton.
AND
M ID L A N D
and Conducted by
A l f r e d J . T u r n e r ....................... Treble
J o h n S. G o l d s m i t h .......................
2
H arry W esto n
.......................
3
F rank B e n n e t t
.......................
4
* F irst peal in the m ethod.
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G il b e r t G e r r a r d
..
..
5
G il b e r t G e r r a r d
..
..
6
W il l ia m M o u l t o n
..
..
7
H e n r y D e w ..................................Tenor
H e n r y W . W il d e ,
P E A L OF D O U BLE
5008 CH AN G ES.
Composed by
F r a n k H o p g o o d * ......................
5
T hom as B la c k bo u r n . .
..
6
J ohn W . W h it in g
..
..
7
G e o r g e W illia m s
..
..T e n o r
5050 CH A N G E S,
cwt.
O n Saturday, October 10th, 1896, in Two Hours and Fifty-nine Minutes.
A
St . P eter ,
33
R IN G M E R ,
T h is peal has
On Monday, October 5 th, 1896, in Three Hours and Three Minutes,
At
M AJOR,
T h is is the first peal o f M ajor ever rung on the bells, and the first peal of B o b M ajor
ev er rung in this C ity , on tow er bells, and was rung at the first attem pt. T h e peal is a
reduction o f a 5376, containing all the com binations of 4, 5, and 6, in 5, 6 ; and the 2nd
and 3rd are n ever in 6th place at the course ends. T h e figures will appear next week.
W illiam W o ods, G ilb ert G arrard, 5th ; G ilbert, 6th ; and H en ry D ew , belong to the
C athedral S ociety. Charles Price, Janies Sw indlev, and W illiam Moulton, to the St. M ary's
^without the w alls) Society ; H. W . W ilde, late o f Duffield, Derbyshire.
A t th e
65
BOB
W il l ia m W oo d s
....................... Treble
C h a r l e s P r ic e
........................2
H e n r y W . W i l d e ........................3
J a m e s S w in d l e y
........................4
1896, in Three Hours and Thirteen Minutes.
A t t h e C h u r c h o f S t . M a r y an d A l l S a in ts ’
A
OF
Tenor
W O R C E S T E R S H IR E A N D D IS T R IC T A S S O C IA T IO N A N D
On Saturday, October 3 rd,
PEAL
W alter W allace
..
..
5
F rank B r a d ley
.......................
6
Louis L . L o m a s ....................... 7
A l b e r t E d . T h om pson
..T e n o r
and Conducted by A. E.
T h o m pson .
A
S t.
Joh n t h e B a p t is t ,
R E A L OF S U P E R L A T IV E S U R P R IS E M AJOR,
5184 CH A N G E S.
Tenor 1 3I cwt. in F.
G e o r g e P a i c e ................................. Treble
J o h n R i c e ........................................... 2
J o h n R . S h a r m a n .......................
3
W il l ia m W a r d
........................4
Composed by
F r e d e r ic k D e n c h ,
R o b e r t J o r d a n ........................ 5
E d w in J o r d a n
........................6
AMEs P a r k e r
........................7
r e d e r ic k D e n c h
..
..T e n o r
i
and Conducted by
Jam es P arker
Tlllls
h is com
Luuipuauiuii
position is
la n ow
u n rang
imif for the first time, the figures and a further reference to
I this peal will appear next weel5K.
CAM PANOLOGY.
October 14th, 1896.
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THE
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O X FO R D
D IO CE SA N
R E A D IN G ,
71 S O C IE T Y F O R T H E A R C H D E A C O N R Y O F S T A F F O R D A N D
T H E W O R C E S T E R S H IR E A N D D IS T R IC T S A SS O C IA T IO N .
T IP T O N , S T A F F O R D S H IR E .
On Tuesday, October 6tli,
On Wednesday, September 30 th, 1896, in T w j Hours and Forty-four Minutes,
A t t h e P a r i s h C h u r c h o f S t. M a r t i n ,
H ubbard’s T
A
PEAL
OF
ST E D M A N
T R IP L E S ,
J . J. B. L a t e ' s F i v e P a r t .
W illia m R o ck S m
T h om as H orton
W il l ia m M ic k l e w
S a m u e l S p it t l e
5040
CH AN G ES,
Tenor 12 cwt. 25 lb s.
a ll
. . ..T r e b le
........................2
r ig h t
..
3
........................4
Conducted by
J a m e s E. G r o v e s ..................... 5
S a m u e l R e e v e s ...................... 6
C h a r l e s W a t t s ..................... 7
W il l ia m P a in t e r
..
..T e n o r
At
A
PEAL
C
hurch of
BOB
en
St. G
T R IP L E S ,
il e s ,
5040
CH AN G ES,
Tenor 15 cwt.
P art.
A lfred E R e e v e s*
..
..T r e b le
.....................
2
C h a r l e s G il e s
E d w in J. M e n d a y .....................
3
4
A r t h u r H . E v a n s ..................
A lfred W . R eeves . .
..
5
F r e d e r ic k S w e e t z e r . .
..
6
A lb e r t E. R e e v e s
..
..
7
W i l l i a m H i g g s ..................... Tenor
Conducted b y A l b e r t E d w a r d R e e v e s .
• F i r s t p e a l; age 16.
TH E
77
S am uel R e e v e s.
T h is peal contains 240 bobs and 10 sin gles, and is now rung for the second tim e. It
is also the tower-keeper, M r. W . R. S m all's 200th peal rang upon Church B ells, as follows
— Stedm an C inqu es 11, C aters 13, T rip le s 34, G ran dsire C in qu es 5. Royal 2, C aters 28,
M ajor 6, T rip le s 50, K ent T re b le B ob M axim us t. Royal 7, M ajor 9, Plain Bob Royal 4,
C aters 1, M ajor 16, T rip les I , D arlaston B o b T rip les 4, C an terb ury P leasure M ajor 1,
D ouble N orw ich Court Bob M ajor 2. D ouble O xford B ob M ajor 1, F orw ard Royal, 2,
F orw ard M ajor 2— T o ta l 200 peals.
1896. in Two Hours and Fifty-eight Minutes,
th e
OF
G U IL D .
BERKS.
E . M enday h ails from C aversham .
W IN C H E S T E R D IO C E S A N
H A V A N T , H A M P S H IR E .
G U IL D .
On Wednesday, October 7th, 1896, ill Two Hours and Fifty-tw o Minutes,
A t t h e C h u rch o t S t . F a it h ,
A
PEAL
OF
ST E D M A N
T R IP L E S ,
5040
TH E
72
S U R R E Y A SSO C IA T IO N .
ASH TEAD, SU R REY.
G e o r g e W i l l i a m s ....................... Treble
I saac G . S h ade
........................
2
J o h n W . W h i t i n g ........................
3
H e n r y W h i t e ..................................
4
On Saturday, October 3 rd, 1896, in Two Hours and Fifty-tw o M inutes,
At
PEAL
OF
C hurch o f S t . G il e s ,
th e
O XFO RD
BOB
T R IP L E S ,
5040
C H A N G E S,
J . J . P a r k e r ' s S ix P a r t , N o . i i .
D a v i d A n s c o m b e ........................Treble
G. C . S c o w e n .................................. 2
W il l ia m C h a n t l e r
..
..
3
J o h n W y a t t .................................. 4
Conducted b y
H
enry
W
il k in s o n *
..
..
TH E
5
F r a n c i s G r o v e ........................6
A lfred E. B assett
..
..
7
W il l ia m C o o k
..................... .T en o r
THE
78
D IO C E S A N
SOBERTON ,
H A M P S H IR E .
PEAL
OF
STEDM AN
T R IP L E S ,
Conducted by the
A t th e C hurch of S t . A l f e g e ,
5040
C H A N G E S,
W il l ia m B e r r y
..................... Treble
E r n e s t H o l t N ix o n * . .
..
2
W il l ia m W e a t h e r s t o n e
..
3
J o h n H a c k ........................................4
L A N C A S H IR E
Composed b y the R e v . C. D . P. D a v i e s , and conducted b y
* F irst peal w ith bob bell. T h is is a five part com position, and w as published January
12th, 1884.
W . B ed w ell and E. H. Nixon hail from L ew ish a m , J. H ack from H ayes, W.
B erry and W . W eatherston e ftom R oth erhith e.
Tenor
R o b in s o n
F
THE
r e d e r ic k
KENT
On Monday, October 5 th,
A
PEAL
OF
A.
5040
C H A N G E S,
Conducted b y
T
R ic h a r d R id y a r d
OF
G R A N D S IR E
T R IP L E S ,
R e v . C . D . P . D a v ie s’ F
S y d n e y T . D a r l in g t o n . .
..T r e b le
H enry B arnett
......................2
C. B u t t o n ........................................ 3
P . J. D a r l in g t o n
..................... 4
hornton,
A SS O C IA T IO N .
KENT.
th e
C
hurch
S. M ary M ag d alen e,
G R A N D S IR E
B
o b -a n d - S i n g l e
V
T R IP L E S ,
a r ia t io n .
5040
CH ANGES
Tenor 14 cwt.
iv e
P
5040
5
6
..
7
..T e n o r
glate
C H A N G E S,
art.
A. W . D a r l i n g t o n
W il l ia m B e n n e t t
L e w i s J. D a r l in g t o n . .
W a l t e r G. D a r l in g t o n
Conducted by H e n r y B a r n e t t .
..
..
* F irst peal. R ung w ith the b ells half-m uffled, as a tribute o f respect to the m em ory o f
| I lis G race the late L o rd A rchbishop o f C an terbury.
Monday, October 5 th, 1896, in Three H ours and Two Minutes.
A t t h e C h u rc h o f A l l S a in ts ’,
PEAL
OF
a y l o r ’s
T H E M ID D L E S E X A S S O C IA T IO N .
E D M O N T O N , M ID D L E S E X .
On
T
\ J o h n J a m e s L a m b ..................... Treble
W illia m W e a th e r s to n e
j H a r r y H o s k in s
.....................
2
W illia m F o rem an
..
F r e d D e r b y s h ir e
..
..
5
| E r n e s t H o l t N ix o n
..
..
3
F r e d e r ic k W . T h o r n to n
A l f r e d C ro ss
......................6
C h a r le s Langdon* ..
Jam es C h arles H a r v e y
..
4
R ic h a r d R i d y a r d ..................... 7
G eorge E . T u rner
..
..T e n o r
Conducted by F r e d e r i c k W . T h o r n t o n .
* F irst peal in the m ethod
A
PEAL
P . H e y w o o d ’ s N o . 6.
H a r r y C h apm an
......................... Treble
G eo r g e W oo d h o u se*
..
..
2
J a m e s H . R i d y a r d ........................3
J oh n S m it h
.................................. 4
75
At
A
C hurch.
T R IP L E S ,
COUNTY
W O O L W IC H ,
1896, in Two H ours and Forty-six Minutes,
STEDM AN
il l ia m
On Monday, October 12 th, 1896 , in Two Hours and Forty-six Minutes,
L A N C A S H IR E .
A t t h e P a r is h
W
( L e w is h a m D is t r ic t )
A SSO C IA TIO N .
( M a n c h e s t e r B r a n c h ).
ECCLES,
■5
. 6
• 7
. Tenor
7
79
TH E
H a r r y H o s k in s . .
F r e d e r ic k W . T h o r n t o n
W il l ia m B e d w e l l
..
W il l ia m F o r em an
5
6
* F irst peal in the m ethod
74
5040 CH A N G E S,
Tenor 25 cwt.
Tenor 14 cwt
F. E.
KENT.
October 9 th, 1896, in Three Hours,
P E A L OF G R A N D SIR E T R IP L E S ,
G e o r g e G rafh am
..
T h om as B lackbo urn . .
R e v . F E . R o b in s o n . .
J o h n W . W h i t in g
R ev.
A SSO C IA TIO N .
D i s t r i c t ).
G R E E N W IC H ,
G U IL D .
T h u r s t a n ’s O r ig in a l .
G e o r g e W i l l i a m s ........................Treble
H e n r y W h i t e ..................................2
I saac G . S hade
........................ 3
G e o r g e C h a p p e l l * ........................ 4
COUNTY
(L e w ish a m
On Friday,
Oil Monday, October 5 tli, 1896, in Two H ours and F ifty -six Minutes,
A t th e C hurch of S t. P e t e r .
A
KENT
H e n r y W il k in s o n
W IN C H E S T E R
R e v C. D . P. D a v i e s . .
..
5
R e v . F . E. R o b in s o n . .
.. 6
W il l ia m W . G if f o r d . .
..
7
F r a n k H o p g o o d ..................... Tenor
Conducted b y the R e v . F . E. R o b i n s o n .
T h is w as the first peal o f Stedm an on the bells. T h e Rev. C . D. P. D a vies was elected
a m em ber of this G uild previous to starting. It was rung on the 500th an n iversary of
the induction o f the first Rector o f H avan t, the Rev. G eo. A ylw ard.
* First peal as conductor.
73
C H A N G E S,
Tenor 16 cwt.
A V a r ia t io n o f T h u r s t a n ’s .
• 5
. 6
■ 7
Tenor
(Staffordshire).
On Saturday, October 3rd, a date touch of Grandsire Triples, 1896
Changes, in one hour and six minutes. G. Goodchild, 1 ; H. Tinsley
(longest length), 2 ; S. Pitt, 3 ; D . Chapman, 4 ; W . Johnson (composer
and conductor), 5 ; S. Allport 6; J. A. Brown, 7 ; Inspector Hamilton, 8.
Rung after an unsuccessful attempt for a peal, with the bells muffled, as a
token of respect towards seven ringers of the old Parish Church, Wednesbury, and also John Tinsley, of Darlaston, who died August 17th, 1896.
Messrs. Tinsley hails from Wednesbury, Brown from Bilston, the rest are
members of St. G iles’ Society, Willenhall.
W il l e n h a l l
CAMPANOLOGY.
52
TH E
A N C IE N T
S O C IE T Y
OF
COLLEGE
Y O U T H S.
TH E
October 14th, 1896.
LLANDAFF
L ondon.
On Saturday, October 10th, at the church of St. Michael, Cornhill, an
attempt was made for a peal of Stedman Cinques, which unfortunately
came to grief after ringing 1 hour 40 minutes, through the 6th rope break­
ing. J. Pettitt (conductor), 1 ; H. Springhall, 2; E. Horrex, 3 ; C. F.
Winney, 4 ; S. Joyce, 5 ; W . Burkin, 6 ; C. Sillitoe (Sudbury), 7; F. W.
Thornton, 8 ; H. J. Tucker (Bishop’s Stortford), 9 ; W. T. Cockerill, 10;
E. P. O ’Meara, 11 ; W . Prime, 12.
On Sunday, October n th , at St. Paul’s Cathedral,three courses of Sted­
man Cinques. j . Pettitt (conductor), 1 ; W . Jones, 2; W. Cooter, 3 :
E. Horrex, 4 ; H. Springhall, 5 ; G. Muskett, 6 ; C. Sillitoe (Sudbury), 7:
C. F. W inney, 8 ; J. M. Hayes, 9; E. Carter, 10 ; W . T. Cockerill, 11;
E. P. O ’Meara and T. H. Taffender, 12.
/
T H E B IR M IN G H A M F R IE N D L Y S O C IE T Y .
On Thursday, October 8th, in 1 hour and 15 minutes, on Handbells retained
in hand, half of Holt’s ten-part peal of Grandsire Triples. H. P. Harman
(Bromley), 1-2 ; W. A. Hancox, 3-4 ; R. Hunt (conductor), 5-6 ; R.
Hackley, 7-8. Referee, J. Porter.
D IO C E SA N
ASSO C IA TIO N .
( P e n a r t h B r a n c h ).
On Wednesday, September 16th, at St. Augustine’s Church, for the
Harvest Thanksgiving Service, 720 of Plain Bob. D. Thomas, 1 ; F.
Bartlett, 2 ; G. Watkins (Barry), 3 ; W . B. Biss, 4; J. Vinnicombe, 5 ; H.
Roberts (conductor), 6. Also 720 Oxford Treble Bob. G Watkins, 1 ;
F. Bartlett, 2 ; D. Thomas (conductor), 3; W . B. Biss, 4 ; H. Roberts, 5 ;
J. Vinnicombe, 6.
On Sunday, September 27th, for morning service, 720 Plain Bob (18 bobs
and 2 singles). J. Jones, 1 ; F. Bartlett, 2; A. Rowley, 3 ; W. B. Biss, 4 ;
T. Northey, 5; J. Cox (Newport) (conductor), 6. And for evening service.
720 Kent Treble Bob (9 bobs). D. Thomas, 1; W. B. Biss (conductor), 2 ;
J. Vinnicombe, 3 ; A. Rowley, 4 ; T. Northey, 5; J. Cox, 6.
On Tuesday, October 6th, for practice, 720 Oxford Treble Bob (9 bobs'*.
O. W. Laying (Swindon), 1 ; D. Thomas, 2; J. Vinnicombe, 3; W. B.
Biss (first in the method as conductor), 4 ; F. Bartlett, 5 ; T. Northey, 6.
On Sunday, October n th , for morning service, 720 Plain Bob (26 singles).
J. Jones, i ; F. Bartlett, 2 ; W. B. Biss, 3 ; T. Northey, 4 ; D. Thomas
(conductor), 5 ; J. Vinnicombe, 6.
M ID D L E S E X
D U R H A M AND N E W C A S T L E D IO C E SA N A SSO C IA T IO N .
A SSO C IA TIO N .
(Herts).
S underland.
On Monday, October 5th, for practice, 168 Grandsire Triples. A. E.
On Sunday, July 12th, at Holy Trinity Church, for morning ser­
vice, 504 Grandsire Triples. J. Hawse, 1 ; W. Smallwood, 2; T. Naisby, Dolton, 1 ; H. S. Reeves (conductor), 2 ; W . J. Dell, 3 ; ]. Sumpter, 4 ; J.
3 ; T. Ditchburn, 4 ; Noah Holyoak, 5 ; R. Miller, 6; J. Naisby (conductor), Stevens, 5 ; J. W . G inns 6 ; A. Belton, 7; A. T. King, Esq., 8. And 210
in the ssme method. J. Stevens, 1 ; A. Chidwick, 2 ; F. A. Milne. Esq. (con­
7 ; T. Brass, 8.
On Sunday, August 2nd, for morning service, 504 Grandsire Triples. ductor), 3 ; W. J. Dell, 4 ; J. Sumpter, 5 ; A. E. Dolton, 6 ; J. W . Ginns,
W . Smallwood, 1 ; J. Hawse, 2; R. Miller, 3 ; T. Ditchburn, 4 ; N Holy- 7 ; E. Dolton 8. And 3 plain courses of Stedman Triples. H. S. Reeves,
oak, 5; T. Naisby, 6 ; J. Naisby (conductor), 7 ; T. Brass, 8. For evening 1 ; ]. Sumpter, 2 ; F. A. Milne, Esq., 3 ; J. Stevens, 4 ; C. H. Martin, 5 ;
J. W. Ginns, 6 ; A. Belton 7 ; E. Dolton, 8. Also 224 Bob Major, F. A.
service, 672 Plain Bob Triples, standing as befQre.
On Sunday, August 16th, 420 Plain Bob Triples. R. Miller, 1 ; J. Hawse. Milne, Esq., 1 ; J. Cornell, 2 ; H. S. Reeves. 3 ; J. Stevens, 4 ; J. Sumpter,
2 ; W . Smallwood, 3 ; T. Ditchburn, 4 ; N. Holyoak, 5; T. Naisby, 6 ; 5 ; A. Belton, 6 ; J. W . Ginns, 7 ; C. H Martin (conductor), 8.
On Thursday evening, October 8th, an attempt was made by the follow­
J. N aiiby (conductor), 7 ; T. Brass, 8.
On Sunday, August 30th, for morning service, 420 Plain Bob Triples. ing band for a peal of Grandsire Triples, which unfortunately failed after
T. Nanson, 1 ; J. Hawse, 2 ; W . Smallwood, 3; T. Naisby, 4; N. Holyoak, about 2,100 changes had been rung. C. H. Martin (conductor), 1 ; A.
Chidwick, 2 ; W . J. Dell, 3 ; J. Stevens, 4 ; J. Sumpter, 5 ; A. E. Dolton,
5 ; R. Miller, 6 ; J. Naisby (conductor), 7 ; T . Brass, 8.
On Sunday, September 20th, for evening service, 420 Plain Bob Triples. 6 ; A. Belton, 7 ; A. T. King, Esq., 8. Rung with the bells half-muffled as
a
token of respect to the memory of the late Rev. F. C. Cass, Rector of
W . Smallwood, 1 ; J. Hawse, 2 ; T. Naisby, 3; T. Ditchburn, 4; N. H oly­
Hadley ; whose remains were interred in Hadley Churchyard, on Friday,
oak, 5 ; R. Miller, 6; J. Naisby (conductor), 7; T . Brass, 8.
On Tuesday, September 22nd, for Harvest Festival, 504 Grandsire October 9th.
Triples. J. Hawse, 1 ; W . Smallwood, 2; R. Miller, 3 ; T. Ditchburn, 4 ; FiNCrtLEY (Middlesex).
N. Holyoak, 5 ; T. Naisby, 6; J. Naisby (conductor), 7 ; T. Brass, 8.
On Thursday, September 3rd, at St. M ary’s Church, for practice, 720
of Plain Bob Minor. E. H. Tubb, 1 ; W . Webb, 2 ; J. Cornell, 3 ; W . H.
T H E E S S E X A SS O C IA T IO N .
Tubb, 4 ; G. Miles (first 720 with a bob bell), 5 ; F. Sparks (conductor) 6.
F e e r i n g , (Essex).
On Tuesday, September 29th. at the Church of All Saint’s, 720 Kent And 360 of Oxford Bob Minor. W . Mulley, 1 ; F. Sparks, 2 ; E. Tubb, 3;
Treble Bob. H. Evers, 1 ; H. T. Pye, 2 ; W . Keeble, 3 ; J. Sadler, 4 : W. Webb, 4 ; J. Cornell, 5 ; F. Carraway, 6.
On Sunday, September 20th, after evening service, 720 of College Sin­
D. Elliott (conductor), 5; J. Newman, 6.
On Friday, October 9th, for practice, 720 Bob Minor. G. Mays, 1; gle (15 bobs and 2 singles). W. Russell, 1 ; W. W ebb, 2 ; J. Cornell, 3;
J. W illsher (first 720 with a bob bell), 2 ; G. Hum, 3 ; C. Rogers, 4 ; W. F. Sparks, 4 ; W . H. Tubb, 5 ; F. Carroway (conductor), 6. And 360 of
E. Hunwick, 5 ; J. Newman (conductor), 6. Also 720 in the same method Oxford Bob. W . Mulley, 1 ; W. H. Tubb, 2 ; E. Tubb, 3 ; W . Webb, 4;
by C. Mills, 1 ; J. Newman, 2 ; G. Hum, 3; C. Rogers, 4; W . E. Hunwick. F. Carroway, 5 ; F. Sparks, 6.
On Sunday, October 4th, for evening service, 720 of Canterbury
5 ; D. Elliott (conductor), 6.
Pleasure Minor (15 singles and 3 bobs). W . Mulley, 1 ; W. Webb, 2 ; J.
W a l t h a m A b b e y (Essex.) .
Cornell, 3 ; F. Sparks, 4 ; W. H. Tubb, 5 ; F. Carroway (conductor), 6.
On Sunday evening, October 4th, at the Abbey, on the occasion of the
Harvest Festival and as a birthday compliment to Mr. W. A. Alps, a
M ID L A N D C O U N T IE S A SSO C IA TIO N .
quarter-peal of Stedman Triples, 1260 changes in 44 minutes F. Freeman,
D
e
r
b
y
.
1 ; G. E Peace, 2 ; F. Carter, 3 ; G. Carter, 4 ; J Rann, 5 ; W. A. Alps
On Sunday evening, October 4th, at St. Werburgh’s Church, after Divine
(conductor), 6 ; W . Lebbon, 7 ; W. Clark, 8. Messrs. F. Freeman. G
Service, on the occasion of the Harvest Festival, a quarter-peal of Grand­
Carter, J. Rann, W . Lebbon, and W . Clark, hail from Loughton.
sire Triples in 45 minutes. T. Anthony, 1 ; J. W . Thompson, 2 ; C.
Draper, 3; J. Newbold, 4’ ; F. Bradley (conducor), 5 j H. Found, 6 ; L.
T H E L A N C A S H IR E A SS O C IA T IO N .
Lomas, 7 ; T . Griffiths, 8.
P e n d l e t o n (Lancashire).
On Sunday, October n th , at the Church of St. Thomas, for afternoon
T H E O X F O R D D IO C E SA N G U IL D .
service, 504 Stedman Triples. T. G. Downs, 1 ; G. E. Turner, 2 ; J. Smith,
3 ; H. Chapman, 4 ; S. Greenhalgh, 5 ; Josiah Rogers, 6; J. George
C a v e r s h a m (Oxon),
(conductor), 7 ; H. Croft, 8.
On Sunday, October 4th, for ^Harvest Thanksgiving Services, 400 of
B a c u p (Lancashire).
Stedman Triples and a course of Plain Bob Major, was rung at 6 20 a m.
On Sunday, September 6th, at Christ Church, for morning service, 720
For morning service, 560 of Double Norwich and a course of Grandsire
College Pleasure. Levi Holt, 1 ; Z. Lord, 2; E. J. Cockroft, 3 ; J. H.
Triples. Also for evening service, a course of Superlative Surprise Major
Smith, 4 ; J. S. Lomas, 5 ; J. H. Barnes (conductor), 6. For evening ser
vice, 720 Violet Treble Bob. Geo. Shotten, i ; A. W hite, 2; E. J. Cockroft, and a course of London Surprise Major. After service, two courses of
Stedman Triples, the following took part in the above
T. Newman, H.
3 ; J. H. Shiith, 4 ; J. S. Lomas, 5 ; J. H. Barnes (conductor), 6.
Simmonds, H. Smith, G. Essex, J. Hands, E. J. Menday, E. W . Menday,
On Sunday, September 13th, 720 Ebor Treble Bob. A. L. Hardman, 1 ;
R. T. Hibbert, A. Cullum, A. W. Pike, J. F. Tarrant, H. Terry, J. Tucker,
Smith, 2 ; E. J. Cockroft, 3 ; J. H. Smith, 4 ; J. S. Lomas, 5 ; J. H
and F. Tubb. The conductors were T. Newman and E. Menday.
arnes (conductor), 6
On Sunday, September 20th, 720 Cambridge Surprise. Z. Lord. 1 ; J B r a d f i e l d (Berks).
On Saturday, October 3rd, being the Annual Meeting of the Bradfield
Smith, 2 ; E. J. Cockroft, 3; J. H. Smith, 4 ; J. S. Lomas, 5; J. H. Barnes
Deanery Branch, 720 of Bob Minor. Charles Giles, 1 ; E. Holloway, 2 ;
(conductor), 6.
E.
Bruce, 3 ; H. Keel, 4 ; H. Tucker, 5 ; Joseph Hatto (conductor), 6.
On Sunciay, September 27th, 720 College Pleasure. A. L. Hardman, 1 ;
J. Smith, 2 ; E. J. Cockroft, 3 ; Z. Lord, 4 ; J. H. Smith, 5 ; J. S. Lomas, Messrs Giles and Tucker belong to Reading, Holloway to Bradfield, the
(conductor), 6.
| rest to Beenham.
C h ip p in g B a r n e t
October 14th, 1896.
CAM PANOLOGY
53
! T et t e n h a l l (Staffordshire).
N O R W IC H D IO C E S A N A S S O C IA T IO N .
On Sunday Evening, October 4th, after Harvest Thanksgiving Service,
(Suffolk).
72 0 Bob Minor, in 24 minutes. W . G. Hall, 1; B. Dalton, 2; J. E. Groves
On W ednesday evening. October 7th, 720 of Sandle Exercise Treble Bob (conductor), 3; G. Burrows, 4 ; H. Knight, 5; A. Griffiths, 6. Also T20
in 25 minutes, j. E. Kidby (first 720 in the method), 1 ; H A. W right oi Stedman Doubles. J. E. Groves, 1 ; W . G . Hall, 2 ; H. A. Hall, 3; H.
(first 720 in the method), 2 ; Samuel Smith, 3 ; T. G. Dowsing 4 ; W
Knight, 4 ; A. Griffiths, 5 ; W . T . Harley, 6. Tenor 13^ cwt.
Smith, 5 ; A. F. Dowsing (first 720 as conductor), 6. Also several touches
of Kent and Oxford were rung with A. J. Dowsing, 1.
B urgh
L e is t o n
(S u f fo l k ) .
On Tuesday, September 29th, at St. M argaret’s Church, for practice,
upon the back 6, a 720 of Bob Minor. F. Wolfe (first 720), 1 ; W . Taylor,
2 ; H. J. Button, 3 ; T . Bell, 4 ; J Button, 5 ; G . W ilson (conductor), 6.
On Tuesday, October 6th, 720 Bob Minor. Rev. R. H. L. James (first
720), i ; E. Wiggs, 2 ; E . Bailey, 3 ; A. J. Lincoln, 4 ; C. Samson (conduc­
tor), 5 ; G , W ilson, 6
j
C h a r l t o n K i n g s (Gloucestershire).
On Sunday evening, October 4th, on the occasion of the Harvest Festival,
a quarter-peal of Stedman Triples was rung in 45 minutes. W . T. Pates,
1 ; F. Townsend, 2; G. Hamlett, 3 ; W . Brinkworth, 4 ; G. H. Phillott,
Esq., 5 ; W. D yer (conductor), 6 ; W . James, 7 ; W . Bush, 8.
(Gloucestershire)
On Tuesday, September 22nd, for practice, several six scores of Stedman
T H E P E T E R B O R O U G H G U IL D .
1. Doubles, called differently. T . Prout, 1 ; F. K. Howell, 2 ; G. Prout, 3 ;
G. Condick (conductor), 4 ; T . Savage, 5 ;-----------6. Also 180 Bob Minor.
P eterborough.
On Thursday evening, September 24th, at St. M ary’s, on the occasion of F. K . Howell hails from Thornbury, the rest are local men.
Harvest Festival, 120 of Grandsire Doubles. R. Squire, 1 ; G. Baker, 2 ; F r o c e s t e r (Gloucestershire).
E. G. Baker, 3 ; J. Binks, 4 ; C. R. Lilley (conductor) 5 ; G. Martin, 6.
On Friday, September 25th, for Harvest Festival, 180 Bob Minor.
And a touch of Minor. W . Johnson, 6 ; C. R. Lilley, 4. 120 of Grand­
---------- 1 ; T . Prout, 2 ; G. Prout, 3 ; F. K. Howell, 4 ; T. Savage, 5 ; G
sire after service. G. I. Martin, 1 ; C. R. Lilley (conductor), 2 ; E. G.
Condick (conductor), 6. Also a six score of Stedman Doubles. T. Prout,
Baker, 3 ; G. Baker, 4 ; R. Squires, 5 ; J. Binks, 6
1 ; F. K Howell, 2 ; G. Prout, 3 ; G . Condick, 4; T . Savage, 5 ; --------- 6.
On Sunday, September 27th, 120 of Grandsire. G. Baker, 1 ; R. Squires,
F. K. Howell hails from Thornbury, the rest from Coaley.
2 ; E .G . Baker, 3 ; C. R. Lilley (conductor) 4 ; G. Martin, 5 ; J. Terrell, 6.
On Tuesday, September 29th, 720 of Plain Bob Minor (18 bobs and 2 | H a n d s w o r t h (Staffordshire).
singles), tenor observation bell in 28 min. G. Martin, 1 ; C. R. L illey (con­
On Sunday, October 4th, for evening service, 1260 Grandsire Triples, in
ductor), 2 ; E. G. Baker, 3; R. Squires, 4 ; A. Johnson, 5 ; W . T. Johnson, 45 minutes. A. Smith (first quarter peal), 1; T . Verry, 2 ; W . H. Godden,
6. Tenor 8 cwt., this is the first 720 by the Guild, and first by E . G. Baker 3 ; B. Starkey, 4 ; T. Westwood (conductor), 5 ; R. Faux, 6 ; W. Verry, 7 ;
and R. Squires on an inside bell, it is a period of nearly three years since : R . Speak man, 8. Composed by H. Johnson. Rung as a birthday touch
720 was rung by a Peterborough Band.
I for the ringers of 3 and 4.
O a k h a m (Rutland).
On Saturday, September 26th, at the Parish Church of All Saint's, 120 1 H o m e r t o n (London)
On Sunday, August 16th, at St. Paul’s Church, 720 Plain Bob Minor (18
of Grandsire Doubles on the back 6. J. Binks, 3 ; G. I. Martin, 4 ; E. G.
Baker, 5 ; C. R, Lilley (conductor), 6 ; R. Rowell, 7 ; R. Squires, 8. The bobs and 2 singles). H. Spencer, 1 ; F. W ebb, 2 ; G. Long, 3 ; A. Fisher,
two trebles being raised, 120 of Grandsire on the front 5 (768 covering). R. 4 ; G. Bean, 5 ; H. Stubbs, 6.
On Sunday, August 23rd, 720 Plain Bob Minor (16 bobs and 2 singles).
Rowell, 1 ; C. R. Lilley (conductor). 2 ; R. Squires, 3 ; G. I. Martin, 4 ;
E. G . Baker, 5 ; F. Sewell, 6 ; J. Binks, 7 ; R. W . Baker, 8. And 360 in W . Meadst 1 ; the rest standing as before.
On Sunday morning, September 20th, for Divine Service, 720 Grandsire
the following methods : 120 Lincolnshire Singles, 120 April D ay, 120
Plain Bob. J. Clarke, 6 ; the rest standing as before. And 480 in the Minor (34 bobs and 2 singles). W . Lewin, 1 ; the rest standing as before.
On Sunday morning, September 27th, 720 Plain Bob Minor (18 bobs and
following: 120 Lincolnshire Singles, 120 Grandsire, 120 Plain Bob, 120
April D ay. R. Rowell, 1 ; E. G. Baker, 2 ; R. Squires, 3 ; G. I. Martin, j 2 singles). H. Spencer 1 ; the rest standing as before.
4 ; C . R. Lilley (conductor), 5 ; R. W . Baker, 6 ; J. Binks, 7 ; F. Sewell,
R u s h d e n (Northamptonshire).
8 ; 120 Grandsire, 120 Plain Bob, J. Clark. 6 ; R. W. Baker, 8; , On Monday, September 28th, at the Parish Church, for practice, 720
the rest as before. The bells then being lowered in peal. C . R. Lilley,
! Oxford Bob (38 bobs and 22 singles). J. Bailey, 1 ; C. West, 2; C. Green,
1 ; E . G . Baker, 2 ; R. Rowell, 3 ; G. I. Martin, 4 ; R. Squires, 5 ; Dexter
' 3 ; H. Clayton, 4 ; W . A. Hall (conductor), 5 ; L. Chapman, 6. And 360
6 ; Dexter, 7 ; R. W . Baker, 8. Tenor 21 cwt. in F, which are a very
1 Plain Bob Minor. J. Bailey, 1 ; L. Chapman, 2 ; W . A. Hall, 3 ; C. Green,
musical peal, it being difficult to ring change-ringing on 8 on account of the 1 4 ; H. Clayton, 5 ; C. W est (conductor), 6.
position of the ropes, the back 6 being a good circle, the treble rope come?
On Thursday, October 1st, for Harvest Thanksgiving Service, 360 C ol­
at the back of the 3 and 4, and the 2 at the back of the 4 and 5 ; the lege Single. J. Bailey, 1 ; G. Heath, 2 ; C . Green, 3 ; H. Clayton, 4 ; C.
D exter’s being local men, Messrs. R. W . Baker, Sewell and Clarke, Lang- W est, 5 ; W . A. Hall (conductor), 6.
ham, the rest Peterborough ; supposed to be the first in the method on the
On Sunday, October 4th, for morning service, 360 Oxford Bob. }. Bailey,
bells of Lincolnshire Singles and April Day, there not being a change-ring­ 1 ; G. Heath, 2 ; C . Green, 3 ; H. Clayton, 4; W . A. Hal l(conductor), 5;
ing company there. T h e ringers wish to thank the Vicar Rev. F. Baggallay
i L. Chapman, 6. And for evening service, 360 Bob Minor. L . Chapman,
and Churchwardens, for the use of the bells, and local ringers for having 5 ; W . A. Hall (conductor), 6 ; the rest as before.
everything in readiness.
THE
S T A F F O R D A N D W O R C E S T E R S H IR E A S S O C IA T IO N S .
(Staffordshire).
On Thursday. October is t,a t St. M artin’s Church, on the occasion of the
Harvest Festival, the bells were rung before and after evening service, with
Grandsire and Bob Minor, by the following :— W . R. Small, A. H . Hill,
G. James, W . James, F. Bywater, J. Small, C. Faulks, G. Cutler,
On Sunday, October 4th, before morning service, 720 Grandsire Minor in
25 minutes. A. H. Hill, 1 ; W . R. Small, 2 ; W James, 3 ; G. James, 4 ;
H. Mason (conductor), 5 ; F. B y water, 6. Also before evening service,
Plain B ob Minor, and Stedman Doubles. F. Byw ater, 1 ; W . R. Small, 2 ;
W. M icklewight (conductor), 3 ; G. James, 4 ; W . James, 5 ; J. Small, 6 ;
S. Boncut, 7 ; A. H. H ill, 8.
T ip t o n
S O C IE T Y F O R T H E A R C H D E A C O N R Y O F S T A F F O R D .
(Staffordshire).
On Thursday, October 1st, 720 of Bob Minor, in 23 minutes. F . Jones,
1; G. Burrows, 2 : J. E . Groves (conductor), 3; H . Knight, 4 ; H. A.
Hall, 5 ; A. Griffiths, 6. Tenor n cwt.
B u sh bu ry
j C oaley
N o r t h S h ie l d s .
On Sunday, September 27th, at Christ Church, 720 Bob Minor. G.
Holmes, 1 ; N. Brand, 2 ; Jos. Browell, 3 ; C. W augh, 4 ; A. T ully (con­
ductor), 5 ; G. Dix, 6. And 672 Grandsire Triples. N. Brand, 1 ; W. Lan­
caster, 2 ; Jos. I rowell, 3 ; C. W augh, 4 ; A. Tully, 5 ; J. Keen (conductor),
6 ; G. Dix, 7 ; G. Holmes, 8. *Also a quarter-peal of Grandsire Triples,
in 40 minutes. N. Brand, 1 ; G. Holmes, 2 ; Jos. Browell, 3 ; C . Waugh,
4 ; Joel Hern, 5 ; J. Keen (conductor), 6 ; A. Tully, 7 ; G. Dix, 8.
(London).
On Monday, September 14th, at St. M ary’s Church, 720 Plain Bob Minor
(18 bobs and 2 singles). H. Spencer, 1 ; G. Gains, 2 ; G. Long, 3 ; G.
Bean, 4 ; W. Meads, 5 ; H. Stubbs (conductor), 6.
On Monday, September 28th, 720 in the same method (16 bobs and 2
I singles). All standing as before, except ringers 3, 4 and 5, which were ; J,
Barry, 3 ; A. Fisher, 4 ; W . C . Waterman, 5.
S t o k e N e w in g t o n
(Gloucestershire).
On Sunday evening, at the Parish Church of St. Mary, for Divine Ser­
vice, a touch of 504 Grandsire Triples. W . Davis, 1 ; F. K Howell, 2 ;
A. P. Phelps, 3; F . Poole, 4 ; C . Eddington, 5 ; T. Alsopp, 6; J. W . Poole,
W olverham pton.
I 7 ; J. Phillips, 8. Also another 504. J. Phillips, 1 ; W . Davis, 8 ; the
On Sunday, October 4th, for morning service, on the occasion of the
others as before. Tenor 25 cwt. in E flat.
Harvest Festival, 288 of Grandsire Caters. F . Jones, 1 ; C . H . W atts, 2 ;
W . G. Hall, 3 ; H. A. H all, 4 ; J. E. Groves (conductor), 5 ; E. Nicholls.
I n M e m o r i a m C a r d s , with Portrait of the late G e o r g e N e w .s o n , post
6; G . Burrows, 7; H. Knight, 8; A. Griffiths, 9; T. Purser, 10. Also for
evening service, 350 of Grandsire Triples, 468 of Grandsire Caters standing free 6d. each, can be obtained at “ Campanology ” Office, 221, High Street,
as above.
Lewisham.
T hornbury
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October 14th, 1896.
6720 of Superlative Surprise Major, the same composition does
duty for another method in which the leading characteristic
( A r c h b i s h o p o f C a n t e r b u r y ).
(the danger of course ends with 5-6 bells reversed,) is the same.
Born at Birmingham, 1829. Died at Hawarden, Oct. 11th, 1896. Another of these 5040’s, Annables 6-part, is par excellence the
most sym etrical possible in the method, and thus the earliest
^ O N G before our Journal reaches the hands of its readers, known extent remains to this day the best.
all the world w ill have heard that the Prim ate of all
A s is only natural, it is in the methods on eight bells that
England, the head of our beloved Church, has been | the best compositions are found. A minute review of each
taken from our midst.
j individual peal would be very tedious, besides occupying more
T h e sudden death of the Archbishop of Canterbury has j space than this article will allow. But to take the most notable.
come as a great shock to us all. Apparently in the best of | F irst we see a peal of Plain B ob by Annable ; this is not his
health, his G race had just returned ftom a visit to Ireland, I famous 3-part, which does not appear at all, but is a com ­
where he had been the guest of the Archbishop of Arm agh, I position void of any merit save its antiquity. A very close
and at the time of his demise was the guest of Mr. Gladstone, variation of the well known peal appears over the initials H .H .
at H aw arden Castle.
The five part peals on the same page, without shewing much
On Sunday morning last, the Archbishop and Mrs. Benson merit in composition, are well known and often rung on ac­
were present at the eight o’clock celebration of the H o ly Com ­ count of their sym etry and simplicity.
munion, and went again to the eleven o’clock service, when
V ery little originality can be claimed for the 120 course peal
he w as suddenly taken ill, and never recovering consciousness of Plain Bob which in its essential features is a copy of R eeve’s
passed peacefully away.
ingenious peal (see Cl'avis, page
T h e muffled bells w ill during
157). A similar peal is the 7680
this week tell out the sad tidings
of Double B ob on page 76. The
that the Church has lost one of
compositions in Double Norwich
her most faithful sons, and at a
are very similar to those of Bob
time when he could ill be spared;
Major, and contain nothing of un­
but G od knows b e s t; though his
usual merit. A glance at the two
spirit has passed aw ay, it will
peals side by side, 6000 by H .H .,
be m any a long day before th e
and 6160 by S. Thurston, shews
influence of the great Archbishop
that the rules of variation where
has passed from us.
not observed so closely as they
D r. W h ite Benson, in the
are (or ought to be) now.
midst of his many duties, took a
O f Treble B ob Major, H ubbard
gives a very large assortment,
great interest in Bellringers,
and w as President of the K ent
there being over 60 compositions,
County Association. It will be
a large proportion of which is his
own. W e notice nearly all the
fresh in the minds of our readers
long peals by Thorpe, Harrison,
the encouraging and kind words
Lockw ood, and D ay, besides
he spoke to a band of ringers in
several excellent one part com ­
K ent, who had rang the bells
positions, some of which have the
to welcom e his G race to the
fifth and sixth their extent each
village.
w ay in 5-6.
T h e sym pathy of England will
T h e L a t e A r c h b is h o p o f C a n t e r b u r y .
T he next composition thatclaitns
go out generously to those who
‘ •ur attention is Middleton’s peal
mourn his loss as a father and
friend.
of Cam bridge Surprise, which is
H e died as he had lived, in the service of God and H is 1 here published for the first time, and was an undoubted gain
church, kneeling in the house of prayer, and joining in the I to the exercise. W hether Middleton hit on it “ more b y luck
than by w it,” or whether he worked it out system atically, I
familiar service in which he had so often ministered.
It w as the death a soldier of the church m ight have chosen ] cannot say; I should imagine the former. N ear this peal we
from all others— the peaceful and pious ending that befitted a | find the well-known peal of Superlative Surprise that usually
goes by John C ox’s name, and which is continually being
life spent in the humble service of his Maker.
“ composed ” in some fresh method. A careful search into the
matter has convinced me, that so far as a Superlative is con­
J-lenny Hubbard—fl sketeh.
cerned, it belongs to Thackrah and for all other methods to
By J. A r m i g e r T r o l l o p e .
John Reeves (see Clavis, page 349).
(Continued).
In G randsire Caters we find two or three very popular peals
Follow ing the various methods, and before proceeding to which help to retain H ubbard’s name in the memory of the
composition, H ubbard considered it necessary to say a few exercise, and turn from thence to Stedm an’s Principle. Here
words on the nature of rows— odd and even. Probably he had no are half-a-dozen peals, the last one unfortunately false. In
harder task in his whole book and certainly he altogether failed in | the first peal Hubbard makes a new and excellent departure
his objeift. It requires a very ample knowledge of the subject he in Stedm an composition by fixing the sixth in second’s place
instead of the treble.
attem pts to explain to understand what he is driving at.
A nd now we come to the most valuable part of his book, the
W e will therefore take leave of Hubbard here, and in sum­
compositions. W e m ay pass the five and six bell compositions ming up, we shall I think come to the conclusion, that though
as b e i n g of no exceptional interest andcom etoTriples. Herethree | he produced no peal of surpassing merit as did John H olt,
5040’s of Plain B ob are given, one of which will last as long as j Thom as Thurston, and a few others, yet his compositions are
change ringing as “ H ubbard’s 10 part,” but for all that, we of very high order and on the roll of the F athers of the A rt of
are compelled to state that the peal is not his. It was published | Change Ringing whose fame will stand the test of tim e, a very
and rung years before by Benjamin Thackrah, and in Shipw ay's high place must be given to H enry Hubbard.
Dp. Eduuard UUhite Benson.
CAM PANOLOGY.
October 14th, 1896.
O UR
ILLU STRATION S:
St.
55
GI LtES ’ , C R I P P L i E C A T E .
T h e plan
T . G iles’ P arish C hurch, Cripplegate, is one of the most shows considerable portions of the ancient edifice.
interesting to be found in the C ity of London. T h e gives a nave, side aisles, and C hancel, w ith a large and m assive
first church w as built about the year 1090 b y Alfune, square tower at W est end of four storeys, the upper part of
afterwards H ospitaller or Proctor of St. Bartholom ew ’s H ored
s­ bricks (fifteen feet added in 1682). T h e ancient parts of
pital. Stow , in his “ S u rvey of L ondon,” says that “ the church the tow er and the S outh side of the church are built of stone
w as at first a sm all thing, but hath been since at divers tim es in irregular masses, interspersed w ith tile and brick. From
m uch enlarged as the parish hath increased, and w as new ly the nature of the m aterials as w ell as the form of the arches, it
§
S t . G i l e s ’, C r i p p l e g a t e .
builded.” T h is took place about the year 1392.
In 1545 the
interior of the church w as destroyed b y fire, a great loss to the
A n tiq u ary and A rchaeologist, as all the brasses and monuments
w ere destroyed. A llen in his “ H isto ry of L ond on ,” published
in 1830, gives the following description of the church :—
“ It is a spacious and substantial building, and though much
disfigured by modern alterations and detached buildings, still
is evident that these portions were not destroyed in the fire of
1545, but are the w ork of a period anterior to that d ate.”
T h e building w as speedily restored, and m ay be looked upon
as su b stan tially the sam e as that built in 1392. It is one of
those churches that escaped the G reat F ire of London in
1666.
T h e monuments within the church are of exceeding interest.
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October 14th, 1896.
A monument to Thom as B u sby, a benefactor to the poor o f ! Visitors to Cripplegate should not fail to see the fine O ld G a te ­
Cripplegate, 1575, is the oldest in the church. John F ox, author j w ay entrance to the Churchyard erected in 1660, at a cost of /"60,
of the famous “ Book of M artyrs,” w ho w as for some time a heavy round headed arch, the spandrels being occupied by an
V icar, lies buried in the Chancel. T h ere are also monuments | hour glass, a scythe, death’s head and crossbones, and other
to Sir W illiam Staines, Alderm an of Cripplegate from 1793 emblems of m ortality.
.
until his death in 1807.
H e served the office of L ord Mayor,
1801. O f humble birth, and never disowning his low ly origin,
T H E ST. M A R Y 'S S O C IE T Y , W A L T H A M S T O W .
by his industry and integrity he amassed considerable wealth,
and not unmindful of those who had failed in the race of life, he
On Monday, 5th October, the members of the above Society visited
built and supported during his life, four Alms-houses for Southend. Leaving Walthamstow by the 10.7 Midland train, Southend
poor men and women. John Speed, a faithful servant of Queen was reached at about i t . 10, when some of the party went to Prittlewell
E lizabeth, K in g James I., and K in g Charles I., died 1629. Church for a ring on the newly-augmented peal of 8 bells, while the
remainder went for a stroll round the town and on the pier. The weather
In 1888, a memorial to Sir Martin Frobisher w as erected by being all that could be desired, and the tide being up, and there being a
the V estry of St. G iles’, in commemoration of the Tercentenary fresh breeze, the walk along the longest pier in England was greatly
of the defeat of the Spanish Arm ada, and of F robisher’s enjoyed.
Assembling at the “ Ship " Hotel at 2 p.m., 21 members and friends sat
connection with St. G iles’ Parish. But that which constitutes
down to a capital dinner, which was served up to everyone’s satisfaction.
by far the most interesting memorial of all, is the monument of The health of the Vicar and Churchwardens of St. M ary’s having been
John Milton, the poet, whose remains lie within the w alls, he drunk, a move was next made for a drive in a pair-horse brake to Shoedied in 1674, and was buried next to his father in the Chancel buryness, to inspect the guns, &c. The latter place being reached after a
of the church. T h e fact that such a monument exists has drawn beautiful drive through the very pretty country, a stroll was taken along
the beach, and a visit paid to the batteries, where the big guns were a
thousands from all parts of the world to the church. An source of great interest to the party. Under the superintendence of Bom­
Amber window at the E ast end of the church is considered to bardier Maynard and Cornet Wilkins, both members of the St. M ary's
be one of the finest in London, it was painted by a lady some Society, a minute examination of the beautiful work and mechanism of the
guns was made, and the points ably explained by them. The drive was
50 years ago.
then continued to Prittlewell and, after a cup of refreshing tea had been
Quite recently an important discovery has been made. On obtained, a move was made for the tower, where touches of Grandsire,
removing the black plaster which encased the pulpit, some of Stedman and Bob Major were brought round. Tracks were then made for
the finest old oak carving was disclosed, and is considered to , the Station and, after an enjoyable ride, home was reached at about 10.30
p.m., everyone having spent a most enjoyable day. The members wish,
be one of the best specimens of old oak carving to be seen.
through the medium of Campanology, to express their thanks to the Clergy
Th e oak Reredos in the Chancel, which dates from about i of
the Church, and to Mr. Bedwell for having everything in readiness, and
the year 1706, is very handsomely carved, and is in the ! to the other members of the Prittlewell Society for the hearty welcome
Renaissance style of architecture.
accorded to them.
T h e black m arble step next to the Communion rails,.js the
same on which Oliver Crom w ell knelt while being married to
ST. P A U L ’S S O C IE T Y , H O M E R TO N .
E lizabeth, daughter of Sir James Bourchier, on the 22nd
On
Saturday,
October 3rd, the above Society paid a visit to Knebworth,
August, 1620.
Herts, and rung 720 Plain Bob Minor (16 bobs and 2 singles) at the church
St. G iles w as appointed to be one of the four C ity Churches of St. Giles Codicote. H. Spencer, 1 ; F. Webb, 2 ; G. Long, 3 ; A.
that were to give the tim e to ring the Curfew Bell.
Fisher, 4 ; G. Bean, 5 ; H. Stubbs (conductor), 6. Also an attempt was
T h e earliest notice of bells and chim es is in the year 1580. made for 720 Kent Treble Bob Minor (with J. Barry on the treble), but
T h e parish accounts shew many item s of interest relating to after ringing 20 minutes, it came to grief owing to the noise of the bells, a
call being misunderstood.
“ ye b e lls ” and “ ye ringers’,” amongst them being a record
On Sunday, October 4th, at Knebworth Church, 720 Grandsire Miner
that the bellringers’ were paid 3/6 to ring merrily when the (34 bobs and 2 singles). H. Spencer, 1 ; F. W ebb, 2 ; G. Long, 3 ; A.
L ord H igh Protector dined in the C ity, 34 years after he had Fisher, 4 ; G. Bean, 5 ; H. Stubbs (conductor), 6. The ringers wish to
thank (through the medium of this paper) the Rectors and Churchwardens
knelt at the A ltar in the church.
for the use of the bells, and also the ringers for their hearty welcome to us.
The tower contains a fine peal of tw elve bells, which were
originally one of ten cast by P ack & Chapman, at the
LANGH AM ,
Treble,
2nd
3rd
4th
5‘ h
7 cwt., 1 qrs. , 0 lbs.
6 „
1 ,»
3 ..
7 ..
3 .. 13 ..
8 „
2 „
5
2 ,, 21 ,,
9
6th
7th
8th
gth
1 Tenor
11 cwt., i qrs.
1 »
15 ..
2 „
17 M
0 ,,
24 ..
36 ..
1 ..
21 lbs.
10 „
3 ..
4 ..
24
R U T L A N D .— T H E
PETERBO RO U GH
G U IL D
On Saturday, September 26th, by invitation of Mr. R. W . Baker, six
members paid a visit and rang upon the bells of St. Peter and Paul's
Church, 120 of Grandsire Doubles. G. Binks, 1; G. J. Martin, 2; E. G.
Baker, 3 ; R. Squires, 4 ; C R Lilley (conductor), 5 ; H. Hedgson, 6. After
which a date touch was attempted, and lost through the belfry door being
T w o new trebles being subsequently added by W arner.
opened after 60 changes were rung. 120 April day, 480 Plain Bob, and 260
Am ongst the records in the belfry, are tablets recording the of Grandsire. R. Rowell, 1 ; G. J. Martin, 2 ; E. G . Baker, 3 ; C. R.
Lilley (conductor), 4; R, Squires, 5 ; R. W . Baker, 6. Two courses of
following peals :—
Grandsire Minor. ]. Binks, 1; G. J. Martin, 2 ; E. G. Baker, 3; R. Squires,
Decem ber 10th, 1844, 5016 Stedman Cinques by the R oyal 4 ; R. Rowell, 5 ; C. R. Lilley (conductor), 6. After which the ringers were
Cum berland Youths, “ T h e first peal ever achieved in invited to tea, provided by Mr. R. W . Baker. All sat down, Go been called,
and all came into rounds, after which the Handbells were brought into use.
this intricate method upon these bells.”
Upon another visit to the tower, 240 of Grandsire Doubles. C. R. Lilley
April 27th, 1847, 5136 K ent Treble B ob Maximus.
(condudtor), 1; R. W . Baker, 2 ; E. G. Baker, 3 ; G. J. Martin, 4; F.
February 15th, 1848, 5376 K ent T reble B ob Maximus.
Sewell, 5; R. Squires, 6. 480 in the following m ethods: 120 April day,
January 6th, 1851, 7524, Stedman Cinques by the Ancient 120 Lincolnshire Singles, 120 Plain Bob, 120 of Grandsire. R. Rowell, 1 ;
G.
J Martin, 2 ; E. G. Baker, 3 ; R. Squires, 4; C. R. Lilley (conductor),
Society of College Youths.
F ebruary 7th, 1853, 5°88 Kent Treble Bob M axim us and 5 ; R. W . Baker, 6. 120 of Grandsire. R, Squires (conductor), 1 ; R . W.
Baker, 2; E. G. Baker, 3; G. J. Martin, 4; R. Rowell, 5 ; A. Buttress
22nd March, 1886, 5014 Stedm an Cinques by the same (Oakham), 6. Tenor 16 cwt. in G. The bells then being lowered in peal.
society.
Messrs. R. W . Baker, Sewell, and Hedgson are local men, and is supposed
The Church has been thoroughly restored, every care has to be the first in the method of Lincolnshire Singles, and April day on the
been taken to beautify the interior, and it is well worthy of a bells. The lingers wish, through the medium of Campanology, to thank Mr.
It. W . Baker for his kind hospitality and making arrangements, and having
visit. T h e church is open on weekdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., everything ready, also the Vicar, the Rev. F. Baggallay, and Church­
Saturdays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
wardens, all having enjoyed their outing, and hoping it will not be long
The present V icar is the R ev. Prebendary Albert Barff, M A . before we meet again. T hey arrived at Peterborough at 10.40 p.m.
October 14th, 1896.
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Tenor (new), diameter 4 ft. 6 7-8th in. ; weight 28 cwt., 3 qrs. 6 lbs. ;
note D ; inscription, “ To the glory of God. -f- 1896. This bell was recast
T h e history of St. P au l’s Bells, re-opened, and re-dedicated on Tuesday. by John Taylor of Loughborough. Lambert W oodard, vicar ; J. M. C uth­
September 29th, commences with the year 1745, when they replaced a peal bert, T. Bull, churchwardens ; F. A. Blaydes, mayor. At the same time
of five, some, if not all, of which probably dated from the pre-Reformation two trebles were added to the old ring of eight.” The old Tenor weighed
26 cwt. 3 qrs., 7 lbs.
period.
Total weight of the new bells at St. Paul’s exclusive of fittings, 6 tons,
The requirements of the art of change-ringing, which even before the
middle of the 17th century had become a fashionable amusement in the 6 cwt., o qrs., 26 lbs. The tenor, with the exception of the solitary bell at
Metropolis and elsewhere, doubtless led to the recasting of the old rings W oburn new church, weighing 2 ton, 15 cwt., (presented by the Duke of
and (in order to give greater scope to the ringers) to the increase in the Bedford in 1867), is the heaviest bell in the county. The new tenor at St.
number of the bells. T hat this was the reason why the old peal of five at P aul’s is about 2 cwt. heavier than the old one which it replaces.
T he new bells are cast of the purest bellmetal most carefully mixed and
St. P aul’s was in 1745 replaced by one of eight is not probable, for there is
nothing to show that change-ringing in the proper sense of the term was are in perfect tune with each other ; this being tested with accurate scientifical
instruments. The old bells have also been tuned as far as it is possible
practised here till the Bedfordshire Association was established in March
1882. “ Churchyard B ob,” or “ round ” ringing, was apparently up to this to do so, that is to say their main notes are in tune, but these six bells all
period the only method followed in Bedford. The wear-and-tear of cen­ possess more or less inharmonious undertones which we are unable to con­
turies w’as the most probable reason for the substitution of a new peal of trol except by recasting. The two smallest bells and the tenor are equipped
eight bells in 1745. T h e work was entrusted to Lester & Pack of W hite­ vyith entirely new fittings comprising all the latest improvements, notably
chapel. T hey were opened in the spring of the year 1745, as is shown by the iron girder headstocks and the H ey wood lubricators for the bearings.
the following minute in the records of the Common Council relating to a The two new smallest bells are hung upon very stout rolled steel girders,
meeting of that body held on April 19th, “ It is voted, ordered, and agreed and the timber frame for the tenor bell being found too weak, has been
unto at this court of Common Council, that the Chamberlains of this taken out and replaced with a massive iron framework.
Corporation shall pay amongst eight men that shall come from St. M ichael’s
T H E L A N C A S H IR E A S S O C IA T IO N .
Cornhill, London, the sum of six guineas for their trouble in ringing the
new peal of eight bells which are hung up in the steeple of the parish
The Annual Meeting of the above, was held at Manchester, on Saturday,
church of St. Paul in this town.”
On the restoration of the church and September 26th, and was well attended by members from Bolton. B lack­
the rebuilding of the tower and spire in 1868, the bells underwent partial burn, Liverpool, Flixton Pendleton, Worsley, Walkden, Deane, Pendlebury,
restoration. T he treble and third bells were re-cast and the ring re-hung Bacup, Rawtstenstall, Helmshore, Ramsbottom, W aterfoot, Newchurch,
by Messrs. Mears and Stainbank, W hitechapel. Though a few of the bells ! Rusholme, Southport, Ormskirk, East Crompton, Leesfield, Ashton, Heywere fairly good, notably the seventh, the tone of the tenor and that of | wood, Rochdale, Radcliffe, W igan, Dalton-in-Furness, Prestw’ich, Eccles,
some of the others, was unsatisfactory.
Hence for some time past, and the local companies. Service was held in the Cathedral at 3 p.m., the
especially since the inauguration of the new chimes in 1879, and the estab­ clergy in attendance being the Dean of Manchester, Revs. Canon Kelly,
lishment of an excellent society of change-ringers. a strong feeling has j Canon Woodhouse, Canon Charles Lowe, and the Revs. H. J. Elsee and
existed in the town and neighbourhood that the peal should be thoroughly | C. A. Clements. T he preacher was the Honorable and Rev. A. T. Lyttleton,
overhauled and two trebles added to make a ring of ten worthy of the M .A., V icar of Eccles, who taking as his text, Psalm 98, verses 4, 5, 6, in
Metropolitan church.
W ith this view, a representative committee was j the course of a brief and eloquent sermon, said that every office of the
formed in December last, and an executive sub-committee selected to in­ I church had its own special signification, the Clergy, Choir, Ringers, each
vite subscriptions and carry out the work of restoring the bells, and 1 and all had their own special office> and the 'special signification of the
ultimately the chimes which have been so long silent. This body consists | ringers’ office, was surely to be ministers of joy to th6 w o rld ; for church
of the M ayor of Bedford (Mr. F. A. Blaydes), chairman, the V icar of St. I bells express more particularly joy, for even when they are muffled to ex­
Paul's (Rev. L . Woodard), the two Churchwardens (Messrs. Cuthbert and press our grief, there is also expressed by them the glorious joy of the
Bull), Sir Frederick Howard, Rev. W . W . C. Baker and M r.T . Gwyn Elg^r, Resurrection to Life Eternal. He thought ringing brought out the great
hon. sec. A t the request of the Committee, Messrs. Taylor & Co., the lesson of unselfishness, as they knew each depended on the other afid all
celebrated bell founders of Loughborough, prepared a very complete report worked for one end, and without each other their work was of none effect.
on the condition of the bells, and estimated for the necessary work of He trusted that they would do their work well in the church, and at all
restoration and addition. It was the unanimous opinion of the Committee times consider that they were engaged in taking part in G od’s worship,
after receiving this report, that it would be desirable to have an entirely I and hoped that all they did would be done to the G lory of the Lord.
new peal of ten, with a tenor weighing about 34 cwt., but the result of an
After service, the members adjourned to the Cathedral Schools, and sat
appeal, widely circulated throughout the town and county, for defraying it- down to an excellent tea, and when ample justice had been done to the
cost, was so discouraging that they were reluctantly obliged to fall back I good things provided, the Dean briefly addressed the meeting, extending
upon the more modest plan which is now completed, viz. : to replace the I a hearty welcome to the Association and delighting the members by his
old tenor by a new bell of greater weight, and add two trebles, making a happy, humorous reminiscenses of bells and ringers, concluding by
ring of ten, and to have the other bells rendered as satisfactory as possible earnestly exhorting his hearers to ever bear in mind the importance of their
T he tenor and the two new trebles were cast at the Loughborough foundry office, and above all to endeavour as frequently as possible, after ringing
on June 26th, and turned out to be excellent bells, but in the process of the worshippers to church, to let example follow precept by attending the
tuning the peal as a whole, it was found that the treble of the old ring, service themselves.
The Rev. Canon Lowe, a former President of the Association, expressed
which is, of course, the third of the new one, had been years ago so in­
judiciously chipped in the sound-bow in the endeavour first to sharpen its the great pleasure it afforded him of meeting the members once more, and
note, then to flatten it, that it was wholly impossible to make a satisfactory seeing so many of his old friends amongst them that day, and emphasized
bell of it except by recasting it. This was accordingly-done, so that of the the remarks of the Dean as to the importance of the Ringers’ Office, and
ten bells now hanging in the tower of St. Paul’s, four are new, v i z . : the the duty incumbent upon them of attending Divine Service after ringing.
1st, 2nd, 3rd, and the tenor, and the remainder have been retuned and re­
The President, the Rev. H. J. Elsee, M .A., in opening the proceedings of
the business meeting, referred to the long and prosperous reign of Her
placed in the tower on strengthened framing.
Majesty the Queen, and felt sure they would all join with him in their
T he following are the particulars of the new bells :—
Treble (new), diameter 2 ft. 3 9-i6th inches, weight 5 cwt.. 3 qrs., 2 lb s .; congratulations, and in wishing that she may still enjoy good health and
note F sharp ; inscription, " John Taylor & Co., founders, Loughborough, continue the government of our great nation. T he members responded to
the President’s invitation by rising and singing, in a hearty manner, the
1896.”
2nd (new), diameter 2 ft. 5 in., weight 6 cwt., o qrs., n lbs. ; note E ; National Anthem. T he President then gave his address, and congratulated
the members on the progress made by the Association during the past year.
inscription, “ John T aylo r & Co., founders, Loughborough, 1896.”
3rd (new), diameter 2 ft. 7 i-8th inches; weight 7 cwt., o qrs., 8 lbs. ; 62 new members had been elected, whilst only 7 of the old members had
lapsed, brining up the total membership to 911. Speaking of the Treasurer’s
note D ; inscription, John Taylor & Co., founders, Loughborough, 1896.”
4th, diameter 2 ft. 8 in. ; weight 6 cwt., 3 qrs., 8 lbs., note C sh a rp ; in­ Balance Sheet, he pointed out that, for the first time for many years, an
adverse balance was recorded on the year’s working, the income for the
scription, “ Thomas Lester made me, 1744.”
5th, diameter 2 ft. io£ in ; weight 7 cwt., o qrs., 9 lbs. ; note B ; in­ year being £37 17s. 3d., and the expenditure £39 13s. ijd ., showing a loss
for the year of £ 1 15s. io jd . T h is he accounted for partly by the fact that
scription, “ Mears & Stainbank, founders, London.”
6th, diameter 3 ft. 2 in. ; weight 9 cwt., 3 qrs., 13-lbs.; note A ; inscrip­ one or two items of expense were included in this year’s Balance Sheet
which rightly belonged to the previous year, partly also by the special
tion *' Thos. Lester made me 1744.”
7th, diameter 3 ft. 4 5-8th in .; weight 12 cwt.. o qrs., 4 lbs. ; note G ; expense incurred in printing the Rules and Diagrams for Ringing, which
inscription, " B y a sudden fall my subscribers did supprise.
B ut now I were issued to the members with last year’s re p o rt; but chiefly he attribu­
ted the adverse balance to the fact that a good many members, he was
am come to please their lisening ears and eyes. T .L . 1744 ”
8th, diameter 3 ft. 7 in. ; weight 13 cwt., 3 qrs., 14 lb s .; note F sh arp; sorry to say, had allowed their contributions to fall into arrear, and hoped
that this would be remedied by all the members endeavouring, as far as
inscription, “ Thomas Lester, made me.”
9th, diameter 3 ft. 11$ in. ; weight 18 cwt , 3 qrs., 7 lbs.; note E ; in­ possible, to pay their subscriptions regularly, and thus ensure a good sub­
stantial
margin of income over expenditure. T he total balance in hand
scription, Thomas Lester, of London, made me, 1744.”
St. P aul’s Bells Bedford.
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is now /8 1 9s. 4jd. Referring to the number of Peals rung during the
year, he said he must congratulate them on the improvement made in
ringing in the advanced methods, and exhorted them to persevere in the
study and practice of various methods, as being the best means of keeping
up their interest and zeal in ringing.
The Committee's Report and the Treasurer’s Balance Sheet being read,
the election of Officers was proceeded with ; the President (the Rev. H.
J. Elsee, M .A.), the Honorary Secretaries, Messrs J Redford and J. W il­
son, and the Honorary Treasurer, Mr. H. W . Jackson, all of Bolton, were
unanimously re-elected, whilst the vacancies on the Committee were filled
up as follows, viz. :— Mr. R. S. Mann, Liverpool ; Messrs. Z. Lord and J.
B. Taylor, Rosendale ; Mr. Mather, Preston ; Mr. Maries, Fylde ; and
Mr. Slater, Blackburn.
The Rev. C . A. Clements, Messrs. Eachus and Redyald, and the
President, were elected Representatives to the Central Council.
Several new ringing members, together with two non-resident and two
honorary members were elected, and after discussing the claims of various
places, it was decided by vote to hold the next Annual Meeting at Newchurch, in the Rosendale Branch.
Mr. Chatterton (a former Secretary of the Association), in a few well
chosen words, moved a vote of thanks to the Dean, the Cathedral Authori­
ties, the ladies for presiding at tea, and the preacher for his eloquent
sermon. This was seconded by Mr. H ill, of Southport, and carried with
acclamation.
Votes of thanks to the President and retiring officers, brought one of the
most successful meetings in the history of the Association to a close, the
members dispersing to the various towers in the city, kindly placed at their
disposal for the day, including the bells at the Manchester Town Hall.
TH E
EASTERN
C O U N T IE S
G U IL D
October 14th, 1896.
TH E
B E D F O R D S H IR E A SSO C IA T IO N .
On Saturday, October 3rd, a quarterly meeting was held at Husband
Crawley and Aspley, the following towers being represented : Bedford St.
Paul’s, St. Peter’s, St. M ary’s, Woburn, Milton Bryant and Aspley. Some
good ringing was done upon the six bells at Crawley and Aspley in various
methods, also courses of Grandsire Caters and Bob Royal, on Handbells, by
the Rev. W. W. C. Baker, Mr. Charles Herbert and his two sons (Cyril
and Ernest), C. W . Clarke, and J. Hills.
It was decided to hold an intermediate meeting at Kempston in a month’s
time, and that the next quarterly meeting be held a Leighton Buzzard.
W IN C H E S T E R
D IO C E SA N
G U IL D .
On Saturday, September 26th, a quarterly meeting of this Society was
held at Basingstoke. The bells of the Parish Church (St. Michael and All
Angels) were set in motion soon after 2.30 p.m., for combined practice, and
were kept going in touches of Grandsire and Stedman Triples, and Kent
Treble Bob, until 4.45, when a move was made to the Basingstoke Cafe for
I tea. Mr. H. W hite had his belfry in “ apple-pie ” order, as every belfry
should be, considering it is a part of a consecrated building. The following
bands were represented:— Fareham, Gosport, Portsea, Guildford, Hursley,
and the Cathedral. Tw o or three unattached members were also present.
Evensong was said by the Rector, Dr. Cooper-Smith, at 5.30, and at 6 the
business-meeting was held in the Church Room, fifteen members being
present. The Master, Rev. R. C. M. Harvey, presided. The minutes of
the annual meeting were read and passed. Three new hon. members were
elected, including Admiral Durrant, C M G., and the Hursley band were
elected performing members. Mr. G. H. Plummer was eleited Hon. Dis­
trict Secretary for the Christchurch Division, in the place of Mr. S. Merritt,
resigned. A grant of £ 1 is. was made towards the fund for the restoration,
re-casting, and addition to the Titchfield bells. W hen completed, this
tower will possess a ring of 6, It was remarked that such a donation could
not be regarded as establishing any precedent in the matter of bell restora­
tions— such a course did not strickly come under the objects for which the
Guild was established.
Nevertheless, when funds admitted of such
assistance, it would be readily accorded. It was decided to hold the next
quarterly meeting at Woking and Horsell, on December 5th. At this
meeting, the votes for Representatives on the Central Council will be
counted. A vote of thanks to the Rector for the use of the room, con­
cluded the business of the meeting.
C. E. M.
The autumn meeting of this Guild was held at Walpole St. Peter, on
Saturday last, when ringers from Pinchbeck, Spalding, Peterborough,
Moulton, W alpole and W alpole St. Andrew, Marham, and King’s Lynn
attended. The day’s proceedings were opened by a 720 Bob Minor (21
bobs and 12 singles) by the following :— J. W right (Spalding), 1; E. G.
Baker (Peterborough), 2 ; H. Hill (Walpole) conductor, 3; H. Tedder
(Marham), 4 ; L . W right (Marham), 5 ; W. W right (Walpole), 6.
Divine Service in the Parish Church was at 1 o’clock, at which all the
members attended. T he Psalms and Canticles were chanted for the first
time by the Guild, the Hon. Mrs. Macmichael presiding at the organ.
T H E Y O R K S H IR E A SSO C IA T IO N .
The Rector, the Rev. C. Macmichael, preached an appropriate sermon,
taking his text from the 12th chapter of St. Paul’s 1st Epistle to the
Corinthians, at the 27th verse, “ Now ye are the body of Christ, and mem- | On Saturday evening, October 10th, the Staveley Branch of the York­
bers in particular.” The Rev. gentleman, who is President of the Guild, shire Association of change-ringers, paid a visit to Chesterfield to test the going
after bidding its members a hearty welcome to his Parish, for the third of the bells which have recently been rehung by Mr. Day, of Eye, Suffolk, and
time since he became Re&or, proceeded to give an account of the origin of reflects great credit upon him for the able manner in which he has carried
bells, their uses, and what was expefted of all good ringers. After service, out the work. As the " g o " of the bells is all that can be desired, whoever
the ringers went round this, the grandest of Marshland Churches, with its may take the opportunity of attempting a peal, will find them well worthy
Sanctus bell above the Chancel, to view the lovely flowers, fruit, and vege­ of a visit. After ringing two courses of Kent Treble Bob Major, and 880
tables, which had been left since the Harvest Festival, on the preceding of Kent Treble Bob Royal, which were brought round in a very creditable
Sunday, and which were greatly admired by all. An adjournment was manner, by the following :— S. Palmer, 1; S. Price, 2 ; J. Worthington, 3 ;
then made to the " Plough ” Hotel, St. Andrew’s, where Host W right had J. Hunt, 4 ; W . Worthington, 5 ; W . Daffin, 6 ; S. Smedley, 7 ; J. Harris
in waiting an excellent dinner, consisting of boiled beef, mutton, and roast (conductor), 8 ; A. Worthington, 9 ; H. Madin, 10. F irst attempt on Royal
beef, vegetables, plum pudding, and dessert. Ample justice having been I by Messrs. J. Worthington, S. Smedley, W . Daffin, and S. Palmer. Hunt
done by the company to the good things provided for them, the President and Price belong to Chesterfield, all the rest hail from Staveley.
gave the loyal toast of " Church and Queen,” which was heartily drunk,
with the wish that Her M ajesty might live many more years to reign over
T H E ST. M A R G A R E T ’S S O C IE T Y , W E S T M IN S T E R .
us. T he Hon. Lay Secretary, Mr. W . G. Cross, then read the minutes of
the Peterborough meeting, which were signed. Copies of the Balance
St.
Margaret's
Tower on Monday the 5th inst., was the scene of a pretty
Sheet, prepared by the Rev. W . Disney, the Guild’s excellent Treasurer,
and Hon. Clerical Secretary, were handed round to each member present. little ceremony, when in the presence of a large number of members, the
Two honorary members and one ringing member were elected. The place Rev. C. E. Robins, a Vice-President of the Society, presented one of their
of the next meeting having been proposed and seconded, viz., Pinchbeck, number with a handsome clock, on the occasion of his marriage. Mr.
near Spalding, and a vote of thanks to the Re&ors for the use of the bells, George Bishop was the recipient as readers of Campanology doubtless
to Mr. W right, the Host, for providing so excellent a repast, the members observed by a notice a week or two ago.
Mr. Bishop has been a most useful member of the St. Margaret’s Society,
again adjourned to the towers, where, at St. Andrew’s tower, were rung six
score of Grandsire Doubles by C. Crust, 1 ; E. Jarvis, 2; W. G. Cross, 3 ; he having been connected with the Church since his boyhood, and having
C. R. Lilly, 4 ; G. Ladd, 5. And at St. Peter’s, 720 Bob Minor (18 bobs been a faithful and loyal member o f the Society through thick and thin.
Mr. Robins in a suitable speech congratulated Mr. Bishop upon the
and 2 singles), by J. Cherrington, 1 ; H. Merrishaw, 2; G. Ladd, 3 ; W .
W right, 4 ; H. Allen, 5 ; E . Jarvis, 6. A t the “ Plough ” Hotel, the Hand­ event, and gave him some useful advice upon entering his new sphere of
bells were kept going in various methods during the day, and some capital life.
Mr. Bishop suitably responded, and thanked his fellow members for
tunes were rung by the W alpole men. It is a pity that St. Andrew’s tower
does not contain a peal of six bells, the present five are in good tune and their kindness and good wishes.
All members and friends sincerely wish Mr. Bishop a long life, health,
very mellow, and it is hoped with the excellent Vicar, the Rev. H; Smith,
that, before long, another bell may be added to the peal. The day, which and prosperity, and hope he will continue to be a regular attendant at St.
Margaret’s,
to a good many of the ringers was short, was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
It should be added that the Secretary had provided several copies of
Campanology/, which he gave to the ringers, and, after carefully looking
through the same, several decided to take copies from the booksellers,
many being heard to say that the paper was excellently printed, and its
appearance far and away the best, and it deserved support.
N O T IC E
TO
OUR
READERS.
Owing to a large number of ringing reports, etc , reaching us as we are
going to press, we regret to have to hold them over until next week.
October 14th, 1896.
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A N C IE N T S O C IE T Y O F C O L L E G E Y O U T H S .
T he practice at St. Magnus the M artyr, London Bridge, on Thursday
next, the 15th inst., will be deferred on account of the sad death of H is
Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury.
T H E K E N T C O U N T Y A S S O C IA T IO N .
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Divine service at the cathedral in the Lady chapel at 1 o'clock, with
address by Rev. Canon Gough. Dinner at the W hite H art hotel, C loth
Market, at 2 ; members, is. 6d., non-members, 2s. 6d. each. T he bells of
the various churches in the city will be at the disposal of members. Those
intending to be present at the meeting should inform the secretary of their
intention not later than Friday, 23rd. N .B,— Three representatives on
the Central Council will be chosen at this meeting.
T h o m a s H u d s o n , Hon. Sec. and Treas., 3 1 4 , H i g h Street, W . Sunderland.
R O Y A L C U M B E R L A N D S O C IE T Y .
( L e w i s h a m D i s t r i c t ).
The Annual Meeting of this District will be held at Lewisham, on
On Friday, October 23rd, at Society's Head Quarters, Bedford Hotel,
Saturday, October 17th. The tower of S. M ary’s Church will be open for Maiden Lane, Strand. Members are invited to attend as the business to
ringing at 3 p.m. A tea will be provided in the Parish Hall at 6 p.m., be transacted is of special importance.
to be followed by the Business Meeting. A service will be held in the
A. J a c o b , Hon. Sec., 10, St. Ann’s Road, Hornsey N
church at 7.30 p.m., when a short address will be given by the Vicar, the
Rev. S. Bickersteth, M .A., who has also kindly promised to preside at the
T H E A S H T O N -U N D E R -L Y N E S O C IE T Y .
meeting. Members intending to be present at the tea, must let me know ; T he next quarterly meeting of the above Society will be held at the
not later than Wednesday, October 14th.
Manchester Town Hall, on Saturday, October 31st. Bells ready at 4 p.m.
W . B e d w e l l , Hon. Sec., Albacore Crescent, Lewisham. Meeting at 7 p.m.
S. B o o t h , Hon. Sec.
( T o n b r i d g e D i s t r i c t ).
A meeting of this district (without allowances) will be held at Chiddingstone, on Saturday, October 17th. Tower open at 3 o’clock. Business
meeting in the National Schools at 6 o’clock.
W. L a t t e r , Hon. D istrict Sec., 67, Goods Station Road, Tunbridge W ells.
S t . M a r g a r e t ’s , R o c h e s t e r .
The new bells at St. M argaret’s, Rochester, will be dedicated and
opened for ringing on Thursday, 22nd October, at 3 p.m. T he bells will
be opened for ringing during the evening.
A. O s b o r n e , Hon. District Sec., 65, Olive Road, Rochester.
E A S T D E R B Y S H IR E A S S O C IA T IO N .
A special ringing meeting will be held at Ripley, on Saturday, October
17th, at 3.30. All members and friends invited.
T. A l l i b o n e , Hon. Sec.
T H E H E A V Y W O O L L E N D IS T R IC T A S S O C IA T IO N .
The next meeting will be held at Brighouse on Saturday, October 17th
M eeting house, Ring of Bells.
G®o. H . S i m o n , Hon. S e c ., 19, A lbert Road, B atley Carr.
L L A N D A F F D IO C E S A N A S S O C IA T IO N ,
T h e next quarterly meeting will be held at the schoolroom, Caerleon,
Mon., on Saturday, October 17th, at 3.30. There will be a short service
at St. Cadoc's C hurch at 3 o'clock.
R e v . D. H . G r i f f i t h s , H. G . W h i t e , Hon, Secs., Salisbury Road, Cardiff.
T H E O X F O R D D IO C E S A N G U IL D .
T h e Autumn meeting will be held at Witney, on Saturday, October 17th.
Seven towers open for ringing. Meat tea in schools at 6 p.m., price 6d.
Evensong at 7, preacher— Rev. Canon Norris.
Apply— Rev. H. G.
Scott, W itney.
S U S S E X C O U N T Y A S S O C IA T IO N .
(E astern
D iv is io n )
A meeting will be held at Pevensey, on Saturday, 17th October.
Bells
available, Pevensey, 2.30 to 5 and 6.30 to 9 ; Westham, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9.
Service at 5. Meat tea gratis, by the kind invitation of the Archdeacon of
Lewis. Local Secretaries will assist by sending word by Friday the 16th
instant, how many intend being present.
S . S a k e r , Hon. S e c . , 101, Braybrook Road, Hastings.
THE
L A N C A S H IR E
A S S O C IA T IO N -
( M a n c h e s t e r B r a n c h ).
T he next monthly ringing meeting will be held at the Parish Church,
Radcliffe, on Saturday, October 17th. The tower will be open for ringing
at 4 p.m. Business Meeting will be held in the Institute close by the
Church, at 6.30 prompt, when the Rev. Stanley Swinburn will preside.
W a l t e r B r o w n , Branch Sec., 54, W enlock Street, Hulme, Manchester.
(R o s se n d a l e
B r a n c h ).
A meeting will be held at the Parish Church, B ury, on Saturday, October
24th. T he rector will provide teas in the Hill Street schools to those
sending their names to Wm. Bracewell, 44, Rochdale Road, Bury.
Names to be sent in by the 21st. Tea on the table by 5 o'clock.
J. H. B a n k s , Branch Sec., Industrial Terrace, Helmshore.
S T . M A R G A R E T ’S S O C IE T Y , W E S T M IN S T E R .
A quarterly meeting will be held on Monday, the 19th inst., at 7.45 p.m.,
when members are requested to attend.
H . B a r t o n , Hon. Sec.
D U R H A M A N D N E W C A S T L E D IO C E S A N A S S O C IA T IO N .
T h e 19th annual meeting will be held at Newcastle-on-Tyne on Monday,
October 26th. Committee Meeting in the vestry of the cathedral at noon.
B A T H A N D W E L L S D IO C E S A N A S S O C IA T IO N .
T he next quarterly meeting will be held at W raxall (8 bells), near
Bristol, on Saturday, October 31st. Service in the Parish C hurch at 4
p.m., with an address by the Rector, Rev. H Vaughan. Tea and business
meeting to follow.
Towers open, Backwell (6 bells) and Nailsea (6 bells).
H. W . T o m k i n s , Hon. Sec., The Cottage, Old Cleeve, Washford.
T H E L E E D S A N D D IS T R IC T A M A L G A M A T E D S O C IE T Y .
The usual monthly ringing meeting of this Society, will be held at St.
Francis Church (R.C.), Manor Road, Holbeck, on Saturday, October 31st.
Ringing from 2 till 7 p.m.
Any company members of the Society, ringing the best struck touch on
six and eight bells, will be awarded some suitable present for each number,
by the Amateur Society, the conditions almost similiar to those used at
contests, The number of changes to be rung in any method, will be for­
warded on application to the undersigned. A prompt start is urgently
requested, as ringing cannot proceed beyond 7 p.m. under no circum­
stances this day.
Business meeting in the School adjoining, at 7.30.
Handbells provided at the Bellmount Hotel, D avid Street, close by
R. B i n n s , Hon. Sec., 4, Kirkland Square, Kirkland St., Beeston Rd., I^eeds
T H E A N C IE N T S O C IE T Y O F C O L L E G E Y O U T H S .
The 259th Anniversary Dinner will be held at the " Champion ” Hotel,
Aldersgate Street, E .C ., on Saturday, November 14th, at 6.30 p.m. prompt.
Tickets, 3/6 each, can be had of Messrs. W . H. L. Buckingham, W . Burkin,
F. M. Butler, F . E. Dawe, G. Dorrington, W . E. Garrard, E. Horrex, T.
Mash, G. T . M cLaughlin, G. Muskett, E . P. O 'M eara, J. Pettitt, W
Prime, S. Saker, C . F. W inney, or
W . T . C o c k e r i l l , 37, Tradescant Hoad, South Lambeth, S.W .
W IN C H E S T E R
D IO C E S A N
G U IL D .
1897.— C om ­
pounding and unattached members who have not yet received voting cards
for above, should send me their full addresses without delay.
C h a r l e s E. M a t t h e w s , Hon. Sec., Hursley, W inchester
E l e c t io n
of
R e p r e s e n t a t iv e s on C e n t r a l C o u n c il ,
T H E M E T R O P O L IS .
T he Bells are rung for D ivine Service at the following Churches on
Sunday next, October 18th
St. Paul’s Cathedral— 9.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m.
St. M atthew, Bethnal Green, E .— 10 a.m.
St. Stephen’s, Westminster— 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
A ll Saints’, Fulham, S .W .— 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
St. Lu ke’s, Chelsea, 10.30 a.m. and 6 p.m.
St. Alfege, Greenwich, S .E .— 10.15 a-m - ar>d 5-45 p m .
St. M ary’s, Lewisham, S .E .— 10 a.m. and 5.30 p.m.
St. M ary’s, W oolwich— 10.15 a m - an(l 545 p.m.
St. Peter’s, W alworth— 10 a.m.
M E E T IN G S F O R P R A C T IC E .
St. Lu ke’s, Chelsea - - - E very Wednesday, 7.45 p.m.
All Saints’ Fulham . . .
E very Thursday
8 „
St. Stephen’s W estminster - Every Friday
8 ,,
St. M argaret, W estminster- Every Monday
8 „
St. M ary, Lewisham
- - Every Monday
8 „
St. John’s, W aterloo Road - Every Wednesday
8 „
St. John’s,Vassal Rd.Brixton Tuesday, Oct. 20th
8 ,,
St. Clement Danes, Strand- Monday, Oct. 19th
8 ,,
St. M ary’s, W oolw ich - - Every Thursday
8 „
St. Magnus, London Bridge Thursday, Oct. 29th, 8 „
St. M artin's-in-the-Fields - Friday, Oct. 23rd, 8 p.m.
[The Editor will be pleased to receive from the Secretaries and custodians
of the various towers any addition to this list.]
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This Composition has the 6th her extent at
home, with 4-5-6 only in 6ths place.
Rung at St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, Sep­
tember 3rd, 1896. Conducted by C. E. B o r r e t t
(Oxford Variation).
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Com positions that h ave been rung (and
not published), w ith the date and place
of their performance, for insertion in
“ Our Composition P a g e ,” and w e beg
to respectfully inform our friends that
no charge whatsoever is made.
Start slow six, with
bobs at 1, 4, 7, 9,
10, 12, 13, 14.
5 16
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-
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These nine courses, four times repeated,
adding a Bob at 4, in the first course of each
part, produces 1 6 2 4 5 3 9 7 8 .
Round by
Bobs at 3, 5, and 8.
This Composition has the treble, 2nd, 3rd,
4th and 5th each nine courses behind the 9th,
with the 6th fixed in 2nds place, and was first
rang by the St. Margaret’s Society,Westminster,
October 3rd, 1896 (Peal No. 50). Conducted by
H. N . D a v i s .
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Rounds the lead previous to the last course
e n d ; 5 and 6 either in 5ths or 6ths place
throughout.
First rang at Irthlinborough, September 19th,
1896 (Peal No. 7). Conducted by C. W.
C larke.
17
PAGE,
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First rung at A ll Saints’, Fulham, by the Ful­
ham Association, M ay 2nd, 1896. Conducted
by C o r n e l i u s C h a r g e .
2 3 4 5 6
C O M P O S IT IO N
October 14th, 1896.
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.
This Composition, now published for the first
time, is a variation of the Peal rang by members
of the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths, at
St. M ary’s, Battersea, on October 3rd (Peal
No. 53). Conducted by J a m e s P a r k e r .
It has the 4th and 6th the extent, in 5-6 at
nine and twelve course-ends in the latter
position.
The original is obtained by commencing at
bob before.
720 C A N T E R B U R Y P L E A S U R E M IN O R
20
(30 Singles 3 Bobs),
By' J.
H ack,
Hayes.
32546s
5436 2 s
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