Good man Sam...I was busy typing page 370-71 also, but you type faster than I do :-)<br>
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mew<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 27/01/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Samuel Austin</b> <<a href="mailto:combineharvestersam@yahoo.com">combineharvestersam@pwgyeXRZk6MnsIFhjSfBc1fUaE6HqfrlpUYBF-3odqbYHZUiOlSruzrm1VrrslObkWSMpxmwfXym_xnLKQyGpO3GRp4Mxcc.yahoo.invalid</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p>From Morris's History and Art. <br>
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Wath-Upon-Dearne, Yorkshire.<br>
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"The Wath Company of Ringers ascended the tower of<br>
Wath Church on the 2nd day of April 1815, and rang<br>
fourteen peals viz: - Symphony; Cambridge Surprise;<br>
Cheapside; City Delight; Duke of York; St Ann's<br>
Delight; Oxford Treble; London Scholars, Primrose,<br>
Tulip, Violet, College Treble, College Pleasure and<br>
Rodney's Victory, making 10,080 changes which were<br>
bought round in 5 hours & minutes by five ringers of<br>
Wath & one from Darton viz: Christopher Taylor; Joseph<br>
Blackburn; WIlliam Fox (Darton); Joseph Jackson;<br>
Matthew Blackburn; and William Blackburn, the whole<br>
being conducted by William Blackburn. This was the<br>
greated number of changes rung up to that day; but the<br>
old tower of Darton was ascended in the same year by<br>
the ringers of that place, and they rang fifteen peals<br>
in a grand and masterly style. The men being named as<br>
follows, they now being dead. Benjamin Howcroft,<br>
Samuel Howcroft, Robert Fox, John Senior, William Fox<br>
(Tenor) and George Fox: The most extraordinary feat<br>
however, was by the Wath ringers. They ascended the<br>
old tower on Shrove Tuesday February 27th 1816, and<br>
rung twenty-one pelas, viz.: - Evening Delight;<br>
Evening Star; Cheapside; Cambridge; Symphony; Bob<br>
Royal; Morning Exercise; Morning Star; Morning<br>
Pleasure; Primrose; Tulip; College Treble; College<br>
Pleasure; London Scholars; Oxford; St Ann's Delight;<br>
Navigation Bob; Violet, Duke of York; City Delight;<br>
and Rodney's Victory, making 15,120 changes which were<br>
brought round with masterly style in 8 hours & 27<br>
minutes, without a man quitting his rope. The<br>
following persons were the performers: - Christopher<br>
Taylor; Joseph Blackburn; Joseph Myers; Edward Myers;<br>
Matthew Blackburn; WIlliam Blackburn (tenor)."<span class="q"><br>
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--- rchat <<a href="mailto:home%40allton.org.uk" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">home@czxO1CGohcqzt2WmzaVgj20bhTSWb42-OeUeds5lyqZ1rKZS6GlK-20a1h7mRfB90gUFStgtuJtJ-IA.yahoo.invalid</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Looking in the RW1936, p807, there is mention of a<br>
> 15,120 rung at Wath,<br>
> Yorkshire in 1816. There is no mention of this in<br>
> the Felstead details.<br>
> <br>
> Does anyone have any more details of this<br>
> performance please?<br>
> <br>
> Thanks<br>
> <br>
> Richard Allton<br>
> <br>
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