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<font face="Arial">Quite a number of five- and six-bell peals were
rung in the C18th - try looking at Morris "History and Art" and/or
at Cyril Wratten's collection of newspaper reports in John Eisel's
excellent 2010 edition entitled </font>
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Century: Newspaper extracts about
Church Bells and Bellringing”<br>
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I hesitate to pick out the earliest examples without further
delving! Also, there are still some areas where the C18
newspapers haven't been researched - and even then there will be
some holes in the map (no newspapers, or no reporting of ringing
performances)<br>
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Chris Pickford
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