[Bell Historians] Early Peal

Samuel Austin combineharvestersam at wwvhTcvM5s9xIZp4Cc0YNkZ7XOfAwm2S53FM43KdAMMCvCSUUKThb5N_BOZsogZRpn1CRTOcimc-QPYEKwFsb9v8gRCuJw.yahoo.invalid
Sat Jan 27 13:54:00 GMT 2007


Found a miscake, there may be more

Read peals for pelas

Aye

Sam


--- edward martin <edward.w.martin at LByha2KiuJD7dVLpKp8fQlB3h9xxw8YeF2v3TeCJfowVDuUDemTWYuCNH1RgJMxng3A2AehMAZiwiFI9II2X4a8.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

> Good man Sam...I was busy typing page  370-71 also,
> but you type faster than
> I do  :-)
> 
> mew
> 
> On 27/01/07, Samuel Austin
> <combineharvestersam at SZ-fZHyhbMJtxkEH0w2D8AeMD5hnYjUvtNHPlwnaVRL7UmcnJR8-uBPsF9tEutyMcveLES6UyhJT1DJfmwiPLTj5kOn3G4mb.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
> >
> >   From Morris's History and Art.
> >
> > Wath-Upon-Dearne, Yorkshire.
> >
> > "The Wath Company of Ringers ascended the tower of
> > Wath Church on the 2nd day of April 1815, and rang
> > fourteen peals viz: - Symphony; Cambridge
> Surprise;
> > Cheapside; City Delight; Duke of York; St Ann's
> > Delight; Oxford Treble; London Scholars, Primrose,
> > Tulip, Violet, College Treble, College Pleasure
> and
> > Rodney's Victory, making 10,080 changes which were
> > bought round in 5 hours & minutes by five ringers
> of
> > Wath & one from Darton viz: Christopher Taylor;
> Joseph
> > Blackburn; WIlliam Fox (Darton); Joseph Jackson;
> > Matthew Blackburn; and William Blackburn, the
> whole
> > being conducted by William Blackburn. This was the
> > greated number of changes rung up to that day; but
> the
> > old tower of Darton was ascended in the same year
> by
> > the ringers of that place, and they rang fifteen
> peals
> > in a grand and masterly style. The men being named
> as
> > follows, they now being dead. Benjamin Howcroft,
> > Samuel Howcroft, Robert Fox, John Senior, William
> Fox
> > (Tenor) and George Fox: The most extraordinary
> feat
> > however, was by the Wath ringers. They ascended
> the
> > old tower on Shrove Tuesday February 27th 1816,
> and
> > rung twenty-one pelas, viz.: - Evening Delight;
> > Evening Star; Cheapside; Cambridge; Symphony; Bob
> > Royal; Morning Exercise; Morning Star; Morning
> > Pleasure; Primrose; Tulip; College Treble; College
> > Pleasure; London Scholars; Oxford; St Ann's
> Delight;
> > Navigation Bob; Violet, Duke of York; City
> Delight;
> > and Rodney's Victory, making 15,120 changes which
> were
> > brought round with masterly style in 8 hours & 27
> > minutes, without a man quitting his rope. The
> > following persons were the performers: -
> Christopher
> > Taylor; Joseph Blackburn; Joseph Myers; Edward
> Myers;
> > Matthew Blackburn; WIlliam Blackburn (tenor)."
> >
> > --- rchat <home at tE47hAsw7FoUMS0oWz7oLC6tdo6Z9YYSVCMUc6_Q4Yhfl51F8rLYAwsvXQiN72qExqO9J2mbabfgHXAQ.yahoo.invalid
> <home%40allton.org.uk>> wrote:
> >
> > > Looking in the RW1936, p807, there is mention of
> a
> > > 15,120 rung at Wath,
> > > Yorkshire in 1816. There is no mention of this
> in
> > > the Felstead details.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any more details of this
> > > performance please?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Richard Allton
> > >
> >
> >
>
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