[Bell Historians] List of long lengths

[Paul Cubitt]

From: michael.wilby at gmail.com 
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What's the case for/against the 1690 peal? 



---In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com> wrote:


Dickon Love wrote:


  > I'd like to put together a list of the longest peals ever 
  > rung in the City of London, from the 5040 peal at St 
  > Sepulchre-without-Newgate in 1690* to the 13,579 at St 
  > Giles-without-Cripplegate in 2006. Before I scuttle off 
  > doing this, I wonder whether anyone has already made a 
  > list of long peals that one can access?


Irrespective of whether you believe the 1690 peal happened, 
the next record lengths in the City are:

5,060 on Tue 19 Jan 1724 (NS):
Grandsire Cinques by the College Youths at St Brides.
Cond. Matthew East.

5,280 on Sat 26 Feb 1726 (NS):
Plain Bob Max by the College Youths at St Brides.
Cond. Benjamin Annable.

6,204 on Mon 24 Nov 1729:
Grandsire Cinques by the London Scholars at Cornhill.
"The first compleat peal of six thousand cinques."
Rung by thirteen ringers plus two 'asssistants'.
Cond. not recorded.

7,018 in 5h 19m on Mon 14 Feb 1732 (NS):
Grandsire Cinques by the College Youths at Cornhill.
"Being the longest peal that had been rang on 12 bells."
Rung by fourteen ringers.
Cond. Benjamin Annable.

7,040 in 5h 27m on Fri 22 Feb 1734 (NS?):
Grandsire Cinques by the City Scholars at Cornhill.
"Being the greatest performance of the kind ever known."
Band not known.

After that, I'm less certain, but I think there's a 
century's gap and then:

7,524 on Mon 6 Jan 1851:
Stedman Cinques by the College Youths at Cripplegate.

8,580 on Sat 27 Apr 1861:
Stedman Cinques by the College Youths at Cornhill.

Then I think there's another century-long gap and then:

11,111 in 8h 1m on Sun 8 May 1988:
Stedman Cinques by the College Youths at Bow.
Cond. David House.

13,579 in 9h 19m on Mon 17 Apr 2006:
Stedman Cinques by the College Youths at Cripplegate.
Cond. Paul Mounsey.

It'll be a bit of a shame to see a peal on a light eight 
next on the list :-)

RAS

Not rising to the 1st peal bait... there are fewer long lengths in the City of London than I expected and none on less than 12. 

Here is the Norwich list – they seem to have run out of puff in  1844:

May 2, 1715                        5,040 Plan Bob Triples                                                    St Peter Mancroft



1 April   1727                       10,080 Oxford TB Major                                                                St Michael Coslany



8 March 1738                     12,600 Grandsire Caters                                                                St Peter Mancroft



14 November 1768          10,192 Plain Bob Major                                                  St Michael Coslany



12 February 1771              6,048 Plain Bob Major                                                    St Giles



15 June 1771                      6,720 Double Court Major                                            St Michael Coslany



13 January 1772                6,048 Imperial III TB Major                                           St Michael Coslany



23 February 1778              6,048 Plain Bob Major                                                    St Michael Coslany



 16 March 1778                  6240 Oxford TB Maximus                                              St Peter Mancroft



15 April 1813                       6,272 Oxford TB Major                                                   St Giles



16 October 1813               6,272 Oxford TB Major                                                   S t Giles



2 November 1818            6,000 Doubles                                                                    St Peter Permountergate



18 November 1824          8,448 Oxford TB Major                                                   St Michael Coslany



1 November 1831            6,160 Double Norwich Court Bob Major                                 St Michael Coslany



9 March 1832                     6,720     Oxford TB Major                                              St Giles



16 November 1837          7,360     Oxford TB Major                                              St Andrew



18 Jan 1844                         7,126       Stedman Cinques                                            St Peter Mancroft





Paul Cubitt





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