[Bell Historians] False Peal Compositions and Performances from 1911-1919

[Andrew Craddock]

Graham

Thank you for all your hard work adding details of compositions in RW years
1911 to 1919 to your excellent complib.

I have updated PealBase to show peals 3, 5 and 7 as false.

Cheers

Drew Craddock





On Tue, 7 Oct 2025 at 15:18, Graham John <graham at changeringing.co.uk> wrote:

> I have been through the Ringing Worlds from 1911 to 1919 methodically
> recording all published compositions into Complib. The following referenced
> performances appear to be false, so should be marked as such in Felstead
> and Pealbase. I have already added and marked them as false on Bellboard.
>
> 1. T:Chesterfield, 10-Jun-1911, 5003 Double Norwich Court Bob Caters by
> Arthur Knights [performance RW1911-V1/199 composition
> <https://complib.org/composition/147129> RW1911-V1/277 bellboard
> https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1887381, reported false
> RW1911-V1/394]
> 2. T:Erith St John, 8-Apr-1912, 5088 Waterloo Major by J Armiger Trollope
> [performance RW1912-V2/279 composition
> <https://complib.org/composition/147041> RW1912-V2/261 bellboard
> https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1887155, reported false
> RW1912-V2/279]
> 3. T:Erdington, 13-Jul-1912, 5088 Cambridge S Major by J Carter
> [performance RW1912-V3/36 composition
> <https://complib.org/composition/145375> RW1912-V3/54 bellboard
> https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1888964, report false The
> Compleat Cambridge by Giles Thompson p43]
> 4. T:Ashton under Lyne, 4-Sep-1915, 5060 Grandsire Cinques by Samuel Wood
> [performance RW1915-V9/110 composition
> <https://complib.org/composition/145988> RW1915/116 bellboard
> https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1887157, reported false
> RW1944/126]
> 5. H: Birmingham, 27-Sep-1917, 5005 Stedman Caters by James E Groves
> [performance RW1917-V12/314 composition
> <https://complib.org/composition/146453> RW1917-V12/315 bellboard
> https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1887139, reported false
> RW1974/90]
> 6. T: Aston, 15-Dec-1917, 5031 Stedman Caters by James E Groves
> [performance RW1917-V12/402 composition
> <https://complib.org/composition/146497> RW1917-V12/412 bellboard
> https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1887142, reported false
> RW1918-V13/61]
> 7. T: Chesterfield, 2-Feb-1918, 5003 Grandsire Caters by George Hollis
> [performance RW1918-V13/42 composition
> <https://complib.org/composition/147037> RW1918-V13/46 bellboard
> https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1887133]
> 8. H: Birmingham, 4-Apr-1918, 5100 Stedman Cinques by James E Groves
> [performance RW1918-V13/114 composition
> <https://complib.org/composition/147304> RW1918-V13/223 bellboard
> https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1888420, reported false
> RW1918-V13/293]
> 9. T: South Croydon, 3-May-1919, 5201 Grandsire Caters by E Maurice Atkins
> [performance RW1919-V14/166 composition
> <https://complib.org/composition/147382> RW1919-V14/171 bellboard
> https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1888870, reported false
> RW1919-V14/183]
>
> Felstead has 1, 2, 4, 6 & 9 recorded as false, but not 3 or 7. Pealbase
> has 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 & 9 recorded as false, but not 3, 5 or 7.
>
> With respect to 5, John Pladdys 1974 letter to the RW reported the
> composition as false, and provided his own arrangement which has been rung
> a few times since. He also noted that a peal at Wednesbury on 17-Nov-1917
> (RW1917-V12/370) used this composition (although he didn't say how he knew
> it was the same composition - but might it be Association records rather
> than an assumption). This Wednesbury peal is also not marked as false in
> Felstead or Pealbase. I haven't added it to BellBoard yet either.
>
> With respect to 7, I can't find any previous report of this composition
> and peal being reported false.
>
> I found many more false compositions without performance references, but
> have no way of determining whether they have been rung, nor whether the
> compositions above were rung again. All the true and false compositions
> (and methods) published in the Ringing World in this period are included
> within the Complib collections linked below:
>
> Collection title Type Library Entries Ratings
> Ringing World (1911-V1) <https://complib.org/collection/10085> Mixed
> Public 86  0.0
> Ringing World (1912-V2) <https://complib.org/collection/10112> Mixed
> Public 26  0.0
> Ringing World (1912-V3) <https://complib.org/collection/10067> Mixed
> Public 26  0.0
> Ringing World (1913-V4) <https://complib.org/collection/10090> Mixed
> Public 42  0.0
> Ringing World (1913-V5) <https://complib.org/collection/10088> Mixed
> Public 40  0.0
> Ringing World (1914-V6) <https://complib.org/collection/10082> Mixed
> Public 22  0.0
> Ringing World (1914-V7) <https://complib.org/collection/10106> Mixed
> Public 22  0.0
> Ringing World (1915-V8) <https://complib.org/collection/10134> Mixed
> Public 26  0.0
> Ringing World (1915-V9) <https://complib.org/collection/11571> Mixed
> Public 19  0.0
> Ringing World (1916-V10) <https://complib.org/collection/11572> Mixed
> Public 45  0.0
> Ringing World (1916-V11) <https://complib.org/collection/11573> Mixed
> Public 20  0.0
> Ringing World (1917-V12) <https://complib.org/collection/11575> Mixed
> Public 155  0.0
> Ringing World (1918-V13) <https://complib.org/collection/11574> Mixed
> Public 30  0.0
> Ringing World (1919-V14) <https://complib.org/collection/10116> Mixed
> Public 9  0.0
>
> Graham John
>
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