Minster Church of All Saints
Saturday, 24 January 2015 in 3h 37 (34)
5040 Spliced Surprise Royal (42 Methods)
120 Albanian, Argyll, Bristol, Cambridge, Canklow, Clifton, Damgate, Ecclesfield, Enniskillen, Evesham, Hampstead, Liffey, Lincolnshire, Lindsey, London No3, Kenilworth,Knottingley, Lockington, Marsden, Masham, Mirfield, Northallerton, Oakham, Ossett, Painswick, Pontefract, Prittlewell, Pudsey, Ranmoor, Ripon, Rutland, Selby, Solihull, St Botolph, Superlative No2, Swindon, Thorley, Warwickshire, Whitby, Worcester, York, Yorkshire
1 Ian Lloyd
2 Dinah M Donovan
3 Chris Bostock
4 Adrian M Moreton (C)
5 Neil Donovan
6 Christopher M Bennett
7 Simon J Reading
8 Tim R Palmer
9 Anthony P Cotton
10 Malcolm S Turner
Rung on the 50th anniversary of the first peal of 42 Spliced Surprise Royal, rung in this tower on 23rd January, 1965. Neil Donovan rang the treble to the original peal. Also marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Sir Winston Spencer Churchill.
The Yorkshire Association
On Saturday, 23 January 1965
In 3 hours and 40 minutes
A Peal of 5040 Spliced Surprise Royal
42 Methods: 120 Abergavenny, Abingdon, Albanian, Banbury, Belgrave, Bromsgrove, Cambridge, Clifton, Coalbrookdale, Diseworth, Enniskillen, Goldsborough, Gosforth, Haslemere, Inveraray, Langley, Leek, Limerick, Lincolnshire, Lindsey, London No3, Marsden, Minehead, Mirfield, Oakham, Ossett, Pontefract, Prittlewell, Pudsey, Ranmoor, Rutland, Selby, Shrewsbury, Solihull, Staffordshire, Sunderland, Wembley, Whitby, Wrexham, Yeovil, York, Yorkshire; 125 com
Composition: Donald H Niblett
1 Neil Donovan
2 Jeanne Bottomley
3 W Eric Critchley
4 Donald H Niblett
5 Vernon Bottomley
6 J Henry Fielden
7 Gordon Benfield
8 Wilfrid F Moreton
9 John N D Chaddock
10 Norman Chaddock
Conducted by: Wilfrid F Moreton
The most methods rung to a peal of Royal