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Chester Diocesan Guild

Chester, Cheshire

St Mary without the Walls, Handbridge

Saturday, 6 January 1900 in 3h 13 (19–3–12 in E♭)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Thurstans' Four-part

1 James Swainson

2 Edwin Breeze

3 William H Sconce

4 James Dillon

5 William Moulton

6 John Tomlinson

7 Henry Dew (C)

8 Fred Wood

First Peal: 8.

First peal of Stedman by all except 4.

First peal of Stedman by the Wirral Branch, and first peal of Stedman in Chester by the Guild.

Chester Diocesan Guild

Stockport, Cheshire

St George

Saturday, 13 January 1900 in 3h 26 (29¼ in D)

5003 Grandsire Caters

Composed by Arthur Knights

1 G D Warburton

2 J Booth

3 T Jackson

4 H Meakin

5 L Meakin

6 F T Spence

7 J Hankinson

8 E Reader

9 J W Bayley (C)

10 T Marshall

First peal: 5.

First peal of Caters: 6.

Fiftieth peal: 8.

The compostion has the 6th its extent wrong in the Tittums and inverted home positions, and is now rung for the first time.

Chester Diocesan Guild

Grappenhall, Cheshire

St Wilfrid

Saturday, 27 January 1900 in 2h 59 (11–2–6 in F)

5008 Plain Bob Major

1 James Mainwaring

2 H T Moston

3 J Hughes

4 G R Newton

5 Samuel Horsfall

6 J W Evans

7 George R Lewis

8 Frederick T Spence (C)

First peal for the ringer of the 6th; first in the method by all except 7th and tenor. Rung for the birthday of R G Lewis.

Rungers of 4 and 6 hail from Liverpool

Chester Diocesan Guild

Neston, Cheshire

St Mary and St Helen

Thursday, 8 February 1900 in 3h 4 (14–2–24 in G)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Edward Taylor

1 John Tilley

2 William Briscoe

3 John Mealor

4 Edwin Breeze

5 William Williams

6 James Dillon (C)

7 Charles Grundy

8 Charles Grimes

First peal: 7 & 8

Rung to celebrate the birthday of Canon Turner, President of the branch and Vicar of Neston

Chester Diocesan Guild

Bebington, Wirral

St Andrew

Wednesday, 21 February 1900 in 2h 47

5040 Minor (7m)

Being 720 each of Oxford and Kent Treble Bob, College and Oxford Single, Canterbury, Plain Bob and Grandsire.

1 William Briscoe

2 Joseph Woods

3 J Mealor

4 Joseph Cliffe

5 James Dillon

6 Edwin Breeze (C)

Rung as a birthday compliment to the conductor.

Chester Diocesan Guild

Bebington, Wirral

St Andrew

Saturday, 10 March 1900 in 2h 39

5040 Plain Minor (5m)

Being a 720 each of Canterbury, Plain Bob and Oxford Single, and two each of College Single and Grandsire.

1 Walter Edge

2 Edwin Breeze

3 Samuel Breeze

4 James A Hough

5 Joseph Cliffe

6 H Edward Hough (C)

Rung to commemorate the recent successes of the British arms in South Africa.

First peal by a full local band.

Chester Diocesan Guild

Woodchurch, Wirral

Holy Cross

Saturday, 24 March 1900 in 2h 48 (9–1–3)

5040 Minor (7m)

Being 720 each of Oxford and Kent Treble Bob, College Single, Oxford Single, Plain Bob, Grandsire and Canterbury Pleasure.

1 George R Lewis

2 John Mealor

3 Harry T Moston

4 Joseph Hughes

5 George R Newton (C)

6 Frederick T Spence

First peal in seven methods: 4 and 5.

First peal as conductor.

First peal in seven methods on the bells.

Rung to celebrate the birthday of Mr. C. R. Greenall, late of Grappenhall.

Chester Diocesan Guild

Norbury, Cheshire

St Thomas

Saturday, 5 May 1900 in 2h 55 (7–2–2)

5040 Minor (4m)

Being two 720's of Oxford Treble Bob, 720 College Single, two 720's of Kent Treble Bob and two 720's of Plain Bob, each called differently

1 Joshua Dean

2 James Fernley

3 Sam Rutter

4 Albert Fernley

5 Samuel Fernley (C)

6 George D Warburton

First peal: 1, 2, 3 & 4. First peal as conductor. First peal of Minor by all the band. First peal on the bells and first peal of Minor by any company in connection with the Stockport and Bowdon Branch of the Chester Diocesan Guild.

Chester Diocesan Guild

Bromborough, Wirral

St Barnabas

Sunday, 20 May 1900 (23–1–5 in E♭)

1280 Single Canterbury Pleasure Bob Major

1 J Woods

2 J Shone

3 F Jones

4 H E Hough

5 W Walmsley (C)

6 J Ollerhead

7 E Breeze

8 J Dillon

Chester Diocesan Guild

Grappenhall, Cheshire

St Wilfrid

Saturday, 16 June 1900 in 3h 20 (11–2–6 in F)

5184 Kent Treble Bob Major

1 H T Moston

2 G D Warburton

3 G R Newton

4 S Fernley

5 Samuel Horsfall

6 J Hughes

7 George R Lewis

8 Frederick T Spence (C)

First in the method for ringers of 2 and 4, who come from Hazel Grove.

Chester Diocesan Guild

Stockport, Cheshire

St Mary

Thursday, 19 July 1900 in 3h 12 (23–3–16 in E♭)

5039 Grandsire Caters

Composed by John Rogers

1 Cecil Darwin

2 William Gordon, Senr (C)

3 Alfred Gordon

4 Thomas Sale

5 Joseph Barlow

6 J A Gordon

7 A S Gordon

8 William Gordon, Junr

9 James Dillon

10 G D Warburton

First peal on ten bells: 9.

The peal was arranged for Mr. Dillon, who is from Bebington, West Cheshire, and was on holiday tour.

Chester Diocesan Guild

Chester, Cheshire

St Mary without the Walls, Handbridge

Saturday, 4 August 1900 in 3h 11 (19–3–12 in E♭)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Holt's Ten-Part

1 William Sconce

2 Henry Dew

3 Gilbert Gerrard

4 John Tomlinson

5 James Moulton (C)

6 Arthur Prince

7 William Moulton

8 Samuel Meadows

The bells were rung muffled as a mark of respect for the late Duke of Coburg.

Specially arranged for 6 who is from Wrexham.

Chester Diocesan Guild

West Didsbury, Greater Manchester

Christ Church

Wednesday, 15 August 1900 in 2h 57 (16–2–7)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by A Variation of Thurstans' Four-Part

1 George D Warburton

2 Hiram Meakin

3 Joseph Barlow

4 William Gordon

5 Tom Marshall

6 James S Wilde

7 Rev F E Robinson (C)

8 Peter Bricknell

First peal in the method: 1, 5, 8.

This is supposed to be the first peal in the method on the bells.

Bell news Vol 19, page 187

Chester Diocesan Guild

Chester, Cheshire

St Mary without the Walls, Handbridge

Saturday, 15 September 1900 in 3h 8 (19–3–12 in E♭)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Holt's Ten-Part

1 James Swainson

2 Alfred Wilcox

3 William Sconce (C)

4 Hy Jones

5 William Moulton

6 Henry Dew

7 James Moulton

8 Gilbert Gerrard

First peal: 2,4.

First peal as conductor.

A Wirral Branch peal.

Chester Diocesan Guild

New Mills, Derbyshire

St George

Monday, 15 October 1900 in 3h 2 (13–1–0 in G♯)

5040 Minor (4m)

Being a 720 of College Single, and two 720s each of Plain Bob, Oxford and Kent Treble Bob; each of the 720s in the same method called differently.

1 William Lowery

2 Revd A T Beeston (C)

3 Thomas Ramsey

4 Fred Holt

5 William Marshall

6 Sam Rutter

First peal on the bells.

First peal: William Lowery, Thomas Ramsey, Fred Holt and William Marshall,

First peal of minor and as conductor: Rev Arthur T Beeston.

Chester Diocesan Guild

Norbury, Cheshire

St Thomas

Saturday, 10 November 1900 in 2h 53 (7–2–2)

5040 Minor (7m)

Being 720 each of Violet Treble Bob, New London Pleasure Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, College Single, Warnham Court and Plain Bob

1 William Wilde

2 James Fernley

3 Joshua Dean

4 Albert Fernley

5 Samuel Fernley (C)

6 George D Warburton

First peal in seven methods by the band. First peal in seven methods on the bells. First peal in seven methods by any company in connection with the Stockport and Bowdon Branches of the Chester Diocesan Guild.

Chester Diocesan Guild

Stockport, Greater Manchester

St George

Saturday, 8 December 1900 in 3h 21 (29¼)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Brooks' Variation

1 Thomas Jackson

2 Charles Barber

3 James Booth

4 Hiram Meakin

5 Luke Meakin

6 Edward Reader

7 Tom Marshall (C)

8 John William Bayley

First peal in the method: 1, 2, 5.

First peal in the method as conductor

Bell news, Vol 19, page 392

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