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Kent County Association

Woolwich, Greater London

St Mary Magdalene

Monday, 15 January 1900 in 3h 5

5152 Superlative Surprise Major

Composed by J A Trollope

1 William Weatherstone

2 William Pye

3 Isaac G Shade

4 John R Sharman

5 Ernest Pye

6 John H Cheesman (C)

7 Harry Flanders

8 Charles Wilkins

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Dartford, Kent

Holy Trinity

Saturday, 20 January 1900 in 3h 8 (20)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Sir A P Heywood's variation

1 Ernest Pye

2 Henry Harvey

3 Isaac G Shade

4 John R Sharman

5 William Pye (C)

6 Harry Flanders

7 John H Cheesman

8 Frederick J Dench

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Chatham, Kent

St Mary the Virgin, Victoria Tower

Saturday, 27 January 1900 in 3h 18 (25–0–21)

5120 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by Edgar Wightman

1 William Haigh

2 Edgar Wightman

3 Charles Wilkins

4 John H Cheesman

5 Harry Flanders

6 Ernest Pye

7 Alfred Palmer

8 William Pye (C)

First peal on the bells

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Dover, Kent

St Mary the Virgin

Wednesday, 31 January 1900 in 48m (16–2–4)

1260 Grandsire Triples

1 William Seeley

2 W Bourne

3 Alf Manning

4 E Potter

5 Stephen Binfield

6 Frederick Finn

7 Samuel A Gower (C)

8 J Upton

Ist quarter on the bells [since rehanging by J. Warner & Son who recast the Treble. Back 7 - Samuel Knight, 1724; first pealed 1732 with the Society of College Youths; being the first known peal ever to be rung in the County of Kent.]

Dover Express 9 Feb 1900 p2 except [ ]

Kent County Association

Borden, Kent

St Peter and St Paul

Saturday, 3 February 1900 in 3h 21 (22 in E♭)

5024 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by Arthur Knights

1 William Easter

2 William Haigh

3 William Spice

4 Ernest Mexter

5 Charles Millway

6 Alfred Wm Darlington

7 Sydney Wade

8 Thomas Groombridge Sen (C)

This is the first peal of Major on the bells for nearly a century and was rung as a birthday compliment to C.R. Millway, the band wishing him many happy returns.

Kent County Association

Erith, Greater London

St John the Baptist

Sunday, 18 February 1900 in 3h 18 (18)

5056 Superlative Surprise Major

Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

1 Harry Flanders

2 John W Steddy

3 George R Pye (C)

4 Isaac G Shade

5 John H Cheesman

6 William Pye

7 Charles Wilkins

8 Edgar Wightman

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Tonbridge, Kent

St Peter and St Paul

Saturday, 10 March 1900 in 3h 12 (23)

5008 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

1 William G Grainger

2 Isaac G Shade

3 William Latter

4 Herbert J Ford

5 Ernest Pye

6 Thomas Groombridge

7 Alfred Palmer

8 William Pye (C)

First peal in the method: 1 and 4

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Greenwich, Greater London

St Alfege

Friday, 30 March 1900 in 3h 11 (23–2–14 in D)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Thurstans' Four-part

1 John H Cheesman

2 Bertram Prewett

3 John J Lamb

4 Harry Hoskins

5 Isaac G Shade

6 Joseph Waghorn, Jun

7 John R Sharman (C)

8 Arthur T King

This was rung after meeting for Stedman Caters, owing to one of the band being ill, Mr Flanders kindly stood out

Source - B Prewett peal book

Kent County Association

Woolwich, Greater London

St Mary Magdalene

Thursday, 5 April 1900 in 3h

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by C Middleton

1 Harry Flanders

2 Isaac G Shade

3 Charles Wilkins

4 John H Cheesman (C)

5 William Pye

6 George R Pye

7 Edgar Wightman

8 Ernest Pye

Rung on the first anniversary of the record 15,072 Double Norwich but a tower not being available for the exact date, 3rd April, it was rung on the 5th instead.

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Borden, Kent

St Peter and St Paul

Monday, 16 April 1900 in 2h 56 (22 in E♭)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Holt's Original

1 William Bedwell

2 William Weatherstone

3 James E Davis

4 George Foster

5 John Hack

6 Charles Willshire (C)

7 George H Daynes

8 Richard Staines

Kent County Association

Greenwich, Greater London

St Alfege

Friday, 27 April 1900 in 3h 30 (25)

5006 Stedman Caters

Composed by George Newson

1 John R Sharman

2 Harry Hoskins

3 William Pye

4 John James Lamb

5 Frederick W Thornton

6 William Foreman

7 Isaac G Shade (C)

8 William Berry

9 Harry Flanders

10 Arthur T King

First peal of Stedman Caters: 4 and 6

First peal upon ten bells as conductor: 7

Source - W Peal book

Kent County Association

Erith, Greater London

St John the Baptist

Sunday, 10 June 1900 in 3h (18)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Thurstans' Four-part

1 Edwin Barnett

2 Charles Wilkins

3 Edgar Wightman

4 George R Pye

5 William Pye (C)

6 John Garard

7 Ernest Pye

8 John H Cheesman

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Erith, Kent

St John the Baptist

Thursday, 14 June 1900 in 3h 7 (18)

5056 Superlative Surprise Major

Composed by James S Wilde

1 George Conyard

2 Edwin Barnett

3 Bertram Prewett

4 Herbert P Harman

5 Charles R Lilley

6 Edgar Wightman

7 Charles Wilkins

8 John R Sharman (C)

The ringers desire to thank Mr J Garard, the steeplekeeper, for having everything ready

Source - B Prewett peal book

Kent County Association

Woolwich, Greater London

St Mary Magdalene

Thursday, 5 July 1900 in 3h 2

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by Charles Middleton

1 Harry Flanders

2 George R Pye

3 George Dent

4 Edgar Wightman

5 Isaac G Shade

6 Ernest Pye

7 Charles Wilkins

8 William Pye (C)

First peal in the method: 3

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Crayford, Kent

St Paulinus

Saturday, 7 July 1900 in 3h 3 (12)

5040 Double Oxford Bob Major

Composed by Edwin Barnett, sen

1 Edwin Barnett, jun

2 John H Cheesman

3 George Conyard

4 William Pye

5 George R Pye

6 Ernest Pye

7 Edgar Wightman

8 Edwin Barnett, sen (C)

First peal in the method by all the band except the ringers of the 3rd and tenor. See also Bell News 1900 p169

Kent County Association

Maidstone, Kent

All Saints

Saturday, 14 July 1900 in 3h 34 (31)

5056 Superlative Surprise Major

Composed by Charles H Hattersley

1 Walter Mannering

2 Thomas Mannering

3 George R Pye

4 Ernest Pye

5 John H Cheesman

6 Thomas Groombridge

7 Alfred Palmer

8 William Pye (C)

First peal in the method: 1 and 7

First peal in the method on the bells and the first of Major for 150 years

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Leeds, Kent

St Nicholas

Sunday, 15 July 1900 in 3h 22 (20)

5006 Stedman Caters

Composed by George Newson

1 John H Cheesman (C)

2 William Pye

3 Walter Mannering

4 George R Pye

5 John W Steddy

6 Alfred W Tawney

7 Herbert Ford

8 Ernest Pye

9 Alfred Palmer

10 Thomas Groombridge

First peal on ten bells: 7

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Erith, Greater London

St John the Baptist

Sunday, 9 September 1900 in 3h 9 (18)

5088 Superlative Surprise Major

Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

1 George R Pye

2 Ernest Pye

3 Isaac G Shade

4 Frank Bennett

5 Charles Wilkins

6 John H Cheesman

7 Harry Flanders

8 William Pye (C)

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Westerham, Kent

St Mary

Saturday, 15 September 1900 in 3h 20 (23–0–17 in E♭)

5088 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by Rev H Earle Bulwer

1 Edwin Barnett

2 George Conyard

3 Isaac G Shade

4 Henry J Selby

5 John H Cheesman

6 William Pye (C)

7 Ernest Pye

8 Thomas Groombridge

First peal in the method: 4

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Erith, Kent

St John the Baptist

Sunday, 23 September 1900 in 3h (18)

5040 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by E Wightman

1 Edwin Barnett, jun

2 Stephen Wightman, jun

3 William Pye

4 George R Pye

5 Ernest Pye

6 Harry Flanders

7 Charles Wilkins

8 Edgar Wightman (C)

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Erith, Greater London

St John the Baptist

Sunday, 18 November 1900 in 3h 5 (18)

5024 London Surprise Major

Composed by Frank Bennett

1 Harry Flanders

2 George Williams

3 George R Pye

4 Isaac G Shade

5 Edgar Wightman

6 Charles Wilkins

7 Ernest Pye

8 William Pye (C)

Source - W Pye peal book

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