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Kent County Association

Erith, Greater London

St John the Baptist

Tuesday, 21 January 1902 in 2h 45 (18)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Thurstans' One-Part

1 Bertram Prewett

2 Charles Wilkins

3 George E Wilson

4 John H Cheesman (C)

5 Lewis Silver

6 Isaac G Shade

7 Edgar Wightman

8 David Barnes

Rung as a birthday compliment to Mrs Prewett, mother of the ringer of the treble, who attained her 50th birthday on the 21st; also to Mr L Silver who received the usual congratulations after the peal.

Source - B Prewett peal book

Kent County Association

Borden, Kent

St Peter and St Paul

Sunday, 2 February 1902 in 3h (22 in E♭)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Thurstan's Four-Part

1 Challis F Winney (C)

2 Richard Staines

3 Charles Millway

4 Herbert P Harman

5 Henry Wood

6 Charles Willshire

7 William Tassell

8 George Wood

"To celebrate the centenary of the augmentation of the bells to the octave" (actually, this was the month that the contract between Mears I & Borden 'Vestry' was signed at 'The Maypole'; the old heavy Wilnar six were removed from the tower in August 1802).

First peal of Stedman on the bells.

Kent County Association

Bermondsey, Greater London

St James

Friday, 14 February 1902 in 3h 20 (25)

5001 Stedman Caters

Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

1 Bertram Prewett

2 William Pye

3 George R Pye

4 Charles Wilkins

5 Isaac G Shade

6 John H Cheesman (C)

7 John R Sharman

8 Ernest Pye

9 Edgar Wightman

10 Lewis Silver

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Quex Park, Kent

Waterloo Tower

Saturday, 29 March 1902 in 3h 30 (15)

5019 Stedman Caters

Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

1 Herbert P Harman

2 John R Sharman

3 William Pye

4 John H Cheesman (C)

5 Ernest Pye

6 Isaac G Shade

7 William Haigh

8 Edgar Wightman

9 Thomas Groombridge

10 George Willshire

Source: W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Quex Park, Kent

Waterloo Tower

Sunday, 30 March 1902 in 3h 15 (14¾ in F)

5007 Stedman Caters

Composed by Sir Arthur Heywood, Bart

1 John H Cheesman

2 William Pye (C)

3 John R Sharman

4 Herbert P Harman

5 Isaac G Shade

6 George R Pye

7 Thomas Groombridge

8 William Haigh

9 Edgar Wightman

10 Ernest Pye

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Quex Park, Kent

Waterloo Tower

Sunday, 30 March 1902 in 3h 19 (15)

5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal

Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

1 Edgar Wightman

2 George R Pye

3 John H Cheesman (C)

4 Isaac G Shade

5 Herbert P Harman

6 John R Sharman

7 William Pye

8 William Haigh

9 Ernest Pye

10 Thomas Groombridge

The ringers desire to tender their best thanks to R H Powell Cotton, Esq, for the use of his ring of bells for the above peals

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

St Peter in Thanet, Kent

St Peter the Apostle

Monday, 31 March 1902 in 2h 59 (15)

5056 Superlative Surprise Major

Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

1 John H Cheesman

2 John R Sharman

3 Edgar Wightman

4 George R Pye

5 Isaac G Shade

6 Herbert P Harman

7 Thomas Groombridge

8 William Pye (C)

First peal of Superlative on the bells

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Ramsgate, Kent

St Laurence

Monday, 31 March 1902 in 3h (18)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Thurstans' Four-part

1 Hugh T Scarlett

2 Herbert P Harman

3 George E Wilson

4 John H Cheesman

5 George R Pye

6 Ernest Pye

7 William Pye (C)

8 John R Sharman

Source - W Pye peal book

Note - venue in Church bells vol 22 is St Laurence, Thanet. Shown as Ramsgate in W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Faversham, Kent

St Mary of Charity

Tuesday, 1 April 1902 in 3h (18)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Sir A P Heywood's variation

1 Charles F Turner

2 Herbert P Harman

3 George R Pye

4 Rev F J O Helmore

5 William Pye

6 John H Cheesman

7 John R Sharman (C)

8 Ernest Pye

First peal of Stedman on the bells

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Greenwich, Greater London

St Alfege

Friday, 25 April 1902 in 3h 25 (25)

5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal

Composed by George Hayward

1 Edgar Wightman

2 Herbert P Harman

3 George R Pye

4 John James Lamb

5 Isaac G Shade

6 William Foreman

7 Harry Hoskins

8 Ernest Pye

9 Frederick W Thornton

10 William Pye (C)

First peal of Oxford Royal at Greenwich for 108 years

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Erith, Greater London

St John the Baptist

Sunday, 25 May 1902 in 3h (18)

5024 London Surprise Major

Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

1 Isaac G Shade

2 Charles Wilkins

3 Herbert P Harman

4 George R Pye

5 Ernest Pye

6 John H Cheesman

7 Edgar Wightman

8 William Pye (C)

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Woolwich, Greater London

St Mary Magdalene

Thursday, 29 May 1902 in 2h 46

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Thurstans' Four-part

1 Edgar Wightman (C)

2 Edward N Price

3 John J Lamb

4 George E Wilson

5 Isaac G Shade

6 Ernest Pye

7 William Pye

8 David Barnes

This was J. J. Lamb's fiftieth peal.

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Borden, Kent

St Peter and St Paul

Saturday, 14 June 1902 in 3h 12 (22 in E♭)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Vicars'

1 Jack Excell

2 Stanley Hutson

3 Harry Baker

4 Richard Staines

5 William Tassell

6 John Tassell

7 Charles R Millway (C)

8 Edmund W Nettle

First peal: 1,3,6,8.

Rung as a birthday compliment to Messrs Baker, Staines & J. Tassell, their brother ringers wishing them many happy returns.

Kent County Association

Boxley, Kent

St Mary the Virgin and All Saints

Monday, 4 August 1902 in 2h 49 (10–3–10 in F♯)

5040 Minor (7m)

720 each Superlative, College Single, Oxford Treble Bob, Canterbury, Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Bob and Plain Bob

1 George Draikes

2 Joseph E Grensted

3 Charles E Smith

4 William T Hyland

5 Albert J Day

6 William H B Wilkins (C)

First peal on the bells.

Kent County Association

Greenwich, Greater London

St Alfege

Friday, 29 August 1902 in 3h 17 (25)

5007 Stedman Caters

Composed by Sir Arthur P Heywood, Bart

1 Edgar Wightman (C)

2 Harry Hoskins

3 Edward N Price

4 Bertram Prewett

5 John J Lamb

6 William Foreman

7 George H Daynes

8 Herbert P Harman

9 William J Jeffries

10 William Berry

First peal of Stedman Caters: 7

Source - B Prewett peal book

Kent County Association

Woolwich, Greater London

St Mary Magdalene

Thursday, 13 November 1902 in 2h 51 (12–3–6 in G)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Thurstans' Four-part

1 Isaac G Shade

2 John J Lamb

3 William E Pitman

4 William Pye (C)

5 Joseph E Sykes

6 Alfred W Grimes

7 Ernest Pye

8 Edward N Price

First peal in the method: 3, 5 and 6

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Ospringe, Kent

St Peter and St Paul

Sunday, 21 December 1902 in 2h 50 (17–1–8 in F♯)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by J J Parker

1 Harry Wallace

2 Herbert Baker

3 Albert Biggs Snr

4 Albert Biggs Jnr

5 George A Ransom

6 Samuel R Garner

7 Frederic Hunt (C)

8 George Wood

First peal as conductor

Rung on the anniversary of the opening of the bells.

Kent County Association

Westminster, Greater London

St Margaret

Monday, 29 December 1902 in 3h 30 (26–0–26 in D)

5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal

Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

1 Richard F Deal

2 Frederick G Perrin

3 Alfred B Peck

4 Horatio J Gummer, Jr

5 William Weatherstone

6 Edwin Barnett, Jn

7 D'oyley Simons

8 James E Davis (C)

9 Edwin Barnett, Sn

10 Thomas Groombridge

First peal on ten bells - 1.

The Bell Ringer vol1 p32.

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