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Yorkshire Association

Hedon, East Riding of Yorkshire

St Augustine

Wednesday, 1 January 1964 in 3h 15 (17–1–19 in E)

5184 Plain Bob Major

Composed by W E Bason

1 Graham K Smith

2 Ian G Campbell

3 Ronald H Dove

4 Dinah M Blow

5 Peter Fenney

6 John Weaver

7 F Charles Hobson

8 C Barrie Dove (C)

First peal - 1.

Yorkshire Association

Thrybergh, South Yorkshire

St Leonard

Saturday, 18 January 1964 in 2h 32 (8–0–26 in B♭)

5040 Minor (4m)

Being one extent of Kent Treble Bob and two each of Oxford Treble Bob, St. Clement’s and Plain Bob

1 Brian Heppenstall

2 Sandra Crossley

3 Jeffrey Kershaw

4 John E Chapman

5 Michael R Meadows

6 Richard E Price (C)

1st peal of minor in more than 1 method 2,4

Yorkshire Association

Wath upon Dearne, South Yorkshire

All Saints

Saturday, 8 February 1964 in 2h 40 (12–2–9 in F♯)

5040 Doubles (14m)

360 each Candlesby slow course, Evesham, St. Simons, St. Martins, Kennington, April, Day, Plain Bob, St Nicholas, Winchendon Place, Clifford’s Pleasure, Southrepps pleasure, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure, Reverse St Bartholomew & Grandsire.

1 H Elizabeth Cherry

2 Andrew King

3 M Alec Beaumont

4 David E Archer

5 Michael R Meadows (C)

6 Michael King

First peal 1

First peal by the Wentworth Sunday Service band in a ‘Foreign’ tower.

Yorkshire Association

Scalby, North Yorkshire

St Laurence

Saturday, 7 March 1964 in 2h 35 (9–2–1 in G♯)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

1 George Beach

2 William Fay

3 Edwin P King

4 Michael King

5 Stephen Wright

6 Bert Sutton (C)

The first peal on the bells.

First of minor - 3,5.

A compliment to the Vicar (Rev C N Tubbs) and Mrs Tubbs on the birth of their third son.

Yorkshire Association

Conisbrough, South Yorkshire

St Peter

Saturday, 7 March 1964 in 3h 4 (13–2–20 in F♯)

5088 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by Thomas B Worsley

1 David Nichols

2 Neil Donovan

3 Malcolm P Phipps

4 John E Chapman

5 Michael R Meadows

6 George S Lee

7 John N D Chaddock

8 Stuart R Armeson (C)

Yorkshire Association

East Ardsley, West Yorkshire

St Michael

Saturday, 14 March 1964 in 2h 55 (20–2–24 in E♭)

5040 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by Sir A P Heywood

1 Sandra Crossley

2 Neil Donovan

3 John S Seager

4 David Nichols

5 John E Chapman

6 Michael R Meadows

7 Stuart Armeson

8 Richard E Price (C)

Yorkshire Association

Barrow upon Humber, Lincolnshire

Holy Trinity

Thursday, 19 March 1964 in 2h 36 (16–1–8 in E)

5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major

1 A Benjamin Cooper

2 F Charles Hobson

3 Janet I Porter

4 Harold F Gibson

5 Ian G Campbell

6 Michael Whitting

7 David S Johnson

8 Michael W Crowder (C)

First of Surprise - 6.

First of Surprise Major - 4,5.

First of Yorkshire Surprise - 2,3,7.

First of Surprise as Conductor.

Yorkshire Association

Heptonstall, West Yorkshire

St Thomas the Apostle

Saturday, 11 April 1964 in 3h 6 (18–1–3)

5280 Glasgow Surprise Major

Composed by I M Holland

1 Geoffrey N Goodall

2 Iris M E Lemare

3 Geoffrey F Bryant

4 S Barry Schofield

5 Leonard Goodall

6 Roy Bettley-Cooke

7 J Henry Fielden

8 Ian M Holland (C)

First peal in the method by all the band except the 7th and tenor ringers.

Ringing World page reference: 2766.0281

Yorkshire Association

Wentworth, South Yorkshire

Holy Trinity

Saturday, 18 April 1964 in 2h 43 (10–0–12 in G)

5040 Minor (4m)

4 methods: 1 extent York Surprise, 2 extents Cambridge Surprise, Kent Treble Bob, Plain Bob

1 Sandra Crossley

2 Michael R Meadows

3 John E Chapman

4 Richard Farnsworth

5 Neil Donovan

6 Stuart R Armeson (C)

Rung by members of the Sheffield and District Society

Yorkshire Association

Rotherham, South Yorkshire

Minster Church of All Saints

Saturday, 18 April 1964 in 3h 35 (34–3–0 in C♯)

5040 Spliced Surprise Royal (27m)

240 Albanian, Cambridge, Lincolnshire, Lindsey, London No. 3, Mirfield, Oakham, Prittlewell, Pudsey, Ranmoor, Rutland, Selby, Staffordshire, York, Yorkshire; 120 Abingdon, Coalbrookdale, Banbury, Haslemere, Inveraray, Leek, Marsden, Ossett, Sunderland, Wembley, Whitby, Yeovil; 122 com.

Composed by Donald H Niblett

1 Elsie Chaddock

2 Jeanne E Bottomley

3 W Eric Critchley

4 J Henry Fielden

5 Vernon Bottomley

6 Donald H Niblett

7 Gordon Benfield

8 Wilfred F Moreton (C)

9 John N D Chaddock

10 Norman Chaddock

The most methods rung in a peal of Royal.

Abingdon: —30—16—50—18—14—50— 16—50— 16—50 lh 12 1426

Coalbrookdale: —30—14.50.12—16—14—50.14—14.30.14—14.30 lh 12 1089

Leek: —30—16—50—38—70—38—14—30—16—30 lh 12 1648

Sunderland: —30—16—50—18—70—18—14—30—18—30 lh 12 1648

Yeovil: —30—16—50— 18—70—18—16—70—58—10 lh 12 1426

Ringing World page reference: 2767.0298

Yorkshire Association

Bradfield, South Yorkshire

St Nicholas

Saturday, 16 May 1964 in 2h 45 (11–2–14 in F♯)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

Being seven different extents.

1 Andrew King

2 Michael King

3 Edwin P King

4 David E Archer

5 John E Chapman

6 Michael R Meadows (C)

First peal of Minor inside - 4

Fastest peal on the bells

Yorkshire Association

Belton in Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire

All Saints

Monday, 18 May 1964 in 2h 40 (11–0–13 in G)

5040 Minor (7m)

Being one extent each of Cambridge Surprise, Oxford Treble Bob, Single Oxford, Double Oxford, St. Clement's, Kent Treble Bob and Plain Bob.

1 Roger D Bailey

2 Derek J Jones

3 J Martin Thorley (C)

4 Melvyn A Rose

5 Keith R Davey

6 Alan G Payne

150th peal as conductor.

RW 1964 p385

Yorkshire Association

Heptonstall, West Yorkshire

St Thomas the Apostle

Saturday, 23 May 1964 in 3h (18–1–3)

5056 Oxford Treble Bob Major

Composed by J Lockwood

1 Roger J Lumley

2 Geoffrey N Goodall

3 Richard A Shekelton

4 Peter A Kirkby

5 A Peter Whitehead

6 A Barry Sullivan

7 Leonard Goodall (C)

8 Edward Jenkins

Ringing World page reference: 2772.0384

Yorkshire Association

Epworth, Lincolnshire

St Andrew

Saturday, 30 May 1964 in 2h 54 (17)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Parker's Twelve-Part (7th the observation)

1 Leslie M Woodhead

2 John Potts

3 Melvyn A Rose

4 Alan Sheppard

5 John F Underwood

6 John Hall

7 J Martin Thorley (C)

8 James Thorley

First peal in the method: 3

25th peal together: 2 & 7, 5 & 7

RW 1964 p407

Yorkshire Association

Conisbrough, South Yorkshire

St Peter

Friday, 5 June 1964 in 2h 50 (13–2–20 in F♯)

5040 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by Sir A P Heywood

1 David Nichols

2 Sandra Crossley

3 J Martin Thorley

4 John N D Chaddock

5 Stuart R Armeson

6 John E Chapman

7 Michael R Meadows

8 Richard E Price (C)

1st peal in the method inside - 2

Yorkshire Association

Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Minster Church of St George

Saturday, 6 June 1964 in 3h 28 (29–2–17 in C♯)

5056 Bristol Surprise Major

Composed by Dennis Knox

1 Wilfrid G Wilson

2 Richard E Price

3 Thomas J Lock

4 Cyril F Low

5 Bert Gogle

6 David J Forder

7 Dennis Knox (C)

8 Frank R Price

Yorkshire Association

Wath upon Dearne, South Yorkshire

All Saints

Saturday, 13 June 1964 in 2h 55 (12–2–9 in F♯)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by C H Middleton

1 Sandra Crossley

2 Richard E Price

3 John E Chapman

4 David Nichols

5 John S Seager

6 Michael R Meadows

7 Richard A Shekelton

8 David J Forder (C)

1st peal of treble bob - 1

1st peal in method - 3,6

Yorkshire Association

Heptonstall, West Yorkshire

St Thomas the Apostle

Saturday, 4 July 1964 in 2h 56 (18–1–3)

5120 Spliced Surprise Major (14m)

14m: being 640 each London and Bristol and 320 each Cambridge, Superlative, Yorkshire, Pudsey, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Ealing, Eastcote, Elford, Lindum, Wembley and Watford; with 139 com

Composed by J R Mayne

1 Howard Scott

2 W Eric Critchley (C)

3 A Peter Whitehead

4 Jeanne E Bottomley

5 Gordon Benfield

6 Vernon Bottomley

7 J Henry Fielden

8 Richard E Price

Yorkshire Association

Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire

The Most Holy and Undivided Trinity

Saturday, 25 July 1964 in 3h 16 (25–2–18 in D)

5043 Stedman Caters

Composed by Charles W Roberts

1 Janet I Porter

2 Iris M E Lemare

3 Jack L Millhouse (C)

4 Robin H Rogers

5 Jack Bray

6 John Hall

7 Michael W Crowder

8 Ronald Ducker

9 Geoffrey R Parker

10 David V Stipetic

First peal of caters - 1,6,10.

First of Stedman Caters and 50th peal - 2.

A wedding compliment to Rev Peter Cook, Precentor at this church and Miss Joan Collins, whose marriage preceded the peal.

Yorkshire Association

Owston Ferry, Lincolnshire

St Martin

Monday, 3 August 1964 in 2h 47 (12–2–17 in F♯)

5040 Minor (7m)

In seven methods, being extents of Cambridge Surprise, Double Oxford, Single Oxford, Oxford T.B., Kent T.B., St. Clement's and Plain Bob.

1 J Martin Thorley

2 Alan Sheppard

3 John F Underwood

4 Melvyn A Rose

5 John Potts

6 Kenneth B Sissons (C)

RW 1964 p581

Yorkshire Association

Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire

St Mary

Monday, 3 August 1964 in 3h 29 (34–3–12 in D♭)

5040 Pudsey Surprise Royal

Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

1 William A Theobald

2 F John Nelson

3 W Eric Critchley

4 Eric N Harrison

5 Kenneth J Hesketh

6 David J Llewellyn

7 Philip Mehew

8 Ralph G Edwards

9 Tudor P Edwards

10 Wilfrid Williams (C)

YACR Peal No: 6740

Yorkshire Association

Belton in Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire

All Saints

Monday, 3 August 1964 in 2h 35 (11–0–13 in G)

5040 Minor (10m)

Being seven extents in ten methods: (1) Double Bob and Single Oxford, (2) Cambridge, (3) Thelwall, Double Oxford, Childwall and St. Clement's, (4) Oxford T.B., (5) Kent T.N., (6 and 7) Plain Bob.

1 Kenneth B Sissons

2 John Potts

3 Melvyn A Rose

4 John F Underwood

5 Alan Sheppard

6 J Martin Thorley (C)

100th peal: 1

Yorkshire Association

Epworth, Lincolnshire

St Andrew

Saturday, 8 August 1964 in 3h 3 (17–0–16)

5040 Grandsire Triples

J. J. Parker's Twelve-Part (7th observation)

1 Alan Sheppard

2 J Martin Thorley

3 John Potts

4 John F Underwood

5 James Thorley

6 Leslie M Woodhead

7 Kenneth B Sissons (C)

8 Melvyn A Rose

25th peal together: 4 & 7

RW 1964 p581

Yorkshire Association

Heptonstall, West Yorkshire

St Thomas the Apostle

Tuesday, 11 August 1964 in 3h 2 (18–1–3)

5152 Spliced Surprise Major

4m: being 1280 London, 1312 Bristol, 1568 Cambridge and 992 Superlative, with 106 com and atw

Composed by A J Pitman

1 Roger V Clarke

2 W Eric Critchley (C)

3 Iris M E Lemare

4 J Henry Fielden

5 Alan Leggett

6 Richard E Price

7 Gordon Benfield

8 Wilfred F Moreton

First peal of spliced surprise: 3

Yorkshire Association

Heptonstall, West Yorkshire

St Thomas the Apostle

Monday, 17 August 1964 in 2h 55 (18–1–3)

5088 London Surprise Major

Composed by S J Ivin

1 Arthur H Reed

2 F John Nelson

3 John C Eisel

4 Kenneth J Hesketh

5 Peter Border (C)

6 Tudor P Edwards

7 Philip Mehew

8 Wilfred Williams

Yorkshire Association

Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Minster Church of St George

Wednesday, 19 August 1964 in 3h 28 (29–2–17 in C♯)

5088 London Surprise Major

Composed by S. J. Ivin

1 Arthur Reed

2 William Theobald

3 Tudor P Edwards

4 David J Llewellyn

5 Revd Giles C Galley

6 Philip Mehew

7 Revd Roger O Fry

8 Peter Border (C)

Yorkshire Association

Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire

Minster Church of St John and St Martin

Thursday, 20 August 1964 in 3h 34 (41–1–20 in C)

5040 Pudsey Surprise Royal

Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

1 Wilfrid Williams

2 Tudor P Edwards

3 Rev Giles C Galley

4 F John Nelson

5 William A Theobald

6 Kenneth Hesketh

7 David J Llewellyn

8 Philip Mehew

9 Rev Roger O Fry

10 Peter Border

YACR Peal No: 6,767

Yorkshire Association

Skipton in Craven, North Yorkshire

Holy Trinity

Saturday, 5 September 1964 in 3h 3 (22–0–17 in E♭)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by J R Pritchard

1 Nicholas M Newby

2 Alan Capstick

3 Stuart Brook

4 Paul Norman

5 Nicholas M Newby jr

6 M F Digby Burton

7 Christopher W Lawson

8 Thomas F Metcalfe (C)

First peal: 3 & 4. First inside: 7. Rung for ringers of 3 and 4, leaving to go to University.

Yorkshire Association

Heptonstall, West Yorkshire

St Thomas the Apostle

Saturday, 5 September 1964 in 3h 5 (18–1–3)

5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major

Composed by R Baldwin

1 J Neville Parkin

2 Iris M E Lemare

3 Anne E Reynolds

4 Vivian Nutton

5 A Barry Sullivan

6 Roger J Lumley

7 David Smith

8 J Henry Fielden (C)

Yorkshire Association

Heptonstall, West Yorkshire

St Thomas the Apostle

Saturday, 26 September 1964 in 2h 57 (18–1–3)

5056 Spliced Surprise Major

3m: being 1472 Lincolnshire, 2176 Yorkshire and 1408 Cambridge, with 134 com

Composed by Arranged by E A Barnett

1 David Smith

2 Iris M E Lemare

3 Frances Fainbank

4 J Neville Parkin

5 Alan Sheppard

6 K Brian Sissons

7 John Potts

8 J Henry Fielden (C)

First touch of spliced:5

Yorkshire Association

York, North Yorkshire

Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter

Saturday, 3 October 1964 in 3h 49 (59–1–23 in B♭)

5016 Plain Bob Maximus

Composed by J Reeves

1 Sedman H Steel

2 Barry Holland

3 David Pearson

4 Michael Staniforth

5 A W Alan Leggett

6 Margaret E Wilkinson

7 Harold Walker

8 Christopher J Groome

9 Michael Maskell

10 John N D Chaddock

11 Colin Reeves

12 James A D Woolford (C)

First peal on 12 bells: 1, 3, 6, 8, 9

First of Plain Bob Maximus: 4, 10

First peal in the tower since 1892.

Rung by members of the York Minster Society to the Glory of God and as a welcome to Dr. Alan Richardson as Dean of York.

RW 1964 p704

Yorkshire Association

Bradfield, South Yorkshire

St Nicholas

Saturday, 24 October 1964 in 2h 48 (11–2–14 in F♯)

5040 Doubles (19m/v)

120 Candlesby S.C., 120 St. Nicholas, 120 St. Giles, 240 Winchendon Place. 120 St. Miles, 240 St. Simon. 120 St. Albans, 480 St. Martin, 120 St. Paul, 360 Grandsire, 240 Reverse St. Bartholomew, 360 Reverse Canterbury Pleasure, 240 Clifford's Pleasure, 240 Southrepps Pleasure, 240 St. Columb, 720 Plain Bob, 360 April Day, 360 Kennington, 120 Old Bob and 120 Plain Bob

1 Ian Johnson

2 Edwin P King

3 Andrew King

4 M Alec Beaumont

5 Michael King (C)

6 Philip S Wood

First peal - 1,6

First in 19 doubles - 2

Aged 14 - 6

Believed to be the first of Doubles on the bells.

Yorkshire Association

Heptonstall, West Yorkshire

St Thomas the Apostle

Saturday, 7 November 1964 in 3h 8 (18–1–3)

5184 London Surprise Major

Composed by N J Pitstow

1 Peter A Kirkby

2 Iris M E Lemare

3 Frances Fairbank

4 Stephen F Royal

5 Geoffrey W Randall

6 Colin Sweeney

7 Geoffrey F Bryant

8 J Henry Fielden (C)

First peal of London:5,6

Yorkshire Association

Halifax, West Yorkshire

Minster church of St John the Baptist

Saturday, 7 November 1964 in 3h 26 (28–0–14)

5000 Cambridge Surprise Royal

Composed by A J Pitman

1 Frederick Shallcross

2 Neil Bennett

3 Clifford A Barron

4 Roger J Lumley

5 Roderick W Pipe (C)

6 A Barry Sullivan

7 J Neville Parkin

8 Leonard Goodall

9 David W Friend

10 Ian M Holland

Ringing world: 2796.0790

Ringing World page reference: 2796.0790

Yorkshire Association

Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire

The Most Holy and Undivided Trinity

Saturday, 14 November 1964 in 3h 25 (25–2–18 in D)

5040 Spliced Surprise Royal (36m)

240 each of Albanian, Cambridge, Lincolnshire, London No 3, Rutland, Yorkshire, and 120 each of Abergavenny, Abingdon, Banbury, Belgrave, Bromsgrove, Clifton, Coalbrookdale, Enniskillen, Goldsborough, Haselmere, Inveraray, Leek, Limerick, Lindsey, Marsden, Mirfield, Oakham, Ossett, Prittlewell, Pudsey, Ranmoor, Selby, Shrewsbury, Staffordshire, Sunderland, Wembley, Whitby, Wrexham, Yeovil, and York, with 125 changes of method.

Composed by D H Niblett

1 Neil Donovan

2 Jeanne E Bottomley

3 W Eric Critchley

4 Donald H Niblett

5 J Henry Fielden

6 Vernon Bottomley

7 Gordon Benfield

8 Wilfrid F Moreton (C)

9 John N D Chaddock

10 Richard E Price

The most methods rung to a peal of Royal.

YACR Peal No: 6807.

Yorkshire Association

Epworth, Lincolnshire

St Andrew

Saturday, 14 November 1964 in 3h 4 (17–0–16)

5024 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by A Knights

1 John Potts

2 Ronald R Warford

3 John F Underwood

4 Melvyn A Rose

5 Alan Sheppard

6 James Thorley

7 Kenneth B Sissons

8 Leslie M Woodhead (C)

125th peal: 1

First of Kent T.B. Major: 3, 4

James Thorley has now circled the tower.

RW 1964 p808

Yorkshire Association

Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Minster Church of St George

Saturday, 5 December 1964 in 3h 30 (29–2–17 in C♯)

5088 Doncaster Surprise Major

Composed by Arranged by W. Eric Critchley

1 Kathleen M Higgins

2 Howard Scott

3 Joanne E Bottomley

4 W Eric Critchley (C)

5 Neil Donovan

6 Vernon Bottomley

7 Gordon Benfield

8 Richard E Price

Rung as a farewell to Canon A. Jowett, recently installed as Dean of Manchester.

Yorkshire Association

Heptonstall, West Yorkshire

St Thomas the Apostle

Saturday, 19 December 1964 in 2h 45 (18–1–3)

5040 Plain Bob Major

Composed by A Knights

1 Jeanne E Bottomley

2 Stephen R Munday

3 Frederick A Munday

4 Roy Bettley-Cooke

5 William Barton (C)

6 Gordon Benfield

7 A Barry Sullivan

8 Vernon Bottomley

First peal: 2

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