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Guild of Devonshire Ringers

Plympton St Maurice, Devon

St Maurice

Saturday, 30 January 1904 in 3h 8 (16–0–2 in F)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Holt's Ten-part

1 William G Hiscott

2 Ernest W Marsh (C)

3 Edgar Manning

4 William Hopley

5 G Harry Myers

6 William Richards

7 William Ford

8 James Jordan

First Peal in the Method on the Bells.

Rung by Members of the Three Towns Branch.

Uploaded from The First Guild Peal Book, to mark the 150th Anniversary of the founding of The Guild of Devonshire Ringers (1874 – 2024), the first territorial Guild or Association.

Guild of Devonshire Ringers

Plymouth, Devon

St George, Stonehouse

Wednesday, 3 February 1904 in 2h 50 (12–0–2)

5040 Plain Bob Major

Composed by W Sottanstall

1 William Ford

2 William G Hiscott

3 William Hopley

4 Walter H Marsh

5 Ernest W Marsh

6 James Jordan

7 Edgar Manning

8 G Harry Myers (C)

Rung by Members of the Three Towns Branch.

Uploaded from The First Guild Peal Book, to mark the 150th Anniversary of the founding of The Guild of Devonshire Ringers (1874 – 2024), the first territorial Guild or Association.

Guild of Devonshire Ringers

Bradninch, Devon

St Disen

Thursday, 4 February 1904 in 3h 12 (20 in E♭)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Holt's Ten-part

1 Frederick H Stuckey

2 Walter H Godfrey

3 James Elsworthy

4 Revd Maitland Kelly

5 Henry R Channon

6 John E Baker (C)

7 John H Godfrey

8 James Lovering

Rung by Members of the Ottery St Mary Branch.

Uploaded from The First Guild Peal Book, to mark the 150th Anniversary of the founding of The Guild of Devonshire Ringers (1874 – 2024), the first territorial Guild or Association.

Guild of Devonshire Ringers

Exeter, Devon

St David

Sunday, 7 February 1904 in 36m

1008 Plain Bob Major

1 E Searle

2 C Carter

3 A W Searle

4 F Murphy

5 T Mudge

6 W Richardson

7 F Davey

8 E Shepherd (C)

Rung for Divine Service.

[Bell News: No. 1149, Vol. XXIII, April 16th 1904, p65]

Guild of Devonshire Ringers

Heavitree, Devon

St Michael and All Angels

Tuesday, 9 February 1904 in 3h 18 (25–3–2 in E♭)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Holt's Original

1 Thomas Townsend

2 Frank Davey

3 Thomas Laver

4 William Youlden

5 William Burrough

6 Alexander Evans

7 John R Sandover (C)

8 William Nethercott

Uploaded from The First Guild Peal Book, to mark the 150th Anniversary of the founding of The Guild of Devonshire Ringers (1874 – 2024), the first territorial Guild or Association.

Guild of Devonshire Ringers

Exeter, Devon

St David

Tuesday, 12 April 1904 in 3h 15

5152 Plain Bob Major

"Washbrook's Composition"

1 Ernest Searle

2 Ernest Shepherd

3 Frank Davey

4 Arthur W Searle

5 Thomas Mudge

6 Charles R Lilley (C)

7 James Moss

8 Alexander Evans

First Peal in the method: 1 & 2

First Peal of Plain Bob Major on the bells.

[Source: Peal Board]

Additional information uploaded to mark the Eightieth Anniversary of the destruction of St. Sidwell’s Church, during the Exeter Blitz, 4th May 1942.

[Source: Bell News, April 23, 1904, page 81]

Rung by members of the St Sidwell’s Branch of the Guild of Devonshire Ringers.

Guild of Devonshire Ringers

Plymouth, Devon

Charles Church

Wednesday, 13 April 1904 in 3h 16 (23–0–6)

5003 Grandsire Caters

Composed by H W Haley

1 Edward Taylor

2 Edward Hendy

3 William J Hiscott

4 Charles R Lilley (C)

5 William Rundle

6 Edgar Manning

7 Ernest W Marsh

8 William Richards

9 G Harry Myers

10 G Parr

Rung by Members of the Three Towns Branch.

Uploaded from The First Guild Peal Book, to mark the 150th Anniversary of the founding of The Guild of Devonshire Ringers (1874 – 2024), the first territorial Guild or Association.

Guild of Devonshire Ringers

Plympton St Mary, Devon

St Mary the Blessed Virgin

Thursday, 14 April 1904 in 3h 28 (25–1–11 in D)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Holt's Ten-part

1 Edgar Manning

2 Edward Taylor

3 Edward Hendy

4 Ernest W Marsh

5 William Richards

6 G Harry Myers

7 Charles R Lilley (C)

8 George Parr

Uploaded from The First Guild Peal Book, to mark the 150th Anniversary of the founding of The Guild of Devonshire Ringers (1874 – 2024), the first territorial Guild or Association.

Guild of Devonshire Ringers

Torquay, Devon

St Mary Magdalene

Saturday, 16 April 1904 in 2h 45 (14–2–12 in F)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Holt's Ten-part

1 William J Manley

2 Julius A Snow

3 John R Hayman

4 Robert G C Manley

5 Harry T Burch

6 Charles R Lilley (C)

7 Adolphus Snow

8 Arthur G Cross

Uploaded from The First Guild Peal Book, to mark the 150th Anniversary of the founding of The Guild of Devonshire Ringers (1874 – 2024), the first territorial Guild or Association.

The Guild Peal Book gives the church as, "Upton, Torquay, SS Michael and All Angels" but Felstead's Peals ascribes this peal to "Upton, Torquay, S Mary Magdalene".

Guild of Devonshire Ringers

Exeter, Devon

St Sidwell

Tuesday, 10 May 1904 in 3h 30 (23–3–2)

5003 Grandsire Caters

Composed by John Reeves

1 John Ford

2 Frank Davey (C)

3 Edwin Shepherd

4 Alexander Evans

5 William Mogridge

6 Thomas Mudge

7 Edmund Sargent

8 Frank Murphy

9 William Richardson

10 James Moss

Rung by members of the St Sidwell’s Branch.

First peal of Caters: 7. First peal of Caters as conductor: 2.

Rung as a compliment to the ringer of the 3rd, who has recently been elected churchwarden of the above church.

[Sources: Guild Peal Book: Peal No.163 / Bell News, May 21, 1904, page 127.]

Uploaded to mark the Eightieth Anniversary of the destruction of St. Sidwell’s Church, during the Exeter Blitz, 4th May 1942.

Guild of Devonshire Ringers

Heavitree, Devon

St Michael and All Angels

Saturday, 14 May 1904 in 3h 18 (25–3–2 in E♭)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Holt's Ten-part

1 Thomas Townsend

2 William Youlden

3 William Burrough

4 Thomas Laver

5 John R Sandover (C)

6 William Boundy

7 Alexander Evans

8 William Lowton

Uploaded from The First Guild Peal Book, to mark the 150th Anniversary of the founding of The Guild of Devonshire Ringers (1874 – 2024), the first territorial Guild or Association.

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