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Essex Association

Maldon, Essex

St Mary

Saturday, 14 March 1908 in 2h 50 (13 in G)

5040 Minor (5m)

2 720s each of Cambridge Surprise and Oxford Treble Bob and one each of Kent Treble Bob, plain Bob and double Court

1 Ebeneezer Finch

2 Horace J Mansfield

3 William J Brinkley

4 Thomas C Gozzett

5 Alfred Gozzett (C)

6 Fred Chalk

First peal-1

First away from treble-5

First as conductor

BN 28th March 1908

Essex Association

Bocking, Essex

St Mary

Sunday, 5 April 1908 (18–1–20 in E)

640 Kent Treble Bob Major

N Smith

F Radley

S Sargent

H Moore

F Warren

C Bearman

A Shufflebottom

G Williams

For morning service.

(Bell numbers not given).

[Source: Bell News and Ringers' Record, 11 April 1908, vol 27, p65]

Essex Association

Halstead, Essex

St Andrew

Monday, 20 April 1908 in 3h 6 (15–1–6 in F)

5024 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by F. Robinson

1 Andrew Schufflebotham (C)

2 Horace Cooper

3 James Fleuty

4 Lewis Wiseman

5 Bernard W Pettitt

6 Walter Burst

7 George F Williams

8 Arthur Saunders

- From the Tower Records.

Essex Association

Maldon, Essex

St Mary

Saturday, 4 July 1908 in 2h 50 (13 in G)

5040 Minor (7m)

720 Each of New london Pleasure,Woodbine, Cambridge Surprise, Kent and Oxford Treble Bob, Double Court and Plain Bob

1 William Chalk Senr

2 Thomas C Gozzett

3 Fred Chalk

4 Alfred Gozzett

5 Horace J Mansfield

6 Arthur Edwards (C)

First peal-1

BN 11th July 1908

Essex Association

Harlow Common, Essex

St Mary Magdalene

Wednesday, 23 September 1908 in 3h (12–0–9 in G)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by Jabez armiger Trollope

1 William Dellar

2 George Dent

3 Benjamin Copping

4 Harry Bottrill

5 William Wheeler

6 Frederick Palmer (C)

7 John Cordell

8 John Smith

rung as a welcome to the Revd James Dudley Elwell who was inducted as vicar last monday, first peal by all except 2,4 and 6, BN 3rd October 1908. until the 1960s when a pair of chipboard peal boards where installed (recording this and other notable peals on the bells) this was recorded on a larger board along with an identical one recording the first local peal of kent treble bob major in 1909, as they where apparently located where the present boards are now they were taken down and stored temporarily in the clock chamber but the whereabouts of the 1909 board seem to be unknown!.

Essex Association

Halstead, Essex

St Andrew

Sunday, 11 October 1908 in 3h 13 (15–1–6 in F)

5184 Oxford Treble Bob Major

Composed by F. Robinson

1 George E Pannell

2 Andrew Schufflebotham (C)

3 James Fleuty

4 William Root

5 George Arnold

6 Walter Burst

7 Ernest Ridgwell

8 Arthur Saunders

First in method on the bells.

- From the Tower Records.

Essex Association

Witham, Essex

St Nicolas

Saturday, 14 November 1908 in 3h (18 in E)

5040 Minor (7m)

720 New London Pleasure, Cambridge Surprise, Woodbine, Kent, Oxford, Plain Bob, Double Court.

1 W Chalk Snr

2 Arthur Edwards (C)

3 Thomas C Gozzett

4 Alfred Gozzett

5 Horace J Mansfield

6 Fred Chalk

First peal in 7 methods on the bells.

From the Tower Records.

Essex Association

Waltham Abbey, Essex

Holy Cross and St Lawrence

Saturday, 14 November 1908 in 2h 54 (20cwt)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by T Day (6 part)

1 Henry George Thompson

2 Lawrence G Thurgood

3 Henry George Rowe

4 George Thurgood

5 Edward Wallage

6 William A Alps (C)

7 Emmanuel Hall

8 Thomas Adams

Essex Association

Earls Colne, Essex

St Andrew

Sunday, 29 November 1908 in 3h 15 (14–0–15 in F)

5040 Plain Bob Major

Composed by Henry J Tucker

1 William Clarke

2 James Fluety

3 Andrew Shufflebotham (C)

4 Frank Claydon

5 Ernest Ridgewell

6 Walter Burst

7 James French

8 William Silitoe

First peal on the bells since their augmentation to eight which took place on the 7th November 1908

First on eight- 1,3,7 and 8

BN 19th December 1908

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