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Essex Association

Earls Colne, Essex

St Andrew

Saturday, 9 January 1909 in 3h 10 (14–0–15 in F)

5088 Kent Treble Bob Major

1 William Clarke

2 James Fleuty

3 William Silitoe

4 Frank Claydon

5 William Root

6 David Leggett

7 James French

8 Ernest Ridgewell (C)

Presumably first in method on bell (original report has no footnote)

BN 30th January 1909

Essex Association

Romford, Essex

St Edward Conf

Tuesday, 12 January 1909 in 2h 58 (17)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Thurstans' Four-part

1 George R Pye (C)

2 Arthur B Wiffen

3 George Jaye

4 Alfred J T Carter

5 William Woodgate

6 Harry F Dawkins

7 Wesley Watson

8 Sgt-Major Alfred Pye

Source - G Pye peal book

Essex Association

Earls Colne, Essex

St Andrew

Saturday, 30 January 1909 in 3h 23 (14–0–15 in F)

5184 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

1 Andrew Shufflebotham (C)

2 Walter Burst

3 James Fleuty

4 Frank Claydon

5 William Root

6 Ernest Ridgewell

7 James French

8 William Silitoe

BN 20th February 1909

Essex Association

Halstead, Essex

St Andrew

Saturday, 8 May 1909 in 3h (15–1–6 in F)

5024 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by J. Cox

1 Lewis Wiseman

2 Frederick Radley

3 Bernard W Pettitt

4 Horace Cooper

5 George Arnold

6 Andrew Schufflebotham (C)

7 Ernest Newman

8 Arthur Saunders

- From the Tower Records.

Essex Association

Chelmsford, Essex

St Mary

Saturday, 12 June 1909 in 3h 24 (22 in E♭)

5003 Grandsire Caters

Composed by Edgar Bennett

1 Arthur Edwards (C)

2 George Green

3 William Rowland, Junior

4 William Lincoln

5 Arthur Head

6 Thomas Lincoln

7 Frederick G Gill

8 Henry Head

9 Henry F Cooper

10 Henry R Rolfe

First peal of Grandsire Caters: 2. First peal of Grandsire: 7. This is the conductor's 100th peal.

Essex Association

Harlow Common, Essex

St Mary Magdalene

Monday, 28 June 1909 in 2h 50 (12–0–9 in G)

5056 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by Henry Dains

1 William Dellar

2 Benjamin Copping

3 Harry Bottrill

4 George Dent

5 William Wheeler

6 John Smith

7 John Cordell

8 Frederick Palmer (C)

rung as a farewell compliment to Frederick Palmer who is moving to irthlingborough Northamptonshire, first in method by all except 3,4 and tenor and by a resident Harlow band. BN 3rd July 1909

Essex Association

Earls Colne, Essex

St Andrew

Saturday, 3 July 1909 in 3h 12 (14–0–15 in F)

5040 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by Nathan J Pitstow

1 David Elliott (C)

2 Ernest W Beckwith

3 William Silitoe

4 Frank Claydon

5 John Sadler

6 Walter Burst

7 Ernest Newman

8 Ernest Ridgewell

First in method on the bells and by- 3,4,6 and 8

50th peal as conductor-1

BN 10th July 1909

Essex Association

Thorrington, Essex

St Mary Magdalene

Tuesday, 20 July 1909 in 2h 50 (9–0–22 in G)

5040 Minor (7m)

Being one extent each: London Surprise, York Surprise, Beverley Surprise, Cambridge Surprise, Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob, Plain Bob

1 Thomas Burgess

2 William Lancaster

3 Alfred Andrews

4 William J Nevard

5 George A Andrews (C)

6 George Lancaster

First peal: 1,2,3

Essex Association

Earls Colne, Essex

St Andrew

Saturday, 16 October 1909 in 3h 8 (14–0–15 in F)

5024 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by John Cox

1 James Fleuty

2 Andrew Shufflebotham

3 William Root

4 Frank Claydon

5 Frederick Ridgewell

6 William Burst

7 James French

8 Ernest Ridgewell (C)

First peal-6

BN 30th October 1909

Essex Association

Great Dunmow, Essex

St Mary the Virgin

Wednesday, 15 December 1909 in 3h 5 (21–1–6 in E)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

Seven 720s each called differently

1 John E Blower

2 T Claydon

3 Albert Ribbans

4 H Smith

5 Walter Smith

6 George H Barrick (C)

First peal on the bells and by 1,3 and 6

BN 15th January 1910

At the time these bells where believed to be one of the heaviest sixes in the county although since their augmentation to eight in 1926 this claim has been passed on to High Easter which has a 21cwt six

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