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Essex Association

Romford, Essex

St Edward Conf

Tuesday, 15 January 1935 in 2h 48 (15–2–14 in F)

5056 Superlative Surprise Major

Composed by C H Hattersley

1 George R Pye

2 Ernest W Pye

3 Alfred Pye

4 Ernest J Butler

5 James Bennett

6 James E Davis

7 Frank Warrington

8 Charles W Roberts (C)

Source - G Pye peal book

Essex Association

Chigwell Row, Essex

All Saints

Saturday, 2 February 1935 in 3h 2 (15)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by C Middleton

1 James Bennett

2 Ernest W Pye

3 Charles T Coles

4 George R Pye (C)

5 John G Nash

6 Ernest J Butler

7 James E Davis

8 Ernest W Furbank

Source - G Pye peal book

Essex Association

Colchester, Essex

St Peter

Thursday, 7 February 1935 in 3h 5 (21 in E)

5056 Superlative Surprise Major

Composed by Frederick Dench

1 Victor E Kerridge

2 Ronald H Bullen

3 George M Rasbrook

4 William Chalk

5 Horace J Mansfield

6 George A Wightman

7 Fred Chalk

8 Edward P Duffield (C)

First peal in the method - 5 & 7.

Ringing World page reference: 1247.0099

Essex Association

Harlow Common, Essex

St Mary Magdalene

Wednesday, 13 February 1935 in 2h 54 (12–0–9 in G)

5088 Superlative Surprise Major

Composed by Nathan J. Pitstow

1 Benjamin Copping

2 Frederick Whitby

3 Stanley Clark

4 Lewis Cordell

5 Isaac Cavill

6 Edward Rochester

7 William Morris

8 William Wheeler (C)

First peal in the method - 1.

First peal in the method "inside" - 6.

First peal as conductor - 8.

Rung as a birthday compliment to Mr. F. Clark and Mr. G. Dent, both churchwardens at the above church. Mr. Dent is also the esteemed captain of the local ringers.

Ringing World page reference: 1248.0115

Essex Association

Romford, Essex

St Edward Conf

Tuesday, 19 February 1935 in 2h 57 (15–2–14 in F)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by C Middleton

1 Ernest J Butler

2 George R Pye

3 John W Cornford

4 Alfred Pye

5 James E Davis

6 Ernest W Furbank

7 Alfred J House

8 James Bennett (C)

800th peal and first of Cambridge as conductor, and first attempt: 8

Source - G Pye peal book

Essex Association

Brentwood, Essex

St Thomas

Saturday, 23 February 1935 in 3h 4 (18–1–15 in D♯)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Parker's 12 part

1 Arthur Rainbird

2 lesley C Thrift

3 Harry Turner (C)

4 Robert Heazel

5 Bertram T Hines

6 Albert Pryke

7 Ernest Furbank

8 Arland Payne

First peal on eight-1,first peal-8

RW 8th March 1935 (page 148)

Essex Association

Bentley Common, Essex

St Paul

Saturday, 16 March 1935 in 2h 31 (4–1–17 in C♯)

5040 Doubles (2m)

1 George Wyatt

2 Arthur Rainbird

3 Ernest Furbank

4 Albert Pryke

5 Harry Turner (C)

Rung half muffled in memory of Albert Rainbird (1877-1934) on the first anniversary of his death

Also in memory of William Pye (1870-1935) one of the "giants of the exercise"

RW 22nd march 1935 (page 182)

Essex Association

Halstead, Essex

St Andrew

Saturday, 13 April 1935 in 2h 58 (14½ in F)

5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major

Composed by G. Lewis

1 Frederick Ridgwell

2 Alec M Genery

3 Claude Snowden

4 Miss Hilda Snowden

5 Frank Claydon

6 Albert Wiffen

7 Lewis W Wiffen (C)

8 Arthur Saunders

First peal in the method - 3 & 8.

First peal in the method on the bells.

Ringing World page reference: 1256.0243

Essex Association

Woodford, Essex

St Mary the Virgin

Sunday, 5 May 1935 in 2h 55 (10–2–21 in G)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Parker's 12 Part

1 Alfred G Bass

2 Francis W Corney

3 John H Crampion

4 Stanley Webb

5 Raymond G Cousins

6 Jack A Waugh (C)

7 Charles R Morss

8 William Morley

Rung in honour of the Silver Jubilee of King George V.

This is the first peal rung on the bells since their augmentation to eight, and the first in the tower by an entirely local band.

Essex Association

Walthamstow, Greater London

St Mary

Monday, 6 May 1935 in 3h 8 (17–1–1 in E♭)

5039 Grandsire Caters

Composed by G. Holifield

1 Alfred G Bass

2 Ernest W Kye

3 Stanley F Webb

4 Henry E Street

5 Robert Maynard, Senr

6 James C Adams

7 Robert Maynard, Junr (C)

8 Henry Rumens

9 Fred C Maynard

10 Ernest E Holman

Rung in honour of the silver Jubilee of His Majesty King George V.

It is interesting to note that Robert Maynard Senr. has rung in 3 Jubilee peals in this tower - Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887 and her Diamond Jubilee in 1897, and this peal for King George V's Silver Jubilee.

Essex Association

Witham, Essex

St Nicolas

Saturday, 1 June 1935 in 2h 52 (18)

5088 Superlative Surprise Major

Composed by A Knights (No 146)

1 William S Butler

2 Charles T Coles (C)

3 Frank Claydon

4 George R Pye

5 Ernest J Butler

6 James E Davis

7 Lewis W Wiffen

8 James Bennett

First peal in the method on the bells

Source - G Pye peal book

Essex Association

Harlow, Essex

St Mary and St Hugh

Tuesday, 4 June 1935 in 2h 52 (12)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by C Middleton

1 Benjamin Coppin

2 George R Pye (C)

3 James E Davis

4 James Bennett

5 Ernest J Butler

6 Isaac Cavill

7 Joseph Marks

8 William Wheeler

Source - G Pye peal book

Essex Association

Epping Upland, Essex

All Saints

Saturday, 6 July 1935 in 2h 40 (12 in G)

5040 Grandsire Doubles

Being 42 six-scores, ton callings.

1 S Law

2 H King

3 William Wedlock (C)

4 C Willby

5 C Samms

6 H Camps

First peal and first attempt - 1, 4 & 6.

Ringing World page reference: 1268.0441

Essex Association

Foxearth, Essex

St Peter and St Paul

Sunday, 14 July 1935 in 2h 47 (7–0–17 in A)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by C Middleton

1 Mrs R Richardson

2 Charles T Coles

3 George R Pye (C)

4 Frank Claydon

5 James Bennett

6 Ernest J Butler

7 Ernest W Furbank

8 Rupert Richardson

First peal of Surprise Major on the bells

Source - G Pye peal book

Essex Association

Braintree, Essex

St Michael

Monday, 26 August 1935 in 2h 55 (11½ in G)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by Comp. H. J. Tucker

1 Albert Wiffen

2 Miss Myrtle Reason

3 George Ives

4 Herbert C Reason

5 Ronald Suckling

6 Samuel Warn

7 Lewis W Wiffen (C)

8 Walter H Hammond

First peal by Miss Reason, who is 14 years of age. They way she rang was a credit to her.

Ringing World page reference: 1276.0566

Essex Association

Bocking, Essex

St Mary

Saturday, 31 August 1935 in 3h 4 (18–1–20 in E)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by C Middleton

1 Ernest J Butler

2 George Pye (C)

3 Charles T Coles

4 Lewis W Wiffen

5 James E Davis

6 Herbert C Reason

7 Albert Wiffen

8 Ernest W Furbank

Source - G Pye peal book

Essex Association

Kelvedon, Essex

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 7 September 1935 in 3h 21 (21 in E)

5040 Surprise Minor (7m)

Being 720 each of York, Durham, Canterbury, Newcastle, London, Wells and Cambridge.

1 William Keeble

2 Charles W Burton

3 William T Elliott

4 Joseph Elliott

5 Ambrose Mason (C)

6 Charles Button

First Surprise peal as conductor - 5.

Rung as a birthday compliment to Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Elliott, who kindly entertained the band after the peal.

Ringing World page reference: 1277.0585

Essex Association

Colchester, Essex

St Peter

Saturday, 7 September 1935 in 3h 8 (21 in E)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by J. R. Pritchard

1 George Jennings

2 Maurice Ling

3 William J Nevard

4 Urban W Wildney

5 Alan Andrews

6 Ernest Durrant

7 Horace A Wright

8 Edward E Davey (C)

Rung as a birthday compliment to H. A. Wright.

Ringing World page reference: 1277.0583

Essex Association

South Weald, Essex

St Peter

Saturday, 28 September 1935 in 2h 59 (15)

5040 Minor (4m)

Comprising 720 Cambridge .Surprise, and two extents each of Oxford and Kent Treble Bob and Plain Bob.

1 Harry Turner (C)

2 Lewis Camp

3 Robert Heazel

4 Charles Harrington

5 Edward T Stitch

6 John Stitch

First peal of Minor in four methods - 3.

The conductor has now "circled" the tower.

Ringing World page reference: 1281.0649

Essex Association

Romford, Essex

St Edward Conf

Saturday, 12 October 1935 in 3h 3 (15–2–14 in F)

5024 London Surprise Major

Composed by G Lindoff

1 Ernest W Pye

2 John Holman

3 Alfred Pye

4 George R Pye (C)

5 James Bennett

6 Ernest J Butler

7 James E Davis

8 Ernest W Furbank

Source - G Pye peal book

Essex Association

Brentwood, Essex

St Thomas

Saturday, 12 October 1935 in 3h 7 (18–1–15 in D♯)

5024 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by Arthur Percival Heywood

1 William Dudley

2 lesley C Thrift

3 Stanley W Baybut

4 Harry Turner (C)

5 John Sitch

6 Henry Wilson

7 Albert Pryke

8 Ernest Furbank

Rung on harvest festival eve as a welcome to the Revd Viner George Ballance recently inducted vicar of Brentwood

RW 18th October 1935 (page 664)

Essex Association

Halstead, Essex

St Andrew

Saturday, 19 October 1935 in 2h 58 (14½ in F)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by Charles Middleton

1 Samuel Warne

2 Miss Hilda Snowden

3 Frederick Ridgwell

4 Claude Snowden

5 Frank Claydon

6 Lewis W Wiffen

7 Arthur Saunders

8 Albert Wiffen (C)

First peal of Cambridge "inside" - 4.

Ringing World page reference: 1283.0680

Essex Association

Prittlewell, Essex

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 9 November 1935 in 3h 13 (18–0–9 in E)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by Cornelius Charge

1 Norman Townsed

2 Roy Brown

3 William Perry

4 Henry T Wilson

5 Albert North

6 Franklin B Lufkin (C)

7 William Dudley

8 Gordon Bacon

Rung in Memory of William Judd a ringer of this church for 46 years.

Essex Association

Chigwell Row, Essex

All Saints

Saturday, 16 November 1935 in 3h 2 (15)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Washbrook's variation of Thurstans'

1 Charles T Coles (C)

2 James Bennett

3 Ernest W Pye

4 George R Pye

5 Ernest W Furbank

6 James E Davis

7 Ernest J Butler

8 William E Vale

Source - G Pye peal book

Essex Association

Witham, Essex

St Nicolas

Saturday, 30 November 1935 in 3h 2 (18 in F)

5040 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by W. Royle

1 Jack Ridgewell

2 William S Butler

3 Basil Rawlinson

4 William Mellin

5 Victor Glass

6 Lewis W Wiffen

7 William Butler

8 Ernest Bright (C)

First in method - 3, 5 & 7.

Circled Tower - 2.

The monthly peal for the division.

From the Tower Records.

Ringing World page reference: 1290.0790

Essex Association

Maldon, Essex

St Mary

Saturday, 21 December 1935 in 2h 53 (13 in G)

5040 Minor (5m)

Being 720 each of Double Court, Plain Bob, Woodbine Treble Bob, and two 720’s each of Kent Treble Bob and Oxford Treble Bob.

1 Miss Amy E Waldock

2 Richard Bird

3 Henry R A Appleton

4 Stanford C Card

5 Fred Chalk

6 Horace J Mansfield (C)

First peal - 2, 3 & 4

Ringing World page reference: 1297.0070

Essex Association

Little Horkesley, Essex

St Peter and St Paul

Tuesday, 31 December 1935 in 2h 40 (6–2–0)

5040 Grandsire Doubles

42 six-scores, ten different callings

1 James H Edwards

2 A Edward Leggett (C)

3 Bert F Leggett

4 Cpl V Basil Leggett RAF

5 Wilfred G Gusterson

First peal on the bells, and by all except the conductor.

First peal as conductor - 2.

Rung at first attempt.

(Note - The church and bells, together with much of the village, were destroyed by enemy action in World War II - see http://www.simonknott.co.uk/essexchurches/lhorkesley.htm )

Ringing World page reference: 1295.0037

Essex Association

Colchester, Essex

St Peter

Tuesday, 31 December 1935 in 3h 9 (21 in E)

5088 Superlative Surprise Major

Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

1 William Dent

2 George R Towens

3 George M Rasbrook

4 William Chalk

5 Alan R Andrews

6 George A Wightman

7 Victor E Kerridge

8 Edward P Duffield (C)

First peal on eight bells - 2.

First peal in the method away from the treble - 7.

Rung for the watchnight service.

Ringing World page reference: 1295.0035

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