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Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Wiveliscombe, Somerset

St Andrew

Wednesday, 23 January 1929 (16–2–18 in E♭)

1260 Grandsire Triples

Carter's Twelve-part.

1 W J Greedy

2 J Parkman

3 W A J Knight (C)

4 A E Barrington

5 H Rawle

6 J Hartnell

7 W Hartnell

8 S Furze

First quarter as conductor.

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Wiveliscombe, Somerset

St Andrew

Wednesday, 30 January 1929 (16–2–18 in E♭)

1260 Grandsire Doubles

1 W J Greedy

2 C Parkman

3 H Rawle

4 E Barrington

5 W A J Knight (C)

6 S Furze

First quarter peal (2).

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Burnham on Sea, Somerset

St Andrew

Saturday, 9 February 1929 in 3h 5 (22 in E♭)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Thurstans' Four-part

1 Alexander Evans (C)

2 Alfred J Wyatt

3 William H Coles

4 Percy Merson

5 Clifford Pople

6 David G Taylor

7 Joseph T Dyke

8 Harry Lawrence

First peal and first attempt: 5.

Ringing World page reference: 934.0100

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Huish Champflower, Somerset

St Peter

Saturday, 16 March 1929 in 2h 53 (11–0–8 in F♯)

5040 Grandsire Doubles

1 Henry Purchase

2 Albert Turner

3 C Quicke

4 Jesse Tout

5 Albert Tout (C)

6 Walter John Smith

First attempt (1 & 2).

First peal (3).

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Burnham on Sea, Somerset

St Andrew

Saturday, 27 April 1929 in 3h 12 (22 in E♭)

5040 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by William A Cave

1 William J Prescott, Sen

2 Alfred J Wyatt

3 James Hunt

4 Thomas F King

5 William H Lloyd

6 Percy Merson

7 Alexander Evans

8 Joseph T Dyke (C)

Ringing World page reference: 945.0275

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Ash Priors, Somerset

Holy Trinity

Thursday, 6 June 1929 (9–1–17 in G)

720 Plain Bob Minor

1 E C Thomas

2 Edwin Branchflower

3 Harry Sealey

4 Albert Tout

5 J Newick

6 Bertram T Jeanes (C)

For Evensong and National Thanksgiving Day, whereby our Most Gracious Sovereign has been delivered from severe illness to the comfort of the whole Realm.

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Portishead, Somerset

St Peter

Saturday, 15 June 1929 in 3h (15 in F)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by G Walder's variation of Parker's 12-part

1 Blanche Stadden

2 Mrs William Edwards (C)

3 Hilda Orchard

4 Gwendoline Stadden

5 Ernest J Goldstone

6 James Nisbet

7 Albert E Colburn

8 Aksel Berg

First peal: 1, 3, 4, 8. First peal on an inside bell: 7. Rung with tlie bells half mufled as a tribute of esteem to the late Mr. Robert Corp, who had held the office of churchwarden at the above church for the past sixteen years, and who was interred in the adjoining churchyaord on that day.

[RW 1929 p.388]

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Fitzhead, Somerset

St James the Great

Saturday, 21 September 1929 in 3h (12–1–14 in F♯)

5040 Treble Dodging Minor (3m)

3 x 720 Cambridge Surprise, 2 x 720 each of Kent and Oxford Treble Bob.

1 Bertram T Jeanes

2 Arthur H Reed

3 Alfred J Wyatt

4 William G Gigg

5 Percy Merson

6 William H Lloyd (C)

The first peal of Minor on the bells.

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Corston, Somerset

All Saints

Saturday, 21 September 1929 in 2h 55 (9–2–25 in A♭)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Holt's Ten Part

1 Florence A Davey

2 Theodore Grant

3 Stephen J White

4 Charles W Bell

5 George H Cross

6 Duncan Matthews

7 William J Prescott (C)

8 Frank Price

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Chew Magna, Somerset

St Andrew

Thursday, 10 October 1929 in 2h 57 (28–0–21 in C♯)

5040 Stedman Triples

Taken from the tower belfry log book 1929 - 1961

Composed by Parker's 5 part

1 Major J H B Hesse

2 Albert E Stowell

3 Alfred E Reeves

4 Ronald G Beck

5 Samuel J Hector

6 Charles F Andrews

7 William A Cave (C)

8 Joseph T Dyke

From the tower belfry log book

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Milverton, Somerset

St Michael and All Angels

Sunday, 27 October 1929 (17–2–12 in E)

1260 Stedman Triples

1 Robert Scott (C)

2 Edwin Chapman

3 William Cross

4 Henry Norman

5 Claude Tarr

6 Archibald J Andrews

7 Albert Tout

8 James Sweetland

For morning service and as a 70th birthday compliment to the conductor.

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Burnham on Sea, Somerset

St Andrew

Saturday, 16 November 1929 in 3h 1 (22 in E♭)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by C Middleton

1 Alexander Evans

2 Albert Stowell

3 Alfred E Reeves (C)

4 James Hunt

5 William J Prescott, Sen

6 William H Lloyd

7 Ronald G Beck

8 Joseph T Dyke

First peal of Cambridge Surprise on the bells.

Ringing World page reference: 974.0740

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Huish Champflower, Somerset

St Peter

Saturday, 14 December 1929 in 2h 45 (11–0–8 in F♯)

5040 Grandsire Doubles

1 Albert Tout

2 Henry Purchase

3 F Beer

4 Jesse Tout

5 Walter John Smith (C)

6 Albert Turner

First attempt (30, and as conductor.

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Bristol, Bristol

St Mary the Virgin, Redcliffe

Thursday, 26 December 1929 in 3h 40 (50–2–21 in B)

5019 Stedman Cinques

Composed by John Carter

1 Alfred E Reeves (C)

2 Percival W Cave

3 Jesse Gillett

4 John Austin

5 Richard Clark

6 Henry Pring

7 Charles R Lilley

8 William Knight

9 John A Burford

10 William A Cave

11 Joseph T Dyke

12 Uriah W Braven

Circled the tower: 10.

Ringing World page reference: 980.0002

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