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Bedfordshire Association

Bromham, Bedfordshire

St Owen

Saturday, 18 January 1913 in 3h 20 (22–3–18 in D)

5040 Minor (7m)

1 extent each of Double Oxford, Double Court, Single Oxford, Plain Bob, Woodbine, Oxford TB, and Kent TB

1 Herbert L Harlow

2 Evelyn Steel

3 Harry Tysoe

4 John W Barker (C)

5 Reginald Gardner

6 Herbert Sharp

Bedfordshire Association

Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire

St James

Saturday, 1 February 1913 in 3h 3 (18–2–12 in D)

5040 Treble Bob Minor (3m)

2 extents each of Woodbine and Oxford TB, and 3 extents of Kent TB

1 Mortimer Matthews

2 Cyril Herbert

3 Edmund J Hobbs

4 Mark Lane

5 Ernest Herbert

6 Horace Smith (C)

Quickest peal on the bells.

Bedfordshire Association

Kempston, Bedfordshire

All Saints

Saturday, 15 February 1913 in 3h 14 (17–1–16 in E)

5040 Treble Bob Minor (7m)

1 extent each of Violet, London Scholars' Pleasure, College Pleasure, College Exercise, Woodbine, Kent TB, Oxford TB

1 Herbert Mortimer

2 Charles Mortimer

3 Leonard Orpin

4 Henry W Gayton

5 E Pearl Inskip

6 Charles W Clarke (C)

Bedfordshire Association

Elstow, Bedfordshire

St Mary and St Helena

Monday, 24 February 1913 in 3h (8–2–0 in G)

5040 Minor (5m)

1 extent of Woodbine, 2 extents each of Oxford TB & Kent TB, and 1 extent each of Oxford Bob & Plain Bob

1 Harry Tysoe (C)

2 Dorothy Steel

3 John W Barker

4 Evelyn Steel

5 Reginald Gardner

6 Edward White

First peal - 2.

First peal as conductor - 1.

Bedfordshire Association

Biddenham, Bedfordshire

St James

Saturday, 1 March 1913 in 2h 44 (12–3–18 in G)

5040 Treble Bob Minor (6m)

1 extent each of Cambridge Surprise, College Pleasure, London Scholars', College Pleasure, Woodbine, Oxford TB, and Kent TB

1 Herbert L Harlow

2 Evelyn Steel

3 Harry Tysoe

4 Herbert Sharp

5 Charles W Clarke

6 John W Barker (C)

First peal of Treble Bob Minor - 2

Bedfordshire Association

Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire

St Peter

Saturday, 8 March 1913 in 2h 58 (10½ in F♯)

5040 Treble Bob Minor (7m)

An extent each of: Violet, College Pleasure, London Scholars Pleasure, College Exercise, Woodbine, Kent and Oxford.

1 William A Norman

2 Herbert L Harlow

3 Henry W Gayton

4 William Jacques

5 Charles W Clarke (C)

6 Pearl Inskip

1st peal in 7m - 1. 1st peal of TB on the bells. A birthday compliment to H L Harlow.

Bedfordshire Association

Turvey, Bedfordshire

All Saints

Saturday, 5 April 1913 in 3h 21 (19–0–20 in E)

5088 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by H Johnson

1 Frederick J Mynard

2 Henry W Gayton

3 Frank Boswell

4 Bernard Fisher

5 Herbert L Harlow

6 William Jacques (C)

7 William Freeman

8 John W Barker

First peal in the method - 1 and 6.

First in the method with a bob bell - 3.

The composition has the 6th the extent each way in 5-6.

The conductor had never called a touch in the method previous to attempting the peal.

Bedfordshire Association

Dunstable, Bedfordshire

Priory Church of St Peter

Saturday, 19 April 1913 in 3h 12 (23–2–15 in E♭)

5024 Plain Bob Major

Composed by Sir Arthur Heywood, Bart

1 David Janes

2 George W Heley

3 Ernest Herbert

4 John W Chance

5 F W Baldock

6 Horace Smith

7 Rev W W C Baker (C)

8 Stanley B Dobbie

First peal - 2 and 5.

First peal of Major - 4 and 6.

This is the first peal in the Association conducted by a Rural Dean.

Bedfordshire Association

Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire

St Botolph

Saturday, 3 May 1913 in 2h 44 (10–0–11 in G♯)

5040 Treble Bob Minor (7m)

I extent each of Cambridge Surprise, College Pleasure, London Scholars' Pleasure, College Exercise, Violet, Woodbine, and Oxford TB

1 Mark Lane

2 John Cooke

3 Charles W Clarke

4 Charles Stapleton

5 Charles A Robinson

6 William Stapleton (C)

Bedfordshire Association

Bromham, Bedfordshire

St Owen

Saturday, 17 May 1913 in 3h 18 (22–3–18 in D)

5040 Minor (7m)

1 extent each of Woodbine, Oxford TB, Kent TB, Double Oxford, Double Court, Single Oxford, and Plain Bob

1 Evelyn Steel

2 Alfred Martin

3 Walter Perkins

4 Harry Tysoe

5 John W Barker

6 Charles W Clarke (C)

Bedfordshire Association

Potton, Bedfordshire

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 24 May 1913 in 2h 40 (7–0–0 in A)

5040 Minor (5m)

3 extents of Oxford TB, and 1 extent each of Single Court, Oxford Bob, College Single, and Plain Bob

1 William Compton

2 Sydney J Coleman

3 George D Coleman (C)

4 Alfred O Bailey

5 Samuel Stubbings

6 Edmund C Chasty

Rung in commemoration of Empire Day.

Bedfordshire Association

Bedford, Bedfordshire

St Peter de Merton

Thursday, 29 May 1913 in 2h 42 (12–3–14 in A♭)

5040 Treble Bob Minor (7m)

1 extent each of Cambridge Surprise, College Pleasure, London Scholars', College Exercise, Woodbine, Kent TB, and Oxford TB

1 Verney Cooper

2 Frank Webb

3 William Stapleton

4 Charles A Robinson

5 Charles W Clarke (C)

6 Herbert Sharp

First Peal -1

Bedfordshire Association

Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire

St James

Saturday, 31 May 1913 in 3h 20 (18–2–12 in D)

5040 Treble Bob Minor (7m)

1 extent each of Cambridge Surprise, London Scholars' Pleasure, College Exercise, Violet, Woodbine, Kent TB, and Oxford TB

1 Dorothy Steel

2 Percy J Cooke

3 Charles W Clarke

4 Charles Stapleton

5 Charles Robinson

6 William Stapleton (C)

First peal of Treble Bob - 1.

First peal of seven Treble Bob methods on the bells.

Bedfordshire Association

Old Warden, Bedfordshire

St Leonard

Thursday, 5 June 1913 in 2h 53 (9–0–22 in G)

5040 Minor (7m)

1 extent each of Woodbine, Oxford TB, Kent TB, Double Oxford Bob, Reverse College Single, Single Oxford Bob, and Plain Bob

1 William J Mayes

2 Evelyn Steel

3 John W Barker

4 Charles A Pratt

5 George W Newton

6 Fred Blood (C)

First peal in seven methods as conductor - 6.

Bedfordshire Association

Turvey, Bedfordshire

All Saints

Saturday, 7 June 1913 in 3h 22 (19–0–20 in E)

5056 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by John W Barker

1 Dorothy Steel

2 Herbert L Harlow

3 Horace H Smith

4 Evelyn Steel

5 Edmund J Hobbs

6 Edward White

7 Frank Webb

8 John W Barker (C)

First peal on eight bells - 1, 5, and 6.

First peal of Treble Bob Major - 3.

First peal of Treble Bob Major inside - 4.

Bedfordshire Association

Potton, Bedfordshire

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 19 July 1913 in 2h 44 (7–0–0 in A)

5040 Minor (5m)

3 extents of Oxford TB, and 1 extent each of Single Court, Oxford Bob, College Single, and Plain Bob

1 William Compton

2 Sydney J Coleman

3 Alfred C Bailey

4 George D Coleman (C)

5 George W Inskip

6 Rev B H Tyrwhitt-Drake

First peal in five methods, including Treble Bob - 5.

Bedfordshire Association

Bedford, Bedfordshire

St Peter de Merton

Tuesday, 5 August 1913 in 3h (12–3–14 in A♭)

5040 Treble Bob Minor (7m)

1 extent each of Cambridge Surprise, College Pleasure, College Exercise, London Scholars' Pleasure, Violet, Oxford, and Kent

1 Walter W Bonham

2 Henry W Gayton

3 Edwin Yates

4 William Stapleton

5 Thomas C Tompkins

6 Cecil A Valentine (C)

Messrs Yates and Tompkins were elected members of the Association previous to starting.

Bedfordshire Association

Biggleswade, Bedfordshire

St Andrew

Saturday, 9 August 1913 in 3h 20 (13–1–18 in F)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by J J Parker

1 John W Barker (C)

2 Edmund J Hobbs

3 John Hare

4 Horace H Smith

5 Charles A Pratt

6 Fred Blood

7 William J Mayes

8 Edward Hussey

First peal - 8.

First peal in the method - 2 and 4.

First peal on the bells which were recast and rehung, and three memorial bells added (given by local residents) to complete the octave, by Messrs. Gillett and Johnston.

J W Barker belongs to Bedford, Smith and Hobbs to Husborne Crawley, J Hare to Hitchin, W J Mayes to Old Warden, C A Pratt, E Hussey, and F Blood to Biggleswade.

Bedfordshire Association

Cardington, Bedfordshire

St Mary

Saturday, 23 August 1913 in 3h 19 (20–2–15)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by Charles Middleton

1 Arthur Chapman

2 Edward Chapman

3 James Houghton

4 Anderson York Tyler

5 Charles W Clarke

6 Herbert Sharp

7 William Stapleton

8 Walter Perkins (C)

First peal in the method - 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7.

First peal in the method in Bedfordshire by the Association.

Rung on the 16th anniversary of the wedding of Mr. Edward Chapman.

Bedfordshire Association

Luton, Bedfordshire

St Mary

Saturday, 13 September 1913 in 3h 2 (20–0–0)

5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by John W Barker

1 Walter Payne

2 Evelyn Steel

3 Herbert L Harlow

4 Arthur King

5 Ernest Herbert

6 Stanley Dobbie

7 Horace Smith

8 John W Barker (C)

First peal in the method - 1, 2, and 7.

Bedfordshire Association

Elstow, Bedfordshire

St Mary and St Helena

Tuesday, 30 September 1913 in 2h 44 (8–2–0 in G)

5040 Minor (7m)

1 extent each of Cambridge Surprise, College Exercise, Woodbine, Oxford TB, Kent TB, Double Oxford, and Double Court

1 Vernon Cooper

2 Horace H Smith

3 Evelyn Steel

4 John W Barker

5 Herbert L Harlow

6 Frank Webb (C)

Bedfordshire Association

Bedford, Bedfordshire

St Peter de Merton

Monday, 10 November 1913 in 2h 45 (12–3–14 in A♭)

5040 Surprise Minor (7m)

1 extent each of Chester, Beverley, London, Wells, Durham, York, and Cambridge

1 Charles A Robinson

2 John C Cooke

3 Charles W Clarke

4 Charles Stapleton

5 Herbert Sharp

6 William Stapleton (C)

Rung by the St.Peter's Company.

This is the first peal of Surprise Minor rung in the county and by all except the 3rd ringer. Rung at the third attempt. The company only started learning after the Leytonstone ringers visited Bedford last June and showed them the way to ring the methods.

Bedfordshire Association

Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire

St James

Saturday, 15 November 1913 in 3h 11 (18–2–12 in D)

5040 Treble Bob Minor (7m)

1 extent each of London Surprise, Cambridge Surprise, College Exercise, London Scholars' Pleasure, Woodbine, Oxford TB and Kent TB

1 Herbert L Harlow

2 Evelyn Steel

3 Edmund J Hobbs

4 John W Barker

5 Frank Webb

6 Horace Smith (C)

First peal in seven methods - 3.

First peal in seven methods as conductor - 6.

Bedfordshire Association

Harrold, Bedfordshire

St Peter and All Saints

Saturday, 22 November 1913 in 2h 50 (13–0–6 in F♯)

5040 Minor (2m)

3 extents of Oxford Bob and 4 extents of Plain Bob, each extent being called differently

1 Charles Ashton

2 Joseph McGrath

3 Henry W Gayton

4 William Stock

5 Herbert Robinson

6 Charles W Clarke (C)

First peal - 1.

All the ringers, with the exception of the conductor, belong to the local band.

Bedfordshire Association

Cardington, Bedfordshire

St Mary

Saturday, 29 November 1913 in 3h 25 (20–2–15)

5088 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by Henry Dains

1 Frank Smith

2 Herbert L Harlow

3 Evelyn Steel

4 Joseph Church

5 Charles Chasty

6 Horace H Smith

7 Harry Tysoe

8 John W Barker (C)

Rung after meeting short for Cambridge Surprise.

Bedfordshire Association

Sandy, Bedfordshire

St Swithun

Tuesday, 23 December 1913 in 2h 45 (12–0–8 in F)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

1 William C Fox

2 George Wells

3 Sydney J Coleman

4 George D Coleman (C)

5 William J Mayes

6 Rev B H Tyrwhitt-Drake

First peal - 2.

Rung after the institution and induction of Canon A Sloman as Rector of Sandy.

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