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(Leicester & Nottingham Journal, Sat. 8 March 1777; extract kindly provided by John Eisel)

On Tuesday Feb. 25, a true and compleat peal of ten thousand and eighty changes of Bob-Major, 8 in, (which continued 7 hours and 4 minutes) was rung on the new peal of 8 bells at St. Mary's in Shrewsbury, by 8 of the Society of Change Ringers in that town, and in their first attempt for the same. The order of the Bobs for carrying the above performance were composed by W.D. Crofts of Nottingham - and the above peal of Bells were lately cast by Messrs. Pack and Co. of White-Chappel, London, and are remarkably tunable.