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The Society of Change Ringers of Stalybridge

Stalybridge, Cheshire

Holy Trinity, Castlehall

Friday, 7 August 1863 in 2h 57 (15–0–8 in F♯)

5072 Grandsire Major

Composed by James Wood

1 Samuel Kinder (Ashton)

2 Jacob Ashton

3 James Wood (Ashton) (C)

4 Charles Batty

5 Thomas Cocker

6 William Barber (Ashton)

7 William Earnshaw

8 William Fawcett

[The report of the peal in the 15 August 1863 edition of 'The Ashton Weekly Reporter, and Stalybridge and Dukinfield Chronicle' mentions that the peal was rung 'on behalf of Thomas Cocker, who has since left for America'.] JDA