St Mary and St Martin
Saturday, 8 March 1924 in 3h (12–2–23 in F)
5040 Grandsire Triples
Holt's Ten-Part.
1 Edwin Shepherd (C)
2 William Howe
3 Alfred Monkley
4 Thomas Bartlett
5 Edmund Sargent
6 James Moss
7 George Betts
8 William Richardson
Rung by members of the St Sidwell’s Branch of the Guild of Devonshire Ringers.
This is the first peal on the bells.
Great credit is due to Messrs. Gillett & Johnston on the restoration of this ring; the 'go’ is excellent.
Uploaded to mark the Eightieth Anniversary of the destruction of St. Sidwell’s Church, during the Exeter Blitz, 4th May 1942.
[Source: The Ringing World, March 14, 1924, page 164.]
Church Bellhangers of Distinction