St Wilfrid
Thursday, 4 November 1965 in 2h 47 (12–3–13 in F♯)
5040 Doubles (126m/v)
Being 42 extents in 126 methods/variations, viz.: (1) Westminster II, Knapton and Chesham, (2) Burton Joyce, Stoke Bardolph and Epperstone, (3) Lillingstone, Arnold and Swalcliffe, (4) Blackburn, Broughton and Lyng, (5) St. Hilary, Ockham and Intwood, (6) Brightwell, Sandford and Standlake, (7) Horsley, St. Cleer and St. Cecilia, (8) St. Remigius, Hascombe and Harpley, (9) St. Nicholas, Longford S.C. and Fundenhall, (10) Lapley, Shareshill and St. Mary, (11) St. John, Ryton and St. Crispin, (12) Winchendon Place, Thornborough S.C. and Haddiscoe, (13) St. Martin, Welford and Slapton S.C., (14) St. Leonard, Austrey and St. Lawrence, (15) St. Ninian, St Felix and St Austell, (16) St. Osmund, Longworth and Merton S.C., (17) St. Simon, Braywood and Rugby S.C., (18) Eynsham, Elford and St. Jude, (19) April Day, Seighford and Litchurch, (20) Plain, Candlesby S.C. and Boxford, (21) Reverse Canterbury, Dorton and Raveningham, (22) Clifford's Pleasure, Little Aston and St. David, (23) St. Alkmund, St. Denys and Pleasley, (24) Shipway's, Beckingham and Colnbrook, (25) Grandsire, St Margaret and Newark, (26) Newborough, Oxford and Southwell, (27) St. Helen, St. Valentine and Nazeing, (28) Longparish, Freeland and Oxton, (29) Daffodil, Isis and Pinxton, (30) Bluebell, Beckley and Quantoxhead, (31) St Anne, Ray and St. Endellion, (32) Middleton Stoney, Stanton and Roxholme, (33) St. Quintin, St. Swithun and Saxondale, (34) Allestree, Antelope and Uttoxeter, (35) St. Lucy, Northleigh and Tuxford, (36) St. Frideswide, St. Cross, Vauxhall, (37) Ladbroke, Gresford and Waxham, (38) Zennor, St. Tydfil and Xanxene, (39) Keysoe, Jacobstow and Yaxley, (40) Pink's, Harbury and Zeal Monochorum, (41) Reverse St. Bartholomew, Rushall and St. Matthias, (42) Northrepps, All Saints and St. Philip.
1 Harold Stevenson
2 Margaret E Chilton
3 George A Dawson (C)
4 Simon Humphrey
5 John R Pratchett
6 F William Midwinter
The greatest number of Doubles methods/variations yet rung to a peal.
A birthday compliment to Charles J. Copp.