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St John the Evangelist
Saturday, 3 December 2005 in 3h 11 (22–0–15)
5056 Strata Florida Surprise Major
Composed by D F Morrison (No.3)
1 Marcus A G Williams (C)
2 Andrew L Mainwaring
3 Stephen W Penney
4 Julian C Parker
5 G Nigel Williams
6 Keith P Tompsett
7 Stephen J Bateman
8 Neil Bennett
The tenor ringer has now circled the tower.
The Annual Barmouth Christmas peal by members of the L&M DA. The tenor ringer is believed to hold the record for the fastest peal of Surprise Major on the bells.
Strata Florida Abbey was a magnificent building and has been described as the “Westminster Abbey of Wales” and was constructed in 1184 for Cistercian monks. The site was more significant than Tintern Abbey but like so many buildings was brought to an end by Henry VIII on the dissolution of the monasteries.
“Strata Florida” is a latinized form of “Ystrad Fflur” and means the “plain of the bloom”
First peal in the method.
STRATA FLORIDA SURPRISE MAJOR.
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