BellBoard
St Nicholas
Saturday, 3 January 1824 in 4h
7080 Doubles (2m)
59 peals of Grandsire and Old Doubles.
1 Robert Goulder, Junior
2 William Read
3 William Dade
4 John Hawsedge
5 Robert Goulder, Senior
The History and Art of Change Ringing by Ernest Morris, page 367.
"On Saturday last 7080 changes were rung on five bells at Wrentham steeple, by the company of ringers of that parish, in complete order, in 4 hours, not a bell being out of its place. Treble, Robert Goulder, jun.; 2d. William Read; 3d. William Dade, jun.; 4th, John Howsey; 5th, Robert Goulder, sen." Ipswich Journal, Saturday 10 January 1824. (Sourced from Order and Disorder in the Early Nineteenth Century by John Eisel.)
Peal board in the tower (Image: Philip D Moyse)