St Mary the Blessed Virgin
Saturday, 12 February 1955 in 2h 42 (13–0–14 in G)
5040 Spliced Doubles (72m)
Being 42 extents in 72 individual plain course methods, viz., (1) Datchet Bob, Reverse St. Osmund's Bob and St. Julian's Bob; (2) St. Gregory's Bob, Reverse St. Osmund's Bob and Datchet Bob; (3) Reverse St. Vedast's Bob, Reverse St. Remigius' Bob and Reverse St. Osmund's Bob; (4) Uffington Bob, Reverse St. Simon's Bob and Union Bob; (5) St. Alphage's Bob, Reverse St. Simon's Bob and Uffington Bob; (6) Reverse New Bob, Reverse St. Nicholas' Bob and Reverse St. Simon's Bob; (7) Stowe Place, Reverse St, Martin's Bob and St. Faith's Place; (8) St. Andrew's Place, Reverse St. Martin's Bob and Stowe Place; (9) Reverse Huntspill Bob, Reverse Winchendon Place and Reverse St. Martin's Bob; (10) Reverse Bob, Canterbury Pleasure and Coxwell Place; (11) Reverse Bob, St. Bartholomew's Bob, Reverse All Saints' Place, St. Sebastian's Bob and Canterbury Pleasure; (12) Reverse Shipway's Place, Coxwell Place and Reverse Bob; (13) St. Botolph's Place, Stedman's Bob, Coxwell Place and Reverse Bob; (14) Shipway's Place and Colnbrook S.C.; (15) Tandridge S.C. and Shipway's Place; (16) Westminster II. Bob and Knapton S.C.; (17) Chesham S.C. and Westminster II. Bob; (18) St. Hilary's Bob, Intwood S.C. and Ockham S.C.; (19) Blackburn Place and Lyng S.C.; (20) Broughton S.C. and Blackburn Place; (21) New Bob and Forncett S.C.; (22) Itchingfield S.C. and New Bob; (23) St. Vedast's Bob and Bedingham S.C.; (24) Chipstead.S.C. and St. Vedast's Bob; (25) Huntspill Bob and Ellingham S.C.; (26) Oakley S.C. and Huntspill Bob; (27) Reverse Canterbury Pleasure and Raveningham S.C.; (28) Dorton S.C. and Reverse Canterbury Pleasure; (29) St. Nicholas' Bob and Fundenhall S.C.; (30) Longford S.C. and St. Nicholas' Bob; (31) St. Remigius' Bob and Harpley S.C.; (32) Hascombe S.C. and St. Remigius' Bob; (33) Winchendon Place and Haddiscoe S.C.; (34) Thornborough S.C. and Winchendon Place; (35) Plain Bob and Candlesby S.C.; (36) Boxford S.C. and Plain Bob; (37) St. Simon's Bob and Braywood S.C.; (38) Rugby S.C. and St. Simon's Bob; (39) St. Osmund's Bob and Longworth S.C.; (40) Merton S.C. and St. Osmund's Bob; (41) St. Martin's Bob and Welford S.C.;(42) Slapton S.C. and St. Martin's Bob, with 315 changes of methods, and plain leads only used throughout.
1 Monica Howard
2–3 Frank T Blagrove (C)
4 William Butler
5 Michael Hatchett
6 Allen D Rivers
First peal in 72 methods for all, on the bells and for the Guild.
This is the greatest number of Doubles methods yet rung to a peal;
Each method had its own plain course and each plain course conformed to Central Council requirements. No bobs used and no method was the bob lead of another.
RW 1955 p117