St James Garlickhythe, Garlick Hill
Sunday, 13 March 2016 in 2h 44 (9–1–25 in G♯)
5008 Spliced Major (24 Methods)
512 Champion Surprise; 384 Spelthorne Surprise; 288 Greater London Alliance; 256 each Shepperton Surprise and Spitalfields Festival Treble Place; 240 Spitalfields Festival Alliance; 224 each August Alliance, Ightinghill Alliance and Romulan Alliance; 192 each Bristol Alliance, Glazgow Little Surprise, Perivale Alliance, Umbrage Alliance, Xtraordinary Alliance and Zanussi Alliance; 176 Bradman Alliance; 160 each Belfast Little Alliance, Coventry Centenary Alliance, Drill Bit Alliance and Eskimo Blue Day Alliance; 128 each Double Coslany Court Bob and Kingsbury Little Surprise; 96 Aust Little Bob; 80 Ansford Little Bob. 191 changes of method; all the work and each lead different for all 8 bells.
1 Alan G Reading
2 Simon J L Linford
3 Katherine L Town
4 Andrew J Graham (C)
5 Graham M Bradshaw
6 Robert W Lee
7 Oliver D Cross
8 David C Brown
Believed to be the first truly 'each lead different' peal ever rung.
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