In bell ringing, a ‘peal’ is a period of ringing, usually lasting around three hours and with over 5000 changes – all rung from memory of the method ‘blue line’. They are often rung for special occasions and commemorated with boards in towers.

Tenor 12 cwt

On Saturday 7 November, 1885, in 3 hours and 1 minutes

A Peal of 5088 KENT TREBLE BOB MAJOR

Ringers

1. Robert Wright
2. John Harrop
3. John Sidebotham
4. James Wrigley
5. Edgar Buckley
6. James Radcliffe
7. George Braddock
8. Thomas Braddock

Composed by William Harrison

Conducted by Robert Wright

Footnotes:- Messrs. Braddock Brothers, Wright, Harrop, and Sidebotham hail from Mottram; the rest belong to the local company.
Notes BN 1885 p 261