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.

The Leesfield Society

Tenor 12 cwt

On Monday 22 February, 1886, in 2 hours and 56 minutes

A Peal of 5140 Grandsire Triples

Ringers

1. Edwin B. Shaw
2. Fred Crosland
3. James Priestley
4. Thomas Egerton
5. James Bailey
6. John Greenwood
7. John Hilton
8. Joshua M. Platt

Composed by Holt’s Reversed

Conducted by Fred Crosland

Footnotes:- This is the first peal of Grandsire Triples ever rung on these bells.

Notes BN 1886 p 386
See also BN 1886 p 393 for Conductor – bottom of column 1.