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.

Yorkshire and United Counties Associations

Tenor 12 cwt

On Tuesday 19 February, 1889, in 3 hours and 4 minutes

A Peal of 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major

Ringers

1. Franklin Brierley
2. Joseph Radcliffe
3. John Holden
4. James H. Shaw
5. Joseph L. Buckley
6. Edgar Buckley
7. Edward Wood
8. John T. Dicken

Composed by F. J. Brierley

Conducted by Franklin Brierley

Footnotes

The peal was rung with the bells muffled as a token of respect to the memory of the late Mr. Robert Tuke.
Notes BN 1889 p 607