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 United Counties Associations

Tenor 12 cwt

On Tuesday 9 April, 1889, in 3 hours and 5 minutes

A Peal of 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major

Ringers

1. Ammon Buckley
2. Joseph Radcliffe
3. Franklin Brierley
4. Jonathan Pilling
5. James Hinchliffe
6. Thomas Langfield
7. John A. Lawton
8. William Schofield

Composed by William Harrison

Conducted by Franklin Brierley

Footnotes

First peal:- 1, 5, 6, 7.
Notes BN 1889 p 19