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 Association

Tenor 12 cwt

On Saturday 7 November, 1891, in 3 hours and 2 minutes

A Peal of 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major

Ringers

1. James Gratrix
2. Joseph Radcliffe
3. John Holden
4. James H. Shaw
5. Samuel Scott
6. Walter Ingham
7. Joseph Wood
8. Edward Wood

Composed by T. Lockwood of Leeds

Conducted by John Holden

Footnotes

Holden hails from Mossley; Gratrix from Manchester; Stott and Ingham
from Oldham, the rest being the local company.
Notes BN 1891 p 404