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 yorkshire Association

Tenor 12 cwt

On Tuesday 24 July, 1894, in 3 hours and 0 minutes

A Peal of 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major

Ringers

1. James Gratrix
2. John Holden
3. Samuel H. Cooper
4. Thomas B. Dicken
5. John A. Lawton
6. Joseph Wood
7. Arthur W. Holden
8. Edward Wood

Composed by C. H. Hattersley

Conducted by Samuel H. Cooper

Footnotes

J. Gratrix hails from Swinton; A. W. Holden from Southport; J. Holden, T. B. Dicken, and S. H. Cooper from Mossley; J. Wood, E. Wood, and J. A. Lawton belong to Saddleworth.
Notes BN 1894 p 127