On This Day - 7 December

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Bill Butler has agreed to supply his collection of events that happened on this day. These complement the automated extracts from PealBase.

Bill Butler's Events for 7th December

YearEventReference
1852The St Peter's Company, Liverpool opened the bells at St. Thomas, Douglas, Isle of Man, with a peal of Grandsire Triples. This was the first peal to be rung on the island. See also July 4, 1888. They were unsuccessful the day before when a rope broke after one and a half hours. These bells were destroyed by fire on February 11, 1912.nv

Birthdays for 7th December

First pealers for 7th December

1901First peal rung by Ralph Grindley. Recorded peal total is 2.
1901First peal rung by George [High Wycombe] White. Recorded peal total is 22.
1901First peal rung by George Goodchild. Recorded peal total is 1.
1901First peal rung by George Hollingsbee. Recorded peal total is 1.
1905First peal rung by Alfred Robson. Recorded peal total is 12.
1907First peal rung by Frederick Hayward. Recorded peal total is 8.
1907First peal rung by George A Ruth. Recorded peal total is 4.
1908First peal rung by Walter Yeend. Recorded peal total is 25.
1909First peal rung by Ernest Landon. Recorded peal total is 24.
1909First peal rung by J [Timberscombe] Blackmore. Recorded peal total is 1.
1909First peal rung by W [Timberscombe] Floyde. Recorded peal total is 1.
1909First peal rung by M Middleton. Recorded peal total is 1.
1909First peal rung by R Poole. Recorded peal total is 1.
1909First peal rung by Walter Yeandle. Recorded peal total is 5.
1911First peal rung by William Shercliff. Recorded peal total is 22.
1911First peal rung by William Hamblyn. Recorded peal total is 7.
1912First peal rung by William T R Egan. Recorded peal total is 1.
1912First peal rung by John H Hipwell. Recorded peal total is 1.
1912First peal rung by John Lawman. Recorded peal total is 1.
1912First peal rung by Reginald J Lawman. Recorded peal total is 4.
1912First peal rung by Albert E Tomes. Recorded peal total is 1.
1912First peal rung by George Williams_sen. Recorded peal total is 3.
1912First peal rung by Thomas W Belton. Recorded peal total is 5.
1912First peal rung by Harry Blunt. Recorded peal total is 1.
1912First peal rung by Frederick Foreman. Recorded peal total is 13.
1912First peal rung by Kenneth Pattenden. Recorded peal total is 110.
1912First peal rung by Henry J Peake. Recorded peal total is 7.
1912First peal rung by John Pember. Recorded peal total is 1.
1912First peal rung by John [Norton Canon] Ward. Recorded peal total is 1.
1918First peal rung by Frank Spencer. Recorded peal total is 12.
1918First peal rung by Andrew Blaxley. Recorded peal total is 6.
1918First peal rung by Lily C Geary. Recorded peal total is 2.
1919First peal rung by Miss E Shuttleworth. Recorded peal total is 1.
1920First peal rung by William H Cooper. Recorded peal total is 79.
1920First peal rung by F William Gibbs. Recorded peal total is 74.
1924First peal rung by G F Alexander_jun. Recorded peal total is 2.
1929First peal rung by Harry Peat. Recorded peal total is 2.
1929First peal rung by William H Owens. Recorded peal total is 2.
1929First peal rung by Frederick W Bush. Recorded peal total is 1.
1929First peal rung by Walter H Cox. Recorded peal total is 1.
1929First peal rung by Henry J Martyn. Recorded peal total is 1.
1929First peal rung by Harold E Weeks. Recorded peal total is 1.
1929First peal rung by Frederick W P Browning. Recorded peal total is 6.
1931First peal rung by John A Hill. Recorded peal total is 8.
1931First peal rung by George [Upham] Hutchinson. Recorded peal total is 5.
1931First peal rung by Edward C Wheeler. Recorded peal total is 16.
1933First peal rung by Eric J Barrett. Recorded peal total is 3.
1934First peal rung by Clifford Bradshaw. Recorded peal total is 1.
1934First peal rung by Games Gill. Recorded peal total is 1.
1934First peal rung by Raymond Greatorex. Recorded peal total is 4.
1934First peal rung by Victor Taylor. Recorded peal total is 19.
1935First peal rung by J Davey. Recorded peal total is 2.
1935First peal rung by A Hastings. Recorded peal total is 1.
1935First peal rung by Thomas Hollowell. Recorded peal total is 2.
1935First peal rung by Gilbert S Avis. Recorded peal total is 3.
1935First peal rung by Jesse K Bellingham. Recorded peal total is 1.
1935First peal rung by Stanley [Barcombe] Brook. Recorded peal total is 2.
1935First peal rung by E [Rhyl] Atkinson. Recorded peal total is 1.
1935First peal rung by W G [Rhyl] Turner. Recorded peal total is 1.
1946First peal rung by Ronald A Pearson. Recorded peal total is 2.
1946First peal rung by Dennis G Blows. Recorded peal total is 198.
1946First peal rung by James R Fleetwood. Recorded peal total is 8.
1946First peal rung by Bruce Wilson. Recorded peal total is 1.
1946First peal rung by Joyce A Parsons. Recorded peal total is 165.
1946First peal rung by Terence G Morton. Recorded peal total is 31.
1948First peal rung by Lance Watson. Recorded peal total is 12.
1951First peal rung by Alan [Tuxford] Wilson. Recorded peal total is 1.
1951First peal rung by Derek E Griffin. Recorded peal total is 26.
1951First peal rung by Cecil A Swann. Recorded peal total is 8.
1953First peal rung by H Eric Johnson. Recorded peal total is 1.
1957First peal rung by Frederick J [Great Staughton] Reeve. Recorded peal total is 1.
1957First peal rung by John G Hobbs. Recorded peal total is 9.
1959First peal rung by Christine Cobbold. Recorded peal total is 2.
1959First peal rung by Robert G Dadds. Recorded peal total is 2.
1959First peal rung by Mary Elsdon. Recorded peal total is 1.
1960First peal rung by John Woolley. Recorded peal total is 10.
1961First peal rung by Lynne V Sherwood. Recorded peal total is 5.
1963First peal rung by Michael Pilgrim. Recorded peal total is 76.
1963First peal rung by Richard H Mills. Recorded peal total is 2.
1963First peal rung by Penny A Sloman. Recorded peal total is 7.
1964First peal rung by Keith Sheppard. Recorded peal total is 32.
1968First peal rung by Michael D Fiander. Recorded peal total is 1211.
1968First peal rung by Hilary J Rose. Recorded peal total is 8.
1968First peal rung by Christopher W [St Brides Major] Thomas. Recorded peal total is 1.
1968First peal rung by Paul W Thomas. Recorded peal total is 164.
1968First peal rung by Sylvia J Hodister. Recorded peal total is 2.
1968First peal rung by Patricia Wake. Recorded peal total is 6.
1968First peal rung by John A Foster. Recorded peal total is 1205.
1968First peal rung by Doris Burroughs. Recorded peal total is 1.
1969First peal rung by Dennis B Clive. Recorded peal total is 27.
1969First peal rung by Martin R Clive. Recorded peal total is 2.
1969First peal rung by Andrew S Madeley. Recorded peal total is 1.
1971First peal rung by Hilary J Ling. Recorded peal total is 1.
1971First peal rung by Graham Hopkins. Recorded peal total is 3.
1974First peal rung by Elaine [Baslow] Booth. Recorded peal total is 1.
1974First peal rung by Adrian J Harper. Recorded peal total is 3.
1974First peal rung by Neil J Morgan. Recorded peal total is 318.
1974First peal rung by Dennis M Orchard. Recorded peal total is 165.
1974First peal rung by Lorraine C Andrews. Recorded peal total is 68.
1974First peal rung by Simon Hazell. Recorded peal total is 9.
1974First peal rung by E Anne Pawley. Recorded peal total is 1.
1974First peal rung by Hazel J Peasey. Recorded peal total is 9.
1974First peal rung by Johanna M Smith. Recorded peal total is 1.
1974First peal rung by David [Saddleworth] Ashley. Recorded peal total is 2.
1974First peal rung by Harold Cartwright. Recorded peal total is 7.
1974First peal rung by David J Stubbings. Recorded peal total is 11.
1974First peal rung by Keith A Osborne. Recorded peal total is 10.
1974First peal rung by Ormonde D Knight. Recorded peal total is 21.
1975First peal rung by Peter A F Kinsella. Recorded peal total is 2.
1975First peal rung by Paul Marsh. Recorded peal total is 1.
1975First peal rung by Margaret A O'Dwyer. Recorded peal total is 2.
1977First peal rung by Valerie [Thursby] Phillips. Recorded peal total is 2.
1977First peal rung by William Poore. Recorded peal total is 1.
1977First peal rung by David N Page. Recorded peal total is 4.
1980First peal rung by Robert T Child. Recorded peal total is 77.
1980First peal rung by Christopher J Chown. Recorded peal total is 7.
1980First peal rung by Karen E Baxter. Recorded peal total is 2.
1982First peal rung by E Raymond Berryman. Recorded peal total is 24.
1985First peal rung by Paula D Gilligan. Recorded peal total is 1.
1985First peal rung by Marjorie A Coleman. Recorded peal total is 3.
1985First peal rung by David J [Pagham] King. Recorded peal total is 4.
1985First peal rung by Gillian P Watson. Recorded peal total is 2.
1985First peal rung by Kate M Beard. Recorded peal total is 2.
1985First peal rung by Andrew M Reynolds. Recorded peal total is 27.
1986First peal rung by George R Whittell. Recorded peal total is 3.
1986First peal rung by Christopher S Dodds. Recorded peal total is 14.
1986First peal rung by Robert E Badham. Recorded peal total is 1.
1988First peal rung by Tara-Jayne Longhurst. Recorded peal total is 1.
1991First peal rung by Alison Carpenter. Recorded peal total is 5.
1991First peal rung by Mark Palmer. Recorded peal total is 7.
1991First peal rung by Barry J Molle. Recorded peal total is 1.
1991First peal rung by Eric J Dyer. Recorded peal total is 3.
1991First peal rung by Philip A Watch. Recorded peal total is 1.
1991First peal rung by David G [Wareham] Langford. Recorded peal total is 63.
1991First peal rung by Mark B Place. Recorded peal total is 112.
1991First peal rung by Paul Marshall. Recorded peal total is 4.
1991First peal rung by Julia A Williamson. Recorded peal total is 5.
1991First peal rung by Geoffrey C Hill. Recorded peal total is 21.
1992First peal rung by Alice L Wilson. Recorded peal total is 2.
1996First peal rung by J David Stockton. Recorded peal total is 3.
1996First peal rung by Julia A Lysaght. Recorded peal total is 255.
1996First peal rung by Kristina J Franklin. Recorded peal total is 3.
1996First peal rung by Colin M Lee. Recorded peal total is 848.
1996First peal rung by Leslie F Noe. Recorded peal total is 3.
1997First peal rung by Gavin S Welton. Recorded peal total is 3.
1999First peal rung by John P W Taylor. Recorded peal total is 200.
2000First peal rung by Matthew R H Bucknall. Recorded peal total is 3.
2002First peal rung by E Katie Reid. Recorded peal total is 4.
2002First peal rung by Paul [Kent] Evans. Recorded peal total is 3.
2002First peal rung by William J Dawson. Recorded peal total is 144.
2003First peal rung by Luke D Marshall. Recorded peal total is 79.
2003First peal rung by Julie M Curtsinger. Recorded peal total is 3.
2003First peal rung by Christine Cope. Recorded peal total is 2.
2003First peal rung by Jill Larbalestier. Recorded peal total is 2.
2008First peal rung by Sharon R Stimpson. Recorded peal total is 54.
2008First peal rung by Richard A V George. Recorded peal total is 3.
2008First peal rung by Noah I Smith. Recorded peal total is 16.
2013First peal rung by Michael C Davies. Recorded peal total is 1.
2013First peal rung by Rebecca Gingell. Recorded peal total is 58.
2019First peal rung by William M Carter. Recorded peal total is 1.
2019First peal rung by Tierney S Rayment. Recorded peal total is 1.

First peals in towers for 7th December

1738First peal on the bells at Boston, St Botolph, Lincolnshire. Recorded peal total is 80.
1817First peal on the bells at Langtoft, St Michael, Lincolnshire. Recorded peal total is 13.
1872First peal on the bells at Beddington, St Mary, Surrey. Recorded peal total is 462.
1872First peal on the bells at Ilkley, All Saints, Yorkshire. Recorded peal total is 135.
1881First peal on the bells at Warminster, St Denys, Wiltshire. Recorded peal total is 53.
1889First peal on the bells at Caldicot, SS Mary & Bartholomew, Monmouthshire. Recorded peal total is 94.
1895First peal on the bells at Branston, All Saints, Lincolnshire. Recorded peal total is 82.
1895First peal on the bells at Crosthwaite, Keswick, St Kentigern, Cumberland. Recorded peal total is 49.
1901First peal on the bells at Bramshott, St Mary the Virgin, Hampshire. Recorded peal total is 38.
1907First peal on the bells at Greens Norton, St Bartholomew, Northamptonshire. Recorded peal total is 44.
1912First peal on the bells at Church Broughton, St Michael, Derbyshire. Recorded peal total is 15.
1912First peal on the bells at Froyle, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hampshire. Recorded peal total is 22.
1912First peal on the bells at Hastings, St Clement, Sussex. Recorded peal total is 16.
1912First peal on the bells at Lilbourne, All Saints, Northamptonshire. Recorded peal total is 4.
1912First peal on the bells at Norton Canon, St Nicholas, Herefordshire. Recorded peal total is 29.
1912First peal on the bells at Olveston, St Mary of Malmesbury, Gloucestershire. Recorded peal total is 37.
1922First peal on the bells at Bingham, St Mary & All Saints, Nottinghamshire. Recorded peal total is 38.
1922First peal on the bells at Patrington, St Patrick, Yorkshire. Recorded peal total is 68.
1928First peal on the bells at North Muskham, St Wilfrid, Nottinghamshire. Recorded peal total is 152.
1935First peal on the bells at Cowbridge, Holy Cross, Glamorgan. Recorded peal total is 73.
1946First peal on the bells at Hockwold cum Wilton, St James, Norfolk. Recorded peal total is 9.
1957First peal on the bells at Bitterne Park, Southampton, Ascension, Hampshire. Recorded peal total is 150.
1968First peal on the bells at Pagham, St Thomas a Becket, Sussex. Recorded peal total is 32.
1983First peal on the bells at Springthorpe, SS George & Laurence, Lincolnshire. Recorded peal total is 2.
1985First peal on the bells at York, Holy Trinity, Western Australia. Recorded peal total is 23.
2016First peal on the bells at East Layton, Christ Church, Yorkshire. Recorded peal total is 1.

First peals in method for 7th December

1963First tower bell peal of Datchworth Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
1967First tower bell peal of Knightsbridge Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 8.
1968First tower bell peal of Rockingham Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1972First tower bell peal of Maypole Alliance Maximus. Recorded peal total is 32.
1975First tower bell peal of Shaw Surprise Minor. Recorded peal total is 1.
1982First tower bell peal of Phoenix Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1985First tower bell peal of Farnborough Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
1985First tower bell peal of Tamara Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1986First tower bell peal of Eastville Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 5.
1991First tower bell peal of Brora Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 2.
1991First tower bell peal of Ditcheat Manor Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 2.
1991First tower bell peal of K626 Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1991First tower bell peal of Tailor Paul Surprise Maximus. Recorded peal total is 1.
1994First tower bell peal of Oyacnauh Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1996First tower bell peal of Dunecht Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1996First tower bell peal of Merevale Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1998First tower bell peal of Oxhey Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1999First tower bell peal of Arkadelphia Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1999First tower bell peal of Navarre Surprise Maximus. Recorded peal total is 1.
1999First tower bell peal of Toby's Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2001First tower bell peal of Pattishall Surprise Minor. Recorded peal total is 1.
2002First tower bell peal of Morfa Mawddach Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 4.
2002First tower bell peal of Spinning Jennie Delight Royal. Recorded peal total is 2.
2007First tower bell peal of Princess Pocahontas Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
2010First tower bell peal of Ytterbia Alliance Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
2012First tower bell peal of Mawsley Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
2013First tower bell peal of Three Tuns Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 3.