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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 22nd August

Year	Event	Reference
1752	William Dixon called Holt's Original at St Michael Coslany, Norwich. This was the first time this difficult composition had been called by a conductor taking part in the ringing. He called it again later that year on October 22, 1752. See also December 25, 1753.	RW1940/596
1897	The first ten-bell peal in Ireland was 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal on the newly installed ring at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. James Washbrook called it, and there were subsequent allegations that the composition was not true.	nv
1964	The first peal of Major on tower bells by only four ringers was rung at Balcombe, Sussex, with a tenor of 9 cwt. Tom Chapman rang the two trebles, Frank C Price rang 3-4, Frank T Blagrove rang 5-6 and Tony Price the two tenors.	nv
1984	The members of the St Thomas Society touring Norway rang a handbell peal of spliced Minor in 53 methods at Tromso. This was the greatest number of methods rung to a peal outside the British Isles.	nv

Birthdays for 22nd August

1882	John Thomas born
1884	Frederick Precey born
1887	Albert J Pitman born
1906	Norman H Coombs born
1911	William J Flatt born
1930	Patrick Harris born
1950	Robin L Coles born

First pealers for 22nd August

1945	First peal rung by Anthony Higgins. Recorded peal total is 3.
1945	First peal rung by Margaret L M Smith. Recorded peal total is 2.
1947	First peal rung by Thomas H J Prince. Recorded peal total is 1.
1911	First peal rung by Elsie L Hairs. Recorded peal total is 44.
1931	First peal rung by Thomas C Jaine. Recorded peal total is 1.
1952	First peal rung by A Courtney Thorne. Recorded peal total is 5.
1955	First peal rung by John F W Read. Recorded peal total is 15.
1957	First peal rung by Stanley Palmer. Recorded peal total is 1.
1959	First peal rung by Patricia Heap. Recorded peal total is 1.
1959	First peal rung by Nadine Price. Recorded peal total is 1.
1950	First peal rung by Cyril F Low. Recorded peal total is 53.
1963	First peal rung by Anthony W Bridges. Recorded peal total is 2.
1964	First peal rung by Raymond J Fordham. Recorded peal total is 11.
1964	First peal rung by Robert D Bellamy. Recorded peal total is 115.
1965	First peal rung by Allan R Greenhill. Recorded peal total is 1.
1965	First peal rung by Marion Adcock. Recorded peal total is 1.
1968	First peal rung by Kathryn Lawson. Recorded peal total is 4.
1970	First peal rung by Walter Seward. Recorded peal total is 2.
1970	First peal rung by Louise Hogarth. Recorded peal total is 1.
1970	First peal rung by Gerald F H Allen. Recorded peal total is 11.
1970	First peal rung by Frank Preston. Recorded peal total is 19.
1970	First peal rung by Leslie G Smith. Recorded peal total is 88.
1970	First peal rung by David G Salter. Recorded peal total is 3576.
1970	First peal rung by Michael J Seagrave. Recorded peal total is 350.
1970	First peal rung by Elizabeth Hutton. Recorded peal total is 4.
1972	First peal rung by Lesley Toone. Recorded peal total is 4.
1972	First peal rung by Christopher Birkby. Recorded peal total is 239.
1974	First peal rung by Richard Abbott. Recorded peal total is 2.
1974	First peal rung by Stephen Burrows. Recorded peal total is 3.
1974	First peal rung by Elizabeth Knight. Recorded peal total is 1.
1975	First peal rung by Jane Shephard. Recorded peal total is 1.
1974	First peal rung by Angela J Allen. Recorded peal total is 10.
1977	First peal rung by Laurel E Hill. Recorded peal total is 1.
1959	First peal rung by Janice E Higgins. Recorded peal total is 280.
1979	First peal rung by Susan E Marsden. Recorded peal total is 1170.
1981	First peal rung by Martin S Hartfield. Recorded peal total is 29.
1981	First peal rung by David W Lyle. Recorded peal total is 10.
1981	First peal rung by Nicholas R Fox. Recorded peal total is 9.
1981	First peal rung by W Margaret Smith. Recorded peal total is 4.
1981	First peal rung by Hilary J Poyner. Recorded peal total is 4.
1986	First peal rung by Denis Parfoot. Recorded peal total is 1.
1986	First peal rung by Alex C Sharpe. Recorded peal total is 12.
1987	First peal rung by Michael J Colquhoun. Recorded peal total is 1.
1987	First peal rung by Alan Beard. Recorded peal total is 1.
1987	First peal rung by Colin I J MacKay. Recorded peal total is 1.
1987	First peal rung by Diana F Day. Recorded peal total is 4.
1987	First peal rung by Juliet Keer. Recorded peal total is 1.
1989	First peal rung by Vanessa L Baker. Recorded peal total is 49.
1993	First peal rung by Chris Oliver. Recorded peal total is 1.
1994	First peal rung by Kate Hammond. Recorded peal total is 1.
1987	First peal rung by Margaret E Downer. Recorded peal total is 35.
1964	First peal rung by Stella G Bianco. Recorded peal total is 11.
1998	First peal rung by Ronald G Cordell. Recorded peal total is 1.
1998	First peal rung by Rosemary C Hogan. Recorded peal total is 1.
1998	First peal rung by Naomi A Laredo. Recorded peal total is 9.
1999	First peal rung by Stephen G Hughes. Recorded peal total is 5.
1969	First peal rung by E Lesley Barclay. Recorded peal total is 90.
1973	First peal rung by Rosemary R Mason. Recorded peal total is 5.
2003	First peal rung by Susan K Fautsch. Recorded peal total is 14.
2003	First peal rung by Kristine K Fowler. Recorded peal total is 66.
2004	First peal rung by Matthew H Knights. Recorded peal total is 6.
2004	First peal rung by Emma Hadfield. Recorded peal total is 2.
2004	First peal rung by John [Lismore] Hadfield. Recorded peal total is 3.
2004	First peal rung by Simon C McMillan. Recorded peal total is 1.
2008	First peal rung by Robert C Beavis. Recorded peal total is 177.
1970	First peal rung by Jane A Aked. Recorded peal total is 165.
2015	First peal rung by Charlotte Dollery. Recorded peal total is 1.
2017	First peal rung by Matthew N Jerome. Recorded peal total is 14.

First peals in towers for 22nd August

1889	First peal on the bells at Walcot, Bath, Christ Church, Somerset. Recorded peal total is 7.
1903	First peal on the bells at Harrington, SS Peter & Paul, Northamptonshire. Recorded peal total is 3.
1908	First peal on the bells at Carlton in Cleveland, St Botolph, Yorkshire. Recorded peal total is 21.
1943	First peal on the bells at Bere Regis, St John the Baptist, Dorset. Recorded peal total is 7.
1947	First peal on the bells at Taynton, St John the Evangelist, Oxfordshire. Recorded peal total is 5.
1952	First peal on the bells at Guildford, St Mary, Surrey. Recorded peal total is 31.
1968	First peal on the bells at St Giles in the Wood, St Giles, Devon. Recorded peal total is 6.
2004	First peal on the bells at Lismore, St Andrew, New South Wales. Recorded peal total is 4.
2008	First peal on the bells at Kingsbridge, St Edmund King & Martyr, Devon. Recorded peal total is 5.

First peals in method for 22nd August

1934	First tower bell peal of Runnymede Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 18.
1972	First tower bell peal of Bellfoundry Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 4.
1976	First tower bell peal of Blackburn Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1981	First tower bell peal of Tripontium Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1984	First tower bell peal of Midsomer Norton Surprise Maximus. Recorded peal total is 3.
1990	First tower bell peal of Didymium Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
1992	First tower bell peal of Benedict Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
1992	First tower bell peal of Calunio Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1994	First tower bell peal of Vaughan Surprise Maximus. Recorded peal total is 3.
1994	First tower bell peal of Zorro Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 2.
1995	First tower bell peal of Woollahra Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1996	First tower bell peal of Dingley Hall Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 3.
1996	First tower bell peal of Reverse Erin Minimus. Recorded peal total is 2.
2001	First tower bell peal of Loopylil Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
2005	First tower bell peal of Keresley Alliance Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2006	First tower bell peal of Southfields Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2007	First tower bell peal of Carmignano Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
2012	First tower bell peal of St Leonard Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2012	First tower bell peal of Thurlby Fen Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2015	First tower bell peal of Henry Tudor Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.