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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 13th December

Year	Event	Reference
1806	An attempt by the Senior Society of Cumberland Youths on the Stedman Cinques record peal at Spitalfields failed after 5,500 changes had been rung. See December 15, 1806 and December 20, 1806.	S156
1883	A new ring of eight at East Ardsley, Yorkshire, was dedicated and the bells opened by the Wakefield Ringers with touches of Grandsire Triples and Kent Treble Bob Major.	nv
1884	A disastrous fire at Welford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, supposedly caused by one of the ringers dropping a lighted match onto the rush floor, totally destroyed the tower and five of the six bells.	BN1884/448
1884	The Sussex County Association was formed at a meeting in Brighton. A large number of clergy and ringers were present, and were enthusiastic about the formation of the new Guild. The meeting lasted three hours and was then adjourned until January 24 when the business was concluded.	BN1884/447
1888	Heywood's transposition of Thurstan's peal of Stedman Triples was published in The Bell News. It is an easier arrangement than Thurstan's original composition, so it soon found favour with less experienced conductors.	nv

Birthdays for 13th December

1904	Nellie Taylor born
1906	James E [Lancashire] Blackburn born
1909	Percy W Mills born
1919	Francis A Hobbs born
1920	Charles H [Hartford] Smith born
1931	George E Evenden born
1938	John A Somers born

First pealers for 13th December

1938	First peal rung by Frank [Sutton in Ashfield] Bradley. Recorded peal total is 88.
1947	First peal rung by Arnold G Hazelden. Recorded peal total is 8.
1947	First peal rung by Harry Grocott. Recorded peal total is 1.
1947	First peal rung by Geoffrey B Andrews. Recorded peal total is 11.
1947	First peal rung by Alexander S Watt. Recorded peal total is 91.
1947	First peal rung by Charles W Walklate. Recorded peal total is 35.
1930	First peal rung by James G A Prior. Recorded peal total is 508.
1948	First peal rung by W Edwin Gough. Recorded peal total is 4.
1948	First peal rung by Bryon Pell. Recorded peal total is 1.
1952	First peal rung by Robert D Flowers. Recorded peal total is 4.
1952	First peal rung by George A James. Recorded peal total is 7.
1952	First peal rung by Cyril W Walton. Recorded peal total is 2.
1952	First peal rung by Norman R Gready. Recorded peal total is 2.
1952	First peal rung by Colin A Paull. Recorded peal total is 1.
1952	First peal rung by Aubrey B Clarke. Recorded peal total is 5.
1952	First peal rung by John [Rayne] Brown. Recorded peal total is 9.
1952	First peal rung by Frank Elsom. Recorded peal total is 11.
1953	First peal rung by Brian Atkinson. Recorded peal total is 6.
1953	First peal rung by Olive W Barrett. Recorded peal total is 4.
1953	First peal rung by Peter S Barrett. Recorded peal total is 2.
1953	First peal rung by Jessie K Barrett. Recorded peal total is 3.
1955	First peal rung by Beavan Harris. Recorded peal total is 1.
1956	First peal rung by Elizabeth M [Oxford] Watts. Recorded peal total is 1.
1952	First peal rung by Alan G Cooke. Recorded peal total is 19.
1956	First peal rung by Allan L M Shepherd. Recorded peal total is 22.
1958	First peal rung by Lily D Wood. Recorded peal total is 1.
1958	First peal rung by Phyllis Foley. Recorded peal total is 1.
1958	First peal rung by Jacqueline A Roberts. Recorded peal total is 15.
1958	First peal rung by H Derek Lees. Recorded peal total is 1.
1958	First peal rung by Florence C Brown. Recorded peal total is 2.
1958	First peal rung by Lawrence M Whittard. Recorded peal total is 1.
1958	First peal rung by Michael King. Recorded peal total is 76.
1958	First peal rung by David [Grafton Regis] Taylor. Recorded peal total is 11.
1958	First peal rung by James W Sellen. Recorded peal total is 3.
1956	First peal rung by William E Fuller. Recorded peal total is 2.
1962	First peal rung by Robert Fletcher. Recorded peal total is 1.
1962	First peal rung by J Alan Ball. Recorded peal total is 7.
1966	First peal rung by John Butler. Recorded peal total is 3.
1968	First peal rung by J Edward Dakin. Recorded peal total is 29.
1969	First peal rung by John Draycott. Recorded peal total is 86.
1969	First peal rung by Elizabeth Beaumont. Recorded peal total is 3.
1969	First peal rung by Frances A Garfield. Recorded peal total is 29.
1969	First peal rung by Alan Walton. Recorded peal total is 1.
1969	First peal rung by F Joan Muxlow. Recorded peal total is 21.
1969	First peal rung by Graham Buchanan. Recorded peal total is 1.
1969	First peal rung by William G Buchanan. Recorded peal total is 1.
1969	First peal rung by Ronda M Purkess. Recorded peal total is 1.
1969	First peal rung by Thomas Cairns. Recorded peal total is 1.
1969	First peal rung by Robert J Grundy. Recorded peal total is 3.
1969	First peal rung by Maurice Green. Recorded peal total is 1.
1969	First peal rung by Janet L Penney. Recorded peal total is 171.
1969	First peal rung by Raja R Nalliah. Recorded peal total is 2.
1975	First peal rung by Nigel Mitchell. Recorded peal total is 1.
1975	First peal rung by John [Barbon] Turner. Recorded peal total is 2.
1975	First peal rung by Robin Clarke. Recorded peal total is 1.
1975	First peal rung by Kevin J Tinson. Recorded peal total is 4.
1975	First peal rung by Stephen M Gledhill. Recorded peal total is 4.
1975	First peal rung by Albert C Day. Recorded peal total is 6.
1975	First peal rung by Antony P Diserens. Recorded peal total is 34.
1975	First peal rung by Charlotte Parsons. Recorded peal total is 1.
1975	First peal rung by A John Bishop. Recorded peal total is 3.
1977	First peal rung by Graham A Nobbs. Recorded peal total is 461.
1977	First peal rung by Penny A Clack. Recorded peal total is 2.
1975	First peal rung by Alexander M Dowell. Recorded peal total is 40.
1975	First peal rung by Linda J Cheshire. Recorded peal total is 53.
1980	First peal rung by Anthony E Dunning. Recorded peal total is 21.
1980	First peal rung by Christine E Bishop. Recorded peal total is 1.
1980	First peal rung by Iain M Hewlett. Recorded peal total is 1.
1980	First peal rung by Janet M Langham. Recorded peal total is 2.
1980	First peal rung by Alison J Carter. Recorded peal total is 17.
1980	First peal rung by David I Pembleton. Recorded peal total is 2.
1981	First peal rung by Marilyn A Antcliff. Recorded peal total is 1.
1981	First peal rung by Alan R Beckham. Recorded peal total is 1.
1981	First peal rung by Jennifer C Elliott. Recorded peal total is 1.
1981	First peal rung by Sara R Elliott. Recorded peal total is 1.
1969	First peal rung by Thomas J G Davis. Recorded peal total is 3.
1980	First peal rung by Christine A Williams. Recorded peal total is 115.
1975	First peal rung by Penelope A Parsons. Recorded peal total is 15.
1986	First peal rung by Mark J Garrod. Recorded peal total is 2.
1986	First peal rung by Sylvia Green. Recorded peal total is 3.
1986	First peal rung by Roger F Mortimer. Recorded peal total is 1.
1986	First peal rung by Carole Pym. Recorded peal total is 48.
1986	First peal rung by Barry C Garbett. Recorded peal total is 2.
1986	First peal rung by Patricia L Kirkcaldy. Recorded peal total is 1.
1986	First peal rung by Allan J Belcher. Recorded peal total is 1.
1986	First peal rung by John A [Watford] Simpson. Recorded peal total is 1.
1986	First peal rung by Stuart J Barton. Recorded peal total is 98.
1986	First peal rung by Jennie E Llewellyn. Recorded peal total is 1.
1986	First peal rung by Fiona L Smith. Recorded peal total is 1.
1986	First peal rung by Ian J Smith. Recorded peal total is 6.
1987	First peal rung by Mark C Liebenrood. Recorded peal total is 170.
1990	First peal rung by Melisa J Evans. Recorded peal total is 1.
1980	First peal rung by Claire E Tarrant. Recorded peal total is 22.
1992	First peal rung by J C Christian Atherton. Recorded peal total is 2.
1997	First peal rung by Linda E Gittings. Recorded peal total is 1.
1997	First peal rung by Graham C Summers. Recorded peal total is 1.
1997	First peal rung by Karen Strutt. Recorded peal total is 2.
1998	First peal rung by Susan V Clopper. Recorded peal total is 5.
2002	First peal rung by Hazel Judge. Recorded peal total is 4.
2003	First peal rung by Jayne M Danby. Recorded peal total is 1.
2003	First peal rung by Val Farley. Recorded peal total is 3.
2003	First peal rung by Nicholas P Higgs. Recorded peal total is 3.
2008	First peal rung by Gary Joce. Recorded peal total is 2.
1975	First peal rung by Sally A [Pontefract] Brown. Recorded peal total is 2491.
2010	First peal rung by Giles Langston. Recorded peal total is 1.
2012	First peal rung by Robert J Hornby. Recorded peal total is 9.
2012	First peal rung by Matthew R Johnson. Recorded peal total is 43.
2012	First peal rung by Courtney J Spoerer. Recorded peal total is 6.
2014	First peal rung by Chloe A Darby. Recorded peal total is 18.
2014	First peal rung by Jean Azzopardi. Recorded peal total is 4.
2014	First peal rung by Rosamund E Lawrance. Recorded peal total is 1.
2015	First peal rung by Charlie R Curtis. Recorded peal total is 1.
2015	First peal rung by Steve Lutener. Recorded peal total is 6.
2015	First peal rung by Rebecca Webb. Recorded peal total is 8.
2015	First peal rung by Richard D Webb. Recorded peal total is 3.
2015	First peal rung by John E Harding. Recorded peal total is 1.
2015	First peal rung by Charlotte Francis. Recorded peal total is 3.
2015	First peal rung by Harry S Gibson. Recorded peal total is 1.

First peals in towers for 13th December

1880	First peal on the bells at Bollington, St John the Baptist, Cheshire. Recorded peal total is 29.
1886	First peal on the bells at Baldock, St Mary the Virgin, Hertfordshire. Recorded peal total is 102.
1890	First peal on the bells at Kennington, St John the Divine, Surrey. Recorded peal total is 6.
1902	First peal on the bells at Andover, St Mary the Virgin, Hampshire. Recorded peal total is 52.
1902	First peal on the bells at Buckley, St Matthew, Flintshire. Recorded peal total is 130.
1909	First peal on the bells at Bridstow, St Bridget, Herefordshire. Recorded peal total is 160.
1913	First peal on the bells at Ash by Wrotham, SS Peter & Paul, Kent. Recorded peal total is 24.
1913	First peal on the bells at Northowram, Halifax, St Matthew, Yorkshire. Recorded peal total is 122.
1976	First peal on the bells at Lambeth, St Andrew, Surrey. Recorded peal total is 31.
1982	First peal on the bells at Sandford, St Swithin, Devon. Recorded peal total is 2.
1987	First peal on the bells at Raleigh, Christ Church, North Carolina. Recorded peal total is 70.

First peals in method for 13th December

1794	First tower bell peal of Cumberland Treble Bob Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1962	First tower bell peal of Clerkenwell Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 14.
1965	First tower bell peal of Nantwich Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1975	First tower bell peal of Corinium Dobunnorum Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1979	First tower bell peal of Portsmouth Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 7.
1980	First tower bell peal of Kent Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1984	First tower bell peal of Zamora Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 6.
1986	First tower bell peal of Heanor Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
1989	First tower bell peal of Sproxton Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 5.
1990	First tower bell peal of Upshire Surprise Minor. Recorded peal total is 2.
1991	First tower bell peal of Snowy Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 5.
1992	First tower bell peal of Ewyas Harold Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 2.
1993	First tower bell peal of Eliot Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 3.
1996	First tower bell peal of Rolletown Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1997	First tower bell peal of Diamond Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 17.
1997	First tower bell peal of Grayshott Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
1997	First tower bell peal of Middlewich Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2002	First tower bell peal of Frimaire Alliance Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
2002	First tower bell peal of Valetto Treble Place Minor. Recorded peal total is 1.
2005	First tower bell peal of Augusta Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2006	First tower bell peal of Longueville Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2007	First tower bell peal of Rushall Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2008	First tower bell peal of Frithelstock Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
2009	First tower bell peal of Bwell Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
2009	First tower bell peal of Vaduz Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2011	First tower bell peal of Xmastide Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
2012	First tower bell peal of Mangotsfield Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
2013	First tower bell peal of Berry Alliance Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2014	First tower bell peal of Long Lawford Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.