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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 3rd October

Year	Event	Reference
1762	William Chapman cast Great Dunstan of Canterbury in the Cathedral Plummery, close by the site of the old campanile. He noticed a young man taking an unusual interest in the proceedings and offered to take him back to London and teach him to be a bellfounder. The offer was accepted, and so began William Mears connection with Whitechapel.	CBK196
1863	A peal of Kent Treble Bob Major was rung non-conducted at Christ Church, Liversedge, Yorkshire. This was one of the first non-conducted peals rung.	nv
1981	The ‘Christophers' rang a peal of Stedman Cinques at St. Paul's, Bedford, conducted by Christopher Forster. They had rung four previous name peals, the first being on October 22, 1977. (q.v.)	NP
1987	10,080 Lyme Surprise Major at Lyme, was rung for the Salisbury Guild in 5 hours and 41 minutes. This was a sponsored peal in aid of the tower augmentation fund.	nv

Birthdays for 3rd October

First pealers for 3rd October

1901	First peal rung by Henry Audsley. Recorded peal total is 9.
1903	First peal rung by Gilbert Neale. Recorded peal total is 5.
1903	First peal rung by George K Trowbridge. Recorded peal total is 4.
1903	First peal rung by Harry [Debenham] Perry. Recorded peal total is 6.
1903	First peal rung by William G Hiscott. Recorded peal total is 55.
1903	First peal rung by Thomas D Thomson. Recorded peal total is 9.
1905	First peal rung by Louis Carter. Recorded peal total is 4.
1905	First peal rung by Frederick Meadows. Recorded peal total is 1.
1906	First peal rung by Arthur [Stansted Mountfitchet] Jordan. Recorded peal total is 21.
1907	First peal rung by Albert Huggins. Recorded peal total is 1.
1908	First peal rung by William [Farnham Royal] Henley. Recorded peal total is 647.
1908	First peal rung by Arthur H Maynard. Recorded peal total is 5.
1908	First peal rung by Frank Jacobs. Recorded peal total is 65.
1908	First peal rung by Williamson Wharmby. Recorded peal total is 3.
1911	First peal rung by Cecil Pollard. Recorded peal total is 1.
1911	First peal rung by Wilfred Lloyd. Recorded peal total is 5.
1912	First peal rung by Henry Norgate. Recorded peal total is 8.
1912	First peal rung by Merrick R Warnett. Recorded peal total is 1.
1912	First peal rung by Arthur Burgess. Recorded peal total is 5.
1912	First peal rung by William [Brierley Hill] Atkins. Recorded peal total is 1.
1920	First peal rung by Alfred J Bull. Recorded peal total is 335.
1920	First peal rung by Ivy Williams. Recorded peal total is 1.
1921	First peal rung by Harold [Penshurst] Banks. Recorded peal total is 1.
1922	First peal rung by Raymond S Philpott. Recorded peal total is 120.
1923	First peal rung by John [Ordsall] Buxton. Recorded peal total is 1.
1923	First peal rung by Dan A Piercy. Recorded peal total is 6.
1925	First peal rung by Mrs Edward H Spice. Recorded peal total is 8.
1925	First peal rung by Albert W Hartland. Recorded peal total is 30.
1925	First peal rung by Cyril Tansell. Recorded peal total is 330.
1925	First peal rung by Tom Hartwell. Recorded peal total is 3.
1925	First peal rung by Robert Molton. Recorded peal total is 22.
1925	First peal rung by Thomas Hemming. Recorded peal total is 321.
1927	First peal rung by John A Targett. Recorded peal total is 11.
1928	First peal rung by William Bavin. Recorded peal total is 20.
1931	First peal rung by James E Bailey. Recorded peal total is 157.
1931	First peal rung by Leslie Reading. Recorded peal total is 1.
1931	First peal rung by Raymond Redstall. Recorded peal total is 1.
1931	First peal rung by Gilbert Plaice. Recorded peal total is 2.
1931	First peal rung by Wilfred J Palmer. Recorded peal total is 9.
1927	First peal rung by E John Targett. Recorded peal total is 28.
1935	First peal rung by Frederick H Harris. Recorded peal total is 18.
1935	First peal rung by H Seymour. Recorded peal total is 2.
1935	First peal rung by Stanley Seymour. Recorded peal total is 8.
1935	First peal rung by Percy R C Williams. Recorded peal total is 32.
1936	First peal rung by Alice Crampion. Recorded peal total is 13.
1936	First peal rung by F [Alfriston] Smith. Recorded peal total is 1.
1936	First peal rung by L [Alfriston] Smith. Recorded peal total is 1.
1938	First peal rung by John Shepheard-Walwyn. Recorded peal total is 8.
1944	First peal rung by Charles T Richards. Recorded peal total is 86.
1945	First peal rung by Arthur Botterill. Recorded peal total is 31.
1945	First peal rung by Frank [Badsey] Jones. Recorded peal total is 2.
1945	First peal rung by Doug Boniface. Recorded peal total is 1.
1945	First peal rung by Margaret Izard. Recorded peal total is 1.
1945	First peal rung by Edward Lake. Recorded peal total is 1.
1947	First peal rung by R George Morris. Recorded peal total is 324.
1949	First peal rung by Thomas W Goodyer. Recorded peal total is 345.
1950	First peal rung by Ivor J Dickin. Recorded peal total is 46.
1953	First peal rung by E George Catton. Recorded peal total is 13.
1953	First peal rung by Shirley A Richardson. Recorded peal total is 8.
1953	First peal rung by Pearl Sprackling. Recorded peal total is 1.
1953	First peal rung by Michael Morley. Recorded peal total is 2.
1953	First peal rung by Reginald Morley. Recorded peal total is 1.
1955	First peal rung by Wendy V R Pennal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1956	First peal rung by Geoffrey H C Brazier. Recorded peal total is 2.
1957	First peal rung by Eileen M Castledine. Recorded peal total is 139.
1958	First peal rung by Joan Howell. Recorded peal total is 1.
1958	First peal rung by David [Neath] Robinson. Recorded peal total is 1.
1961	First peal rung by Peter J Malloch. Recorded peal total is 71.
1964	First peal rung by Robert [Shepton Beauchamp] Parker. Recorded peal total is 38.
1964	First peal rung by Pamela E Venn. Recorded peal total is 21.
1964	First peal rung by William A Brotherton. Recorded peal total is 146.
1964	First peal rung by John L Anderson. Recorded peal total is 44.
1964	First peal rung by Rhian N Bagshaw. Recorded peal total is 316.
1964	First peal rung by Janet E Biscoe. Recorded peal total is 2.
1965	First peal rung by Lynne Bennet. Recorded peal total is 2.
1965	First peal rung by Derick French. Recorded peal total is 1.
1965	First peal rung by Richard [Studley] Sutton. Recorded peal total is 1.
1970	First peal rung by Gillian Davison. Recorded peal total is 9.
1970	First peal rung by Paul Simmons. Recorded peal total is 2.
1970	First peal rung by John R Ward. Recorded peal total is 33.
1970	First peal rung by Iris M Davis. Recorded peal total is 25.
1970	First peal rung by John Garle. Recorded peal total is 5.
1970	First peal rung by Susan C Bagguley. Recorded peal total is 13.
1970	First peal rung by Sandra Bladon. Recorded peal total is 1.
1971	First peal rung by Alan R Woodward. Recorded peal total is 81.
1975	First peal rung by David C Lester. Recorded peal total is 502.
1976	First peal rung by Edwin H Thornber. Recorded peal total is 2.
1981	First peal rung by David G [Keswick] Langford. Recorded peal total is 1.
1981	First peal rung by Myra W Richardson. Recorded peal total is 1.
1981	First peal rung by Judith Bedford. Recorded peal total is 1.
1981	First peal rung by Susannah J Clements. Recorded peal total is 17.
1981	First peal rung by Robert A Meadows. Recorded peal total is 3.
1981	First peal rung by Graham E J Laws. Recorded peal total is 1.
1981	First peal rung by Ann Burgess. Recorded peal total is 2.
1981	First peal rung by Patricia D Spink. Recorded peal total is 590.
1981	First peal rung by Jonathan K F Tait. Recorded peal total is 218.
1987	First peal rung by Valerie J Clay. Recorded peal total is 14.
1987	First peal rung by Roger G Lane. Recorded peal total is 5.
1987	First peal rung by Alan [Feckenham] Jones. Recorded peal total is 2.
1987	First peal rung by Robert Ruffle. Recorded peal total is 6.
1987	First peal rung by Jane Cannon. Recorded peal total is 1.
1987	First peal rung by Andrew Daley. Recorded peal total is 2.
1987	First peal rung by Emma D Indge. Recorded peal total is 6.
1987	First peal rung by David Nettleton. Recorded peal total is 1.
1987	First peal rung by Christopher H [East Molesey] Shaw. Recorded peal total is 11.
1987	First peal rung by Anna Sexton. Recorded peal total is 1.
1990	First peal rung by Verity L Johnson. Recorded peal total is 1.
1990	First peal rung by Gerald Whiting. Recorded peal total is 2.
1992	First peal rung by Sandra J Heddle. Recorded peal total is 15.
1992	First peal rung by Eric Falla. Recorded peal total is 1.
1992	First peal rung by Sally J Gilbert. Recorded peal total is 1.
1993	First peal rung by Nigel J Lusby. Recorded peal total is 1.
1993	First peal rung by Nicola J Meson. Recorded peal total is 2.
1993	First peal rung by Sue Stephens. Recorded peal total is 5.
1993	First peal rung by Ian Mackintosh. Recorded peal total is 1.
1993	First peal rung by Linda J Liggett. Recorded peal total is 7.
1996	First peal rung by Matthew Knight. Recorded peal total is 1.
1996	First peal rung by Len Morris. Recorded peal total is 1.
1997	First peal rung by Matthew D Walby. Recorded peal total is 25.
1998	First peal rung by Julie M MacVicker. Recorded peal total is 4.
1999	First peal rung by Matthew D Franklin. Recorded peal total is 9.
1999	First peal rung by Ruth M Peters. Recorded peal total is 2.
1999	First peal rung by Richard H Hopper. Recorded peal total is 50.
2000	First peal rung by Thomas Henthorn. Recorded peal total is 1.
2015	First peal rung by Sharon A Collins. Recorded peal total is 3.
2022	First peal rung by Jane McKee. Recorded peal total is 1.

First peals in towers for 3rd October

1768	First peal on the bells at Nottingham, St Peter with S James, Nottinghamshire. Recorded peal total is 603.
1775	First peal on the bells at Howden, St Peter, Yorkshire. Recorded peal total is 53.
1888	First peal on the bells at Wood Green, Wednesbury, St Paul, Staffordshire. Recorded peal total is 76.
1895	First peal on the bells at Plympton St Mary, Plymouth, St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Devon. Recorded peal total is 20.
1895	First peal on the bells at Plympton St Maurice, Plymouth, St Maurice, Devon. Recorded peal total is 49.
1901	First peal on the bells at Hoddesdon, SS Catherine & Paul, Hertfordshire. Recorded peal total is 50.
1903	First peal on the bells at Trowell, St Helen, Nottinghamshire. Recorded peal total is 25.
1912	First peal on the bells at Sible Hedingham, St Peter, Essex. Recorded peal total is 89.
1926	First peal on the bells at Bassingham, St Michael & All Angels, Lincolnshire. Recorded peal total is 75.
1927	First peal on the bells at Ashwick, St James, Somerset. Recorded peal total is 44.
1931	First peal on the bells at Overton, St Mary, Hampshire. Recorded peal total is 95.
1931	First peal on the bells at Whitchurch Canonicorum, St Candida and Holy Cross, Dorset. Recorded peal total is 51.
1935	First peal on the bells at Redruth, St Uny, Cornwall. Recorded peal total is 26.
1936	First peal on the bells at Alfriston, St Andrew, Sussex. Recorded peal total is 15.
1936	First peal on the bells at Blandford Forum, SS Peter & Paul, Dorset. Recorded peal total is 27.
1945	First peal on the bells at Victoria, Christ Church, British Columbia. Recorded peal total is 28.
1950	First peal on the bells at Spelsbury, All Saints, Oxfordshire. Recorded peal total is 9.
1970	First peal on the bells at Kersey, St Mary, Suffolk. Recorded peal total is 55.
1989	First peal on the bells at Washford Pyne, St Peter, Devon. Recorded peal total is 6.
1990	First peal on the bells at Elmley Lovett, St Michael & All Angels, Worcestershire. Recorded peal total is 87.
2006	First peal on the bells at Morley, St Matthew, Derbyshire. Recorded peal total is 1.

First peals in method for 3rd October

1959	First tower bell peal of Rickmansworth Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 13.
1960	First tower bell peal of Ravenstone Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 5.
1963	First tower bell peal of Brentwood Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 7.
1973	First tower bell peal of Unthank Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 7.
1980	First tower bell peal of Holmium Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 6.
1981	First tower bell peal of Royal Holloway College Bob Triples. Recorded peal total is 2.
1981	First tower bell peal of Segelocum Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1986	First tower bell peal of Nemesia Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1987	First tower bell peal of Hampton Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1987	First tower bell peal of Hemmingwell Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 2.
1989	First tower bell peal of Cumbria Surprise Maximus. Recorded peal total is 1.
1990	First tower bell peal of Mawegon Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1990	First tower bell peal of Unnilunium Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
1991	First tower bell peal of Bushey Alliance Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1991	First tower bell peal of Saddington Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1992	First tower bell peal of Much Hadham Little Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1992	First tower bell peal of Radstock Surprise Maximus. Recorded peal total is 2.
1992	First tower bell peal of Vebrumaris Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1993	First tower bell peal of Grinning Rat Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1994	First tower bell peal of Valerian Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 5.
1995	First tower bell peal of Three Score Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1998	First tower bell peal of Fresden Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2003	First tower bell peal of Far Cotton Surprise Minor. Recorded peal total is 1.
2005	First tower bell peal of Septuaginta Alliance Major. Recorded peal total is 6.
2005	First tower bell peal of Thetford Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2007	First tower bell peal of Ecclesall Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2007	First tower bell peal of Edgarley Hall Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2007	First tower bell peal of Lundy Island Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 4.
2013	First tower bell peal of Wigmore Castle Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2014	First tower bell peal of Thornhaugh Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
2015	First tower bell peal of Octoginta Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.