On This Day - 29 March

At one time The Ringing World had a feature called On This Day where notable events from the past were listed. Unfortunately, the events weren't related to ringing. This web page is a ringing version of On This Day.


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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 29th March

YearEventReference
1736The ringers at Wye, Kent, scored their first peal, one of Grandsire Triples, "... without the assistance of Londoners or others."nv
1852In a peal of Grandsire Triples at St Mary's, Woolwich, Henry Bannister rang the seventh bell whilst his six sons rang the other working bells.nv
1864A double length peal of Grandsire Caters was rung at Walsall, Staffs, being 10,079 changes long, and rung in 6 hours and 17 minutes.nv
1878William Keeble born. See April 4, 1952.nv
1898James Barwell, the founder of the Birmingham Bell Foundry at Great Hampton Street, died aged 81. He started the brass founding business from scratch, first making cowbells for export to Australia, introducing handbells and church bells later. He also built up a separate business making chandeliers.nv
1922The Cambridge University Guild rang the first peal of Double Bob Royal on handbells.nv
1981The Ancient Society of College Youths rang a silent and non-conducted peal of Spliced Surprise Maximus in fourteen methods at St Mary-le-Bow.nv
1987The Society of Royal Cumberland Youths rang a peal of Spliced Surprise Royal in 204 methods at St Leonard's, Shoreditch. Ringing the 8,000 changes took 5 hours and 27 minutes, the peal being conducted by Derek E Sibson. This was the most Royal methods rung to a peal at the time.nv

Birthdays for 29th March

First pealers for 29th March

1905First peal rung by John Braybrooks. Recorded peal total is 1.
1905First peal rung by John [Cardington] Hurst. Recorded peal total is 1.
1906First peal rung by Thomas E D Loosemore. Recorded peal total is 10.
1913First peal rung by Alfred Jeffs. Recorded peal total is 2.
1913First peal rung by Winifred M Hague. Recorded peal total is 17.
1937First peal rung by Thomas H Mather. Recorded peal total is 20.
1914First peal rung by Syndey J Spice. Recorded peal total is 2.
1915First peal rung by Edward A Jackson. Recorded peal total is 10.
1919First peal rung by Allan Carter. Recorded peal total is 1.
1922First peal rung by Albert E Dollimore. Recorded peal total is 4.
1924First peal rung by Walter R Farrow. Recorded peal total is 71.
1924First peal rung by William Clayton. Recorded peal total is 4.
1924First peal rung by William Reeks. Recorded peal total is 18.
1924First peal rung by Charles R Sandford. Recorded peal total is 11.
1924First peal rung by Robert Stamp. Recorded peal total is 1.
1924First peal rung by Arthur [Garston] Jackson. Recorded peal total is 4.
1924First peal rung by William J [Kent] Day. Recorded peal total is 6.
1924First peal rung by William T Grice. Recorded peal total is 31.
1924First peal rung by William H Parker. Recorded peal total is 38.
1928First peal rung by Frances Hart. Recorded peal total is 3.
1930First peal rung by Kenneth Stevens. Recorded peal total is 1.
1930First peal rung by George Worley. Recorded peal total is 1.
1932First peal rung by Reginald J Chance. Recorded peal total is 52.
1932First peal rung by William Davis. Recorded peal total is 2.
1937First peal rung by Robert B P Hulse. Recorded peal total is 22.
1937First peal rung by William Lander. Recorded peal total is 1.
1937First peal rung by Martin A Blamey. Recorded peal total is 13.
1937First peal rung by Harold [Bishopstoke] Clark. Recorded peal total is 1.
1937First peal rung by E Joan Salmons. Recorded peal total is 106.
1940First peal rung by Michael A Girling. Recorded peal total is 1.
1947First peal rung by Ernest J Ralphs. Recorded peal total is 1.
1947First peal rung by Leonard Warren. Recorded peal total is 7.
1947First peal rung by Alan Bennett. Recorded peal total is 1.
1947First peal rung by George Harrison. Recorded peal total is 2.
1947First peal rung by Alec Cairns. Recorded peal total is 15.
1948First peal rung by James W Bowley. Recorded peal total is 377.
1948First peal rung by John A Underwood. Recorded peal total is 335.
1948First peal rung by Donald Millward. Recorded peal total is 1.
1948First peal rung by Bernal Shaw. Recorded peal total is 4.
1948First peal rung by Peter [Aughton] Wilkinson. Recorded peal total is 2.
1948First peal rung by Honor Winter. Recorded peal total is 3.
1948First peal rung by James [Haslingden] Taylor. Recorded peal total is 6.
1948First peal rung by John L Morris. Recorded peal total is 204.
1948First peal rung by John H Arlet. Recorded peal total is 6.
1948First peal rung by David Beveridge. Recorded peal total is 27.
1948First peal rung by Christopher R Packer. Recorded peal total is 4.
1950First peal rung by Betty Crossman. Recorded peal total is 2.
1950First peal rung by David F Hall. Recorded peal total is 2.
1951First peal rung by P John Wilkin. Recorded peal total is 11.
1952First peal rung by Ellen F M Norris. Recorded peal total is 11.
1952First peal rung by Derek Griffiths. Recorded peal total is 1.
1952First peal rung by L George Garlick. Recorded peal total is 1.
1952First peal rung by W Jack Taylor. Recorded peal total is 1.
1952First peal rung by William J Harvey. Recorded peal total is 40.
1952First peal rung by Frederick Turner. Recorded peal total is 5.
1952First peal rung by Gerald A Uglow. Recorded peal total is 13.
1952First peal rung by Michael A Messam. Recorded peal total is 2.
1952First peal rung by Raymond I F Parsons. Recorded peal total is 18.
1953First peal rung by Pamela Y Fox. Recorded peal total is 4.
1958First peal rung by H Jack Page. Recorded peal total is 5.
1958First peal rung by Peter F Pawley. Recorded peal total is 7.
1958First peal rung by Martin J Roote. Recorded peal total is 2.
1958First peal rung by Ronald O Needham. Recorded peal total is 10.
1961First peal rung by John E Lawley. Recorded peal total is 42.
1962First peal rung by Alan W Walters. Recorded peal total is 1.
1962First peal rung by P June Woodward. Recorded peal total is 1.
1963First peal rung by Michael J Harris. Recorded peal total is 5.
1964First peal rung by Alan McNutt. Recorded peal total is 550.
1964First peal rung by David Moss. Recorded peal total is 3.
1967First peal rung by Stuart G C Harrison. Recorded peal total is 9.
1969First peal rung by Michael J Down. Recorded peal total is 11.
1969First peal rung by Alison J Mager. Recorded peal total is 2.
1969First peal rung by Jane E Hills. Recorded peal total is 10.
1969First peal rung by Stewart J M Abbott. Recorded peal total is 2.
1969First peal rung by Susan E Davenport. Recorded peal total is 12.
1969First peal rung by Graham N Scott. Recorded peal total is 614.
1976First peal rung by John Cousins. Recorded peal total is 36.
1977First peal rung by Mandy J Peck. Recorded peal total is 12.
1980First peal rung by Alexandra McLean. Recorded peal total is 4.
1980First peal rung by Caroline Snell. Recorded peal total is 1.
1980First peal rung by Robert P Venour. Recorded peal total is 13.
1980First peal rung by Heather Flint. Recorded peal total is 1.
1980First peal rung by John [Biggleswade] Parsons. Recorded peal total is 11.
1980First peal rung by John L Stringer. Recorded peal total is 1.
1980First peal rung by John N Hartley. Recorded peal total is 1.
1982First peal rung by Keith D Anderson. Recorded peal total is 565.
1982First peal rung by Michael J Bentley. Recorded peal total is 46.
1982First peal rung by Mark P Jacot. Recorded peal total is 42.
1985First peal rung by Valerie S Keeler. Recorded peal total is 199.
1987First peal rung by Susan N Austen. Recorded peal total is 3.
1997First peal rung by Caroline A Walters. Recorded peal total is 3.
1998First peal rung by Andrea M Blake. Recorded peal total is 6.
1998First peal rung by Stephen Rata. Recorded peal total is 1.
1998First peal rung by John Fry. Recorded peal total is 2.
1998First peal rung by Peter R Elliott. Recorded peal total is 154.
2003First peal rung by Rosemary E Hill. Recorded peal total is 71.
2003First peal rung by Janice M Sweetman. Recorded peal total is 3.
2005First peal rung by Teresa C Meadows. Recorded peal total is 4.
2008First peal rung by Bethan Evans. Recorded peal total is 2.
2008First peal rung by Lloyd Evans. Recorded peal total is 2.
2008First peal rung by Katharine M Rayns. Recorded peal total is 2.
2008First peal rung by Peter J Rayns. Recorded peal total is 2.
2013First peal rung by David L Towell. Recorded peal total is 42.
2014First peal rung by Peter D Arch. Recorded peal total is 2.
2014First peal rung by William A Lennox. Recorded peal total is 7.
2015First peal rung by Anthony C Davey. Recorded peal total is 1.
2015First peal rung by Matt Peperell. Recorded peal total is 1.
2015First peal rung by Hans Rashbrook. Recorded peal total is 4.
2015First peal rung by Jane Chapman. Recorded peal total is 1.
2015First peal rung by Harriet A Payne. Recorded peal total is 1.

First peals in towers for 29th March

1736First peal on the bells at Wye, SS Gregory & Martin, Kent. Recorded peal total is 89.
1853First peal on the bells at Hyde, St George, Cheshire. Recorded peal total is 266.
1894First peal on the bells at Upper Beeding, St Peter, Sussex. Recorded peal total is 38.
1902First peal on the bells at Lightcliffe, unknown, Yorkshire. Recorded peal total is 3.
1902First peal on the bells at Toddington, St George of England, Bedfordshire. Recorded peal total is 10.
1918First peal on the bells at Escrick, St Helen, Yorkshire. Recorded peal total is 162.
1924First peal on the bells at Stonehouse, St Cyr, Gloucestershire. Recorded peal total is 22.
1928First peal on the bells at Weston by Welland, St Mary the Virgin, Northamptonshire. Recorded peal total is 9.
1937First peal on the bells at South Perrott, St Mary, Dorset. Recorded peal total is 15.
1958First peal on the bells at Hurstbourne Priors, St Andrew, Hampshire. Recorded peal total is 80.
2003First peal on the bells at Horton Kirby, St Mary, Kent. Recorded peal total is 20.
2003First peal on the bells at Tinwell, All Saints, Rutland. Recorded peal total is 1.

First peals in method for 29th March

1964First tower bell peal of Worcestershire Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 67.
1974First tower bell peal of Durham Little Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 17.
1975First tower bell peal of Lagentium Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1980First tower bell peal of Mediolanum Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1983First tower bell peal of Hydrogen Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 7.
1985First tower bell peal of Silver Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 11.
1986First tower bell peal of March Delight Minor. Recorded peal total is 2.
1987First tower bell peal of Violet Treble Bob Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1994First tower bell peal of Ibestoche Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 6.
1996First tower bell peal of Aspley Park Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1997First tower bell peal of Farlawn Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1999First tower bell peal of Pelistry Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2001First tower bell peal of Purton Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
2002First tower bell peal of I.N.R.I. Surprise Minor. Recorded peal total is 1.
2003First tower bell peal of Tinwell Differential Minimus. Recorded peal total is 1.
2006First tower bell peal of Lendal Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
2008First tower bell peal of Stretton Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
2012First tower bell peal of Chiltern Hills Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
2012First tower bell peal of Terra Nova Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2014First tower bell peal of Market Deeping Alliance Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2014First tower bell peal of Mells Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 2.