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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 19th May

Year	Event	Reference
1766	A very early peal of Doubles was rung at Haughley, Suffolk. John Burrows called the peal, which took 3 hours and 48 minutes, including raising and lowering. The tower still has only five bells.	H&A/364
1777	The College Youths rang 11,080 Oxford Treble Bob Royal at Shoreditch, composed and conducted by Charles Purser. This peal, which took 8 hours and 2 minutes, was one in the long peal contest with the Cumberlands. See February 17, 1777. The footnote to the peal board include such flowery phrases as "Insatiated with Glory the above select Performers" rang "a complete Peal of 11,080 changes....which will be transmitted to posterity as a Masterpiece of the Art."	PB
1891	James W Washbrook was the composer and conductor of the first peal of Double Norwich Court Bob Major rung in Bristol, at the tower of St Mary-le-Port.	nv
1920	The first spliced peal of Major was rung on this day on handbells at Cambridge. E M Atkins composed and conducted the peal of Plain and Little Bob Major.	nv

Birthdays for 19th May

First pealers for 19th May

1888	First peal rung by Arthur [Widford] Edwards. Recorded peal total is 161.
1883	First peal rung by Harry E Hammond. Recorded peal total is 18.
1879	First peal rung by Arthur Knights. Recorded peal total is 589.
1897	First peal rung by James [Oxhey] Alexander. Recorded peal total is 9.
1897	First peal rung by Walter Carpenter. Recorded peal total is 2.
1897	First peal rung by Charles George. Recorded peal total is 49.
1897	First peal rung by Frederick J Glennester. Recorded peal total is 8.
1897	First peal rung by Walter [Oxhey] Norris. Recorded peal total is 13.
1897	First peal rung by William [Oxhey] Norris. Recorded peal total is 12.
1900	First peal rung by Charles Brunning. Recorded peal total is 13.
1900	First peal rung by Walter Kerley. Recorded peal total is 22.
1900	First peal rung by Charles F Bailey. Recorded peal total is 454.
1902	First peal rung by Artthur Jones. Recorded peal total is 1.
1902	First peal rung by Henry E Dare. Recorded peal total is 8.
1902	First peal rung by John W Burgess. Recorded peal total is 1.
1902	First peal rung by William [Bexhill] Burt. Recorded peal total is 3.
1902	First peal rung by Charles T Ayers. Recorded peal total is 11.
1902	First peal rung by F Isaac Futter. Recorded peal total is 10.
1902	First peal rung by Robert L C Newhouse. Recorded peal total is 4.
1902	First peal rung by Arthur Jones. Recorded peal total is 71.
1904	First peal rung by William G Packard. Recorded peal total is 1.
1906	First peal rung by Thomas Strudwick. Recorded peal total is 3.
1906	First peal rung by Frederick Brunning. Recorded peal total is 15.
1906	First peal rung by Hubert J Day. Recorded peal total is 31.
1909	First peal rung by Frank [Hurstpierpoint] Davey. Recorded peal total is 1.
1909	First peal rung by Arthur J Marks. Recorded peal total is 12.
1913	First peal rung by Alice Hick. Recorded peal total is 1.
1920	First peal rung by Herbert Bowden. Recorded peal total is 1.
1920	First peal rung by Gilbert Dando. Recorded peal total is 5.
1920	First peal rung by Bertie Evans. Recorded peal total is 1.
1920	First peal rung by Walter Evans. Recorded peal total is 1.
1920	First peal rung by Eric [High Littleton] Parsons. Recorded peal total is 1.
1922	First peal rung by Albert Howell. Recorded peal total is 2.
1923	First peal rung by Leonard P Goater. Recorded peal total is 2.
1923	First peal rung by Ethel Tomlinson. Recorded peal total is 1.
1923	First peal rung by Arthur H Keighley. Recorded peal total is 3.
1923	First peal rung by Herbert W Watts. Recorded peal total is 12.
1928	First peal rung by Richard A Post. Recorded peal total is 160.
1928	First peal rung by Samuel W Prosser. Recorded peal total is 1.
1928	First peal rung by W H Brewer. Recorded peal total is 1.
1928	First peal rung by William G Mortimer. Recorded peal total is 13.
1928	First peal rung by Florence K West. Recorded peal total is 15.
1928	First peal rung by Frederick A Wilshire. Recorded peal total is 3.
1928	First peal rung by William H Stibbons. Recorded peal total is 2.
1928	First peal rung by Douglas E Ellender. Recorded peal total is 26.
1930	First peal rung by Henry [Whitchurch] Clarke. Recorded peal total is 1.
1930	First peal rung by Bert Garrett. Recorded peal total is 9.
1930	First peal rung by Oscar G Smart. Recorded peal total is 14.
1931	First peal rung by Alec Whitmore. Recorded peal total is 4.
1932	First peal rung by Alfred E Williams. Recorded peal total is 7.
1934	First peal rung by James L Boylin. Recorded peal total is 5.
1934	First peal rung by Kenneth J Davis. Recorded peal total is 4.
1934	First peal rung by Henry W Shadrack. Recorded peal total is 26.
1937	First peal rung by A Bendall. Recorded peal total is 1.
1937	First peal rung by George [Longparish] Brown. Recorded peal total is 2.
1937	First peal rung by Frank Sulley. Recorded peal total is 2.
1937	First peal rung by Frank R Tonge. Recorded peal total is 56.
1937	First peal rung by Leslie Trickey. Recorded peal total is 4.
1937	First peal rung by A Turton. Recorded peal total is 1.
1938	First peal rung by Frank Duffey. Recorded peal total is 2.
1938	First peal rung by William [Woolton] Edge. Recorded peal total is 2.
1938	First peal rung by James Clay. Recorded peal total is 1.
1942	First peal rung by Peter C Gibbs. Recorded peal total is 4.
1945	First peal rung by W Eric Critchley. Recorded peal total is 2139.
1945	First peal rung by Ernest J Padgett. Recorded peal total is 110.
1945	First peal rung by John [Barnby Dun] Wardle. Recorded peal total is 18.
1945	First peal rung by Mary Davy. Recorded peal total is 6.
1945	First peal rung by Ronald E Constant. Recorded peal total is 12.
1945	First peal rung by Donald Stacey. Recorded peal total is 1.
1945	First peal rung by George [Northfleet] Thompson. Recorded peal total is 6.
1945	First peal rung by William [Kewstoke] Hart. Recorded peal total is 8.
1945	First peal rung by J Weaden. Recorded peal total is 1.
1946	First peal rung by Dennis W Townhill. Recorded peal total is 3.
1947	First peal rung by Roger M Spencer. Recorded peal total is 2.
1947	First peal rung by Dennis Toon. Recorded peal total is 7.
1947	First peal rung by William E Allman. Recorded peal total is 63.
1947	First peal rung by Charles H R Poole. Recorded peal total is 3.
1947	First peal rung by Elizabeth A Upton. Recorded peal total is 1.
1948	First peal rung by Jack Avenell. Recorded peal total is 2.
1950	First peal rung by William G Bibby. Recorded peal total is 19.
1950	First peal rung by Fred Jackson. Recorded peal total is 84.
1951	First peal rung by Russell Barratt. Recorded peal total is 5.
1951	First peal rung by Audrey Smith. Recorded peal total is 3.
1951	First peal rung by Charles Spring. Recorded peal total is 2.
1951	First peal rung by Jeanette A Rose. Recorded peal total is 6.
1951	First peal rung by Jack H Brett. Recorded peal total is 80.
1951	First peal rung by Victor Connell. Recorded peal total is 6.
1951	First peal rung by Jill Vernon. Recorded peal total is 1.
1951	First peal rung by David J Goodridge. Recorded peal total is 2.
1951	First peal rung by Pauline Wilton. Recorded peal total is 19.
1951	First peal rung by David J Laker. Recorded peal total is 4.
1951	First peal rung by Leonard J Mills. Recorded peal total is 1.
1951	First peal rung by Victor Cox. Recorded peal total is 1.
1951	First peal rung by William Stevens. Recorded peal total is 1.
1951	First peal rung by June Ainsworth. Recorded peal total is 1.
1951	First peal rung by Peter S Bedford. Recorded peal total is 225.
1953	First peal rung by Christopher R F Muncey. Recorded peal total is 40.
1956	First peal rung by Geoffrey Cheetham. Recorded peal total is 114.
1956	First peal rung by Norman Lees. Recorded peal total is 1.
1956	First peal rung by William G Sear. Recorded peal total is 12.
1956	First peal rung by Jennifer M Borer. Recorded peal total is 15.
1956	First peal rung by Ronald C Burns. Recorded peal total is 31.
1956	First peal rung by Ruth A Highley. Recorded peal total is 14.
1958	First peal rung by Richard Horsington. Recorded peal total is 2.
1958	First peal rung by Reginald C Jones. Recorded peal total is 2.
1958	First peal rung by Norman Ward. Recorded peal total is 1.
1962	First peal rung by Susan E Higgins. Recorded peal total is 1.
1962	First peal rung by John F Astbury. Recorded peal total is 7.
1962	First peal rung by David J Cadwallader. Recorded peal total is 3.
1962	First peal rung by David A Burt. Recorded peal total is 215.
1962	First peal rung by John W Isaacs. Recorded peal total is 4.
1962	First peal rung by Yvonne Hughes. Recorded peal total is 5.
1965	First peal rung by Christopher W Ottaway. Recorded peal total is 44.
1965	First peal rung by Robert Lister. Recorded peal total is 4.
1967	First peal rung by John A Roberts. Recorded peal total is 3.
1969	First peal rung by Sally K Munnings. Recorded peal total is 62.
1971	First peal rung by Robert C Graves. Recorded peal total is 1272.
1971	First peal rung by Edwin J Richardson. Recorded peal total is 1.
1971	First peal rung by David J Roberts. Recorded peal total is 45.
1971	First peal rung by Graham K Brader. Recorded peal total is 1.
1971	First peal rung by Stephen W Shrive. Recorded peal total is 1.
1971	First peal rung by Edward Vear. Recorded peal total is 1.
1973	First peal rung by Stephen J Welch. Recorded peal total is 9.
1973	First peal rung by Wendy M Harvey. Recorded peal total is 49.
1973	First peal rung by Sheila Taylor. Recorded peal total is 206.
1973	First peal rung by Paul A Reeves. Recorded peal total is 43.
1973	First peal rung by Angela M Osenton. Recorded peal total is 9.
1978	First peal rung by Kenneth J Styles. Recorded peal total is 1.
1979	First peal rung by John L Shipley. Recorded peal total is 3.
1979	First peal rung by Andrew J Wrench. Recorded peal total is 1.
1979	First peal rung by Eric A Barber. Recorded peal total is 1.
1980	First peal rung by Stuart G Allaidice. Recorded peal total is 3.
1982	First peal rung by Michael Chester. Recorded peal total is 2794.
1983	First peal rung by Owen D Blissett. Recorded peal total is 2.
1983	First peal rung by Colin J Hitching. Recorded peal total is 2.
1984	First peal rung by Jackie Carr. Recorded peal total is 3.
1984	First peal rung by Beverley A Barber. Recorded peal total is 1.
1984	First peal rung by Ian Bunn. Recorded peal total is 2.
1984	First peal rung by Celia M Jones. Recorded peal total is 66.
1984	First peal rung by Anne Brehaut. Recorded peal total is 1.
1984	First peal rung by Julia M Clarke. Recorded peal total is 9.
1984	First peal rung by William B Gray. Recorded peal total is 1.
1984	First peal rung by Jason P Birbeck. Recorded peal total is 5.
1984	First peal rung by Nicholas G P Gill. Recorded peal total is 15.
1985	First peal rung by Arthur T Peters. Recorded peal total is 2.
1990	First peal rung by Jenny Parker. Recorded peal total is 14.
1991	First peal rung by Joy Trimble. Recorded peal total is 1.
1991	First peal rung by J Andrew Pollock. Recorded peal total is 83.
1992	First peal rung by Teresa Mather-Sharp. Recorded peal total is 2.
1992	First peal rung by Brian H Waters. Recorded peal total is 1.
1999	First peal rung by Christopher J Spray. Recorded peal total is 1.
2001	First peal rung by Kath Mitchell. Recorded peal total is 1.
2001	First peal rung by Phil Osler. Recorded peal total is 1.
2001	First peal rung by Jackie Scrace. Recorded peal total is 1.
2001	First peal rung by Duncan M Hayes. Recorded peal total is 3.
2001	First peal rung by Kate Kay. Recorded peal total is 4.
2001	First peal rung by Morag Ryder. Recorded peal total is 3.
2001	First peal rung by Bill Davis. Recorded peal total is 1.
2012	First peal rung by Vicky de-Vries. Recorded peal total is 3.
2018	First peal rung by Oliver G Lockwood. Recorded peal total is 6.
2018	First peal rung by James M Joynson. Recorded peal total is 7.
2018	First peal rung by Michael W Kay. Recorded peal total is 1.

First peals in towers for 19th May

1746	First peal on the bells at Dartford, Holy Trinity, Kent. Recorded peal total is 225.
1766	First peal on the bells at Haughley, St Mary the Virgin, Suffolk. Recorded peal total is 9.
1807	First peal on the bells at Melton Mowbray, St Mary, Leicestershire. Recorded peal total is 95.
1883	First peal on the bells at Braintree, St Michael, Essex. Recorded peal total is 165.
1891	First peal on the bells at Birling, All Saints, Kent. Recorded peal total is 20.
1902	First peal on the bells at Foxley, St Thomas, Norfolk. Recorded peal total is 9.
1902	First peal on the bells at Newport, All Saints, Monmouthshire. Recorded peal total is 66.
1906	First peal on the bells at Tuddenham St Martin, St Martin, Suffolk. Recorded peal total is 32.
1920	First peal on the bells at High Littleton, Holy Trinity, Somerset. Recorded peal total is 21.
1923	First peal on the bells at Shirley, St James the Great, Warwickshire. Recorded peal total is 364.
1930	First peal on the bells at Whitchurch, All Hallows, Hampshire. Recorded peal total is 78.
1934	First peal on the bells at Danbury, St John the Baptist, Essex. Recorded peal total is 166.
1937	First peal on the bells at Longparish, St Nicholas, Hampshire. Recorded peal total is 76.
1984	First peal on the bells at St John, St John in the Oaks, Jersey. Recorded peal total is 22.
1990	First peal on the bells at Braunston, All Saints, Rutland. Recorded peal total is 3.
2009	First peal on the bells at Belper, Belper Campanile, Derbyshire. Recorded peal total is 3.
2018	First peal on the bells at Wetton, St Margaret, Staffordshire. Recorded peal total is 1.

First peals in method for 19th May

1956	First tower bell peal of Billingborough Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 4.
1956	First tower bell peal of Wem Bob Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1962	First tower bell peal of Houghton-le-Spring Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1962	First tower bell peal of St. Dunston's Doubles. Recorded peal total is 1.
1978	First tower bell peal of Morning Exercise Delight Minor. Recorded peal total is 1.
1983	First tower bell peal of Durban Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1987	First tower bell peal of LeMarechal Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1988	First tower bell peal of Faraday Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1988	First tower bell peal of Syon Gipsy Hybrid Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1989	First tower bell peal of Plumstead Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1990	First tower bell peal of Axbridge Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 4.
1990	First tower bell peal of Upper Armley Alliance Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
1990	First tower bell peal of Xyster Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 4.
1993	First tower bell peal of Emerald Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 6.
1993	First tower bell peal of Vatnajokull Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1995	First tower bell peal of Gelvrecote Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1996	First tower bell peal of Castle Farm Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1997	First tower bell peal of Gzira Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1997	First tower bell peal of Hywelbane Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1997	First tower bell peal of Millstone Surprise Maximus. Recorded peal total is 1.
1998	First tower bell peal of Weston-super-Mare Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1999	First tower bell peal of Kintore Surprise Maximus. Recorded peal total is 2.
1999	First tower bell peal of Niccolite Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 6.
2000	First tower bell peal of Haydn Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2001	First tower bell peal of Faringdon Standard Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2004	First tower bell peal of Chichester Castle Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2007	First tower bell peal of Vaguely Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
2012	First tower bell peal of Coleshill Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 4.
2012	First tower bell peal of East Anglia Alliance Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
2013	First tower bell peal of Lundy Alliance Royal. Recorded peal total is 7.
2014	First tower bell peal of Aston Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2016	First tower bell peal of Surprise Minor. Recorded peal total is 2.