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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 August

Year	Event	Reference
1781	The Chelmsford band opened the new ring of eight, cast by Thomas Mears for Great Baddow, Essex, with a peal of Bob Major.	nv
1837	The bells rang out for the first time at the three-year old church of Norbury, Hazel Grove, Cheshire. The six bells had been transferred from Disley.	nv
1883	The first peal of Double Norwich Court Bob Major to be rung in Wales was by the Burton-on-Trent ringers at Rhyl, conducted by William Wakeley.	nv
1927	The earliest example of a woman ringing a double length peal took place at West Deeping, Peterborough on this day. Miss Kathleen Jutson rang the second to fourteen different Minor extents, 10,080 changes, in 6 hours and 19 minutes, conducted by Horace M Day.	nv
1929	The Middlesex County Association rang the first peal in ten spliced Surprise Major methods at Willesdon, Middlesex, conducted by William Pye.	nv

Birthdays for 13th August

1955	Neil Turner born

First pealers for 13th August

1887	First peal rung by William Lamb. Recorded peal total is 5.
1887	First peal rung by William T [Crayford] Cook. Recorded peal total is 1.
1887	First peal rung by Leonard Hammant. Recorded peal total is 1.
1887	First peal rung by William Saxby. Recorded peal total is 8.
1889	First peal rung by Arthur [Hatfield] Shepherd. Recorded peal total is 27.
1889	First peal rung by John F Juggins. Recorded peal total is 9.
1892	First peal rung by Frederick G Perrin. Recorded peal total is 283.
1892	First peal rung by Charles W [Westminster] Ward. Recorded peal total is 5.
1894	First peal rung by John H Barnes. Recorded peal total is 12.
1897	First peal rung by Arthur Lance. Recorded peal total is 3.
1904	First peal rung by William [Rhyl] Bell. Recorded peal total is 2.
1904	First peal rung by William Gunner. Recorded peal total is 1.
1904	First peal rung by David Lewis. Recorded peal total is 2.
1904	First peal rung by George [Rhyl] Newman. Recorded peal total is 1.
1907	First peal rung by Arthur Bowmer. Recorded peal total is 9.
1907	First peal rung by George Bowmer. Recorded peal total is 9.
1907	First peal rung by T Harry Greatorex. Recorded peal total is 4.
1909	First peal rung by Frank Brassington. Recorded peal total is 20.
1913	First peal rung by Robert E Greenacre. Recorded peal total is 23.
1913	First peal rung by H [Gaywood] Porter. Recorded peal total is 2.
1921	First peal rung by Ernest Bailey. Recorded peal total is 24.
1921	First peal rung by Claude Cousins. Recorded peal total is 278.
1924	First peal rung by Edward [Bishopstoke] Wilson. Recorded peal total is 1.
1927	First peal rung by Jesse Reeves. Recorded peal total is 2.
1930	First peal rung by James W R Quinney. Recorded peal total is 34.
1932	First peal rung by Cecil Chanon. Recorded peal total is 1.
1932	First peal rung by Nathaniel T Moxon. Recorded peal total is 14.
1932	First peal rung by John H S Giddings. Recorded peal total is 4.
1932	First peal rung by Dennis G Gum. Recorded peal total is 1.
1932	First peal rung by Harold S Harding. Recorded peal total is 1.
1932	First peal rung by Percy W J Harding. Recorded peal total is 1.
1932	First peal rung by Reginald H Newton. Recorded peal total is 218.
1938	First peal rung by H Gordon Howell. Recorded peal total is 1.
1939	First peal rung by Harold Stanley. Recorded peal total is 1.
1946	First peal rung by Peter Holness. Recorded peal total is 4.
1949	First peal rung by Rognvald S Wilson. Recorded peal total is 19.
1955	First peal rung by Derek G Spittle. Recorded peal total is 31.
1955	First peal rung by June Legg. Recorded peal total is 4.
1955	First peal rung by John Tonkin. Recorded peal total is 1.
1955	First peal rung by Yvonne West. Recorded peal total is 1.
1956	First peal rung by Gillian A Leale. Recorded peal total is 143.
1958	First peal rung by George W Buckle. Recorded peal total is 2.
1958	First peal rung by Timothy G Pett. Recorded peal total is 4419.
1960	First peal rung by John R Broadest. Recorded peal total is 1.
1960	First peal rung by Pamela A Jones. Recorded peal total is 2.
1960	First peal rung by David Livingston. Recorded peal total is 377.
1960	First peal rung by Keith Marriott. Recorded peal total is 2.
1961	First peal rung by Philip J Sapwell. Recorded peal total is 1.
1966	First peal rung by Alwyn R Lewis. Recorded peal total is 1186.
1966	First peal rung by Clive A Devall. Recorded peal total is 3.
1971	First peal rung by Michele Winter. Recorded peal total is 816.
1977	First peal rung by Kathleen M Parkin. Recorded peal total is 9.
1977	First peal rung by Caroline D Roberts. Recorded peal total is 1.
1977	First peal rung by Alana M Thackray. Recorded peal total is 1.
1978	First peal rung by L Gillian Moreton. Recorded peal total is 133.
1978	First peal rung by David M Lay. Recorded peal total is 19.
1981	First peal rung by Susan H Pemberton. Recorded peal total is 1.
1982	First peal rung by Wayne N Francis. Recorded peal total is 46.
1985	First peal rung by John Barnacott. Recorded peal total is 104.
1988	First peal rung by Mark Armstrong. Recorded peal total is 3.
1988	First peal rung by Christopher N Sheasby. Recorded peal total is 121.
1988	First peal rung by Tim Burton. Recorded peal total is 3.
1988	First peal rung by Hannah Mason. Recorded peal total is 1.
1989	First peal rung by Gavin Appleton. Recorded peal total is 1.
1993	First peal rung by Richard Higgs. Recorded peal total is 2.
1995	First peal rung by Douglas Laurie. Recorded peal total is 3.
2005	First peal rung by Diane L Bunney. Recorded peal total is 3.
2006	First peal rung by Lois E Beaton. Recorded peal total is 2.
2006	First peal rung by Martin W Row. Recorded peal total is 4.
2015	First peal rung by Lynette M Costello. Recorded peal total is 1.
2022	First peal rung by Mitchell Reeves. Recorded peal total is 3.
2025	First peal rung by Edmund M C Roberts. Recorded peal total is 3.

First peals in towers for 13th August

1781	First peal on the bells at Great Baddow, St Mary the Virgin, Essex. Recorded peal total is 212.
1782	First peal on the bells at Oldham, St Mary the Virgin, Lancashire. Recorded peal total is 254.
1821	First peal on the bells at Wooburn, St Paul, Buckinghamshire. Recorded peal total is 73.
1881	First peal on the bells at Bromborough, St Barnabas, Cheshire. Recorded peal total is 69.
1883	First peal on the bells at Rhyl, St Thomas, Flintshire. Recorded peal total is 22.
1894	First peal on the bells at Bacup, Christ Church, Lancashire. Recorded peal total is 21.
1899	First peal on the bells at Arklow, St Saviour, Wicklow. Recorded peal total is 74.
1921	First peal on the bells at Fenny Drayton, St Michael & All Angels, Leicestershire. Recorded peal total is 6.
1921	First peal on the bells at Monks Kirby, St Edith, Warwickshire. Recorded peal total is 130.
1928	First peal on the bells at Wimborne St Giles, St Giles, Dorset. Recorded peal total is 53.
1938	First peal on the bells at Hooe, St Oswald, Sussex. Recorded peal total is 16.
1956	First peal on the bells at St Gwinear, St Gwinear, Cornwall. Recorded peal total is 10.
1964	First peal on the bells at Preston, SS Peter & Paul, Rutland. Recorded peal total is 31.
1966	First peal on the bells at Butleigh, St Leonard, Somerset. Recorded peal total is 75.
1966	First peal on the bells at Sydney, St Andrew, New South Wales. Recorded peal total is 114.
1982	First peal on the bells at Fiddington, St Martin, Somerset. Recorded peal total is 10.

First peals in method for 13th August

1809	First tower bell peal of Maidstone Bob Major. Recorded peal total is 4.
1976	First tower bell peal of Yelling Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 10.
1977	First tower bell peal of Michannel Delight Minor. Recorded peal total is 1.
1979	First tower bell peal of Bob Triples/Doubles. Recorded peal total is 1.
1985	First tower bell peal of Buckledown Little Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1986	First tower bell peal of Gallium Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 13.
1988	First tower bell peal of Deacon Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1991	First tower bell peal of Xat Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 5.
1993	First tower bell peal of Elveden Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 3.
1993	First tower bell peal of Lincoln Little Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1994	First tower bell peal of Bereda Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1997	First tower bell peal of Braunstonebrook Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
2004	First tower bell peal of Elul Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
2005	First tower bell peal of Chearsley Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
2006	First tower bell peal of Burton Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 4.
2009	First tower bell peal of Lundy Delight Royal. Recorded peal total is 3.
2009	First tower bell peal of William Penny Brookes Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2010	First tower bell peal of Nightingale Treble Place Royal. Recorded peal total is 2.
2011	First tower bell peal of Elgood's Warrior Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
2015	First tower bell peal of Galashiels Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.