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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 12th July

Year	Event	Reference
1815	The bells at Liversedge, Yorks, were opened, having been cast by William Dobson of Downham Market, Norfolk from brass ordinance captured at Genoa by Lord Exmouth. The total cost of the work was £685-0-6d.	nv
1882	At 11 am on this morning the second Great Abel for Manchester Town Hall was cast. Its diameter is seven feet, seven and a half inches, and it weighs eight tons, two hundredweight and three quarters. It replaced one cast five years earlier that weighed six tons, nine hundredweight and had a diameter of seven feet, five inches. This cracked soon after being installed, probably through the use of an over-weight hammer.	nv
1909	William H Barber conducted the first peal of Erin Caters at North Shields, Northumberland.	nv
1936	The first peal to be rung in a hen house took place on this day at Kirkella, Yorks, when David M Sharp conducted a peal of Grandsire Doubles on handbells. The footnote records: "This peal was rung in a hen house amongst the hens, it being the only convenient place at the time." Meanwhile, thousands of miles away in Victoria, Canada, the bells of Christ Church Cathedral were being rung for the first time, listened to by an audience of over three thousand people gathered around the cathedral.	nv

Birthdays for 12th July

1855	Alfred [Swindon] Lawrence born

First pealers for 12th July

1902	First peal rung by Fred Nash. Recorded peal total is 2.
1902	First peal rung by Alfred H Winch. Recorded peal total is 346.
1913	First peal rung by Frank Caldwell. Recorded peal total is 2.
1913	First peal rung by Leslie Groom. Recorded peal total is 30.
1913	First peal rung by Joseph C Dean. Recorded peal total is 47.
1913	First peal rung by Frederick V Martin. Recorded peal total is 6.
1919	First peal rung by George H Gibbs. Recorded peal total is 4.
1924	First peal rung by Cuthbert T H Bradley. Recorded peal total is 126.
1928	First peal rung by A Vaile. Recorded peal total is 1.
1929	First peal rung by Ernest A Perrett. Recorded peal total is 1.
1930	First peal rung by Percy L Debbing. Recorded peal total is 3.
1930	First peal rung by A [Lichfield] Smith. Recorded peal total is 1.
1930	First peal rung by Marcia Marshallsay. Recorded peal total is 815.
1933	First peal rung by Douglas W Turner. Recorded peal total is 8.
1933	First peal rung by Ernest A Turner. Recorded peal total is 19.
1937	First peal rung by Bewley Weaver. Recorded peal total is 2.
1939	First peal rung by Jack H Chambers. Recorded peal total is 2.
1939	First peal rung by Noel E Chambers. Recorded peal total is 21.
1939	First peal rung by Sydney A Chambers. Recorded peal total is 123.
1939	First peal rung by Frank Metham. Recorded peal total is 2.
1948	First peal rung by Charles Blackmore. Recorded peal total is 1.
1948	First peal rung by John Burrough. Recorded peal total is 3.
1948	First peal rung by F Ben Comer. Recorded peal total is 10.
1948	First peal rung by John Creber. Recorded peal total is 4.
1948	First peal rung by Richard Creber. Recorded peal total is 1.
1949	First peal rung by John Stevenson. Recorded peal total is 5.
1948	First peal rung by I John Burrough. Recorded peal total is 1.
1951	First peal rung by Dennis W Jones. Recorded peal total is 1.
1951	First peal rung by Michael A Perrin. Recorded peal total is 1.
1952	First peal rung by Leslie J Baldock. Recorded peal total is 17.
1952	First peal rung by Charles H Keen. Recorded peal total is 1.
1952	First peal rung by Brian Hough. Recorded peal total is 6.
1953	First peal rung by Donald V Robinson. Recorded peal total is 5.
1956	First peal rung by Anne E Amor. Recorded peal total is 29.
1958	First peal rung by Alan F Flatt. Recorded peal total is 4.
1959	First peal rung by Rita M Jowett. Recorded peal total is 69.
1962	First peal rung by Michael J Staley. Recorded peal total is 23.
1964	First peal rung by J M Donald Bateman. Recorded peal total is 25.
1964	First peal rung by David W Howarth. Recorded peal total is 55.
1970	First peal rung by Freda D Salter. Recorded peal total is 39.
1972	First peal rung by John Huggins. Recorded peal total is 11.
1975	First peal rung by John F W M Bowen. Recorded peal total is 5.
1975	First peal rung by Frederick W Kingdon. Recorded peal total is 4.
1975	First peal rung by Stephen P Northam. Recorded peal total is 5.
1975	First peal rung by Nigel R Woodruff. Recorded peal total is 1036.
1975	First peal rung by Julia Davies. Recorded peal total is 18.
1977	First peal rung by J Dick Shipley. Recorded peal total is 3.
1980	First peal rung by Irene Barnes. Recorded peal total is 1.
1980	First peal rung by Suzanne M Elmer. Recorded peal total is 4.
1980	First peal rung by David G Cox. Recorded peal total is 2.
1980	First peal rung by Robert Coates. Recorded peal total is 3.
1980	First peal rung by Peter J Waterfield. Recorded peal total is 1802.
1980	First peal rung by Malcolm J Smith. Recorded peal total is 40.
1980	First peal rung by Diana J Linford. Recorded peal total is 46.
1980	First peal rung by Sonia A Thompson. Recorded peal total is 16.
1980	First peal rung by Clyde W Wallbanks. Recorded peal total is 129.
1980	First peal rung by Yvonne Armitage. Recorded peal total is 1.
1980	First peal rung by Michael Fielding. Recorded peal total is 70.
1980	First peal rung by Timothy P Hughes. Recorded peal total is 8.
1980	First peal rung by Peter J Roberts. Recorded peal total is 7.
1980	First peal rung by Elizabeth Ramsay. Recorded peal total is 1.
1980	First peal rung by Philip Culver. Recorded peal total is 1.
1981	First peal rung by Elizabeth S Cobb. Recorded peal total is 4.
1981	First peal rung by James E Cobb. Recorded peal total is 11.
1983	First peal rung by Simon D Tomlinson. Recorded peal total is 1.
1983	First peal rung by David N George. Recorded peal total is 1.
1985	First peal rung by Richard M Grainger. Recorded peal total is 317.
1985	First peal rung by W John Grainger. Recorded peal total is 476.
1985	First peal rung by Clare N Jackson. Recorded peal total is 2.
1986	First peal rung by Richard L Taylor. Recorded peal total is 433.
1986	First peal rung by Lyn Robson. Recorded peal total is 1.
1986	First peal rung by Esther Bates. Recorded peal total is 18.
1989	First peal rung by David M Neal. Recorded peal total is 3.
1997	First peal rung by Timothy Jackson. Recorded peal total is 23.
1997	First peal rung by Margaret Pratt. Recorded peal total is 1.
1998	First peal rung by Sharon J Bantoft. Recorded peal total is 1.
2003	First peal rung by Gretchen L Konrath. Recorded peal total is 1.
2005	First peal rung by Louise B Jordan. Recorded peal total is 3.
2009	First peal rung by William J Sanderson. Recorded peal total is 16.
2013	First peal rung by C Bryce Brown. Recorded peal total is 1.
2013	First peal rung by Imogen Holt. Recorded peal total is 5.
2014	First peal rung by Marghanita J Allen. Recorded peal total is 3.
2014	First peal rung by Robyn L Downer. Recorded peal total is 1.
2015	First peal rung by Dee Urch. Recorded peal total is 44.

First peals in towers for 12th July

1828	First peal on the bells at Nayland, St James, Suffolk. Recorded peal total is 23.
1899	First peal on the bells at Ipswich, St Margaret, Suffolk. Recorded peal total is 200.
1900	First peal on the bells at Hallow, SS Philip & James, Worcestershire. Recorded peal total is 112.
1913	First peal on the bells at Harringworth, St John the Baptist, Northamptonshire. Recorded peal total is 8.
1919	First peal on the bells at Clapham Park, St Stephen, Surrey. Recorded peal total is 17.
1924	First peal on the bells at Folkingham, St Andrew, Lincolnshire. Recorded peal total is 61.
1929	First peal on the bells at Rowde, St Matthew, Wiltshire. Recorded peal total is 28.
1930	First peal on the bells at Kirkby Stephen, unknown, Westmorland. Recorded peal total is 6.
1956	First peal on the bells at Reymerston, St Peter, Norfolk. Recorded peal total is 13.
1958	First peal on the bells at Standon, All Saints, Staffordshire. Recorded peal total is 5.
1965	First peal on the bells at Scole, St Andrew, Norfolk. Recorded peal total is 89.
1999	First peal on the bells at Wistow, St Wistan, Leicestershire. Recorded peal total is 21.

First peals in method for 12th July

1909	First tower bell peal of Erin Caters. Recorded peal total is 90.
1919	First tower bell peal of Victoria Little Bob Major. Recorded peal total is 6.
1951	First tower bell peal of Wye Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 17.
1963	First tower bell peal of Zurich Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 74.
1971	First tower bell peal of Faringdon Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
1975	First tower bell peal of Petvaria Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1975	First tower bell peal of Swindon Alliance Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1977	First tower bell peal of Folgate Surprise Maximus. Recorded peal total is 3.
1980	First tower bell peal of Rachel Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
1985	First tower bell peal of Harwich Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1987	First tower bell peal of Gooden Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 9.
1991	First tower bell peal of Zenith Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 4.
1993	First tower bell peal of Tungurahua Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1995	First tower bell peal of Thassos Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 2.
1996	First tower bell peal of East Dean Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1996	First tower bell peal of Oranjestad Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1998	First tower bell peal of Abbots Leigh Surprise Minor. Recorded peal total is 1.
1999	First tower bell peal of Llangatwg Surprise Minor. Recorded peal total is 1.
2002	First tower bell peal of Messidor Alliance Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
2003	First tower bell peal of Freeman's Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2003	First tower bell peal of Geraldton Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
2003	First tower bell peal of Glinton Delight Minor. Recorded peal total is 1.
2003	First tower bell peal of Lyndsey Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2005	First tower bell peal of Winnie the Pooh Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
2007	First tower bell peal of Rams Return Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.