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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 March

Year	Event	Reference
1888	The first peal of Duffield Royal was rung at Duffield. It is a principle - all the bells do the same work - invented by Sir A P Heywood.	BN1888/7
1892	A long peal of Plain Bob Major, 11,200 changes, was rung in 6 hours and 16 minutes at Speldhurst, Kent. The composer was C H Martin, and the conductor Thomas Card.	nv
1927	Eight Josephs attempted a peal at Birmingham on St Joseph's Day, but were unsuccessful.	NP
1929	The first peal in which six Surprise Major methods were spliced together was rung on this day at Willesden by the Middlesex County Association.	nv
1941	The church of St Alphage, Greenwich was hit by an incendiary bomb and was burnt out. The ten bells were recast in 1954.	nv
1981	The thatched church at Reedham, Norfolk caught fire and was destroyed. The five bells were saved, however, due to the sound floor, although the ringing chamber and handbells were lost.	nv

Birthdays for 19th March

First pealers for 19th March

1888	First peal rung by Robert [Tenterden] Edwards. Recorded peal total is 61.
1898	First peal rung by Joseph Brookes. Recorded peal total is 19.
1898	First peal rung by John Denner. Recorded peal total is 51.
1898	First peal rung by Samuel Oakes. Recorded peal total is 41.
1896	First peal rung by Edgar Burden. Recorded peal total is 18.
1901	First peal rung by Henry Hutton. Recorded peal total is 154.
1901	First peal rung by William E Jelley. Recorded peal total is 4.
1902	First peal rung by Harold J Witchell. Recorded peal total is 26.
1904	First peal rung by James Bretherton. Recorded peal total is 1.
1904	First peal rung by Thomas Harrop. Recorded peal total is 5.
1904	First peal rung by R Crowhurst. Recorded peal total is 3.
1904	First peal rung by E [Shalford] Lucas. Recorded peal total is 2.
1904	First peal rung by W G Trewin. Recorded peal total is 2.
1904	First peal rung by Ernest Worsfold. Recorded peal total is 3.
1904	First peal rung by W Worsfold. Recorded peal total is 1.
1905	First peal rung by Bert Horton. Recorded peal total is 182.
1907	First peal rung by J Whittaker. Recorded peal total is 1.
1909	First peal rung by Thomas Bridgewater. Recorded peal total is 4.
1910	First peal rung by Willie Ambrose. Recorded peal total is 1.
1910	First peal rung by J Benjamin Budd. Recorded peal total is 104.
1910	First peal rung by Harry [Tyldesley] Allred. Recorded peal total is 38.
1910	First peal rung by Herbert Allred. Recorded peal total is 36.
1910	First peal rung by John T Allred. Recorded peal total is 18.
1910	First peal rung by William Hingley. Recorded peal total is 1.
1910	First peal rung by L A [Thornaby] Hardy. Recorded peal total is 1.
1910	First peal rung by John [Church Lawton] Booth. Recorded peal total is 3.
1910	First peal rung by Joseph A Cook. Recorded peal total is 9.
1910	First peal rung by Stephen Wilcox. Recorded peal total is 2.
1910	First peal rung by Joseph [Dudley] West. Recorded peal total is 6.
1912	First peal rung by W H Makin. Recorded peal total is 1.
1914	First peal rung by Albert A Stoner. Recorded peal total is 2.
1921	First peal rung by Herbert Spink. Recorded peal total is 2.
1922	First peal rung by Harry D Lister. Recorded peal total is 294.
1922	First peal rung by W Keith Whittell. Recorded peal total is 263.
1927	First peal rung by Percival Dudley. Recorded peal total is 13.
1927	First peal rung by John Cryer. Recorded peal total is 5.
1927	First peal rung by Norman V Harding. Recorded peal total is 611.
1927	First peal rung by George E Foster. Recorded peal total is 175.
1927	First peal rung by William J Philp. Recorded peal total is 1.
1927	First peal rung by Alfred [Witherley] Ballard. Recorded peal total is 1354.
1927	First peal rung by George Middleton. Recorded peal total is 9.
1927	First peal rung by Sidney G Munton. Recorded peal total is 33.
1932	First peal rung by C [Badgeworth] Lawrence. Recorded peal total is 1.
1932	First peal rung by Edward C Ayres. Recorded peal total is 12.
1932	First peal rung by William E Redrup. Recorded peal total is 19.
1932	First peal rung by Ernest G Stevens. Recorded peal total is 7.
1932	First peal rung by Charles Griffin. Recorded peal total is 7.
1932	First peal rung by Victor M Ormerod. Recorded peal total is 7.
1935	First peal rung by Herbert Harrsion. Recorded peal total is 1.
1935	First peal rung by Jack Lee. Recorded peal total is 4.
1935	First peal rung by John [Milnrow] Meadowcroft. Recorded peal total is 22.
1937	First peal rung by Stanley [Fenham] Walker. Recorded peal total is 1.
1938	First peal rung by George W Davison. Recorded peal total is 2.
1938	First peal rung by Bertie C Grapes. Recorded peal total is 2.
1938	First peal rung by Jack A Rogers. Recorded peal total is 1.
1938	First peal rung by Kenneth Hill. Recorded peal total is 4.
1938	First peal rung by Llewellyn Williams. Recorded peal total is 1.
1938	First peal rung by Leonard Harmer. Recorded peal total is 1.
1938	First peal rung by Jeffrey Dyer. Recorded peal total is 1.
1938	First peal rung by Joan Greenham. Recorded peal total is 1.
1947	First peal rung by Donald Cartwright. Recorded peal total is 4.
1948	First peal rung by David T North. Recorded peal total is 43.
1949	First peal rung by Edwin C Hynard. Recorded peal total is 27.
1949	First peal rung by Reginald A Cragg. Recorded peal total is 1.
1949	First peal rung by Peter F Romney. Recorded peal total is 140.
1949	First peal rung by Audrey B Castell. Recorded peal total is 5.
1949	First peal rung by Dennis Read. Recorded peal total is 1.
1949	First peal rung by Sidney Turley. Recorded peal total is 1.
1949	First peal rung by Jack Kefford. Recorded peal total is 1.
1949	First peal rung by William [Ashton uner Lyne] Harrison. Recorded peal total is 5.
1949	First peal rung by Sidney J Turley. Recorded peal total is 2.
1955	First peal rung by Audrey M Birt. Recorded peal total is 1.
1955	First peal rung by Sylvia Wickenden. Recorded peal total is 3.
1955	First peal rung by Margaret Layton. Recorded peal total is 11.
1955	First peal rung by A Terence Collins. Recorded peal total is 401.
1955	First peal rung by Allan J Butcher. Recorded peal total is 4.
1958	First peal rung by Brenda Carter. Recorded peal total is 1.
1959	First peal rung by David J Wilkes. Recorded peal total is 14.
1960	First peal rung by R Jill Southwood. Recorded peal total is 2.
1960	First peal rung by Ian Collins. Recorded peal total is 1.
1960	First peal rung by Philip C Plant. Recorded peal total is 2.
1960	First peal rung by Ian R Slee. Recorded peal total is 1.
1960	First peal rung by Philip [Belstone] Stevens. Recorded peal total is 673.
1960	First peal rung by Peter R [Belstone] Turner. Recorded peal total is 1.
1960	First peal rung by James J Spraggett. Recorded peal total is 4.
1962	First peal rung by Christopher F Hopkins. Recorded peal total is 2.
1962	First peal rung by Lawrence R Pizzey. Recorded peal total is 411.
1962	First peal rung by Bernard G North. Recorded peal total is 361.
1962	First peal rung by Bernard J Stone. Recorded peal total is 1252.
1963	First peal rung by A Colin Banton. Recorded peal total is 430.
1966	First peal rung by Michael A Gilbey. Recorded peal total is 11.
1966	First peal rung by Ian Birks. Recorded peal total is 1.
1966	First peal rung by Liam Benson. Recorded peal total is 4.
1966	First peal rung by Patrick Hanley. Recorded peal total is 4.
1966	First peal rung by Janice M Green. Recorded peal total is 1.
1966	First peal rung by Shirley A Jessop. Recorded peal total is 1.
1966	First peal rung by Richard Weeks. Recorded peal total is 20.
1966	First peal rung by Frederick A Benn. Recorded peal total is 12.
1932	First peal rung by Eric G Stevens. Recorded peal total is 1.
1972	First peal rung by John Cornock. Recorded peal total is 2047.
1977	First peal rung by David Manners. Recorded peal total is 4.
1977	First peal rung by Michael J Little. Recorded peal total is 158.
1977	First peal rung by Paul W Vincent. Recorded peal total is 7.
1977	First peal rung by Robert A [West Wycombe] Neal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1977	First peal rung by Steven Kings. Recorded peal total is 17.
1977	First peal rung by Christopher G D Chapman. Recorded peal total is 1.
1978	First peal rung by Robin J Andrews. Recorded peal total is 2.
1979	First peal rung by Roger [Whitchurch] Coles. Recorded peal total is 1.
1979	First peal rung by Roger Smith. Recorded peal total is 1.
1980	First peal rung by Beth T Montgomery. Recorded peal total is 5.
1982	First peal rung by Nigel P Randall. Recorded peal total is 2.
1982	First peal rung by Michael D Wood. Recorded peal total is 1.
1983	First peal rung by Rosemary S Ovens. Recorded peal total is 1.
1983	First peal rung by Nigel W Thomas. Recorded peal total is 11.
1983	First peal rung by Jill Bramley. Recorded peal total is 2.
1983	First peal rung by Tom T Dumaresq. Recorded peal total is 1.
1983	First peal rung by Sheila M Lucas. Recorded peal total is 1.
1983	First peal rung by Stuart S Lucas. Recorded peal total is 1.
1983	First peal rung by T William Bainbridge. Recorded peal total is 1.
1983	First peal rung by James R Gibb. Recorded peal total is 120.
1983	First peal rung by John H Gibb. Recorded peal total is 66.
1988	First peal rung by Christopher M Parkin. Recorded peal total is 1.
1988	First peal rung by Christopher B Jones. Recorded peal total is 1.
1988	First peal rung by Laurence J Turner. Recorded peal total is 2.
1988	First peal rung by Tony Bristow. Recorded peal total is 1.
1988	First peal rung by Emily J Wykes. Recorded peal total is 14.
1988	First peal rung by James W Harmondsworth. Recorded peal total is 1.
1992	First peal rung by Paul K Hodgson. Recorded peal total is 22.
1994	First peal rung by Richard J Lees. Recorded peal total is 1.
2000	First peal rung by Madeleine R Cheesman. Recorded peal total is 3.
2000	First peal rung by Dan Tregunno. Recorded peal total is 1.
2000	First peal rung by Ian E McKelvey. Recorded peal total is 2.
2000	First peal rung by J Chapman Tone. Recorded peal total is 131.
2000	First peal rung by Karen E Blaver. Recorded peal total is 1.
2000	First peal rung by Michael J F Kelly. Recorded peal total is 2.
2000	First peal rung by Martin R Layley. Recorded peal total is 2.
2000	First peal rung by Edd J Whewell. Recorded peal total is 1.
2005	First peal rung by Gwilym I Price. Recorded peal total is 1.
2006	First peal rung by Karl Ryder. Recorded peal total is 2.
2022	First peal rung by Greg P H Chu. Recorded peal total is 34.
2022	First peal rung by James H J Ellison. Recorded peal total is 1.
2025	First peal rung by Tj Marchello. Recorded peal total is 1.

First peals in towers for 19th March

1785	First peal on the bells at Biddenden, All Saints, Kent. Recorded peal total is 80.
1881	First peal on the bells at Ranmoor, Sheffield, St John the Evangelist, Yorkshire. Recorded peal total is 159.
1884	First peal on the bells at Cheddleton, St Edward the Confessor, Staffordshire. Recorded peal total is 15.
1896	First peal on the bells at Butterwick, St Andrew, Lincolnshire. Recorded peal total is 31.
1904	First peal on the bells at Shalford, St Mary the Virgin, Surrey. Recorded peal total is 165.
1910	First peal on the bells at Bromyard, St Peter, Herefordshire. Recorded peal total is 165.
1910	First peal on the bells at Newchurch, Culcheth, unknown, Lancashire. Recorded peal total is 120.
1960	First peal on the bells at Belstone, St Mary, Devon. Recorded peal total is 8.
1960	First peal on the bells at Butlers Marston, SS Peter & Paul, Warwickshire. Recorded peal total is 9.
1983	First peal on the bells at Rudby in Cleveland, All Saints, Yorkshire. Recorded peal total is 6.
2000	First peal on the bells at Brooke, St Peter, Rutland. Recorded peal total is 4.

First peals in method for 19th March

1859	First tower bell peal of Merchants' Return Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1888	First tower bell peal of Duffield Royal. Recorded peal total is 14.
1939	First tower bell peal of Bourne Surprise Minor. Recorded peal total is 47.
1963	First tower bell peal of Dover Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 4.
1966	First tower bell peal of St James Bob Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1969	First tower bell peal of Florence Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 8.
1977	First tower bell peal of Lindinis Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1983	First tower bell peal of Nassington Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1983	First tower bell peal of Supreme Alliance Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1984	First tower bell peal of Micheldever Delight Minor. Recorded peal total is 1.
1988	First tower bell peal of Colorado Delight Royal. Recorded peal total is 2.
1988	First tower bell peal of Flore Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1988	First tower bell peal of Moina Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1990	First tower bell peal of Alpine Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1991	First tower bell peal of Hanbury Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1992	First tower bell peal of Folville Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1994	First tower bell peal of Castlehill Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1994	First tower bell peal of Cinnuis Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1994	First tower bell peal of Ulysses Surprise Maximus. Recorded peal total is 3.
1994	First tower bell peal of Walsworth Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 4.
1996	First tower bell peal of St Nicholas Bob Caters. Recorded peal total is 1.
1997	First tower bell peal of Westmeadowbrook Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1999	First tower bell peal of Eckland Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 4.
1999	First tower bell peal of Llanbedr Gwynllwg Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2002	First tower bell peal of Precious Little Treble Bob Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2005	First tower bell peal of Etchilhampton Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
2006	First tower bell peal of Craven Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
2009	First tower bell peal of Hobgoblin Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2011	First tower bell peal of Chilterns Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
2014	First tower bell peal of Glaswegian Alliance Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2014	First tower bell peal of Nobby Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2015	First tower bell peal of Sir Felix Pole Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2016	First tower bell peal of Sunderland Alliance Major. Recorded peal total is 1.