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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 24th April

Year	Event	Reference
1774	An old tablet records that on this Sunday the Hammersmith Youths rang 5040 changes of Plain Bob Minor in 3 hours and 25 minutes at Hammersmith. This is the first recorded peal of Plain Bob Minor.	H&A/366
1893	The first name peal of Stedman Triples was rung at Southover, Sussex, conducted by George Williams.	BN1893/684
1906	William Wakley died, aged 53. He was the treasurer of the Midland Counties Guild from its inception and also a founding member of the Central Council of Church Bellringers. See February 12, 1853.	BN1906/63
1944	H B Walters died. See April 6, 1867.	nv
1989	John R Mayne conducted a peal of 5120 Bristol Surprise Major at Meldreth, Cambs by a band, all of whom had rung over two thousand peals.	RW1989/459

Birthdays for 24th April

First pealers for 24th April

1897	First peal rung by John Mardell. Recorded peal total is 11.
1897	First peal rung by William [Woodford] Miller. Recorded peal total is 167.
1905	First peal rung by Frederick Goldstraw. Recorded peal total is 3.
1905	First peal rung by Joseph Simester. Recorded peal total is 5.
1905	First peal rung by Percy W Witham. Recorded peal total is 23.
1905	First peal rung by James A Scott. Recorded peal total is 4.
1905	First peal rung by James Warwick. Recorded peal total is 9.
1905	First peal rung by William H Crute. Recorded peal total is 5.
1905	First peal rung by Ernest G Lampard. Recorded peal total is 2.
1905	First peal rung by Leonard S Lampard. Recorded peal total is 4.
1905	First peal rung by George Noice. Recorded peal total is 25.
1905	First peal rung by Charles Russell. Recorded peal total is 3.
1905	First peal rung by Frank [Twyford] Smith. Recorded peal total is 1.
1905	First peal rung by Walter Canter. Recorded peal total is 2.
1905	First peal rung by Sidney Dawe. Recorded peal total is 85.
1907	First peal rung by Ernest Lish. Recorded peal total is 12.
1897	First peal rung by Joseph B [Woodford] Marks. Recorded peal total is 5.
1909	First peal rung by Robert W Green. Recorded peal total is 56.
1909	First peal rung by Thomas W Garrard. Recorded peal total is 24.
1909	First peal rung by Charles Woodcock. Recorded peal total is 60.
1909	First peal rung by G Yeandle. Recorded peal total is 1.
1911	First peal rung by Raymond [Evesham] Young. Recorded peal total is 11.
1912	First peal rung by John R Fryers. Recorded peal total is 12.
1913	First peal rung by Frederick Lovis. Recorded peal total is 3.
1920	First peal rung by John Chesterman. Recorded peal total is 31.
1920	First peal rung by Robert G C Flew. Recorded peal total is 4.
1920	First peal rung by John Hepworth. Recorded peal total is 1.
1920	First peal rung by George W Brame. Recorded peal total is 22.
1920	First peal rung by William A Parsons. Recorded peal total is 79.
1920	First peal rung by Edward D Smith. Recorded peal total is 246.
1925	First peal rung by Albert Cantle. Recorded peal total is 2.
1925	First peal rung by Edward Flower. Recorded peal total is 2.
1925	First peal rung by Daniel Parfitt. Recorded peal total is 2.
1926	First peal rung by Bernard H Swinson. Recorded peal total is 34.
1926	First peal rung by Norman Fisher. Recorded peal total is 3.
1926	First peal rung by Ronald E Johnson. Recorded peal total is 7.
1926	First peal rung by Arthur S Robinson. Recorded peal total is 14.
1926	First peal rung by Ernest Clulow. Recorded peal total is 7.
1926	First peal rung by Arnold Brinklow. Recorded peal total is 1.
1926	First peal rung by Charles J Henley. Recorded peal total is 3.
1926	First peal rung by William [Apsley End] Jones. Recorded peal total is 1.
1926	First peal rung by Jack Stopp. Recorded peal total is 19.
1926	First peal rung by John Kirk. Recorded peal total is 3.
1926	First peal rung by Leonard Allington. Recorded peal total is 1.
1926	First peal rung by Herbert Baber. Recorded peal total is 15.
1926	First peal rung by Reginald Middle. Recorded peal total is 5.
1926	First peal rung by Leonard Pullin. Recorded peal total is 8.
1926	First peal rung by George A Webber. Recorded peal total is 1.
1926	First peal rung by Sidney T Withey. Recorded peal total is 4.
1926	First peal rung by Bertram Dunkerton. Recorded peal total is 1.
1926	First peal rung by Ernest S C Lock. Recorded peal total is 4.
1926	First peal rung by William Phelps. Recorded peal total is 1.
1926	First peal rung by Sydney Coote. Recorded peal total is 1.
1926	First peal rung by Charles Gooch. Recorded peal total is 1.
1926	First peal rung by Stanley Pledger. Recorded peal total is 1.
1926	First peal rung by G H Savage. Recorded peal total is 1.
1926	First peal rung by Harry Stubbings. Recorded peal total is 1.
1928	First peal rung by Cecil G Silver. Recorded peal total is 1.
1929	First peal rung by Rupert Thoday. Recorded peal total is 11.
1932	First peal rung by L Barker. Recorded peal total is 2.
1932	First peal rung by Douglas Bryan. Recorded peal total is 3.
1932	First peal rung by E Johnson. Recorded peal total is 1.
1932	First peal rung by J Marriot. Recorded peal total is 2.
1932	First peal rung by C Watson. Recorded peal total is 2.
1932	First peal rung by A [Downham] Wright. Recorded peal total is 1.
1934	First peal rung by Thomas Cox. Recorded peal total is 2.
1934	First peal rung by Wilfred Cox. Recorded peal total is 2.
1935	First peal rung by Frank Varty. Recorded peal total is 202.
1937	First peal rung by John C Petty. Recorded peal total is 5.
1937	First peal rung by Charles Metcalf. Recorded peal total is 1.
1937	First peal rung by George W Fogden. Recorded peal total is 35.
1937	First peal rung by Arthur S Lancaster. Recorded peal total is 1.
1944	First peal rung by John D Rock. Recorded peal total is 257.
1945	First peal rung by Frederick Horsewood. Recorded peal total is 2.
1947	First peal rung by Olive M Johnson. Recorded peal total is 19.
1947	First peal rung by Elsie E Savory. Recorded peal total is 11.
1948	First peal rung by Audrey M Short. Recorded peal total is 48.
1948	First peal rung by Eileen Moore. Recorded peal total is 33.
1948	First peal rung by Dorothy E Corke. Recorded peal total is 1.
1949	First peal rung by Roy E Wood. Recorded peal total is 7.
1953	First peal rung by Charles M Cloeys. Recorded peal total is 1.
1954	First peal rung by Dorothy K Saunders. Recorded peal total is 35.
1954	First peal rung by Geoffrey Bowcutt. Recorded peal total is 32.
1955	First peal rung by Marcus C Darby. Recorded peal total is 2.
1957	First peal rung by Neville W Price. Recorded peal total is 19.
1959	First peal rung by Nigel Ryder. Recorded peal total is 1.
1959	First peal rung by John [Neath] Matthews. Recorded peal total is 8.
1959	First peal rung by Hazel Way. Recorded peal total is 202.
1963	First peal rung by John Scattergood. Recorded peal total is 2.
1963	First peal rung by Brian M Baverstock. Recorded peal total is 89.
1963	First peal rung by John G Mitchell. Recorded peal total is 69.
1963	First peal rung by Arthur W Sage. Recorded peal total is 2.
1963	First peal rung by Mary Sage. Recorded peal total is 1.
1964	First peal rung by R William Willans. Recorded peal total is 189.
1965	First peal rung by Reginald F Jones. Recorded peal total is 16.
1965	First peal rung by Michael J Warren. Recorded peal total is 13.
1965	First peal rung by David C Hawkins. Recorded peal total is 31.
1965	First peal rung by R Anthony Vere Hodge. Recorded peal total is 2.
1965	First peal rung by Judith M Squirrell. Recorded peal total is 2.
1965	First peal rung by Susan Jones. Recorded peal total is 5.
1965	First peal rung by Stuart Harker. Recorded peal total is 1.
1965	First peal rung by Raymond Hemingray. Recorded peal total is 1.
1965	First peal rung by Pamela White. Recorded peal total is 1.
1966	First peal rung by Penny Hughes. Recorded peal total is 1.
1971	First peal rung by Frank S Tucker. Recorded peal total is 1.
1971	First peal rung by Margaret J King. Recorded peal total is 1.
1971	First peal rung by Ian D Harris. Recorded peal total is 472.
1971	First peal rung by Annette Petch. Recorded peal total is 1.
1971	First peal rung by Lewis Hallows. Recorded peal total is 2.
1971	First peal rung by Richard M Nalliah. Recorded peal total is 4.
1972	First peal rung by Martin J Foulds. Recorded peal total is 1.
1973	First peal rung by Angela M Colley. Recorded peal total is 2.
1973	First peal rung by Colleen L Turner. Recorded peal total is 9.
1973	First peal rung by Sandra G Lovelock. Recorded peal total is 3.
1974	First peal rung by Charlotte K Colliss. Recorded peal total is 200.
1976	First peal rung by Alan R [Tarrant Keyneston] Smith. Recorded peal total is 1.
1976	First peal rung by Dennis Kiddy. Recorded peal total is 3.
1976	First peal rung by Meg Ward. Recorded peal total is 1.
1977	First peal rung by Hazel A East. Recorded peal total is 1.
1979	First peal rung by Susan W Pascall. Recorded peal total is 5.
1981	First peal rung by Angela Burgess. Recorded peal total is 62.
1981	First peal rung by Gillian A Gladman. Recorded peal total is 38.
1982	First peal rung by Peter M Brown. Recorded peal total is 47.
1982	First peal rung by Philip Fawcett. Recorded peal total is 3.
1982	First peal rung by Marion Webber. Recorded peal total is 1.
1982	First peal rung by Stephen G Askew. Recorded peal total is 141.
1982	First peal rung by Joanna Evetts. Recorded peal total is 1.
1983	First peal rung by Cliff E Barfield. Recorded peal total is 1.
1983	First peal rung by Sarah J Titford. Recorded peal total is 2.
1986	First peal rung by Mike Davies. Recorded peal total is 1.
1989	First peal rung by Susan J Adams. Recorded peal total is 14.
1989	First peal rung by Sylvia V Johns. Recorded peal total is 1.
1993	First peal rung by Sarah P Clements. Recorded peal total is 1.
1993	First peal rung by Michael Gwynne-Patrick. Recorded peal total is 1.
1994	First peal rung by Philip T Denwood. Recorded peal total is 3.
1994	First peal rung by David R Moore. Recorded peal total is 4.
1994	First peal rung by Sonja Morris. Recorded peal total is 1.
1994	First peal rung by Michael Ridgway. Recorded peal total is 6.
1994	First peal rung by Kathryn F Almy. Recorded peal total is 35.
1994	First peal rung by Kelly Dunsford. Recorded peal total is 1.
1994	First peal rung by Gregory W Johnson. Recorded peal total is 11.
1999	First peal rung by Jemma V Rhodes. Recorded peal total is 56.
2000	First peal rung by Sarah A Palmer. Recorded peal total is 1.
2004	First peal rung by Anthea Ames. Recorded peal total is 4.
2004	First peal rung by Nicholas A M MacMahon. Recorded peal total is 35.
2004	First peal rung by Richard S Waters. Recorded peal total is 1.
2004	First peal rung by Ian Fisher. Recorded peal total is 1.
2004	First peal rung by Philippa R Gullett. Recorded peal total is 1.
2004	First peal rung by Bryn C Kipling. Recorded peal total is 45.
2004	First peal rung by Mick Mears. Recorded peal total is 1.
2005	First peal rung by Thomas B Mack. Recorded peal total is 399.
2010	First peal rung by Robin S Wickenden. Recorded peal total is 1.

First peals in towers for 24th April

1774	First peal on the bells at Hammersmith, St Paul, Middlesex. Recorded peal total is 62.
1829	First peal on the bells at Hartest, All Saints, Suffolk. Recorded peal total is 36.
1878	First peal on the bells at Privett, Holy Trinity, Hampshire. Recorded peal total is 83.
1888	First peal on the bells at Brierley Hill, St Michael & All Angels, Staffordshire. Recorded peal total is 367.
1888	First peal on the bells at Roydon, St Peter, Essex. Recorded peal total is 44.
1893	First peal on the bells at Bidston, St Oswald, Cheshire. Recorded peal total is 78.
1896	First peal on the bells at Clopton, St Mary, Suffolk. Recorded peal total is 16.
1897	First peal on the bells at London, Lombard Street, All Hallows, Middlesex. Recorded peal total is 4.
1905	First peal on the bells at Clapham Common, Our Immaculate Lady of Victories, Surrey. Recorded peal total is 15.
1905	First peal on the bells at Cople, All Saints, Bedfordshire. Recorded peal total is 17.
1905	First peal on the bells at Peterston super Ely, St Peter, Glamorgan. Recorded peal total is 11.
1920	First peal on the bells at Basingstoke, All Saints, Hampshire. Recorded peal total is 159.
1920	First peal on the bells at Epping Upland, All Saints, Essex. Recorded peal total is 27.
1920	First peal on the bells at High Halden, St Mary the Virgin, Kent. Recorded peal total is 38.
1920	First peal on the bells at Weston Underwood, St Laurence, Buckinghamshire. Recorded peal total is 8.
1926	First peal on the bells at Batcombe, St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Somerset. Recorded peal total is 9.
1926	First peal on the bells at Cowlinge, St Margaret, Suffolk. Recorded peal total is 10.
1926	First peal on the bells at Usk, St Mary, Monmouthshire. Recorded peal total is 196.
1937	First peal on the bells at Whatley, St George, Somerset. Recorded peal total is 41.
1948	First peal on the bells at Chilmark, St Margaret of Antioch, Wiltshire. Recorded peal total is 8.
1971	First peal on the bells at Gosfield, St Catherine, Essex. Recorded peal total is 23.
1976	First peal on the bells at Tarrant Keyneston, All Saints, Dorset. Recorded peal total is 14.
2000	First peal on the bells at Bletchingdon, St Giles, Oxfordshire. Recorded peal total is 52.
2004	First peal on the bells at Kingston upon Hull, St Mary the Virgin, Yorkshire. Recorded peal total is 13.

First peals in method for 24th April

1926	First tower bell peal of Belgrave Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 151.
1954	First tower bell peal of Hodnet Bob Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1957	First tower bell peal of Immingham Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 51.
1958	First tower bell peal of Ilkeston Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 10.
1966	First tower bell peal of Plain Bob Doubles & Minor. Recorded peal total is 12.
1971	First tower bell peal of Glasgow Little Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 4.
1971	First tower bell peal of Henlow Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 13.
1976	First tower bell peal of Mamucium Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1980	First tower bell peal of Watership Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1981	First tower bell peal of Holcot Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1993	First tower bell peal of Clare Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 13.
1993	First tower bell peal of Llareggub Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1993	First tower bell peal of Tagea Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1995	First tower bell peal of Kilbyholtom Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1996	First tower bell peal of Dwejra Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 2.
1996	First tower bell peal of North Somerset Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1997	First tower bell peal of Bramber Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1998	First tower bell peal of Zigadenus Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 5.
1999	First tower bell peal of Goring Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1999	First tower bell peal of Premiership Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1999	First tower bell peal of The Judge's Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2001	First tower bell peal of Warkton Hybrid Minor. Recorded peal total is 1.
2004	First tower bell peal of Chilcompton Bob Caters. Recorded peal total is 1.
2004	First tower bell peal of Hill Ridware Alliance Major. Recorded peal total is 8.
2004	First tower bell peal of Reverend Irons Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2008	First tower bell peal of Garsden Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2010	First tower bell peal of Knightstone Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2011	First tower bell peal of Easter Day Delight Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
2011	First tower bell peal of Mitre Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2012	First tower bell peal of Xebec Alliance Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
2014	First tower bell peal of Beinn a'Bhuird Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
2014	First tower bell peal of Naphill Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.