Analysis of Peals Rung for the Guild (as at 1 June 2016)

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A total of 141 peals have been rung for the Guild

The following analysis gives details of: The TOWERS in which the peals were rung; the CONDUCTORS of the peals; the METHODS rung;    the STAGES rung (e.g. Doubles, Triples, Royal); and the YEARS in which the peals were rung 

TOWERS:

The peals were rung in 33 different towers. 

7 of the towers are outside the area covered by the Guild: Croydon (St John the Baptist – now the Minster); East Peckham; Haddiscoe (Norfolk); Henfield; Ticehurst; and Westham.

Towers with more than one peal are:

Colemans Hatch (22)

Withyham (16)

Edenbridge (14)

Tunbridge Wells (12)

Wadhurst (12)

Fairwarp (7)

Lamberhurst (7)

Hartfield (6)

East Grinstead (5)

Mayfield (5)

Chiddingstone (4)

Buxted (3)

Cowden (3)

Hever (3)

Frant (2)

Lewes (2)

Turners Hill (2)

16 towers had one peal each: Balcombe; Bletchingley; Croydon (St John Bapt, - now Minster); East Peckham; Haddiscoe (Norfolk); Henfield; Limpsfield Chart; Maresfield; Penshurst; Redhill; Rotherfield; Speldhurst; Ticehurst; Twineham; Westham; and Worth

CONDUCTORS:

The peals were conducted by 35 different members.

Members who conducted more than one peal are:

Ernest J Ladd (33½ peals)*

Albert Relfe (14)

Brian E Jeffrey (9)

Philip A Corby (9)

Alan R Baldock (8)

Stanley Jenner (7)

Keith R Wakefield (5½)*

D Paul Smith (5)

John W Smith (5)

Arthur F Lewry (4)

Charles A Bassett (3)

Colin A Tester (3)

Ian V J Smith (3)

Stewart F W Kimber (3)

Andrew J Corby (2)

Nigel Thompson (2)

Richard Hayes (2)

Robert Collins (2)

Robin A Grant (2)

Thomas E Sone (2)

William A Kitchenside (2)

15 members conducted one peal each: Trevor N J Bailey; A Patrick Cannon; Frank E Darby; Albert E Edwards; Ernest E Everest; Robert J Everest; Keith G Game; Leonard W Giles; Richard W H Hayes; Frank H Hicks; Charles H Kippin; Roger Osbon; Alan D Pink; William Rogers; Stella M Wickens (now Knight) - the only lady to have conducted a peal for the Guild

* K R Wakefield and E J Ladd jointly conducted one peal (Grandsire Doubles at Lamberhurst on 8 October 1980)

METHODS:

The peals were rung in 33 different methods (or numbers of methods).

Methods (or numbers of methods) rung in more than one peal are:

Grandsire Triples (27 peals)

Plain Bob Major (26)

Cambridge Surprise Major (11)

Yorkshire Surprise Major (11)

Double Norwich Court Bob Major (10)

Plain Bob Minor (8)

Cambridge Surprise Minor (5)

Minor (4 methods) (5)

Superlative Surprise Major (4)

Grandsire Doubles (3) (One jointly conducted by K R Wakefield and E J Ladd)

Kent Treble Bob Major (3)

Lincolnshire Surprise Major (3)

Doubles (2 methods) (2)

Little Bob Major (2)

Minor (2 methods) (2)

Minor (7 methods) (2)

16 methods (or numbers of methods) were rung in only one peal: Ashtead Surprise Major; Doubles (3 Methods); Doubles (7 Methods); Grandsire Caters; London Surprise Major; Minor (3 Methods); Oxford Treble Bob Major; Plain Bob Doubles; Plain Bob Royal; Pudsey Surprise Major; Rutland Surprise Major; Spliced Surprise Major (4 Methods); St Clement's College Bob Major; Stedman Caters; Stedman Triples; Treble Bob Minor (3 Methods)

STAGES:

Numbers of peals rung at each stage are:

Minimus (None)

Doubles (8)

Minor (24)

Triples (28)

Major (77)

Caters (2)

Royal (1)

Cinques (None)

Maximus (None)

YEARS:

The years in which peals were rung are as follows:

1950 (10 peals)

1949 (9)

1965 (7)

1966 (6)

1951, 1952, 1977 (5 each year)

1948, 1954, 1960, 2001 (4 each year)

1959, 1961, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1994, 1995 (3 each year)

1937, 1945, 1946, 1956, 1957, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1987, 1997 (2 each year)

1930, 1935, 1956, 1938, 1939, 1947, 1953, 1958, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2015 (1 each year)

In the 89 years since the Guild was formed there have been 30 years when no peals were rung.  These were:

1927 to 1929, 1931 to 1934, 1940 to 1944, 1955, 1967, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2002 to 2005, 2009 to 2014.

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