Great Totham Bell Ringers Peals & Quarter Peals Page

Peals
The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers detail the conditions required for a peal. Peals rung on five, six or seven working bells must consist of at least 5040 changes. For eight or more working bells a peal must comprise a minimum of 5000 changes. In addition each bell must be rung continuously by the same person without a break and the ringing must be done entirely from memory. Peals may be rung to commemorate special occasions and events.

To date 138 Peals have been rung at St. Peter's Great Totham. The first peal was rung on 26^th October 1895 and performed by a band from Coggeshall. On 6^th May 1899 the first peal was rung by members of the Great Totham band. The most recent peal was rung on 2^nd November 2014 by six Essex Association ringers and comprised seven Minor Methods. This was in remembrance of Able Seaman Charles Henry Ballard the first Essex ringer to fall on 1^st November whilst serving on HMS Monmouth. He was a loyal ringer at St.Peter's.

The Felstead Database records all peals rung but does not include details of the ringers or the occasion.

In the ringing chamber there are peal boards commemorating the following:
First peal at St. Peter's 26^th October 1895.
First peal rung by St. Peter's ringers 6^th May 1899.
Death of Queen Victoria 3^rd February 1901.
Birthday of the conductor 24^th August 1905.
Death of Mr. A Brockis 31^st October 1933.
Death of King George V 27^_th January 1936.
Death of King George Vl 9^th February 1952.
Ordination of Rev. Peter William Youle 24^th January 1990.
100^th birthday of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother 4^th August 2000.
Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 15^th September 2012.

In addition to the peal boards 4 peals and a date touch were rung between 1905 and 1912. These are recorded on cards in a picture frame hanging from the coat hooks. Of note is the peal rung on April 16^th1912 which was the first peal of Treble Bob on the bells. Click here for full details which open in a pdf file.

Quarter Peals
It takes approximately 40 minutes to ring a quarter peal on the
bells at St. Peter’s Church. A quarter peal comprises 1260 changes and is rung for special occasions, to mark the progress of the ringer and for enjoyment. The quarter peals rung at St. Peter's Church since 2013 where at least one member of the band was a Great Totham Ringer are listed below. In addition there are details of the bells rung for other significant occasions. To view the quarter peals and other ringing occasions click on the links below which open in a pdf file.

Quarter Peal 24^thMarch 2013

Quarter Peal 4^th August 2014         Quarter Peal 7^th December 2014

Quarter Peal 8^th February 2015       Quarter Peal 8^th March 2015

Quarter Peal 21^st April 2015           Quarter Peal 1^st May 2015

Quarter Peal 6^th September 2015 Quarter Peal 29^th November 2015

Quarter Peal 26^th April 2016         Quarter Peal 17^th July 2016

Quarter Peal 26^th March 2017       Quarter Peal 2^nd April 2017

Quarter Peal 7^th May 2017

Call Changes 19^th May 2018         Quarter Peal 14^th October 2018

Call Changes 11^th November 2018   Rounds 11^th November 2018

Quarter Peal 20^th January 2019      Quarter Peal 3^rd March 2019

Quarter Peal 7^th April 2019            Quarter Peal 23^rd April 2019

Quarter Peal 28^th April 2019           Quarter Peal 28^thJuly 2019

Quarter Peal 3^rdMarch 2022    Quarter Peal 5 ^th September 2022

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