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Presented by Greville Watson, 2014
Bellringing at
St Mary the Virgin, Higham Ferrers
1893 - 2014

CIRCLING

The tower has been circled by:
John B Martin
Walter Perkins
Thomas R Hensher
Robert Dennis
Murray A Coleman
James M Bence
Ian N Willgress

John B Martin
Peal
Date
Bell
1
2
3
4
8
25
32
35
18 Mar 1893
03 Apr 1893
10 Feb 1894
10 Mar 1894
20 Oct 1894
29 Dec 1897
17 Aug 1901
21 Nov 1903
7
8
4
6
1
5
2
3

Walter Perkins
Peal
Date
Bell
21
25
32
35
37
41
42
52
08 Jun 1897
29 Dec 1897
17 Aug 1901
21 Nov 1903
05 Jul 1904
24 Apr 1905
19 Aug 1905
30 Oct 1909
1
2
6
8
3
4
7
5

Thomas R Hensher
Peal
Date
Bell
10
19
24
26
29
32
37
81
23 Feb 1895
13 Feb 1897
05 Nov 1897
22 Jan 1898
05 Jul 1899
17 Aug 1901
05 Jul 1904
21 Jun 1930
3
5
4
6
2
8
2
1

Robert Dennis
Peal
Date
Bell
128
130
131
135
138
140
144
145
03 Mar 1990
14 Apr 1991
19 Oct 1991
14 Mar 1993
25 May 1994
20 Nov 1994
19 Dec 1995
10 Aug 1996
2
3
7
6
8
4
5
1

Murray A Coleman
Peal
Date
Bell
97
98
100
108
138
146
147
149
16 Nov 1963
28 Dec 1963
07 Aug 1965
21 Oct 1972
25 May 1994
16 Nov 1996
30 Mar 1997
02 May 1998
3
6
8
7
4
1
5
2

James M Bence
Peal
Date
Bell
129
134
135
140
154
157
158
160
28 Oct 1990
20 Dec 1992
14 Mar 1993
20 Nov 1994
07 Dec 1999
12 Mar 2001
27 Aug 2001
08 Aug 2002
6
5
7
8
4
3
2
1

Ian N Willgress
Peal
Date
Bell
124
126
129
135
141
147
152
167
11 Jan 1986
30 Dec 1987
28 Oct 1990
14 Mar 1993
08 Jan 1995
30 Mar 1997
27 Dec 1998
26 Jan 2014
3
4
8
2
7
6
5
1

Robert Dennis has also circled the tower to peals as conductor:
Robert Dennis
Peal
Date
Bell
128
130
138
140
144
145
146
147
03 Mar 1990
14 Apr 1991
25 May 1994
20 Nov 1994
19 Dec 1995
10 Aug 1996
16 Nov 1996
30 Mar 1997
2
3
8
4
5
1
6
7

Charles W Clarke, although ringing 23 peals on the bells, did not ring a peal
on the treble, but conducted peals from each of the other seven bells.

Alfred H Martin, although ringing 59 peals on the bells,
did not ring a peal on the tenor.


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