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For three centuries, the peal has been the “gold standard” ringing performance and ringing peals has ranked high among the aspirations of leading ringers. The records of peals are more complete than for any other ringing, making them an important indicator of ringing activity.
Peal ringing grew erratically during the 18th and early 19th centuries and then grew much more strongly from the 1870s, rising more or less continually to the current level of around 5,000 peals per year (apart from wartime dips). The first person to ring 1,000 peals did so in 1905, since when increasing numbers of ringers have done so, with some going on to ring 2,000, 3,000, 4,000, 5,000, 6,000 and even 7,000.
Bill Butler was a consultant to the Biographies Committee, and has researched the lives of ringers who have rung 1,000 or more peals. His articles are published are published progressively in The Ringing World. Those listed below have already been published – more will follow.
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1000th date |
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Herbert E | Audsley | August 10, 1987 |
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Alfred | Ballard | May 13, 1992 |
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Biog
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Henry William John | Barrett | June 24, 1995 |
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Biog
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Biog
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Frank | Bennett | November 10, 1957 |
Biog
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James | Bennett | August 9, 1973 |
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Peter | Border | October 18, 2000 |
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Biog
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Arthur Patrick | Cannon | October 10, 1982 |
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Biog
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John Herbert | Cheesman | December 15, 1939 |
Biog
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Biog
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Charles Thomas | Coles | February 2, 1946 |
Biog
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Joseph William | Cotton | March 21, 1985 |
Biog
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Biog
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George William (Bill) | Critchley | February 23, 2006 |
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Biog
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James E | Davis | December 25, 1944 |
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Biog
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George Ernest | Fearn | May 20, 1974 |
Biog
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Michael John | Fellows | February 8, 1975 |
Biog
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William H | Fussell | September 1, 1944 |
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James | George | March 10, 1951 |
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Frank Nolan | Golden | October 27, 1991 |
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Norman Jesse | Goodman | May 27, 1997 |
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Keith | Hart | July 30, 1947 |
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Edward | Jenkins | December 7, 1971 |
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