Change Ringing at St. Mary’s: On New Year’s Eve eight members of the Walthamstow branch of the Essex Association of Change Ringers succeeded in ringing with the bells half muffled a true peal of “Grandaire Triples,” 5040 changes in 3 hours and 5 minutes. The band was constituted as under: … After midnight service to usher in the New Year an open quarter peal of 1,260 changes was rung by the St. Mary’s Band in 45 minutes, the band consisting of W. Coakham, 1; F. Nunn, 2, R. T. Maynard, 3, F. Rumens, 4 (conductor), J. H. Wilkins, 5, W. Pinsent, 6, W. B. Manning, 7, W. Crockford, 8 (tenor ringer of St. Mary’s for upwards of forty years).
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Referenced
GRO0879 Miscellaneous (High Ongar): William Richard Pinsent: 1840 – 1913