Quarter Peals

We welcome applications from teams of ringers who want to ring peals or quarter peals at St Mary's.  Please contact us by e-mail at: ecclesfieldtower@hotmail.co.uk to make a booking.

A quarter peal is a long length of ringing and must be at least 1250 changes.  Quarters are rung to mark special occasions or personal acheivements of ringers, for example a ringer could ring a quarter peal to qualify as a member of the Yorkshire Association of Change Ringers.  A quarter peal takes about 45 minutes to ring and we sometimes ring them before the Sunday service.

Some of the reasons quarter peals have been rung are:

  • Remembrance Sunday
  • Weddings
  • In remembrance of people who have passed away
  • Royal occasions
  • Visits by a dignitary
  • Dedication of parts of the Church
  • New Vicars
  • Ash Wednesday
  • Palm Sunday
  • Easter Sunday
  • Epiphany
  • Christmas services
  • Evensong

If you have a special occasion and you want to make it even more special why not have the bells of St Mary's, Ecclesfield rung for 45 minutes just for you.......More Information

Both peals and quarter peals are published in the weekly ringers magazine - 'The Ringing World'.  This is a national publication that has news about all things bell ringing.  It is taken by many ringers and a copy can be found in most towers.  The Ringing World lists the tower at which the peal or quarter or peal was rung, who rang the bells and the reason for doing it.  It is a way of recording your achievement for posterity.

We don't have to ring all 8 bells for a quarter peal.   6 bell quarter peals can be rung on either the front 6 bells (1 to 6) or the back 6 bells (3 to 8).  The front 6 bells are lighter and easier to ring but do not sound as good as the back 6, which are heavier and take longer to swing full circle.  As a result, back 6 quarters sometimes take a few more minutes to ring and always require more effort by the ringers.

Recent Quarter Peals - These are the quarter peals rung at St Mary's Ecclesfield since this web site was created.

Click on the date link to find full details of the quarter peal.

FS= Front Six.  BS= Back Six. 8= all 8.  VT= visiting Team.  LSSB= Local Sunday Service Band. 

 Date Method Changes

Time

 ReasonTeamInfo
 12/11/06 Plain Bob Doubles

1260

 45 min Remembrance  (half muffled) LSSB FS
 01/04/07 Doubles - Grandsire & Plain Bob

1260

 46 min Palm Sunday LSSB BS
 08/04/07 Plain Bob Doubles

1260

 45 min Evening Service LSSB BS
 08/07/07 Plain Bob Doubles

1260

 50 min Branch Quarter Peal Weekend LSSB+1 BS
 23/09/07 Plain Bob Minor

1260

 45 min Evening Service LSSB FS
 11/11/07 Plain Bob Minor

1272

 45 min Remembrance  (half muffled) LSSB FS
 06/01/08 Single Oxford Bob Minor

1320

 43 min Epiphany LSSB FS
 20/01/08 Doubles - Grandsire & Plain Bob

1260

 44 min Evening Service LSSB FS
 06/02/08 Plain Bob Minor

1272

43 min Ash Wednesday Evening Service LSSB FS
 02/03/08 Grandsire Doubles

 1260

 44 min Mothering Sunday Evening Service LSSB BS

 16/03/08

 Doubles:   St Simon's, St Martin's, Plain Bob and Grandsire

 1260

 44 min Palm Sunday LSSB BS
 23/03/08 Doubles: Reverse Canterbury, St Simon's, St Martin's, Plain Bob, Grandsire

 1260

 45 min Easter Sunday LSSB BS
 10/08/08 Doubles: St Simon's, St Martin's, Plain Bob, Grandsire

 1260

 43 min Evening Service LSSB FS
 17/08/08 St Clement's Minor    1272 43 min Evening Service LSSB FS
 24/08/08 Plain Bob Triples

 1260

 46 min Evening Service LSSB

8

 25/09/08 Plain Bob Minor with 7,8 covering

 1260

 46 minRetirement compliment to Rev. T Leach, former Curate at Ecclesfield in the 1960's. VT+1

8

 05/10/08 Plain Bob Doubles

 1260

 43 min For Harvest Festival Evening Service LSSB FS
 26/10/08 Plain Bob Minor

 1260

 44 minFor Evensong and in  happy and affectionate memory of Frederick J Jackson LSSB FS
 02/11/08 Plain Bob Triples

 1260

 47 minPrior to the service in remembrance of All Saints LSSB 8
 09/11/08 Plain Bob Triples

 1260

 49 minPrior to the Evening Service on Remembrance Sunday, rung half muffled. LSSB 8
 11/02/09 Plain Bob Triples

 1260

 46 min

In memory of David Christopher Munday, a good and helpful friend to this tower.  Rung on the day of his funeral. LSSB 8
 22/02/09 Plain Bob Doubles

 1260

 44 minPrior to the Evening Service LSSB FS
 01/03/09 St Clement's Minor

1260

 45 minFor Evening Service on St David's Day LSSB FS
 05/04/09 Plain Bob Minor

 1260

 48 min For Palm Sunday LSSB BS
 17/05/09 Stedman Doubles

 1260

 44 minTo welcome the new Bishop of Sheffield LSSB FS
 31/05/09 Grandsire & Plain Bob

 1260

 44 min Prior to Pentecost Evening Service LSSB BS
 05/07/09 Plain Bob Triples

 1288

48 min

For Sheffield Branch Quarter Peal Weekend and to celebrate the Ruby Wedding Anniversary of The Vicar of St Mary's Ecclesfield, The Revd. Canon 'Tricia Impey and Revd. Richard Impey  LSSB 8
 02/08/09 Plain Bob Minor

 1320

 45 min For Evening Service LSSB FS
 16/08/09 Plain Bob Minor

 1260

 43 min For Evening Service LSSB FS
 28/08/09 Plain Bob Minor

 1260

 43 min First Quarter on the Ringing Simulator  LSSB FS
 30/08/09Doubles (1p/5m/5v) Stedman, Rev. Canterbury, Clifford's Pleasure, Southrepps, St Simon's, Eynsham, St Martin's, St Leonard's, Plain Bob, April Day, Grandsire.

 1320

 44 min For Evening Service LSSB FS
 11/10/09 Plain Bob Triples

 1260

 46 minRung to mark the launch of the Ecclesfield Peal Appeal to raise £60,000 for the augmentation of the bells. LSSB 8
 25/10/09 Plain Bob Major

 1280

47 min

For Evening Service LSSB+1 8
 28/11/09 Plain Bob Triples

 1260

 48 min Visiting team VT+2 8
 13/12/09 Plain Bob Doubles

 1260

 46 min Rung at 3.00pm to mark the Copenhagen Climate Change summit LSSB FS
 03/01/10 Kent Treble Bob Minor

 1272

 44 min For Evening Service on the birthday of Helen Margaret Boyes - First Sponsored Quarter Peal  LSSB FS
10/02/10 Plain Bob Major

  1280

 47 min Rung to celebrate the 89th Birthday of Phyllis Gledhill LSSB+3 8
 07/03/10 Plain Bob Minor

 1260

 45 min For Evening Service LSSB FS