Quarter Peals
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.
Both peals and quarter peals are published in the weekly ringers magazine - 'The Ringing World'. The Campanophile website lists performances from towers around the world. Ecclesfield's quarters and peals are listed on the site.
In 2009 Ecclesfield shared first place with Sheffield Cathedral as the towers in South Yorkshire that have rung most 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.
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On Any Number of Bells
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.
Our Quarter Peals
To avoid you having to scroll down a long list, we are only listing this year's quarters on this page. The previous years quarters can be found by using the links below to the Adobe .pdf files.
Quarters rung during 2006 and 2007 pdf file 86.5kb
Quarters rung during 2008 pdf file 94.8kb
Quarters rung during 2009 pdf file 97.7kb
Recent Quarter Peals - These are the quarter peals rung at St Mary's Ecclesfield during 2010.
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. +1 = 1 visitor
| Date | Method | Changes | Time | Reason | By | Info |
| 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 |
| Plain Bob Minor | 1260 | 45 min | For Evening Service | LSSB | FS | |
| 14/03/10 | Doubles. (2m/2v) Reverse Canterbury, Clifford's Pleasure, St Simon's, Eynsham | 1320 | 47 min | For Mothering Sunday Evening Service | LSSB | BS |
| 28/03/10 | Plain Bob Triples | 1274 | 48 min | Birthday compliment to the ringer of the 2nd. Rung for Evening Service on Palm Sunday | LSSB | 8 |
| 23/04/10 | Plain Bob Triples | 1260 | 47 min | For St George's Day | LSSB+1 | 8 |
| 07/05/10 | Plain Bob Doubles | 1260 | 46 min | LSSB | FS | |
| 30/05/10 | Doubles (2m 1v) | 1260 | 45 min | Rung to celebrate the baptism of Benjamin Guy Richard Hackett | LSSB | BS |
| 04/06/10 | Doubles (3m 1v) | 1260 | 45 min | Rung to celebrate the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Arthur and Norma Priest | LSSB | BS |
| 13/06/10 | Grandsire Triples | 1288 | 49 min | Rung prior to the Revd. 'Tricia Impey's last service as Vicar of Ecclesfield | LSSB | 8 |
| 16/07/10 | Plain Bob Major | 1344 | 52 min | Rung to celebrate the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Pat and Graham Blackburn | LSSB+3 | 8 |
| 20/07/10 | Grandsire Triples | 1260 | 47 min | Rung to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the Brownie Guide Movement. | LSSB | 8 |
| 25/07/10 | Doubles (3m/1v) St Simons, Plain Bob, April Day, Grandsire | 1260 | 46 min | Rung in affectionate memory of Jack Phillips, one time Verger at this Church. Also to mark the anniversary of the passing of David and Freda Thurlby | LSSB | BS |
| 01/08/10 | Doubles (2m/1v) Plain Bob, April Day, Grandsire | 1260 | 46 min | Rung prior to Sue Hammersley's last service as Curate, and Ruby Wedding compliment to Barbara and Len Rann. | LSSB | BS |
Contact Us
You can email us at: ecclesfieldtower@hotmail.co.uk or you can ring our contact number 07977694069 and leave us a voicemail message.