Peal Boards

Peal boards are usually made of wood, marble, stone, or metal. The purpose of a peal board is to display a performance rung on the bells within a tower, usually for a special occasion. Some of the peal boards across the association are numbered. The boards in the tab below are all these in numerical order. Following this is a complete list of all the peal boards across the county. This list does not contain paper ones.

Sussex county association of Change ringers
peal boards in numerical order

2. HORSHAM, St Mary the Virgin - 5040 Single Oxford Bob Triples
4. RINGMER, St Mary the Vigin - 5040 Grandsire Triples
5. CRAWLEY, St John the Baptist - 5040 Grandsire Triples
10. CRAWLEY, St John the Baptist - 5040 Union Triples
14. CRAWLEY, St John the Baptist - 5040 Union Triples
16. CRAWLEY, St John the Baptist - 5040 Oxford Bob Triples
18. ARUNDEL, St Nicholas - 5040 Grandsire Triples
19. ARUNDEL, St Nicholas - 5040 Grandsire Triples
28. CRAWLEY, St John the Baptist - 5040 Oxford Bob Triples
33. STEYNING, St Andrew & St Cuthman - 5040 Minor (7 methods)
61. BALCOMBE, St Mary - 5040 Minor (7 methods)
165. ARUNDEL, St Nicholas - 5040 Grandsire Triples
1000. BRIGHTON, St Nicholas of Myra - 5004 Stedman Cater

Complete List of Sussex Peal Boards

ARUNDEL, St Nicholas
.October 25st 1886 - 5040 Minor Grandsire Triples  No*18
.November 15th 1886 - 5040 Grandsire Triples  No*19
.December 8th 1888 - 5040 Grandsire Triples  No*165
BALCOMBE, St Mary
.June 21st 1887 - 5040 Minor (7 methods) No*33
BRIGHTON, St Nicholas of Myra
.May 24th 1779 - 11088 Plain Bob Major
.January 29th 1820 - 5040 Plain Bob Major
.November 27th 1823 - Grandsire Caters
.November 8th 1833 - 5040 Grandsire
.December 4th 1883 - 5040 Grandsire Triples
.June 21st 1887 - 5040 Grandsire Triples
.January 15th 1901 - 5004 Stedman Caters No*1000
CHICHESTER, The Cathedral Church of The Holy Trinity
.November 9th 1894 - 5040 Grandsire Triples [First peal by the Cathedral's ringers]
.May 15th 1970 - 5056 Plain Bob Major
.December 31st 1894 - 5040 Grandsire Triples [First peal by Sunday Service band since 1894]
CRAWLEY, St John the Baptist
.July 5th, 1885 - 5040 Grandsire Triples No*5
.March 9th 1886 - 5040 Union Triples No*10
.May 22nd 1886 - 5040 Union Triples No*14
.August 17th 1886 - 5040 Oxford Bob Triples No*16
.December 15th 1886 - 5040 Oxford Bob Triples No*28
.December 26th 1894 - 9312 Superlative Surprise Major [Then record length in method]
.October 15th 1930 - London Surprise Major
.November 12th, 1930 - 5088 Bristol Surprise Major
.June 24th 1950 - 5024 Plain Bob Major
.December 26th 1994 - 10144 Superlative Surprise Major [Centenary of the record length]
EAST GRINSTEAD, St Swithun
.January 8th, 1983 - 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal
HORSHAM, St Mary the Virgin
.April 11th 1766 - 5040 Grandsire Triples [first peal in the tower]
.February 7th 1882 - 5040 Single Oxford Bob Triples
.January 31st 1885 - 5040 Single Oxford Bob Triples  No*2
.April 11th 1966 - 5040 Grandsire Triples [bicentenary of the first peal]
.July 13th 1974 Plain Bob Caters
.November 9th 1977 - 5256 Grandsire Caters
.May 30th 1981 - 5055 Stedman Caters
.December 10th 1983 - Yorkshire Surprise Royal
.October 5th 1985 - 5120 London Surprise Royal
.July 23rd 1986 - 5093 Grandsire Caters
.May 8th 1995 - 5059 Grandsire Caters
.September 16th 1995 - 5021 Grandsire Caters
.June 21st 2009 - 5080 Stedman Caters
.April 11th 2016 - 5040 Grandsire Triples
KEYMER, St Cosmas and St Damian
.July 18th 1979 - 5040 Plain Bob Doubles [farewell to Revd* Ted Goodman after 8 years as Rector]
LEWES, SOUTHOVER, St John the Baptist
.January 27th, 1932 - 5040 Grandsire Triples
.January 15th, 1983 - 5040 Plain Bob Triples
.October 1st, 2011 - 5025 Stedman Caters
MIDHURST, St Mary Magdalene & St Denys
.October 17th 1888 - 5040 Plain Bob Minor
.February 2nd 1901 - 5040 Plain Bob Minor
.October 17th 1988 - 5040 Plain Bob Minor
MILLAND, St Luke
.July 25th, 1937 - 5040 Grandsire Doubles
.April 2nd, 1939 - 5040 Grandsire Doubles
.May 29th, 1999 - 5040 Minor (2 methods)
.December 24th, 2010 - 5040 Minor (2 methods)
.November 18th, 2017 - 5040 Doubles (7 methods)
PEVENSEY, St Nicholas
.January 21st, 1908 - 5040 Plain Bob and Grandsire Doubles
STEYNING, St Andrew & St Cuthman
.January 11th, 1887 - 5040 Minor (7 methods) No*33