Talk:St Peter Mancroft

Erroneous statement

It contains the oldest pealed bells in England.

This statement is very misleading, probably because the person who wrote it didn't understand what they had read.

The bells at St Peter Mancroft are nowhere near the oldest "pealed bells" in England. Bells that are "pealed" are bells that are rung in an ordered mathematical pattern. Bells in the UK, and many countries of the Commonwealth, are hung in such a way that they can be pealed. Bells that are hung for "pealing" or Change ringing are called a "peal of bells". A peal of bells might have from 5 to 16 bells, but usually has 8 to 12. When peals are rung, each bell has a separate ringer who controls the timing with which their bell is rung, so that there is an ever-changing pattern. The method of hanging bells in other contries does not give the bell ringer any control over the pattern. The bells just swing like pendulums, each to its own time.

There are several systems of "peals", each one of which takes about 3 hours to ring out a full peal. Ringing of a peal usually only happenes at a time of significant public rejoicing. When a team of ringers achieve this, they generally put a plaque on the wall of the tower. The first complete peal was rung at St Peter Mancroft in 1715. The bells that were used are not the ones in use today. The present bells date from the 1790s and early 20th century.

Very occasionally, a team of ringers will attempt to ring every possible mathematical combination on 8 bells. This takes about 24 hours and has only been satisfactorily achieved once, in Loughborough in the 1963s.

Amandajm (talk) 08:02, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

See Talk:St Lawrence Church, Ipswich for further relevant discussion.--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 15:11, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Whay is it called St Peter Mancroft?

Apparently it's dedicated to St Peter, by why "Mancroft"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.71.2.189 (talk) 01:31, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

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You haven't said what you think is wrong with the coordinates in the article, and they appear to be correct. If you still think that there is an error, you'll need to supply a clear explanation of what it is. Deor (talk) 13:14, 30 November 2022 (UTC)