Landmarks in History

1637	5th Nov.	The Society was founded. William Lord Brereton served as the first Master.
Stone carving of Lord Brereton in Brereton Hall (part of a mantlepiece).
c.1642		The Society rang "a plain six-score on five bells".
c.1650		Robert Roan (Master in 1652) invented Grandsire Doubles and Bob Minor.
1668		Tintinnalogia published, dedicated to "the Noble Society of Colledge-Youths".
1677		Campanologia published, containing Stedman's Principle.
1684	18th Nov.	Three 720s rung consecutively on the back six bells at Southwark.
1690	7th Jan.	"The whole peal of Plain Bob Triples" believed to have been rung at St Sepulchre-without-Newgate.
1725	19th Jan.	The first peal on 12-bells was rung - 5060 Grandsire Cinques at St Bride's, Fleet Street.
1725	26th Apr.	The first ever peal of Bob Major was rung - at St Bride's, Fleet Street.
1725	22nd Nov.	The first ever peal of Bob Royal was rung - St Bride's, Fleet Street.
1726	26th Feb.	The first ever peal of Plain Bob Maximus was rung - at St Bride's Fleet Street (the first peal of Maximus).
St Bride's, Fleet Street
1728	18th May	10,080 Bob Major was rung at St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey. This was the longest peal to date.
1758	12th Mar.	The first peal of Treble Bob Maximus was rung - at St Saviour's, Southwark.
1762	14th Apr.	10,188 Grandsire Caters was rung at West Ham.
All Saints. West Ham
1777	19th May	11,080 Oxford Treble Bob Royal was rung at St Leonard's, Shoreditch.
St Leonard, Shoreditch
1787		The first peal of Stedman Caters was rung - at St John's, Horsleydown.
1788	6th Oct.	The first peal of Stedman Cinques was rung - at St Martin-in-the-Fields.
St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square
1851	31st Jan.	The first non-conducted peal (Holt's 10-part Grandsire Triples) was rung - at Christ Church, Spitalfields.
Christ Church, Spitalfields
1854	21st Jan.	First handbell peal of Stedman Triples.
1861	27th Apr.	A record length of 8580 Stedman Cinques was rung - at St Michael's, Cornhill.
1868	27th Apr.	The longest peal to date was rung - 15,840 Kent Treble Bob Major at Bethnal Green.
St Matthew's, Bethnal Green as it looked then.
1878	1st Nov.	The new ring of 12-bell at St Paul's Cathedral were opened by the College Youths.
1881	10th Dec.	The first peal was rung at St Paul's Cathedral - Stedman Cinques.
1883	8th Dec.	A record length of 11,111 Stedman Caters was rung - at All Saint's, Fulham.
All Saint's. Fulham
1890	7th Apr.	First peal on the 12 bells at St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside.
St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside
1896	28th Nov.	The tenor at St Paul's Cathedral was turned in single-handed to 5088 Kent Treble Bob Maximus - the heaviest bell so rung to date.
1901	26th Jun.	The first peal of Surprise (Superlative) on handbells.
1907	11th Nov.	The first peal of London S. Royal was rung - at St Dunstan's, Stepney.
St Dunstan's, Stepney
1911	28th Jan	The first peal of Cambridge S. Maximus outide Ipswich was rung - at St Michael's, Cornhill.
1913	22nd Feb.	The first silent peal of Stedman Cinques was rung - at St Michael's, Cornhill.
St Michael, Cornhill
1922	22nd Apr.	The longest length rung by one set of men was rung at St Laurence's, Appleton, being 21,363 Stedman Caters.
St Laurence, Appleton
1923	21st May	12,675 Stedman Cinques was rung at Southwark Cathedral. This regrettably turned out to be false.
1925	7th Feb.	The first peal of Surprise was rung at St Paul's Cathedral - 5280 Cambridge S. Maximus.
1937	6th Nov.	The 300th Anniversary Dinner was held at the Cannon Street Hotel where 418 people attended.
1940	21st Nov.	"The Coffee Pot" (the Society's headquarters) was destroyed in an air raid. Much of the College Youths' property was lost.
1957	18th May	The first College Youths Peal Day.
1966	13th Aug.	Liverpool Cathedral Tenor was turned in single-handed to Cambridge S. Maximus - the heaviest bell to be turned in in this way.
1977	12th Jun.	The record length of 12,345 Stedman Cinques was rung on handbells.
1977	27th Nov.	The record length of 14,144 London S. Major was rung on handbells.
1977	27th Dec.	The record length of 40,320 Plain Bob Major was rung on handbells.
1978	23rd Jun.	The record length of 10,032 Lincolnshire S. Maximus was rung at the Waterloo Tower, Quex Park.
The Waterloo Tower, Quex Park
1978	28th Oct.	The record length on more than 8-bells was rung at St Laurence, Appleton - 22,899 Stedman Caters.
1980	25th Aug.	The record length of 13,968 Spliced Surprise Maximus was rung at Bradford Cathedral.
Bradford Cathedral
1980	12th Dec.	10,080 Stedman Triples was rung silent at Holy Trinity, Meldreth (Noonan's composition followed by Slack's)
Holy Trinity, Meldreth
1983	14th Jun.	The Society rang its first peal abroad - Stedman Triples at St Phillip's, Sydney, NSW.
1985		The Society restored and augmented the 10 bells at St Sepulchre-without-Newgate to 12.
St Sepulchre-without-Newgate
1987	25th Apr.	The heaviest peal of minor was rung - Cambridge S. Minor on the back 6 bells of Southwark Cathedral.
1987	7th Nov.	The 350th anniversary dinner was held at the Porter Tun Room, The Brewery, Chiswell Street.
1998		The Society elected to admit women into its membership.
2002	23rd Nov.	The record length of 25,560 London S Royal No. 3 was rung on handbells.
Band and composer
2004	2nd Oct.	The Society regained the record for the longest peal ever rung: 50,400 TD Minor on handbells.
2007	6th May	The same band break their own record with 72,000 TD Minor on handbells.
Band