5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Layout
5056 Cambridge Surprise Major
Composed by Charles Middleton
Arranged by Henry Johnson
23456 B M W H
34256 2
45362 – 3
56423 2 2 3
62534 2 2 3
23645 2 2 3
23456 2 2 –
88 crus (30f,58b), 24 5678s (8f,16b), 6 6578s (2f,4b), 103 4-bell runs (37f,66b), 180 5678 combinations (74f,106b), Kings.
Blue Line
Properties
Structure
  • Backstroke start
  • Mid lead start
  • Mid lead finish
  • Variable hunt
  • Variable cover
Methods
  • Spliced
  • ATW
  • Mixed stage
  • Change every lead
  • Every lead different
  • Jump method
Calls
  • Standard calls
  • Twin bob
  • Jump calls
  • No calls
  • Tenors together
  • Strictly tenors together
  • Multipart calling
Changes
  • Adjacent changes
  • Identity changes
  • Jump changes
  • Tenors reversed
  • Palindromic
  • Exact multipart
Truth
  • True
  • Round block
  • Single extent block
  • Multi-extent block
  • Repetition between calls
  • Internal rounds
Number of parts
1
Number of methods
1
Changes of method
0
Stage
Major
True rows
5056
False rows
0
Complete extents
0
Partial extents
1
Applicable leadhead codes
bfl
Date composed
Default calls
Near
Types of call
1
   14 LE Bob (–)
32
Performances
Date Type Details
Thu 6 Dec 1900 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association at All Saints, Bristol, Bristol, conducted by William A Cave  
Fri 4 May 1906 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association (St Stephen's Guild) at St Mary the Virgin, Redcliffe, Bristol, Bristol, conducted by William A Cave  
Thu 13 Sept 1906 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association at St Peter, Bristol, Bristol, conducted by William A Cave  
Thu 5 Nov 1908 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association at All Saints, Bristol, Bristol, conducted by William A Cave  
Mon 30 Nov 1908 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association at St Peter, Bristol, Bristol, conducted by William A Cave  
Mon 18 Jan 1909 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association (Clifton Society) at St Andrew, Clifton, Bristol, Bristol, conducted by John Thomas  
Thu 30 Jun 1910 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association at All Saints, Bristol, Bristol, conducted by William A Cave  
Mon 18 Mar 1912 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association (St Stephen's Guild) at All Saints, Bristol, Bristol, conducted by William A Cave  
Sat 5 Jul 1913 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association at All Saints, Bristol, Bristol, conducted by Fred G May  
Thu 4 Sept 1913 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association at All Saints, Bristol, Bristol, conducted by Frederick G May  
Wed 20 Aug 1924 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association at St Philip and St Jacob, Bristol, Bristol, conducted by Edwin J Brown  
Sat 17 Jan 1925 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association at St James, Mangotsfield, Gloucestershire, conducted by William A Cave  
Thu 7 Jul 1927 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association at St Andrew, Clifton, Bristol, Bristol, conducted by William A Cave  
Thu 3 Nov 1927 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association at St Andrew, Clifton, Bristol, Bristol, conducted by Richard Clark  
Thu 15 Dec 1927 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association at St Andrew, Clifton, Bristol, Bristol, conducted by Richard Clark  
Sat 13 Dec 1930 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association at St Mary the Virgin, Redcliffe, Bristol, Bristol, conducted by William A Cave  
Sun 11 Jun 1967 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Bristol Society at St George, Bristol, Bristol, conducted by D John Hunt  
Wed 27 Sept 1972 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Bristol Society at St Mark, Swindon, Wiltshire, conducted by John C Sheppard  
Sun 30 Mar 1997 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Bristol Society at St Thomas the Martyr, Bristol, Bristol, conducted by D John Hunt  
Sat 20 Sept 2003 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the University of Bristol Society at SS Philip and Jacob, Bristol, Bristol, conducted by Colin M Lee  
Sun 2 Apr 2006 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Essex Association at All Saints, Terling, Essex, conducted by Daniel J Smith  
Sat 28 Nov 2009 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Suffolk Guild at St Mary, East Raynham, Norfolk, conducted by Margaret H Ross  
Sat 6 Feb 2016 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Southampton Universities Guild at St Mary, Southampton, Hampshire, conducted by Noel J R Gibbin  
Mon 22 Aug 2016 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Cambridge University Guild at SS Philip and Jacob, Bristol, conducted by Dickon R Love (St John's)  
Tue 7 Feb 2017 Peal on handbells 5056 Bottesford Surprise Major by the Hereford Diocesan Guild at 4 Bannutree Cottages, Bridstow, Herefordshire, conducted by Daniel Jones  
Tue 14 Feb 2017 Peal on handbells 5056 Dereham Surprise Major by the Hereford Diocesan Guild at 4 Bannutree Cottages, Bridstow, Herefordshire, conducted by Daniel Jones  
Tue 14 Feb 2017 Peal on handbells 5056 Christchurch Surprise Major by the Hereford Diocesan Guild at 4 Bannutree Cottages, Bridstow, Herefordshire, conducted by Frederick Shallcross  
Tue 6 Nov 2018 Peal on handbells 5120 Garway Surprise Major by the Hereford Diocesan Guild at 4 Bannutree Cottages, Bridstow, Herefordshire, conducted by Daniel Jones  
Sat 12 Sept 2020 Peal on handbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 7 Gardner Place, Backyard, Winchester, Massachusetts, conducted by Timothy J Barnes  
Fri 9 Oct 2020 Peal on handbells 5056 Havant Surprise Major by the North American Guild at Rindge Field, Cambridge, MA, USA, conducted by Bryn Marie Reinstadler  
Sun 17 Apr 2022 Peal on towerbells 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major by the North American Guild at Christ Church, Old North, Boston, Massachusetts, conducted by Bryn Marie Reimer  
Thu 2 Jun 2022 Peal on handbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the St Martin's Guild at 21 Fladbury Crescent, Selly Oak, West Midlands, conducted by Oliver C Bates  
Mon 10 Oct 2022 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the North American Guild at Christ Church, Raleigh, North Carolina, conducted by Austin J Paul  
Sun 11 Dec 2022 Peal on towerbells 5056 Southwell Surprise Major by the Suffolk Guild at St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, conducted by Alan P Mayle  
Sat 11 Mar 2023 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Ely Diocesan Association at St Mary and St Michael, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Patrick L H Brooke  
Mon 8 May 2023 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Suffolk Guild at All Saints, Sudbury, Suffolk, conducted by Katharine J Salter  
Sat 24 Jun 2023 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the North American Guild at Calvary United Methodist Church, Frederick, Maryland, conducted by Alexander T Taft III  
Sat 15 Jul 2023 Peal on handbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Ancient Society of College Youths at Ringing room of Grote Kerk, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, conducted by Kira R Chase  
Sun 16 Jul 2023 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 't Klockhuys, Dordrecht, Netherlands, conducted by Alexander T Taft III  
Sat 5 Aug 2023 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Ely Diocesan Association at St Mary and St Michael, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Patrick L H Brooke  
Tue 5 Sept 2023 Peal on handbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the North American Guild at Bixby Court, Northampton, MA, USA, conducted by Leland Paul Reimer  
Sat 23 Sept 2023 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Ely Diocesan Association at St Mary and St Michael, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Patrick L H Brooke  
Sun 8 Oct 2023 Peal on towerbells 5056 Kimberley Surprise Major by the Suffolk Guild at St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, conducted by Alan P Mayle  
Sun 8 Oct 2023 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Ely Diocesan Association at St Mary and St Michael, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Patrick L H Brooke  
Sat 25 Nov 2023 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the St Martin's Guild at St James the Great, Shirley, West Midlands, conducted by Simon J L Linford  
Wed 8 May 2024 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Suffolk Guild at The Barn Owl Ring, Norton, Suffolk, conducted by Alan P Mayle  
Thu 5 Sept 2024 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Ely Diocesan Association at St Andrew, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, conducted by Christopher E J Kilgour  
Sat 7 Sept 2024 Peal on towerbells 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Lichfield & Walsall Archdeaconries Society at St Paul, Wood Green, West Midlands, conducted by Scott Wheaver