Lightfoot Surprise Minor

Blue Line
Properties
Changes
  • Adjacent
  • Identity
  • Jump
  • Static
  • Dynamic
  • Cross
  • Pure
  • Penultimate
  • Touching Places
Hunt bells
  • Principle
  • Hunter
    • One
    • Multiple
    • All
Working bell cycles
  • Monocyclic
  • Isocyclic
  • Differential
Hunter classes
  • Plain
    • Place
    • Bob
    • Single
  • Alliance
  • Treble Place
  • Treble Dodging
    • Treble Bob
    • Delight
    • Surprise
  • Hybrid
  • Little
Symmetry
  • Asymmetric
  • Palindromic
  • Double
  • Rotational
  • Offset
Leadheads
  • Plain Bob
  • Grandsire
  • Original
  • Cyclic
  • Rounds
Course properties
  • True plain course
  • True leads
  • Right place
  • Uneven parity
  • Layered
Place notation
-34-14-12-36.14-14.36,12
Leadhead
b 156342
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Westminster Surprise Minor
Method below
York Surprise Minor
Accepted extension path
EP3-1CD/4EF , EP4-2/5:4:1/8:4:4
Compositions designed for this method
156
Leads in course
5
Lead length
24
Plain course length
120
Hunt bells
1
Working bells
5
Stationary bells
0
Maximum blows in one place
2
Music score (default scheme)
♫ 32
Performances
Date Type Details
Wed 21 Mar 1928 First peal on towerbells Lightfoot Surprise Minor at Stapleford, Cambs by the Ely Diocesan Association at Stapleford, Cambs
Sat 29 Apr 1961 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Minor (41m) by the Salisbury Diocesan Guild at St John the Baptist, Mildenhall, Wiltshire, conducted by John R Mayne
Tue 28 May 1963 First inclusion in a peal on handbells 5040 Surprise Minor (14m) by the Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild at 170, Headstone Lane, Harrow, Middlesex, conducted by Roger Baldwin
Sun 30 Apr 1978 First peal on handbells Lightfoot Surprise Minor by the Salisbury Diocesan Guild at Anchorsholme, Whiteparish, Wilts
Sat 17 Dec 1983 LongLength on towerbells 15120 Surprise Minor (21m) by the University of London Society at All Saints, Huntington, North Yorkshire, conducted by Peter J Sanderson
Fri 30 Dec 1988 LongLength on towerbells 12240 Surprise Minor (41m) by the Suffolk Guild at St Mary the Virgin, Grundisburgh, Suffolk, conducted by James A Smith
Sat 30 Nov 1991 LongLength on towerbells 12240 Surprise Minor (17m) by the Bath & Wells Diocesan Association at Blessed Virgin Mary, Ston Easton, Somerset, conducted by Adrian P Beck
Sun 13 Dec 1992 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Surprise Minor (41m) by the Bedfordshire Association at St Michael and All Angels, Wadenhoe, Northamptonshire, conducted by Peter G C Ellis
Sat 18 May 1996 LongLength on towerbells 30240 Surprise Minor (41m) by the Saint James' Guild at Blessed Virgin Mary, Ston Easton, Somerset, conducted by Peter G C Ellis
Sat 26 Oct 1996 LongLength on towerbells 16560 Surprise Minor (23m) by the Southwell Diocesan Guild at St Mary and All Saints, Willoughby on the Wolds, Nottinghamshire, conducted by Andrew B Mills
Wed 18 Feb 2004 LongLength on handbells 21600 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (102m) by the Cambridge University Guild at 12 Victoria Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts (St Catharine's)
Sun 16 May 2004 LongLength on handbells 21600 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (147m) by the Cambridge University Guild at 12 Victoria Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts (St Catharine's)
Wed 23 Jun 2004 LongLength on handbells 20160 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (147m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Victoria St (GF), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Tue 5 Oct 2004 LongLength on handbells 10080 Treble Dodging Minor (52m) by the Cambridge University Guild at 12 Victoria Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts (St Catharine's)
Wed 13 Jul 2005 LongLength on handbells 17280 Treble Dodging Minor (43m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Victoria Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Sun 18 Sept 2005 LongLength on handbells 32400 Treble Dodging Minor (45m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 53 Covent Garden, Willingham, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Tue 4 Oct 2005 LongLength on handbells 18720 Treble Dodging Minor (26m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 53 Covent Garden, Willingham, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Fri 25 Jan 2008 LongLength on handbells 24480 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (178m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Victoria Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Tue 21 Apr 2009 LongLength on handbells 15120 Treble Dodging Minor (21m) at 12 Victoria St, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by David J Pipe
Sat 6 Jun 2009 LongLength on handbells 64800 Treble Dodging Minor (90 Methods) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 53 Covent Garden, Willingham, Cambridgeshire
Sun 6 Dec 2009 LongLength on towerbells 15120 Spliced Surprise Minor (41m) by the Guild of Devonshire Ringers at Bishops-Ting-Tong, Bishopsteignton, Devon, conducted by Michael E C Mears
Sat 25 Sept 2010 LongLength on towerbells 20160 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (147 methods) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St Paul, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, West Midlands, conducted by David J Pipe
Sat 2 Jul 2016 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St Paul, Birmingham, West Midlands
Tue 25 Feb 2020 QuarterPeal on handbells 1440 Lightfoot Surprise Minor by the Guild of All Saints at Anchorsholme, Whiteparish, Wiltshire, conducted by Brian J Woodruffe
Fri 14 Aug 2020 First inclusion in a quarter peal on keyboards 1272 Spliced Surprise Minor (6m) at Falconwood and Acton, Ringing Room, conducted by Mike Wigney
Sun 15 Nov 2020 First quarter peal on keyboards 1296 Lightfoot Surprise Minor at Vernet-les-Bains, Oldham & Great Hockham, Ringing Room, UK & France, conducted by Peter C Randall
Sun 24 Jan 2021 First inclusion in a peal on keyboards 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (41m) by the University of Bristol Society at Ringing Room, UK, conducted by Julian O Howes
Fri 18 Jun 2021 LongLength on handbells 30240 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (212m) by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths at 26 Redlands Road, Reading, Berkshire, conducted by Jack E Page
Wed 10 Jan 2024 LongLength on handbells 29520 Surprise Minor (41m) by the Society of Cambridge Youths at 53 Covent Garden, Willingham, Cambridgeshire, conducted by David J Pipe
Sat 9 Mar 2024 LongLength on handbells 18720 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (147m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 89 Wheatear Road, Yatton, Somerset, conducted by Alan G Reading
Sat 30 Nov 2024 LongLength on towerbells 18720 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (147m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at Blessed Virgin Mary, Ston Easton, Somerset, conducted by Alan G Reading
Wed 4 Dec 2024 First inclusion in a quarter peal in mixed style 1296 Spliced Surprise Minor (6m) at Oldham, Vancouver (WA), South Walsham, Ringing Room, UK & USA, conducted by Peter C Randall