Stamford Surprise Minor

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
-34-14-12-36.14-34.16,16
Leadhead
g 135264
Divisions
None
Default calls
Far
Method above
Stamford Surprise Minor
Accepted extension path
Compositions designed for this method
114
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
Date Type Details
Sun 26 Feb 1911 First extent on towerbells 720 Stamford Surprise Minor at Bourne, Lincs
Sun 16 Feb 1913 First inclusion in a peal on towerbells 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) by the Lancashire Association at Immanuel, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire
Sat 29 Dec 1956 First peal on towerbells 5040 Stamford Surprise Minor by the Oxford Diocesan Guild at St James the Great, Aston Abbots, Buckinghamshire
Wed 10 Jul 1963 First inclusion in a peal on handbells 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (31m) by the Hertford County Association at 5, Moat Close, Bushey, Hertfordshire, conducted by Roger Baldwin
Sat 28 Dec 1963 LongLength on towerbells 21600 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (60m) by the Chester Diocesan Guild at Bell Foundry Tower, Loughborough, Leicestershire, conducted by Brian J Woodruffe
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
Tue 29 Sept 1998 First peal on handbells Stamford Surprise Minor by the Hertford County Association at St Albans, Herts
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 8 Jun 2005 LongLength on handbells 10800 Surprise Minor (15m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Victoria Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Sun 2 Oct 2005 LongLength on handbells 18000 Treble Dodging Minor (25m) 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
Sun 1 Mar 2009 LongLength on handbells 30960 Treble Dodging Minor (43m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 53 Covent Garden, Willingham, Cambridgeshire
Mon 18 May 2009 LongLength on handbells 23040 Treble Dodging Minor (32 Methods) 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
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 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