Chester 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
34-36.14-12-36.14-34.56,12
Leadhead
a 135264
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Carlisle Surprise Minor
Method below
Beverley Surprise Minor
Accepted extension path
EP3-1DE/5FG , EP4-2/9:4:5
Compositions designed for this method
138
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
Tue 6 Apr 1897 First inclusion in a peal on towerbells 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) by the Stoke Archidiaconal Association at St Mary, Bucknall, Staffordshire
Thu 1 Jan 1931 LongLength on towerbells 10800 Surprise Minor (15m) by the Yorkshire Association at All Saints, Rotherham, West Riding, conducted by Albert Nash
Sat 16 Dec 1950 First peal on towerbells 5040 Chester Surprise Minor by the Peterborough Diocesan Guild at Holy Cross, Byfield, Northamptonshire
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
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
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
Tue 7 Jul 1998 First peal on handbells Chester 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 31 Aug 2004 LongLength on handbells 15120 Treble Dodging Minor (21m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Victoria St (GF), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Sat 2 Oct 2004 LongLength on handbells 50400 Treble Dodging Minor (70m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Cecily Road, Coventry, West Midlands, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Wed 12 Jan 2005 LongLength on handbells 19440 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (729m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Victoria Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Wed 1 Jun 2005 LongLength on handbells 20880 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (1053m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Victoria Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Wed 29 Jun 2005 LongLength on handbells 14400 Treble Dodging Minor (59m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 53 Covent Garden, Willingham, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Tue 27 Sept 2005 LongLength on handbells 22320 Treble Dodging Minor (31m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 53 Covent Garden, Willingham, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Fri 16 Jun 2006 LongLength on handbells 20160 Treble Dodging Minor (28m) by the Society of Cambridge Youths at 12 Victoria St, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by David J Pipe
Sun 1 Oct 2006 LongLength on handbells 11520 Treble Dodging Minor (16m) by the Society of Cambridge Youths at 12 Victoria St, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by David J Pipe
Sun 6 May 2007 LongLength on handbells 72000 Treble Dodging Minor (100m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 53 Covent Garden, Willingham, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Wed 4 Mar 2009 LongLength on handbells 10080 Treble Dodging Minor (14m) at 12 Victoria St, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by David J Pipe
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 30 Jan 2010 LongLength on handbells 10080 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (676m) by the Iceni Society at 2 Pretyman Avenue, Bacton, Suffolk, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
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
Tue 8 Dec 2020 First inclusion in a quarter peal on keyboards 1272 Spliced Surprise Minor (3m) at Bovey Tracey, 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
Sun 9 Jun 2024 LongLength on handbells 10080 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (84m) by the Society of Cambridge Youths at 53 Covent Garden, Willingham, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Henry J W Pipe
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