Lincoln Surprise Minor

also known as Southwell pre 20C
also known as Southwell Surprise (H Chant 1965 index)
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
36-36.14-12-36-12-36,12
Leadhead
b 156342
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
London Surprise Minor
Method below
Westminster Surprise Minor
Accepted extension path
Compositions designed for this method
106
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)
♫ 22
Performances
Date Type Details
Tue 2 Nov 1897 First inclusion in a peal on towerbells 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) by the Stoke Archidiaconal Association at St Mary, Bucknall, Staffordshire, conducted by John E Wheeldon
Sun 17 May 1908 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Surprise Minor (14m) by the Lancashire Association at Immanuel, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, conducted by C Sharples
Fri 6 Jan 1950 First peal on towerbells 5040 Lincoln Surprise Minor by the Lincoln Diocesan Guild at St Mary, Welton, Lincolnshire
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
Thu 29 Mar 1990 First inclusion in a peal on handbells 5040 Surprise Minor (8m) by the Hereford Diocesan Guild at Windermere, Stretton Sugwas, Herefordshire, conducted by John E Harrold
Sat 17 Oct 1992 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Surprise Minor (14m) at St Mary, Monewden, Suffolk, conducted by Richard J Tibbetts
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
Thu 14 Jul 1994 First peal on handbells Lincoln Surprise Minor by the Winchester and Portsmouth Diocesan Guild at Winchester, Hants
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)
Sat 3 Apr 2004 LongLength on handbells 10080 Treble Dodging Minor (14m) by the Cambridge University Guild at 12 Victoria St (GF), 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 7 Sept 2004 LongLength on handbells 21600 Treble Dodging Minor (30m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Victoria St (GF), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Tue 28 Sept 2004 LongLength on handbells 12240 Treble Dodging Minor (17m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Victoria St (GF(Central)), 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 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 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
Sat 10 Feb 2007 LongLength on handbells 36000 Treble Dodging Minor (50m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 53 Covent Garden, Willingham, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
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
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 31 Mar 2009 LongLength on handbells 12960 Treble Dodging Minor (18m) 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
Sun 13 Dec 2020 First quarter peal on keyboards 1296 Lincoln 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
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