London 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
36-36.14-12-36.14-14.36,12
Leadhead
f 142635
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
London Surprise Minor
Method below
York Surprise Minor
Accepted extension path
EP3-1DE/1EF , EP4-2/1:4:1/8:4:1
Compositions designed for this method
331
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)
♫ 21
Performances
Date Type Details
Tue 16 Apr 1737 First inclusion in a peal on towerbells 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) at St Mary, Whitechapel, Greater London, conducted by William Barrett
Sat 7 Jul 1888 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Treble Dodging Minor (14m) by the Winchester Diocesan Guild and Sussex County Association at St John the Baptist, Capel, Surrey, conducted by David Jordan
Sun 17 May 1908 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Surprise Minor (14m) by the Lancashire Association at Immanuel, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, conducted by C Sharples
Sat 14 Jun 1919 First peal on towerbells 5040 London Surprise Minor by the Yorkshire Association at St Giles, Killamarsh, Derbyshire
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
Tue 11 Dec 1945 First peal on handbells 5040 London Surprise Minor by the Essex Association at Sackfords, Molehill Green, Felsted, Essex
Sat 16 Nov 1957 LongLength on towerbells 18000 Minor (25m) by the Essex Association at All Saints, Stisted, Essex, conducted by Frank B Lufkin
Sat 29 Oct 1960 LongLength on towerbells 12240 Minor (17m) by the Suffolk Guild at All Saints, Ashbocking, Suffolk, conducted by Frank B Lufkin
Sat 1 Mar 1969 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Surprise Minor (14m) by the Bath & Wells Diocesan Association at St James, Ashwick, Somerset, conducted by Adrian P Beck
Sat 29 Nov 1980 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Surprise Minor (14m) by the Bedfordshire Association at St Andrew, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, conducted by Mark Regan
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
Sat 12 Oct 1985 LongLength on towerbells 11520 London Surprise Minor by the Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild at Holy Cross, Binsted, Hampshire, conducted by Brian J Woodruffe
Mon 2 May 1988 LongLength on towerbells 11520 Surprise Minor (16m) by the Southwell Diocesan Guild at St Mary and All Saints, Willoughby on the Wolds, Nottinghamshire, conducted by George A Dawson
Sat 2 Jul 1988 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Treble Dodging Minor (14m) by the Guildford Diocesan Guild at St John the Baptist, Capel, Surrey, conducted by Toby Arkless
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 26 Jan 1991 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Surprise Minor (14m) by the Salisbury Diocesan Guild at St Leonard, Marston Bigot, Somerset, conducted by Brian J Woodruffe
Sat 5 Oct 1991 LongLength on towerbells 18720 Surprise Minor (26m) by the Salisbury Diocesan Guild at St Leonard, Marston Bigot, Somerset, conducted by Donald B Carter
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
Sat 20 Apr 2002 LongLength on towerbells 15120 London Surprise Minor by the Saint James' Guild at Our Lady, Warnford, Hampshire, conducted by Peter G C Ellis
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
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
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
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 8 Sept 2020 First inclusion in a quarter peal on towerbells 1440 Spliced Surprise Minor (4m) by the St Thomas' Society at Ringing Room, UK, conducted by Jeremy Alford (Horsham)
Sun 13 Sept 2020 First quarter peal on keyboards 1320 London Surprise Minor at Ringing Room, UK, conducted by Andy Sutherland (Ilkley)
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