Superlative Surprise Major

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
-36-14-58-36-14-58-36-78,12
Leadhead
b 15738264
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Superlative Surprise Major
Method below
Superlative Surprise Major
FCH Groups
Ed
Accepted extension path
EP3-3ABCD/3FGHI , EP4-4/9:8:3/9:8:3
Compositions designed for this method
4851
Leads in course
7
Lead length
32
Plain course length
224
Hunt bells
1
Working bells
7
Stationary bells
0
Maximum blows in one place
2
Music score (default scheme)
♫ 74
Performances
Date Type Details
Mon 5 Nov 1821 First peal on towerbells Superlative Surprise Major at St Peter, Huddersfield at St Peter, Huddersfield
Mon 5 Nov 1821 LongLength on towerbells 10192 Triples and Major (2m) by the St Peter's Company of Change Ringers at St Peter, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, conducted by Benjamin Thackrah
Sat 26 Jan 1901 First peal on handbells 5056 Superlative Surprise Major by the The ANcient Society of College Youths and The St Stephen's Society, Westminster at at the residence of W H Pasmore, Southwark Street, SE, London, conducted by Harry R Pasmore
Wed 26 Jun 1901 Peal on handbells Superlative Surprise Major by the Ancient Society of College Youths at Stratford New Town, Essex
Sat 6 May 1922 LongLength on towerbells 10400 Real Double Superlative Surprise Major by the Midland Counties Association at Bell Foundry Tower, Loughborough, Leicestershire, conducted by Frederick H Dexter
Sat 29 Jan 1927 LongLength on towerbells 11232 Superlative Surprise Major by the Lancashire Association at St Peter, Bolton, Lancashire, conducted by Edward Jenkins
Mon 15 Apr 1963 LongLength on towerbells 11552 Superlative Surprise Major by the Chester Diocesan Guild at St Peter, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, conducted by Robert B Smith
Sat 13 Sept 1969 LongLength on towerbells 16128 Superlative Surprise Major by the Chester Diocesan Guild at Bell Foundry Tower, Loughborough, Leicestershire, conducted by Brian J Woodruffe
Mon 26 Dec 1994 LongLength on towerbells 10144 Superlative Surprise Major by the Sussex County Association at St John the Baptist, Crawley, West Sussex, conducted by Simon M Alford
Sat 15 Jun 2002 LongLength on towerbells 15008 Spliced Surprise Major (67m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St Thomas the Martyr, Oxford, Oxfordshire, conducted by Simon J L Linford
Sun 16 Oct 2005 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Major by the Saint James' Guild at St Bartholomew, Sproxton, Leicestershire, conducted by David C Brown
Fri 28 Oct 2005 LongLength on towerbells 22400 Spliced Surprise Major (100m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at Bell Foundry Campanile, Loughborough, Leicestershire, conducted by Simon J L Linford
Sat 11 Nov 2006 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Major (45 methods) by the Bedfordshire Association at St Nicholas, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, conducted by Michael J Trimm
Sun 6 Jan 2008 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Major (45 Methods) by the Saint James' Guild at Christ Church, Spitalfields, Greater London, conducted by Michael J Trimm
Sun 9 Mar 2008 LongLength on towerbells 11200 Superlative Surprise Major by the Bath & Wells Diocesan Association at Pig-le-Tower, Marston Bigot, Somerset, conducted by Brian J Woodruffe
Thu 1 Jan 2009 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Major (45m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St Lawrence, Jewry, City of London, conducted by John N Hughes-D'Aeth
Sat 5 Oct 2013 LongLength on towerbells 18432 Superlative Surprise Major by the Saint James' Guild at St James Garlickhythe, City of London, conducted by David C Brown
Sun 16 Apr 2017 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Major (45 Methods) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St James Garlickhythe, Garlick Hill, City of London, conducted by Andrew J Graham
Sun 17 Nov 2019 LongLength on towerbells 10240 Spliced Surprise Major (40m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St James Garlickhythe, Garlick Hill, City of London, conducted by Simon J L Linford
Tue 28 Apr 2020 First inclusion in a quarter peal on keyboards 1280 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) at Great Hockham, Reach & Norwich, Ringing Room, conducted by David C Brown
Wed 10 Jun 2020 First quarter peal on keyboards 1344 Superlative Surprise Major at Ringing Room, UK, conducted by David L Thomas (Abingdon, Oxon)
Wed 30 Dec 2020 First inclusion in a peal on keyboards 5152 Spliced Surprise Major (23m) at Ringing Room, UK, conducted by Julian O Howes
Sat 8 Oct 2022 LongLength on towerbells 10304 Spliced Surprise Major (23m) by the Saint James' Guild at St Nicholas, Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, conducted by David C Brown
Tue 30 Jan 2024 LongLength on handbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Major (45m) by the Guild of St Cuileáin at 26 Redlands Road, Reading, Berkshire, conducted by Jack E Page
Sat 5 Jul 2025 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) by the St James' Guild at St James Garlickhythe, City of London, conducted by Henry J W Pipe