Yorkshire 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
-38-14-58-16-12-38-14-78,12
Leadhead
b 15738264
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Cambridge Surprise Major
Method below
Yorkshire Surprise Major
FCH Groups
Bc
Accepted extension path
EP3-1AB/1FG , EP4-2/7:4:1/9:4:1
Compositions designed for this method
5823
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)
♫ 82
Performances
Date Type Details
Sat 14 Feb 1903 First peal on towerbells 5184 Yorkshire Surprise Major by the Yorkshire Association at St John the Evangelist, Ranmoor, Yorkshire, conducted by Sam Thomas
Fri 15 Nov 1946 First peal on handbells Yorkshire Surprise Major by the Hertford County Association at Royal Masonic Junior School, Bushey, Herts
Sat 21 Sept 1957 LongLength on towerbells 14560 Yorkshire Surprise Major by the Bedfordshire Association at Bell Foundry Tower, Loughborough, Leicestershire, conducted by Stephen J Ivin
Sat 8 Dec 1962 LongLength on towerbells 15520 Yorkshire Surprise Major by the Durham & Newcastle Diocesan Association at Bell Foundry Tower, Loughborough, Leicestershire, conducted by J Alan Ainsworth
Sat 27 Mar 1965 LongLength on towerbells 11520 Yorkshire Surprise Major by the Worcestershire & Districts Association at St Mary the Virgin, Hanbury, Worcestershire, conducted by Martin D Fellows
Sat 10 Apr 1965 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Yorkshire Surprise Major by the Lancashire Association at St James, Accrington, Lancashire, conducted by Richard J Parker
Sat 18 Dec 1965 LongLength on towerbells 17248 Yorkshire Surprise Major by the Lancashire Association at St James, Accrington, Lancashire, conducted by Neil Bennett
Sat 2 Jul 1966 LongLength on towerbells 10368 Yorkshire Surprise Major by the Surrey Association at Christ Church, Esher, Surrey, conducted by A Patrick Cannon
Sat 21 Feb 1970 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Major (45m) by the Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild at All Saints, Harrow Weald, Middlesex, conducted by Anthony R Peake
Sat 17 Apr 1976 LongLength on handbells 13664 Yorkshire Surprise Major by the Chester Diocesan Guild at 46 Brookside Avenue, Offerton, Cheshire, conducted by Robert B Smith
Sat 28 Apr 1979 LongLength on towerbells 10208 Yorkshire Surprise Major by the Peterborough Diocesan Guild at St Mary the Virgin, Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, conducted by Murray A Coleman
Sat 30 May 1981 LongLength on towerbells 12768 Yorkshire Surprise Major by the Hereford Diocesan Guild at St Meugan, Llanfeugan, Powys, conducted by Neil Bennett
Sat 5 Nov 1983 LongLength on towerbells 11520 Yorkshire Surprise Major by the Sussex County Association at St Mary, Hailsham, East Sussex, conducted by Alan R Baldock
Sun 21 Sept 1986 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Major (45m) by the Essex Association at St Mary, Ilford, Essex, conducted by Adrian C Malton
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 18 Mar 2007 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Yorkshire Surprise Major by the Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild at Pig-le-Tower, Marston Bigot, Somerset, conducted by Brian J Woodruffe
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
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
Fri 23 Mar 2012 LongLength on handbells 10080 Yorkshire Surprise Major by the Lincoln Diocesan Guild at Woodcote House, Londonthorpe, Lincolnshire, conducted by Emma J Southerington
Sat 29 Dec 2012 LongLength on towerbells 21888 Yorkshire Surprise Major by the Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild at Clock House Bells, Awbridge, Hampshire, conducted by Andrew B Mills
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
Fri 8 May 2020 First quarter peal on keyboards 1280 Yorkshire Surprise Major by the Welsh Colleges Society at Ringing Room, UK, conducted by Richard A Wolfgang (Eastwood)
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