Lincolnshire 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
-38-14-58-16-14-58-36-78,12
Leadhead
b 15738264
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Cambridge Surprise Major
Method below
Lincolnshire Surprise Major
FCH Groups
BLce
Accepted extension path
EP3-1AB/1BC , EP4-2/7:4:1/1:4:1
Compositions designed for this method
2483
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)
♫ 64
Performances
Date Type Details
Sat 4 Feb 1928 First peal on towerbells 5056 Lincolnshire Surprise Major by the Warwickshire Guild at St Nicolas, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, conducted by Frank W Perrens
Fri 27 Sept 1963 First inclusion in a peal on handbells 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) by the Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild at 170, Headstone Lane, Harrow, Middlesex, conducted by John R Mayne
Tue 8 Oct 1963 First peal on handbells Lincolnshire Surprise Major by the Leicester Diocesan Guild at The Wayside, Leicester, Leics
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 13 Oct 1973 LongLength on towerbells 13440 Lincolnshire Surprise Major by the Lancashire Association at St James, Accrington, Lancashire, conducted by Richard J Parker
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
Sun 10 Dec 2000 LongLength on towerbells 12000 Lincolnshire Surprise Major by the Bath & Wells Diocesan Association at Pig-le-Tower, Marston Bigot, Somerset, conducted by Brian J Woodruffe
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
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
Tue 27 Dec 2011 LongLength on towerbells 13824 Lincolnshire Surprise Major by the Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild at Clock House Bells, Awbridge, Hampshire, conducted by Benjamin J Carey
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
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 10 Jul 2020 First quarter peal on keyboards 1280 Lincolnshire Surprise Major at Vernet-les-Bains, Cambridge, Great Hockham & Godmanchester, Ringing Room, conducted by Michael G Purday
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