Moulton 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
-58-14-12-16-12-58.16-16.78,12
Leadhead
d 18674523
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Chiltern Surprise Major
Method below
Moulton Surprise Major
FCH Groups
BcY
Accepted extension path
Compositions designed for this method
131
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)
♫ 39
Performances
Date Type Details
Sat 17 Aug 1968 First peal on towerbells Moulton Surprise Major at Moulton, Northants by the Peterborough Diocesan Guild at Moulton, Northants
Sat 30 May 1992 First inclusion in a peal on handbells 5152 Spliced Surprise Major by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 49 King Street, Royston, Hertfordshire
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
Mon 16 Dec 2002 First peal on handbells 5088 Moulton Surprise Major by the Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild at 52 Burrows Road, Kensal Green, Middlesex
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
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 18 Aug 2020 First inclusion in a peal on keyboards 5152 Spliced Surprise Major (23m) at Ringing Room, UK, conducted by Julian O Howes
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