Bristol Surprise Major

Blue Line
Properties
Changes
  • Adjacent
  • Identity
  • Jump
  • Static
  • Dynamic
Hunt bells
  • Principle
  • Hunter
    • One
    • Multiple
    • All
Working bell cycles
  • Monocyclic
  • Isocyclic
  • Differential
Hunter classes
  • Plain
    • Place
    • Bob
    • Single
  • Treble Dodging
    • Treble Bob
    • Delight
    • Surprise
  • Alliance
  • Treble Place
  • 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
-58-14.58-58.36.14-14.58-14-18,18
Leadhead
m 14263857
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Bristol Surprise Major
Method below
Bristol Surprise Major
FCH Groups
c
Extension construction
Compositions designed for this method
5080
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
Related Methods
Trivial Variations (3)
Method Place Notation
Dordrecht Surprise Major -58-14.58.12.1258.36.14-14.58-14-18,18
Double Dordrecht Surprise Major -58-14.58.12.1258.36.1478.78.14.58-14-18,18
Reverse Dordrecht Surprise Major -58-14.58-58.36.1478.78.14.58-14-18,18
Performances
Date Type Details
Fri 22 Mar 1901 First peal on towerbells Bristol Surprise Major at St Peter, Brighton by the Sussex County Association at St Peter, Brighton
Tue 1 Oct 1907 First peal on handbells Bristol Surprise Major by the Middlesex County Association and London Diocesan Guild at Belfry, St Edward, Romford, Essex
Mon 8 Apr 1912 Long Length on towerbells 12160 Bristol Surprise Major by the Hertford County Association at St Mary and St Thomas a Becket, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, conducted by George N Price
Mon 27 May 1912 Long Length on towerbells 15264 Bristol Surprise Major by the Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild at St Andrew, Hornchurch, Essex, conducted by William Pye
Sat 18 Dec 1948 Long Length on towerbells 10080 Bristol Surprise Major by the Chester Diocesan Guild at St Chad, Over, Cheshire, conducted by John Worth
Sat 19 Feb 1949 Long Length on towerbells 10976 Bristol Surprise Major by the Leicester Diocesan Guild at Bell Foundry Tower, Loughborough, Leicestershire, conducted by Walter P Whitehead
Sat 17 Sep 1949 Long Length on towerbells 13024 Bristol Surprise Major by the Midland Counties Guild at All Saints, Gilmorton, Leicestershire, conducted by Walter P Whitehead
Sat 4 Nov 1950 Long Length on towerbells 21600 Bristol Surprise Major by the Chester Diocesan Guild at St Chad, Over, Cheshire, conducted by John Worth
Sat 28 Jul 1973 Long Length on towerbells 10080 Bristol Surprise Major by the Leicester Diocesan Guild at Bell Foundry Tower, Loughborough, Leicestershire, conducted by Robert B Smith
Sat 15 Jun 1974 Long Length on towerbells 23296 Bristol Surprise Major by the Swansea & Brecon Diocesan Guild at St Meugan, Llanfeugan, Powys, conducted by Brian J Woodruffe
Sat 20 Dec 1975 Long Length on towerbells 10016 Bristol Surprise Major by the Dronoldore Society at Christ Church, Sheffield, Dore, South Yorkshire, conducted by Len Goodall
Sat 28 Dec 2002 Long Length on handbells 12000 Bristol Surprise Major by the Oxford Diocesan Guild at The White House, Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire, conducted by Bernard F L Groves
Sun 12 Sep 2010 Long Length on towerbells 12000 Bristol Surprise Major by the Bath & Wells Diocesan Association at Pig-le-Tower, Marston Bigot, Somerset, conducted by Brian J Woodruffe
Sat 22 Nov 2014 Long Length on towerbells 28512 Bristol Surprise Major by the Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild at Clock House Bells, Awbridge, Hampshire, conducted by Andrew B Mills
References
Library Details
Library
CCCBR
Notes
Method Id
19048
Created on
Thu 17-May-12 19:32 by Method Importer
Modified on
Sat 26-Nov-22 15:14 by Graham A C John
Published on
Thu 17-May-12 19:32