Bristol 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
-58-14.58-58.36.14-14.58-14-18,18
Leadhead
m 14263857
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Bristol Surprise Major
Method below
Bristol Surprise Major
FCH Groups
c
Accepted extension path
EP4-2/6:4:1/6:4:1
Compositions designed for this method
6769
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)
♫ 79
Performances
Date Type Details
Fri 22 Mar 1901 First peal on towerbells 5088 Bristol Surprise Major by the Sussex County Association at St Peter, Brighton, Sussex, conducted by George Williams
Tue 1 Oct 1907 First peal on handbells 5024 Bristol Surprise Major by the Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild at St Edward's church, belfry, Romford, Essex
Mon 8 Apr 1912 LongLength 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 LongLength 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 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Bristol Surprise Major by the Chester Diocesan Guild at St Chad, Over, Cheshire, conducted by John Worth
Sat 19 Feb 1949 LongLength on towerbells 10976 Bristol Surprise Major by the Leicester Diocesan Guild at Bell Foundry Tower, Loughborough, Leicestershire, conducted by Walter P Whitehead
Sat 17 Sept 1949 LongLength 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 LongLength on towerbells 21600 Bristol Surprise Major by the Chester Diocesan Guild at St Chad, Over, Cheshire, conducted by John Worth
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 28 Jul 1973 LongLength 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 LongLength 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 LongLength on towerbells 10016 Bristol Surprise Major by the Dronoldore Society at Christ Church, Sheffield, Dore, South Yorkshire, conducted by Len Goodall
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
Sat 28 Dec 2002 LongLength 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 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 12 Sept 2010 LongLength 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 LongLength on towerbells 28512 Bristol 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
Tue 16 Apr 2019 LongLength on towerbells 10368 Spliced Surprise Major (4 Methods) by the Saint James' Guild at St Andrew's Centre, Pershore, Worcestershire, conducted by Alan G Reading
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
Fri 24 Apr 2020 First quarter peal on keyboards 1280 Bristol Surprise Major at Norwich, Gt Hockham & Reach, Ringing Room, conducted by David C Brown
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
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
Tue 17 Sept 2024 LongLength on handbells 13440 Bristol Surprise Major by the Ancient Society of College Youths at The Old Post Office, Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire, conducted by David C Brown
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