Jersey 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
-58-16-12-16-14-58-36-58,12
Leadhead
b 15738264
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Jersey Surprise Major
Method below
Jersey Surprise Major
FCH Groups
BNc
Accepted extension path
EP3-1CD/1CD , EP4-2/9:4:1/3:4:1
Compositions designed for this method
332
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)
♫ 53
Performances
Date Type Details
Tue 18 Nov 1947 First peal on handbells Jersey Surprise Major by the Hertford County Association at Royal Masonic Junior School, Bushey, Herts
Sat 15 Jul 1950 First peal on towerbells Jersey Surprise Major at Brierley Hill by the St Martin's Guild for the Diocese of Birmingham at Brierley Hill
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
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 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
Wed 27 May 2020 First inclusion in a quarter peal on keyboards 1504 Spliced Surprise Major (23m) at Bosham & Portsmouth, Ringing Room, West Sussex & Hampshire, conducted by Benjamin J Carey
Fri 4 Dec 2020 First quarter peal on keyboards 1344 Jersey Surprise Major at Ringing Room, UK, conducted by Graham R D Lay (Datchworth)
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