Dorchester 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
-58-16-12-38.14-14.38-12-78,12
Leadhead
b 15738264
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Pudsey Surprise Major
Method below
Dorchester Surprise Major
FCH Groups
Bcd
Accepted extension path
Compositions designed for this method
109
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)
♫ 63
Performances
Date Type Details
Wed 10 Feb 1954 First peal on towerbells Dorchester Surprise Major at Thurcaston by the Leicester Diocesan Guild at Thurcaston
Thu 25 Jun 1981 First inclusion in a peal on handbells 5184 Spliced Surprise Major (27m) by the Derby Diocesan Association at Technical College, Loughborough, Leicestershire, conducted by Brian L Burrows
Sun 24 Feb 2002 LongLength on towerbells 11424 Dorchester Surprise Major by the Bath & Wells Diocesan Association at Pig-le-Tower, Marston Bigot, Somerset, conducted by Brian J Woodruffe
Wed 30 Oct 2002 First peal on handbells 5088 Dorchester Surprise Major by the Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild at 8 Holbreck Place, Woking, Surrey
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
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
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
Thu 16 May 2024 First quarter peal on keyboards 1280 Dorchester Surprise Major at Great Hockham, Oldham, Vancouver (WA) & South Walsham, Ringing Room, UK & USA, conducted by Peter C Randall