Ashtead 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
-58-16-56-36-34-38-14-78,12
Leadhead
d 18674523
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Ashtead Surprise Major
Method below
Ashtead Surprise Major
FCH Groups
ac
Accepted extension path
Compositions designed for this method
733
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)
♫ 59
Performances
Date Type Details
Mon 18 Jan 1932 First peal on towerbells 5056 Ashtead Surprise Major by the Guildford Diocesan Guild at St Giles, Ashtead, Surrey, conducted by Albert Harman
Wed 22 Nov 1950 First inclusion in a peal on handbells 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (9m) by the Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild at 73, Braithwaite Gardens, Stanmore, Middlesex, conducted by Harold G Cashmore
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 12 Dec 1970 LongLength on towerbells 13440 Ashtead Surprise Major by the Yorkshire Association at Bell Foundry Tower, Loughborough, Leicestershire, conducted by C Barrie Dove
Thu 19 Nov 1981 First peal on handbells 5376 Ashtead Surprise Major by the Hereford Diocesan Guild at Windover, Much Birch, Herefordshire
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
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
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 18 Dec 2020 First quarter peal on keyboards 1314 Ashtead Surprise Major at Ringing Room, Herts and Essex, conducted by Richard Sales (St Albans)
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