London 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
38-38.14-12-38.14-14.58.16-16.58,12
Leadhead
f 14263857
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
London Surprise Major
Method below
London Surprise Major
FCH Groups
BDd
Accepted extension path
EP3-1DE/1EF , EP4-2/1:4:1/8:4:1
Compositions designed for this method
3339
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)
♫ 41
Performances
Date Type Details
Tue 17 Nov 1835 First peal on towerbells 5280 London Surprise Major at St Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk, conducted by Samuel Thurston
Thu 17 Sept 1896 LongLength on towerbells 11328 London Surprise Major by the Oxford Diocesan Guild and Oxford Society at St Peter, Drayton, Berkshire, conducted by James W Washbrook
Mon 11 May 1903 LongLength on towerbells 14112 London Surprise Major by the St Martin's Guild at St Nicholas, King's Norton, Worcestershire, conducted by William Pye
Tue 26 Jan 1904 First peal on handbells London Surprise Major by the Essex Association at Belfry, St Edward, Romford, Essex
Sat 4 Oct 1947 LongLength on towerbells 14144 London Surprise Major by the Lincoln Diocesan Guild at St Michael and All Angels, Heydour, Lincolnshire, conducted by John Freeman
Sat 6 Oct 1951 LongLength on towerbells 10368 London Surprise Major by the Midland Counties Guild at Bell Foundry Tower, Loughborough, Leicestershire, conducted by Frederick W Grocott
Sat 13 Feb 1971 LongLength on towerbells 11872 London Surprise Major by the Salisbury Diocesan Guild at St Peter, East Tytherley, Hampshire, conducted by Brian J Woodruffe
Sun 27 Nov 1977 LongLength on handbells 14144 London Surprise Major by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 36 Lambs Close, Cuffley, Hertfordshire, conducted by David C Brown
Sat 24 Feb 1979 LongLength on towerbells 10080 London Surprise Major by the Yorkshire Association at Christ Church, Sheffield, Dore, South Yorkshire, conducted by Len Goodall
Sat 1 Nov 1980 LongLength on towerbells 14336 London Surprise Major by the St Martin's Guild at SS John the Baptist, Lawrence and Anne, Knowle, West Midlands, conducted by Peter Border
Sat 30 Mar 1996 LongLength on towerbells 14784 London Surprise Major by the Cambridge University Guild at St Meugan, Llanfeugan, Brecknockshire, conducted by Bernard H Taylor
Sat 23 Apr 2005 LongLength on towerbells 17280 London Surprise Major by the Saint James' Guild at Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, conducted by David C Brown
Sun 10 Jul 2005 LongLength on towerbells 14336 London Surprise Major by the Bath & Wells Diocesan Association at Pig-le-Tower, Marston Bigot, Somerset, conducted by Brian J Woodruffe
Tue 28 Apr 2020 First inclusion in a quarter peal on keyboards 1280 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) at Great Hockham, Reach & Norwich, Ringing Room, conducted by David C Brown