London 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
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
3953
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 16 Mar 1903 First peal on handbells 5056 London Surprise Major by the Norwich Diocesan Association at The Residence of Mr C Mee, Sproughton, Suffolk, conducted by Frederick Mee
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 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 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 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
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 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 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 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
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
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
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
Thu 9 Jul 2020 First quarter peal on keyboards 1344 London Surprise Major at Eaton Socon, Glasgow, Norwich & Great Hockham, 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
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