York Surprise Royal

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
-30-14-12-30.14-14.30.14-14.30.14-14.30,12
Leadhead
a 1352749608
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
York Surprise Royal
Method below
York Surprise Royal
FCH Groups
/BDK1
Accepted extension path
EP3-1DE/4EF , EP4-2/8:4:4
Compositions designed for this method
38
Leads in course
9
Lead length
40
Plain course length
360
Hunt bells
1
Working bells
9
Stationary bells
0
Maximum blows in one place
2
Music score (default scheme)
♫ 100
Performances
Date Type Details
Sat 29 Dec 1928 First peal on towerbells York Surprise Royal at Cathedral, Leicester by the Midland Counties Association at Cathedral, Leicester
Tue 20 Mar 1962 First peal on handbells York Surprise Royal by the Leicester Diocesan Guild at The Wayside, Leicester, Leics
Sat 24 Nov 1984 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Royal (28m) by the London County Association at All Saints, Isleworth, Greater London, conducted by David C Brown
Thu 18 Mar 2010 LongLength on towerbells 20160 Spliced Surprise Royal (56m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St Thomas, Oxford, Oxfordshire, conducted by Simon J L Linford
Tue 6 Apr 2021 First quarter peal on keyboards 1440 York Surprise Royal at Vernet-le-Bains, Cambridge, Glasgow, Wetton & Great Hockham, Ringing Room, UK & France, conducted by Simon J Gay