Bristol Surprise Maximus

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
-5T-14.5T-5T.36.14-7T.58.16-9T.70.18-18.9T-18-1T,1T
Leadhead
j 1795E3T20486
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Bristol Surprise Maximus
Method below
Bristol Surprise Maximus
FCH Groups
/c
Accepted extension path
EP3-1EF/1EF , EP4-2/6:4:1/6:4:1
Compositions designed for this method
2725
Leads in course
11
Lead length
48
Plain course length
528
Hunt bells
1
Working bells
11
Stationary bells
0
Maximum blows in one place
2
Music score (default scheme)
♫ 243
Performances
Date Type Details
Mon 22 May 1950 First peal on towerbells 5280 Bristol Surprise Maximus by the Leicester Diocesan Guild at Cathedral Church of St Martin, Leicester, Leicestershire, conducted by Harold J Poole
Wed 29 Mar 1972 First peal on handbells 5232 Bristol Surprise Maximus by the Oxford Diocesan Guild at 80 Lambourne Drive, Cox Green, Maidenhead, conducted by Christopher I Rowson
Sat 27 Nov 1976 LongLength on towerbells 12144 Bristol Surprise Maximus by the St Martin's Guild at Cathedral Church of St Philip, Birmingham, West Midlands, conducted by Roderick W Pipe
Mon 25 Aug 1980 LongLength on towerbells 13968 Spliced Surprise Maximus (11m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at Cathedral Church of St Peter, Bradford, West Yorkshire, conducted by David C Brown
Sat 21 Feb 1981 LongLength on towerbells 10560 Spliced Surprise Maximus (20m) by the St Martin's Guild at All Saints, Worcester, Worcestershire, conducted by David C Brown
Sat 11 Oct 1986 LongLength on towerbells 14784 Bristol Surprise Maximus by the Non Association at All Saints, Worcester, Worcestershire, conducted by David C Brown
Sat 17 Oct 1987 LongLength on towerbells 20064 Bristol Surprise Maximus by the Non Association at All Saints, Worcester, Worcestershire, conducted by David C Brown
Sun 7 Feb 1993 LongLength on handbells 15312 Bristol Surprise Maximus by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 49 King Street, Royston, Hertfordshire
Sat 20 Mar 1993 LongLength on towerbells 15840 Spliced Surprise Maximus by the Saint James' Guild at All Saints, Worcester, Worcestershire, conducted by David C Brown
Sat 3 Jun 2017 LongLength on towerbells 20064 Spliced Surprise Maximus (38m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at Tulloch Ringing Centre, Tulloch, Highland, conducted by Robert W Lee
Wed 25 Oct 2017 LongLength on towerbells 25056 Bristol Surprise Maximus by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St Anne, Alderney, CI, conducted by Matthew J Hilling
Sat 12 Oct 2019 LongLength on towerbells 10018 Spliced Cinques and Maximus (2m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at Our Lady and St Nicholas, Pier Head, Liverpool, Merseyside, conducted by John N Hughes-D'Aeth
Fri 22 May 2020 First quarter peal on keyboards 1344 Bristol Surprise Maximus at Ringing Room, UK, conducted by Tom Hinks
Sun 16 Feb 2025 LongLength on towerbells 10032 Spliced Treble Dodging Maximus (5m) by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths at Tulloch Ringing Centre, Tulloch, Highland, conducted by Jack E Page
Sat 11 Oct 2025 LongLength on towerbells 10032 Bristol Surprise Maximus by the Ancient Society of College Youths at Our Lady and St Nicholas, Pier Head, Liverpool, Merseyside, conducted by John N Hughes-D'Aeth