Pontefract Delight Minor

also known as Vulcan pre 20C
also known as Vulcan Delight (H Chant 1965 index)
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
34-34.16-12-36-12-36,12
Leadhead
f 142635
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Trinity Sunday Treble Bob Minor
Method below
Westminster Surprise Minor
Accepted extension path
EP3-1CD/3DE , EP4-2/5:4:4
Compositions designed for this method
35
Leads in course
5
Lead length
24
Plain course length
120
Hunt bells
1
Working bells
5
Stationary bells
0
Maximum blows in one place
2
Music score (default scheme)
♫ 31
Performances
Date Type Details
Sat 18 Jan 1936 First inclusion in a peal on towerbells 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor (46m) by the Chester Diocesan Guild at St Peter, Fairfield, Derbyshire, conducted by John Worth
Mon 26 Dec 1955 First peal on towerbells Pontefract Delight Minor at Ashwell, Herts by the Hertford County Association at Ashwell, Herts
Sun 20 Oct 1996 First quarter peal on handbells 1272 Pontefract Delight Minor at Reynards, Heathfield, Sussex, conducted by Alan D Pink
Mon 21 Jan 2002 First inclusion in a peal on handbells 5040 Spliced Delight Minor (75m) by the Hertford County Association at 23 Gilpin Green, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, conducted by Bernard H Taylor
Wed 18 Feb 2004 LongLength on handbells 21600 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (102m) by the Cambridge University Guild at 12 Victoria Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts (St Catharine's)
Tue 13 Apr 2004 LongLength on handbells 10080 Treble Dodging Minor (21m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Victoria St (GF), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Tue 27 Apr 2004 LongLength on handbells 15120 Spliced Treble-Dodging Minor (70m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Victoria St (GF), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Sun 16 May 2004 LongLength on handbells 21600 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (147m) by the Cambridge University Guild at 12 Victoria Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts (St Catharine's)
Wed 23 Jun 2004 LongLength on handbells 20160 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (147m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Victoria St (GF), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Tue 31 Aug 2004 LongLength on handbells 15120 Treble Dodging Minor (21m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Victoria St (GF), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Tue 7 Sept 2004 LongLength on handbells 21600 Treble Dodging Minor (30m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Victoria St (GF), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Sat 2 Oct 2004 LongLength on handbells 50400 Treble Dodging Minor (70m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Cecily Road, Coventry, West Midlands, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Wed 29 Jun 2005 LongLength on handbells 14400 Treble Dodging Minor (59m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 53 Covent Garden, Willingham, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Sun 18 Sept 2005 LongLength on handbells 32400 Treble Dodging Minor (45m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 53 Covent Garden, Willingham, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Sat 14 Apr 2007 LongLength on handbells 25920 Treble Dodging Minor (36m) by the Society of Cambridge Youths at 12 Victoria St, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by David J Pipe
Sun 6 May 2007 LongLength on handbells 72000 Treble Dodging Minor (100m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 53 Covent Garden, Willingham, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Fri 25 Jan 2008 LongLength on handbells 24480 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (178m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Victoria Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Tue 20 Jan 2009 LongLength on handbells 10080 Treble Dodging Minor (14m) at 12 Victoria St, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by David J Pipe
Sat 6 Jun 2009 LongLength on handbells 64800 Treble Dodging Minor (90 Methods) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 53 Covent Garden, Willingham, Cambridgeshire
Sat 25 Sept 2010 LongLength on towerbells 20160 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (147 methods) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St Paul, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, West Midlands, conducted by David J Pipe
Sat 2 Jul 2016 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St Paul, Birmingham, West Midlands
Sat 25 Apr 2020 LongLength on handbells 15120 Treble Dodging Minor (21m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 53 Covent Garden, Willingham, Cambridgeshire, conducted by David J Pipe
Fri 18 Jun 2021 LongLength on handbells 30240 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (212m) by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths at 26 Redlands Road, Reading, Berkshire, conducted by Jack E Page
Wed 14 Jul 2021 First quarter peal on keyboards 1296 Pontefract Delight Minor at Ringing Room, Suffolk and Essex, conducted by Stephen Dawson (Woolpit)
Sat 9 Mar 2024 LongLength on handbells 18720 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (147m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 89 Wheatear Road, Yatton, Somerset, conducted by Alan G Reading
Sun 9 Jun 2024 LongLength on handbells 10080 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (84m) by the Society of Cambridge Youths at 53 Covent Garden, Willingham, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Henry J W Pipe
Sat 30 Nov 2024 LongLength on towerbells 18720 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (147m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at Blessed Virgin Mary, Ston Easton, Somerset, conducted by Alan G Reading