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The following tables show the popularity of Surprise Major methods by their leadhead group based upon the number of peals (in parentheses) rung between 1985 and 2004. All methods with more than 5 peals rung in the period are shown.
Seconds Place Methods (Leadhead Groups a-f)
| LH Group a | LH Group b | LH Group c | LH Group d | LH Group e | LH Group f
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| Belgrave (10) | Yorkshire (1856) | Cassiobury (36) | Ashtead (45) | Addington (8) | London (823)
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| York (9) | Cambridge (1151) | Medway (20) | Ytterbium (30) | Chesterfield (7) | Rutland (807)
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| Edmundsbury (7) | Lincolnshire (690) | Adelaide (15) | Ipswich (21) | Cray (7) | Uxbridge (199)
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| Lancashire (7) | Superlative (613) | Ventnor (14) | Oxfordshire (11) | Niccolite (6) | Lessness (95)
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| Whitminster (7) | Pudsey (391) | Somerset (10) | Diamond (8) | Quicksilver (5) | Ealing (61)
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| Devon (6) | Ullesthorpe (80) | Radnor (8) | Fluorine (8) | | Jubilee (27)
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| Onyx (6) | Painswick (52) | Uranium (8) | Aluminium (7) | | Watford (18)
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| Premier (6) | Quedgeley (52) | Fluorspar (7) | Natrium (7) | | Wembley (17)
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| Vyvyan (6) | Evesham (50) | Scandium (7) | Xenolite (7) | | Frankley (14)
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| Americium (5) | Warwickshire (37) | Tyseley (7) | Xenon (7) | | Beer (13)
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| Hinton (5) | Cotswold (34) | Vanadium (7) | Belvedere (6) | | Ely (12)
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| Taurus (5) | Worcestershire (31) | Actinouranium (6) | Berkshire (6) | | Immingham (12)
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| Trent (5) | Zelah (31) | Ystradyfodwg (6) | Gold (6) | | Lindum (12)
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| Tungsten (5) | Aldenham (27) | Derby (5) | Ivory (6) | | Crewkerne (11)
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| Xyris (5) | Jersey (27) | Jura (5) | Quags Corner (6) | | Daisy Hill (11)
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| | New Cambridge (25) | Melbourne (5) | Shepperton (6) | | Fordham (11)
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| | Gainsborough (23) | Plutonium (5) | Que Que (5) | | Platinum (11)
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| | Fordcombe (21) | Sedbergh (5) | Topaz (5) | | Bolton (10)
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| | Ruthenium (17) | | Xeranthemum (5) | | Zephyr (10)
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| | Dorchester (16) | | Zanzibar (5) | | Greybury (9)
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| | Xerxes (16) | | Zed (5) | | Zeus (9)
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| | Johannesburg (15) | | | | Dunholme (8)
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| | Northamptonshire (15) | | | | Godmanchester (8)
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| | Winchester (15) | | | | Grampian (8)
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| | Hockley (14) | | | | Henlow (8)
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| | Holbeach (14) | | | | Huntsham (8)
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| | Turramurra (14) | | | | Falmouth (7)
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| | Nailstone (13) | | | | Halstead (7)
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| | Vancouver (13) | | | | Heythrop (7)
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| | Cherwell (10) | | | | Idle (7)
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| | Dereham (10) | | | | Liskeard (7)
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| | Desborough (10) | | | | Urchfont (7)
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| | Easingwold (10) | | | | Clare (6)
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| | Pershore (10) | | | | Dymchurch (6)
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| | Lincoln (9) | | | | Ewen (6)
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| | Higher Walton (8) | | | | Knebworth (6)
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| | Jerusalem (8) | | | | Longstanton (6)
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| | Montgomery (8) | | | | Magormegakeggery (6)
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| | Omega (8) | | | | Opal (6)
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| | Westmorland (8) | | | | Otley (6)
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| | Zurich (8) | | | | Roma (6)
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| | Amsterdam (7) | | | | Six Mile Bottom (6)
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| | Ebony (7) | | | | Tivoli (6)
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| | Ingoldmells (7) | | | | Vauxhall (6)
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| | Jonah (7) | | | | Viagra (6)
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| | Langley (7) | | | | Covingham (5)
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| | Tring (7) | | | | Egleton (5)
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| | Versailles (7) | | | | Hydrogen (5)
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| | Worthington (7) | | | | Iceland Spar (5)
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| | Wye (7) | | | | Ickleton (5)
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| | Xalanga (7) | | | | Kendal (5)
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| | Yass (7) | | | | Pisces (5)
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| | Yorktown (7) | | | | Quabbs (5)
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| | Alloa (6) | | | | Quinquagenarian (5)
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| | Badsey (6) | | | | Quy (5)
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| | Bloxham (6) | | | | Velvet Bottom (5)
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| | Christchurch (6) | | | | Verrecchia (5)
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| | Dougal (6) | | | | Whalley (5)
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| | Eastwood (6) | | | | Xenocryst (5)
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| | Kenwyn (6) | | | | Yarkhill (5)
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| | Kimberley (6) | | | |
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| | Kirklington (6) | | | |
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| | LX (6) | | | |
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| | Ohio (6) | | | |
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| | Orkney (6) | | | |
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| | Ospringe (6) | | | |
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| | Quornden (6) | | | |
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| | Rock (6) | | | |
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| | Ruthwaite Lodge (6) | | | |
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| | Southwell (6) | | | |
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| | Uranus (6) | | | |
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| | Venezuela (6) | | | |
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| | Whitwick (6) | | | |
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| | Xian (6) | | | |
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| | XL (6) | | | |
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| | Xmas (6) | | | |
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| | Xystus (6) | | | |
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| | Barnes (5) | | | |
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| | Braunstone (5) | | | |
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| | Clitheroe (5) | | | |
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| | Foxhall (5) | | | |
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| | Gemini (5) | | | |
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| | Guernsey (5) | | | |
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| | Jenny's Cove (5) | | | |
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| | Lathkill (5) | | | |
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| | Mortlake (5) | | | |
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| | Old Swinford (5) | | | |
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| | Preston (5) | | | |
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| | Putney (5) | | | |
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| | Rushden (5) | | | |
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| | Thorverton (5) | | | |
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| | Upware (5) | | | |
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| | Vale (5) | | | |
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| | Via Gellia (5) | | | |
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| | Wessex (5) | | | |
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| | Wilbertestone (5) | | | |
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| | Wychwood (5) | | | |
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| | Xenomania (5) | | | |
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| | Yew (5) | | | |
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| | Zebedee (5) | | | |
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Eighths Place Methods (Leadhead Groups g-m)
| LH Group g | LH Group h | LH Group j | LH Group k | LH Group l | LH Group m
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| Glasgow (285) | Essex (14) | Jevington (12) | Norfolk (8) | Cornwall (112) | Bristol (1666)
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| Fermium (5) | Ruby (9) | Tavistock (12) | Neon (5) | Kenninghall (10) | Belfast (147)
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| Queen Camel (5) | Charleston (6) | Brereton (9) | | Cat's-Eye (9) | Nice (10)
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| | Frodsham (6) | Queenborough (9) | | Iodine (6) | Norwich (9)
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| | Jade (6) | Zyyi (7) | | Ouse (6) | Peterstone Wentloog (9)
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| | Zadok (6) | Enfield (5) | | Xavier (6) | Double Dublin (8)
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| | | Vulcanite (5) | | Erythrite (5) | Dublin (8)
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| | | Zuider Zee (5) | | Silver (5) | Cardiff (7)
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| | | | | | Dagenham (7)
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| | | | | | Aries (6)
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| | | | | | Caerffili (6)
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| | | | | | Guildford (6)
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| | | | | | Hampshire (6)
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| | | | | | Petworth (6)
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| | | | | | Gwent (5)
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| | | | | | Kent (5)
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| | | | | | May (5)
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| | | | | | Nempnett Thrubwell (5)
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| | | | | | November (5)
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| | | | | | Ruddington (5)
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| | | | | | Zodiac (5)
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