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<div>A frequently asked question on the [[Change Ringers]] email list over the years has been - "How much do other towers charge for ringing at weddings?". This table has been compiled to record this information, and other towers are encouraged to add to it. In considering what is reasonable readers may wish to search for "average wedding costs" in google or similar. For instance [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2099898/Wedding-costs-soar-to-more-than-and16320,000.html The Telegraph] was reporting an average of £20,000, though this was pre-credit crunch.<br />
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At most towers, ringers tend to be paid from around £10 to £20, but it can be significantly more for some towers in London! Some towers also include a donation to the Bell Fund as well as their ringing so they may be higher than the rope fee times the number of Bells. If a tower has a separate tower fund it is a good idea to include a donation to the fund as you can get money to have an inspection on your bells every year.<br />
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At most towers, if they say both or after, they may also be able to just do before.<br />
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===NOTES:===<br />
* At Chesterton, ringers get £10 each on Saturdays and £12 on weekdays. Ringer-up gets a fiver.<br />
* At Eccleshall, ringers driving to get to the tower are paid an extra £2.<br />
* At Harwich, local ringers tend not to take their money, although it is always offered. Visiting ringers are paid £10.<br />
* At Rainhill, St Bart's has a reduced fee, approx 60%, for before or after. Flat rate for weekdays is £150 (£20 per rope).<br />
* At Whitchurch, the Ringers Charge £2 extra per rope for Before and After.<br />
* At Warfield, usually 8 bells are rung, but may be only 6 if shortage of people. Fees are being reviewed again in 2011 - likely to go up!<br />
* At Churchdown, £60 from the fee goes to the tower fund, the fee for weekday weddings is £200 of which £80 goes to the tower fund.<br />
* At St Clement Danes, the fees are £35 per ringer. With a choice of 6, 8 or ten. Fees are doubled if before and after is required. There is a fee of £20 paid for ringing the bells up before the service if ringing out is required. There is a fee of £20 for arranging the band. And the church gets a fee of £40. The new fees haven't meant a loss of requests for bells.<br />
* At Clerkenwell there is a choice of 6 or 8. £25 per ringer. Fees doubled if ringing in and out is required. Double fee for the ringer ringing up the bells. Plus a tower fee of £25.<br />
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==List by Tower==<br />
{| style="color:blue;background-color:#ffffdd;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"<br />
! Tower || When ringing ||Rope Fee (£)||Total Fee (£)||Bells || Price from:<br />
|-<br />
| Abbots Langley, Herts || before & after || &nbsp; || 80.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Albury, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 90.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Aldenham, St John Baptist, Herts, || after only || 15.00 || 150.00 || 8 || 2009-08-19<br />
|-<br />
| Aldridge, St Mary, West Mids || after only || 12.00 || 100.00 || 6 || 2007<br />
|-<br />
| Alfriston, St Andrew, Sussex, || after only || 8.00 || 50.00 || 6 || 2007-08-27<br />
|-<br />
| Anstey, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 70.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Apsley End, Herts || before & after || &nbsp; || 80.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Aspenden, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 80.00 || 8 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Aston Tirrold, Oxon, S Michael || &nbsp; || 15.00 || 90.00 || 6 || 2008-01-01<br />
|-<br />
| Barkway, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 100.00 || 8 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Barley, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 70.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Barrow-upon-Humber, N Lincs. || after only || 5.00 || 60.00 || 8 || 2006-10-11<br />
|-<br />
| Barrowby, Lincs. || after only || &nbsp; || 105.00 || 6 || 2008-01-01<br />
|-<br />
| Beckenham, Kent, St George || Before & after || 15.00 || &nbsp; || 6-10 || 2006-08-09<br />
|-<br />
| Birmingham, St Paul 6 bells || before & after || 30.00 || 220.00 || 6 || 2006-10-10<br />
|-<br />
| Birmingham, St Paul 6 bells || before or after || 20.00 || 160.00 || 6 || 2006-10-10<br />
|-<br />
| Birmingham, St Paul 8 bells || before & after || 30.00 || 280.00 || 8 || 2006-10-10<br />
|-<br />
| Birmingham, St Paul 8 bells || before or after || 20.00 || 200.00 || 8 || 2006-10-10<br />
|-<br />
| Bishops Stortford, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 100.00 || 10 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Bishopstoke, Hants, St Mary || after only || 12.00 || 120.00 || 8 || 2009-01-01<br />
|-<br />
| Blewbury, Oxon, S Michael & All Angels || &nbsp; || 15.00 || 120.00 || 8 || 2008-01-01<br />
|-<br />
| Boston, Massachusetts, Christ Church || &nbsp; || &nbsp; || 130.00 || 5-8 || 2005-09-25<br />
|-<br />
| Brailsford, Derbyshire || after only || 15.00 || 90.00 || 6 || 2007 <br />
|-<br />
| Brailsford, Derbyshire || before & after || 20.00 || 120.00 || 6 || 2007 <br />
|-<br />
| Brampton, Cambridgeshire || after only || 10.00 || 80.00 || 6 || 2007-01-01<br />
|-<br />
| Braughing, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 80.00 || 8 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Brent Pelham, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 70.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Broughton, N Lincs || after only || 9.00 || 54.00 || 6 || 2006-10-11<br />
|-<br />
| Broughton, Staffs || before or after || 10.00 || 80.00 || 8 || 2008-03-01<br />
|-<br />
| Broxbourne, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 80.00 || 8 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Bushey Heath, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 90.00 || 8 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Bushey, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 120.00 || 8 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Cambridge, Cambs, Gt St Mary || per session || 15.00 || 200.00 || 6-12 || 2009-04-05<br />
|-<br />
| Charlton Kings, Glos, St Mary || after only || 10.00 || 90.00 || 8 || 2008-06-05<br />
|-<br />
| Cheltenham, St Mark || after only || 10.00 || 100.00 || 6-8 || 2008-03-01<br />
|-<br />
| Cherry Hinton, Cambs || after only || 10.00 || 100.00 || 6 || 2008-03-01<br />
|-<br />
| Chesterfield, Derbys, St Mary & All Ss || any || 25.00 || 250.00 || 6-10 || 2009-01-01<br />
|-<br />
| Chesterton, Cambs, St Andrew || before & after || 20.00 || 150.00 || 6 || 2008-05-08<br />
|-<br />
| Chesterton, Cambs, St Andrew* || after only || 10.00 || 100.00 || 6 || 2006-02-17<br />
|-<br />
| Chipping Barnet, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 100.00 || 8 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Churchdown, Gloucestershire* || before & after || 15.00 || 150.00 || 6 || 2008-08-01<br />
|-<br />
| Clerkenwell* || before after/both || 25/50 ||250/475 || 6-8 || 2009-01-11<br />
|-<br />
| Datchworth, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 80.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| East Hagbourne, Oxon, S Andrew || after only || 15.00 || 120.00 || 8 || 2008-01-01<br />
|-<br />
| East Meon || after only || 10.00 || 120.00 || 8 || 2008-01-01<br />
|-<br />
| Eccleshall, Staffs || before & after || 17.00 || 150.00 || 8 || 2008-01-01<br />
|-<br />
| Eccleshall, Staffs || before or after || 7.00 || 67.30 || 8 || 2008-01-01<br />
|-<br />
| Edgbaston, Birmingham || &nbsp; || 25.00 || 250.00 || 8 || 2005-11-24<br />
|-<br />
| Elstree, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 70.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Finedon, Northants || after only || 10.00 || 80.00 || 8 || 2008 <br />
|-<br />
| Flamstead, Herts || before & after || &nbsp; || 120.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Furneaux Pelham, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 60.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Great Berkhamsted, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 120.00 || 8 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Great Gaddesden, Herts || before & after || &nbsp; || 100.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Great Hormead, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 70.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Great Horwood, Bucks. St James || both or after || 10.00 || 60.00 || 6 || 2007-11-17<br />
|-<br />
| Great Stanmore, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 100.00 || 8 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Harpenden, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 130.00 || 8 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Harwich, Essex* || &nbsp; || 10.00 || 100.00 || 6 || 2007-08-14<br />
|-<br />
| Hatfield, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 150.00 || 10 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Hemel Hempstead, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 120.00 || 8 ||2009<br />
|-<br />
| Hertford, All Saints, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 80.00 || 10 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Hertford, St Andrew, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 100.00 || 8 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Hunsdon, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 60.00 || 8 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Kensington,St Mary Abbots || both or after || 40/80 ||400/800 || 10 || 2008 <br />
|-<br />
| Kimpton, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 72.00 || 8 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Kings Langley, Herts || before & after || &nbsp; || 130.00 || 8 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Langleybury, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 60.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Lemsford, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 66.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Little Gaddesden, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 100.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Little Hadham, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 90.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Little Munden, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 60.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Liverpool, Merseyside, Pier Head || after only || 20.00 || 160.00 || 6 || 2010-04-17<br />
|-<br />
| Liverpool, Merseyside, Tuebrook || &nbsp; || 15.00 || 90.00 || 6 || 2005-09-03<br />
|-<br />
| Llanfrechfa, Gwent, All Saints || &nbsp; || 5.00 || 50.00 || 6-8 || 2006-10-11<br />
|-<br />
| Llantarnam, Gwent, St Michael & All Angels|| &nbsp; || 6.00 || 40.00 || 6 || 2006-10-11<br />
|-<br />
| Melbourne, Derbys, SS Michael & Mary || &nbsp; || 10.00 || 100.00 || 8 || 2005-09-03<br />
|-<br />
| Much Hadham, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 80.00 || 8 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Newcastle, Jesmond, || before & after || 10.00 || 80.00 || 8 || 2007-09-20<br />
|-<br />
| North Marston, Bucks. Assumption B.V.M || both or after || 10.00 || 70.00 || 6 || 2009-04-14<br />
|-<br />
| North Moreton, Oxon, All Saints || &nbsp; || 15.00 || 75.00 || 5 || 2008-01-01<br />
|-<br />
| North Mymms, Herts || before & after || &nbsp; || 150.00 || 8 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Northaw, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 60.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Northchurch, Herts || before & after || &nbsp; || 120.00 || 8 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Oaks-in-Charnwood, Leics, St James || after only || 10.00 || 100.00 || 8 || 2008-06-18<br />
|-<br />
| Quainton, Bucks. Holy Cross and St. Mary || both or after || 10.00 || 100.00 || 6-8 || 2008-04-14<br />
|-<br />
| Rainhill, Merseyside, St Bart's * || both or either || 15.00 || 120.00 || 6 || 2006-01-01<br />
|-<br />
| Redbourn, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 130.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Rickmansworth, Herts || before & after || &nbsp; || 140.00 || 10 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Ridge, Herts || before & after || &nbsp; || 80.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Sandridge, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 120.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Sawbridgeworth, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 100.00 || 8 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Scawby, Lincs || &nbsp; || 10.00 || 30.00 || 3 || 2006-10-11<br />
|-<br />
| Shedfield, Hants, St John the Baptist || after only || 12.00 || 120.00 || 8 || 2008 & 2009<br />
|-<br />
| Sheffield, Cathedral, SS Peter & Paul || &nbsp; || 12.00 || 150.00 || 8-12 || 2006-02-17<br />
|-<br />
| South Mymms, Herts || before & after || &nbsp; || 80.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| St Albans Abbey, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 250.00 || 12 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| St Albans, St Michael, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 130.00 || 8 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| St Albans, St Peter, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 150.00 || 10 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| St Albans, St Peter, Herts || before & after || &nbsp; || 180.00 || 10 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Staines, Surrey, St Mary / St Peter (same)|| before & after || 14.00 || &nbsp; || 8 || 2008 <br />
|-<br />
| Staines, Surrey, St Mary / St Peter (same)|| before or after || 7.00 || &nbsp; || 8 || 2008 <br />
|-<br />
| Standon, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 60.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Stoke-next-Guildford, Surrey, S.J.E. || &nbsp; || 15.00 || 120.00 || 6 || 2006-10-09<br />
|-<br />
| Sydney, St Mary's Cathedral || both || 31.00 || 310.00 || 8 || 2011-01-01<br />
|-<br />
| Sydney, St Philip's || both || 31.00 || 260.40 || 8 || 2011-01-01<br />
|-<br />
| Tewin, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 90.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
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| Thorley, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 100.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Thrumpton, Nottingham || before & after || 22.00 || 150.00 || 6 || 2009-07-01<br />
|-<br />
| Tring, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 80.00 || 8 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Waddington, Lincoln || after only || 6.00 || &nbsp; || 6 || 2008 <br />
|-<br />
| Ware, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 100.00 || 8 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Warfield, Bracknell * || after only || 12.00 || 130.00 || 8 || 2010 <br />
|-<br />
| Wargrave, Berkshire || after only || 15.00 || 210.00 || 8 || 2011-01-18<br />
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| Watton-at-Stone, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 60.00 || 8 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Welwyn, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 90.00 || 8 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Westminster,London,St Clement Danes || before or after/both|| 35/70 || 430/760|| 6-10|| 2009 <br />
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| Wheathampstead, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 80.00 || 8 ||2007<br />
|-<br />
| Whitchurch, Bucks. St. John Evangelist || both or after* || 20.00 || 120.00 || 6 || 2008-01-23<br />
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| Widcombe, Bath, || before & after || 20.00 || 160.00 || 8 || 2007-09-20<br />
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| Widford, Herts || after only || &nbsp; || 60.00 || 6 ||2007<br />
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| Winslow, Bucks. St. Laurence || both or after || 10.00 || 80.00 || 8 || 2009-04-14<br />
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| Worcester Cathedral || &nbsp; || 20.00 || 435.00 || 12 || &nbsp; <br />
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| Yelvertoft, All Saints || &nbsp; || 10.00 || 60.00 || 6 || 2006-10-09<br />
|}</div>Serverlanhttps://wiki.changeringing.co.uk/index.php?title=Variants_of_Popular_Methods&diff=1247Variants of Popular Methods2010-11-03T11:08:59Z<p>Serverlan: /* Variants of Cambridge Surprise Major */</p>
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<div>__NOTOC__ <br />
In August 2010, Daniel Graham asked the following question on the [[Change Ringers]] list.<br />
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Does anyone know if a list or table exists which details the surprise major methods which only have a slight variant to other surprise major methods? Examples such as Johannesburg being very similar to Lincolnshire.<br />
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==Method variants==<br />
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The more methods one knows, the easier it becomes to learn new ones, as parts can be learnt as the differences from a familiar method. For example, 7ths place bell Watford Surprise Major is identical to 7ths place Rutland Surprise, making one place bell fewer to learn. Another example is that Pudsey Surprise Major is Cambridge Surprise below the treble, so if you can ring by learning the grid of the method, or know the rules governing when to miss dodges or make places in Cambridge, this can be a great help in learning and staying right in Pudsey. <br />
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Some methods, however, are such trivial variations that you only need to learn the slight variation. For example, New Cambridge Surprise Major reverses the lead and dodge in 6ths place bell Cambridge to dodge and lead, causing a corresponding swap of seconds and dodge in 2nds place bell. Of course, the mirrors of these two leads (8ths and 2nds place bell) are similarly changed. <br />
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Typically such variants are inferior to their parent, as they often introduce less elegant blue line features, additional falseness, or inferior musical properties. However, this is not always the case. For example, Lessness Surprise Major is a variant of Uxbridge Surprise Major (first rung in 1937 and 1936 respectively), but is generally regarded as musically superior as it keeps the tenors dodging the right way round in 3-4 to give more roll-ups off the front.<br />
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Method variants are popular among some peal bands that like to introduce new method names, and be the first to ring a peal in a particular method, but wish to keep the learning to a minimum.<br />
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Below are examples of close variants of popular Surprise Major methods.<br />
==Variants of Cambridge Surprise Major==<br />
{| style="color:blue;background-color:#ffffdd;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"<br />
! scope="col" | Method & variants||LH Group||Place Notation||FCH groups||First peal||Diagram<br />
|-<br />
|Cambridge Surprise||b||-38-14-1258-36-14-58-16-78||BDEe||11 February 1873||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-1258-36-14-58-16-78%2C12&title=Cambridge%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|New Cambridge Surprise||b||-38-14-58-1236-14-58-16-78||BEce||18 February 1822||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-1236-14-58-16-78%2C12&title=New%20Cambridge%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Putney Surprise||b||-38-14-58-1236-14-58-16.34.78||BEce||23 February 1963||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-1236-14-58-16.34.78%2C12&title=Putney%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Southwell Surprise||b||-38-14-58.12.36-14-58-16-78||BDEce||16 January 1954||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58.12.36-14-58-16-78%2C12&title=Southwell%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Stand Surprise||b||-38-14-58.12.36-14-58-16.34.78||BDEce||5 May 1963||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58.12.36-14-58-16.34.78%2C12&title=Stand%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Havant Surprise||b||-38-14-1258-36-14-58-16.34.78||BDEe||19 April 1963||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-1258-36-14-58-16.34.78%2C12&title=Havant%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Mortlake Surprise||b||-38-14-1258-1236-12-1458-16-78||BDE||16 November 1968||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-1258-1236-12-1458-16-78%2C12&title=Mortlake%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Zelah Surprise||b||-38-14-1258-36-34-1458-16-78||BDaY||19 November 1960||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-1258-36-34-1458-16-78%2C12&title=Zelah%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|}<br />
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==Variants of Yorkshire Surprise Major==<br />
{| style="color:blue;background-color:#ffffdd;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"<br />
! scope="col" | Method & variants||LH Group||Place Notation||FCH groups||First peal||Diagram<br />
|-<br />
|Yorkshire Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-12-38-14-78||Bc||14 February 1903||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-12-38-14-78%2C12&title=Yorkshire%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Wye Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-12-38-14.56.78||BDc||12 February 1949||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-12-38-14.56.78%2C12&title=Wye%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Quedgeley Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-12-38-1456-78||BDc||30 September 1961||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-12-38-1456-78%2C12&title=Quedgeley%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Biddenden Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-12-38.56.14-78||BDc||26 March 1949||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-12-38.56.14-78%2C12&title=Biddenden%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Braunstone Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-12-38.56.14.56.78||BDc||3 November 1951||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-12-38.56.14.56.78%2C12&title=Braunstone%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|I Can't Believe It's Not Yorkshire Surprise||b||-38-14-58-1678-78-1238-14-78||Bc||11 May 2003||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-1678-78-1238-14-78%2C12&title=I%20Can't%20Believe%20It's%20Not%20Yorkshire%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Flockton Surprise||b||-38-14-58-1678-78-1238-14.56.78||BDc||13 October 2005||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-1678-78-1238-14.56.78%2C12&title=Flockton%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|}<br />
==Variants of Lincolnshire Surprise Major==<br />
{| style="color:blue;background-color:#ffffdd;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"<br />
! scope="col" | Method & variants||LH Group||Place Notation||FCH groups||First peal||Diagram<br />
|-<br />
|Lincolnshire Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-14-58-36-78||BLce||4 February 1928||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-14-58-36-78%2C12&title=Lincolnshire%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Vancouver Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-14-58-36.12.78||BLace||1 July 1963||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-14-58-36.12.78%2C12&title=Vancouver%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Gainsborough Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-14-58-1236-78||Bace||14 July 1954||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-14-58-1236-78%2C12&title=Gainsborough%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Zurich Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-14-58.12.36-78||BLace||12 July 1963||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-14-58.12.36-78%2C12&title=Zurich%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Fordcombe Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-14-58.12.36.12.78||Bace||1 September 1956||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-14-58.12.36.12.78%2C12&title=Fordcombe%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Nailstone Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-14-1258-36-78||BLce||17 December 1960||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-14-1258-36-78%2C12&title=Nailstone%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Amsterdam Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-14-1258-36.12.78||BLace||26 July 1963||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-14-1258-36.12.78%2C12&title=Amsterdam%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Johannesburg Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-14-1258-1236-78||Bace||6 June 1963||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-14-1258-1236-78%2C12&title=Johannesburg%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Ilex Surprise||b||-38-14-1258-16-14-3458-36-78||BDLO||17 December 1999||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-1258-16-14-3458-36-78%2C12&title=Ilex%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Aynho Surprise||b||-38-14-1258-16-14-3458-1236-78||BDOa||7 February 1970||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-1258-16-14-3458-1236-78%2C12&title=Aynho%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Fylingdale Surprise||b||-38-14-1258-16-14-3458.12.36.12.78||BDOa||3 September 1982||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-1258-16-14-3458.12.36.12.78%2C12&title=Fylingdale%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Bovey Castle Surprise||b||-38-14-1258-16-14-123458-36-78||BDLO||18 August 2009||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-1258-16-14-123458-36-78%2C12&title=Bovey%20Castle%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Broadley Surprise||b||-38-14-1258-16-14-123458-1236-78||BDOa||30 April 2004||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-1258-16-14-123458-1236-78%2C12&title=Broadley%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|}<br />
== Variants of Pudsey Surprise Major ==<br />
{| style="color:blue;background-color:#ffffdd;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"<br />
! scope="col" | Method & variants||LH Group||Place Notation||FCH groups||First peal||Diagram<br />
|-<br />
|Pudsey Surprise||b||-58-16-12-38-14-58-16-78||BcdY||15 March 1924||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-12-38-14-58-16-78%2C12&title=Pudsey%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Stourbridge Surprise||b||-58-16-12-38-14-58-16.34.78||BGcdY||17 December 1971||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-12-38-14-58-16.34.78%2C12&title=Stourbridge%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Byron Surprise||b||34.58.34.16-12-38-14-58-16-78||BDdY||23 August 1969||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%2634.58.34.16-12-38-14-58-16-78%2C12&title=Byron%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|}<br />
==Variants of Superlative Surprise Major==<br />
{| style="color:blue;background-color:#ffffdd;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"<br />
! scope="col" | Method & variants||LH Group||Place Notation||FCH groups||First peal||Diagram<br />
|-<br />
|Superlative Surprise||b||-36-14-58-36-14-58-36-78||Ed||5 November 1821||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-58-36-14-58-36-78%2C12&title=Superlative%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Wight Surprise||b||-36-14-58-36-14-58-36.12.78||Ead||4 March 1967||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-58-36-14-58-36.12.78%2C12&title=Wight%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Alderney Surprise||b||-36-14-58-36-14-58-1236-78||Ead||20 October 1964||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-58-36-14-58-1236-78%2C12&title=Alderney%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Orkney Surprise||b||-36-14-58-36-14-58.12.36-78||Ed||17 September 1966||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-58-36-14-58.12.36-78%2C12&title=Orkney%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Sheppey Surprise||b||-36-14-58-36-14-58.12.36.12.78||Ead||16 July 1977||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-58-36-14-58.12.36.12.78%2C12&title=Sheppey%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Guernsey Surprise||b||-36-14-58-36-14-1258-36-78||Ed||31 December 1963||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-58-36-14-1258-36-78%2C12&title=Guernsey%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Thanet Surprise||b||-36-14-58-36-14-1258-36.12.78||Ead||15 December 1968||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-58-36-14-1258-36.12.78%2C12&title=Thanet%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Islay Surprise||b||-36-14-58-36-14-1258-1236-78||Ead||26 October 1963||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-58-36-14-1258-1236-78%2C12&title=Islay%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Purbeck Surprise||b||-36-14-1258-1236-14-58-36-78||Ed||26 August 1963||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-1258-1236-14-58-36-78%2C12&title=Purbeck%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Vyrnwy Surprise||b||-36-14-1258-1236-14-58-36.12.78||Ead||21 June 1964||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-1258-1236-14-58-36.12.78%2C12&title=Vyrnwy%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Caldy Surprise||b||-36-14-1258-1236-14-58-1236-78||Ead||12 June 1971||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-1258-1236-14-58-1236-78%2C12&title=Caldy%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Berwyn Surprise||b||-36-14-1258-1236-14-58.12.36-78||Ed||31 March 1982||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-1258-1236-14-58.12.36-78%2C12&title=Berwyn%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Glaslyn Surprise||b||-36-14-1258-1236-14-58.12.36.12.78||Ead||3 March 1982||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-1258-1236-14-58.12.36.12.78%2C12&title=Glaslyn%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Oxney Surprise||b||-36-14-1258-1236-14-1258-36-78||Ed||16 September 1963||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-1258-1236-14-1258-36-78%2C12&title=Oxney%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Clwyd Surprise||b||-36-14-1258-1236-14-1258-36.12.78||Ead||11 April 1981||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-1258-1236-14-1258-36.12.78%2C12&title=Clwyd%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Westray Surprise||b||-36-14-1258-1236-14-1258-1236-78||Ead||25 April 1964||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-1258-1236-14-1258-1236-78%2C12&title=Westray%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Wistaston Surprise||b||78.36-1478-58-36-14-1258-36.12.78||Ead||17 December 1994||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%2678.36-1478-58-36-14-1258-36.12.78%2C12&title=Wistaston%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Superlative (Burton) Surprise||b||78.36.78.14-58-36-14-58.12.36.12.78||ad||29 April 1886||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%2678.36.78.14-58-36-14-58.12.36.12.78%2C12&title=Superlative%20(Burton)%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|}<br />
==Variants of Rutland Surprise Major==<br />
{| style="color:blue;background-color:#ffffdd;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"<br />
! scope="col" | Method & variants||LH Group||Place Notation||FCH groups||First peal||Diagram<br />
|-<br />
|Rutland Surprise||f||-38-14-58-16-14-38-34-18||Bace||13 October 1923||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-14-38-34-18%2C12&title=Rutland%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Llanfair P.G. Surprise||f||-38-14-58-16-14-38.56.34.56.18||BceY||4 June 1962||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-14-38.56.34.56.18%2C12&title=Llanfair%20P.G.%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Zeus Surprise||f||-38-14-58-16-14-1238-1234-18||BLce||8 March 1986||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-14-1238-1234-18%2C12&title=Zeus%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Hera Surprise||f||-38-14-58-16-14-1238.56.1234.56.18||Bce||3 December 1992||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-14-1238.56.1234.56.18%2C12&title=Hera%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Heythrop Surprise||f||-38-14-58-1236-14-38-34-18||BDce||21 January 1956||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-1236-14-38-34-18%2C12&title=Heythrop%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Bellerophon Surprise||f||-38-14-58-1236-14-38.56.34.56.18||BGce||13 July 1994||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-1236-14-38.56.34.56.18%2C12&title=Bellerophon%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Clare Surprise||f||-38-14-58-1236-14-1238-1234-18||Bce||24 April 1993||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-1236-14-1238-1234-18%2C12&title=Clare%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Holne Surprise||f||-38-14-58-1236-14-1238.56.1234.56.18||BMce||21 August 2004||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-1236-14-1238.56.1234.56.18%2C12&title=Holne%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Balcombe Surprise||f||-3458-14-58-1236-14-38-34-18||Dce||22 February 1975||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-3458-14-58-1236-14-38-34-18%2C12&title=Balcombe%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|}<br />
==Variants of London Surprise Major==<br />
None identified.<br />
==Variants of Bristol Surprise Major==<br />
{| style="color:blue;background-color:#ffffdd;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"<br />
! scope="col" | Method & variants||LH Group||Place Notation||FCH groups||First peal||Diagram<br />
|-<br />
|Bristol Surprise||m||-58-14.58-58.36.14-14.58-14-18||c||22 March 1901||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-14.58-58.36.14-14.58-14-18%2C18&title=Bristol%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Dublin Surprise||m||-56-14.56-58.36.14-14.58-14-18||ac||21 January 1922||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-56-14.56-58.36.14-14.58-14-18%2C18&title=Dublin%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|- border="0"<br />
|Double Dublin Surprise||m||-56-14.56-58.36.14-34.58-34-18||ac||15 November 1930||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-56-14.56-58.36.14-34.58-34-18%2C18&title=Double%20Dublin%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram] <br />
|- border="0"<br />
|Reverse Dublin Surprise||m||-58-14.58-58.36.14-34.58-34-18||ac||6 December 1930||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-14.58-58.36.14-34.58-34-18%2C18&title=Reverse%20Dublin%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|- border="0"<br />
|Bristol Parkway Surprise||m||-3458-14.58-58.36.14-14.58-14-18||Dc||1 July 1995||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-3458-14.58-58.36.14-14.58-14-18%2C18&title=Bristol%20Parkway%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|- border="0"<br />
|Bolsterstone Surprise||m||34.58-14.58-58.36.14-14.58-14-18||Dc||29 January 1972||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%2634.58-14.58-58.36.14-14.58-14-18%2C18&title=Bolsterstone%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|- border="0"<br />
|CCL Surprise||m||34.58-14.58-58.36.14-34.58-34-18||BDc||4 January 1997||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%2634.58-14.58-58.36.14-34.58-34-18%2C18&title=CCL%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|}<br />
==Variants of Uxbridge Surprise Major==<br />
{| style="color:blue;background-color:#ffffdd;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"<br />
! scope="col" | Method & variants||LH Group||Place Notation||FCH groups||First peal||Diagram<br />
|-<br />
|Uxbridge Surprise||f||-38-14-56-16-34-58-14-58||Bac||15 February 1936||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-16-34-58-14-58%2C12&title=Uxbridge%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Lessness Surprise||f||-38-14-56-16-12-58-14-58||Bac||22 February 1937||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-16-12-58-14-58%2C12&title=Lessness%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Martin Surprise||f||-38-14-56-16-12-123458-14-58||Bac||8 July 2006||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-16-12-123458-14-58%2C12&title=Martin%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Bovey Tracey Surprise||f||-38-14-56-16-34-123458-14-58||Bac||19 November 2007||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-16-34-123458-14-58%2C12&title=Bovey%20Tracey%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Morfa Mawddach Surprise||f||-38-14-56-16-34.12.3458-14-58||BFac||7 December 2002||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-16-34.12.3458-14-58%2C12&title=Morfa%20Mawddach%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Cheesden Surprise||f||-38-14-56-16-1234-1258-14-58||BFac||22 September 1991||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-16-1234-1258-14-58%2C12&title=Cheesden%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Lubcloud Surprise||f||-38-14-56-16-1234-3458-14-58||BFac||28 April 1990||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-16-1234-3458-14-58%2C12&title=Lubcloud%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Tillingham Surprise||f||-38-14-56-16.34-12.3458-14-58||Bac||16 July 1971||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-16.34-12.3458-14-58%2C12&title=Tillingham%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Beer Surprise||f||-38-14-56-16.34-34.1258-14-58||Bac||4 December 1994||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-16.34-34.1258-14-58%2C12&title=Beer%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Chigwell Row Surprise||f||-38-14-56-1236-12-58-14-58||BDKa||6 October 1984||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-1236-12-58-14-58%2C12&title=Chigwell%20Row%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Yarkhill Surprise||f||-38-14-56-1236-34-58-14-58||BDKa||1 August 1997||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-1236-34-58-14-58%2C12&title=Yarkhill%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|New Buckenham Surprise||f||-38-14-56-1236-1234-1258-14-58||BKPa||1 January 2009||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-1236-1234-1258-14-58%2C12&title=New%20Buckenham%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Jennycliff Surprise||f||-38-14-56-1236-1234-3458-14-58||BKPa||24 January 2009||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-1236-1234-3458-14-58%2C12&title=Jennycliff%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Zopf Surprise||f||-38-14-1256-16-12-1258-1234-58||BD||27 August 2009||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-1256-16-12-1258-1234-58%2C12&title=Zopf%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Francesca Surprise||f||-38-14-1256-1236-12-3458-14-58||BDK||18 October 2009||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-1256-1236-12-3458-14-58%2C12&title=Francesca%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
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|Yedingham Surprise||f||-38-14-1256-1236-34-1258-14-58||BDK||1 October 2003||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-1256-1236-34-1258-14-58%2C12&title=Yedingham%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
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|Creeton Surprise||f||-3458-14-56-16-12-58-14-58||BDK||3 March 2010||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-3458-14-56-16-12-58-14-58%2C12&title=Creeton%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|}<br />
==Variants of Ashtead Surprise Major==<br />
{| style="color:blue;background-color:#ffffdd;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"<br />
! scope="col" | Method & variants||LH Group||Place Notation||FCH groups||First peal||Diagram<br />
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|Ashtead Surprise||d||-58-16-56-36-34-38-14-78||ac||18 January 1932||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-56-36-34-38-14-78%2C12&title=Ashtead%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
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|Qatar Surprise||d||-58-16-56-36-34-38-14.56.78||Dac||20 January 1990||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-56-36-34-38-14.56.78%2C12&title=Qatar%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
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|Nene Surprise||d||-58-16-56-36-34-38-1456-78||Dac||19 April 1969||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-56-36-34-38-1456-78%2C12&title=Nene%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
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|Royton Surprise||d||-58-16-56-36-34-38.56.14-78||Dac||9 February 1990||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-56-36-34-38.56.14-78%2C12&title=Royton%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
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|Mumps Surprise||d||-58-16-56-36-34-38.56.14.56.78||Dac||10 March 1990||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-56-36-34-38.56.14.56.78%2C12&title=Mumps%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
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|Paraguay Surprise||d||-58-16-56-36-1234-1238-14-78||Eac||25 July 1998||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-56-36-1234-1238-14-78%2C12&title=Paraguay%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
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|Sefton Surprise||d||-58-16-56-36.12.34.12.38-14-78||Eac||23 November 1988||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-56-36.12.34.12.38-14-78%2C12&title=Sefton%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
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|Stonehenge Surprise||d||-58-16-56-1236-34-1238-14-78||ac||1 August 1970||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-56-1236-34-1238-14-78%2C12&title=Stonehenge%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Bolivia Surprise||d||-58-16-56-1236-1234-38-14-78||Eac||7 February 1999||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-56-1236-1234-38-14-78%2C12&title=Bolivia%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Colombia Surprise||d||-58-16-1256-36-34-1238-14-78||Dac||1977||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-1256-36-34-1238-14-78%2C12&title=Colombia%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Guiana Surprise||d||-58-16-1256-36-1234-38-14-78||DEc||5 November 2002||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-1256-36-1234-38-14-78%2C12&title=Guiana%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
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|Craston Surprise||d||-58-16-1256-36-1234-38-14.56.78||DEc||21 October 2001||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-1256-36-1234-38-14.56.78%2C12&title=Craston%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Uruguay Surprise||d||-58-16-1256-1236-34-38-14-78||Dac||15 July 1996||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-1256-1236-34-38-14-78%2C12&title=Uruguay%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Zanzibar Surprise||d||-58-1456-56-36-12-1238-14-78||Bc||6 December 1968||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-1456-56-36-12-1238-14-78%2C12&title=Zanzibar%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Asshstede Surprise||d||34.58.34.16-56-36-34-38.56.14.56.78||Da||27 January 1990||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%2634.58.34.16-56-36-34-38.56.14.56.78%2C12&title=Asshstede%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|}</div>Serverlanhttps://wiki.changeringing.co.uk/index.php?title=Variants_of_Popular_Methods&diff=1246Variants of Popular Methods2010-11-03T11:02:46Z<p>Serverlan: </p>
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<div>__NOTOC__ <br />
In August 2010, Daniel Graham asked the following question on the [[Change Ringers]] list.<br />
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Does anyone know if a list or table exists which details the surprise major methods which only have a slight variant to other surprise major methods? Examples such as Johannesburg being very similar to Lincolnshire.<br />
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==Method variants==<br />
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The more methods one knows, the easier it becomes to learn new ones, as parts can be learnt as the differences from a familiar method. For example, 7ths place bell Watford Surprise Major is identical to 7ths place Rutland Surprise, making one place bell fewer to learn. Another example is that Pudsey Surprise Major is Cambridge Surprise below the treble, so if you can ring by learning the grid of the method, or know the rules governing when to miss dodges or make places in Cambridge, this can be a great help in learning and staying right in Pudsey. <br />
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Some methods, however, are such trivial variations that you only need to learn the slight variation. For example, New Cambridge Surprise Major reverses the lead and dodge in 6ths place bell Cambridge to dodge and lead, causing a corresponding swap of seconds and dodge in 2nds place bell. Of course, the mirrors of these two leads (8ths and 2nds place bell) are similarly changed. <br />
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Typically such variants are inferior to their parent, as they often introduce less elegant blue line features, additional falseness, or inferior musical properties. However, this is not always the case. For example, Lessness Surprise Major is a variant of Uxbridge Surprise Major (first rung in 1937 and 1936 respectively), but is generally regarded as musically superior as it keeps the tenors dodging the right way round in 3-4 to give more roll-ups off the front.<br />
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Method variants are popular among some peal bands that like to introduce new method names, and be the first to ring a peal in a particular method, but wish to keep the learning to a minimum.<br />
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Below are examples of close variants of popular Surprise Major methods.<br />
==Variants of Cambridge Surprise Major==<br />
{| style="color:blue;background-color:#ffffdd;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"<br />
! scope="col" | Method & variants||LH Group||Place Notation||FCH groups||First peal||Diagram<br />
|-<br />
|Cambridge Surprise||b||-38-14-1258-36-14-58-16-78||BDEe||11 February 1873||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-1258-36-14-58-16-78%2C12&title=Cambridge%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|New Cambridge Surprise||b||-38-14-58-1236-14-58-16-78||BEce||18 February 1822||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-1236-14-58-16-78%2C12&title=New%20Cambridge%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Putney Surprise||b||-38-14-58-1236-14-58-16.34.78||BEce||23 February 1963||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-1236-14-58-16.34.78%2C12&title=Putney%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Southwell Surprise||b||-38-14-58.12.36-14-58-16-78||BDEce||16 January 1954||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58.12.36-14-58-16-78%2C12&title=Southwell%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Stand Surprise||b||-38-14-58.12.36-14-58-16.34.78||BDEce||5 May 1963||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58.12.36-14-58-16.34.78%2C12&title=Stand%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Havant Surprise||b||-38-14-1258-36-14-58-16.34.78||BDEe||19 April 1963||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-1258-36-14-58-16.34.78%2C12&title=Havant%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Mortlake Surprise||b||-38-14-1258-1236-12-1458-16-78||BDEe||16 November 1968||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-1258-1236-12-1458-16-78%2C12&title=Mortlake%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|}<br />
==Variants of Yorkshire Surprise Major==<br />
{| style="color:blue;background-color:#ffffdd;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"<br />
! scope="col" | Method & variants||LH Group||Place Notation||FCH groups||First peal||Diagram<br />
|-<br />
|Yorkshire Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-12-38-14-78||Bc||14 February 1903||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-12-38-14-78%2C12&title=Yorkshire%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Wye Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-12-38-14.56.78||BDc||12 February 1949||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-12-38-14.56.78%2C12&title=Wye%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Quedgeley Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-12-38-1456-78||BDc||30 September 1961||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-12-38-1456-78%2C12&title=Quedgeley%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
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|Biddenden Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-12-38.56.14-78||BDc||26 March 1949||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-12-38.56.14-78%2C12&title=Biddenden%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
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|Braunstone Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-12-38.56.14.56.78||BDc||3 November 1951||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-12-38.56.14.56.78%2C12&title=Braunstone%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
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|I Can't Believe It's Not Yorkshire Surprise||b||-38-14-58-1678-78-1238-14-78||Bc||11 May 2003||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-1678-78-1238-14-78%2C12&title=I%20Can't%20Believe%20It's%20Not%20Yorkshire%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
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|Flockton Surprise||b||-38-14-58-1678-78-1238-14.56.78||BDc||13 October 2005||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-1678-78-1238-14.56.78%2C12&title=Flockton%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|}<br />
==Variants of Lincolnshire Surprise Major==<br />
{| style="color:blue;background-color:#ffffdd;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"<br />
! scope="col" | Method & variants||LH Group||Place Notation||FCH groups||First peal||Diagram<br />
|-<br />
|Lincolnshire Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-14-58-36-78||BLce||4 February 1928||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-14-58-36-78%2C12&title=Lincolnshire%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Vancouver Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-14-58-36.12.78||BLace||1 July 1963||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-14-58-36.12.78%2C12&title=Vancouver%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Gainsborough Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-14-58-1236-78||Bace||14 July 1954||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-14-58-1236-78%2C12&title=Gainsborough%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Zurich Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-14-58.12.36-78||BLace||12 July 1963||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-14-58.12.36-78%2C12&title=Zurich%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
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|Fordcombe Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-14-58.12.36.12.78||Bace||1 September 1956||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-14-58.12.36.12.78%2C12&title=Fordcombe%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
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|Nailstone Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-14-1258-36-78||BLce||17 December 1960||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-14-1258-36-78%2C12&title=Nailstone%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
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|Amsterdam Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-14-1258-36.12.78||BLace||26 July 1963||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-14-1258-36.12.78%2C12&title=Amsterdam%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Johannesburg Surprise||b||-38-14-58-16-14-1258-1236-78||Bace||6 June 1963||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-14-1258-1236-78%2C12&title=Johannesburg%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Ilex Surprise||b||-38-14-1258-16-14-3458-36-78||BDLO||17 December 1999||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-1258-16-14-3458-36-78%2C12&title=Ilex%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
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|Aynho Surprise||b||-38-14-1258-16-14-3458-1236-78||BDOa||7 February 1970||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-1258-16-14-3458-1236-78%2C12&title=Aynho%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Fylingdale Surprise||b||-38-14-1258-16-14-3458.12.36.12.78||BDOa||3 September 1982||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-1258-16-14-3458.12.36.12.78%2C12&title=Fylingdale%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Bovey Castle Surprise||b||-38-14-1258-16-14-123458-36-78||BDLO||18 August 2009||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-1258-16-14-123458-36-78%2C12&title=Bovey%20Castle%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Broadley Surprise||b||-38-14-1258-16-14-123458-1236-78||BDOa||30 April 2004||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-1258-16-14-123458-1236-78%2C12&title=Broadley%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|}<br />
== Variants of Pudsey Surprise Major ==<br />
{| style="color:blue;background-color:#ffffdd;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"<br />
! scope="col" | Method & variants||LH Group||Place Notation||FCH groups||First peal||Diagram<br />
|-<br />
|Pudsey Surprise||b||-58-16-12-38-14-58-16-78||BcdY||15 March 1924||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-12-38-14-58-16-78%2C12&title=Pudsey%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Stourbridge Surprise||b||-58-16-12-38-14-58-16.34.78||BGcdY||17 December 1971||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-12-38-14-58-16.34.78%2C12&title=Stourbridge%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Byron Surprise||b||34.58.34.16-12-38-14-58-16-78||BDdY||23 August 1969||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%2634.58.34.16-12-38-14-58-16-78%2C12&title=Byron%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|}<br />
==Variants of Superlative Surprise Major==<br />
{| style="color:blue;background-color:#ffffdd;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"<br />
! scope="col" | Method & variants||LH Group||Place Notation||FCH groups||First peal||Diagram<br />
|-<br />
|Superlative Surprise||b||-36-14-58-36-14-58-36-78||Ed||5 November 1821||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-58-36-14-58-36-78%2C12&title=Superlative%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Wight Surprise||b||-36-14-58-36-14-58-36.12.78||Ead||4 March 1967||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-58-36-14-58-36.12.78%2C12&title=Wight%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Alderney Surprise||b||-36-14-58-36-14-58-1236-78||Ead||20 October 1964||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-58-36-14-58-1236-78%2C12&title=Alderney%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Orkney Surprise||b||-36-14-58-36-14-58.12.36-78||Ed||17 September 1966||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-58-36-14-58.12.36-78%2C12&title=Orkney%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Sheppey Surprise||b||-36-14-58-36-14-58.12.36.12.78||Ead||16 July 1977||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-58-36-14-58.12.36.12.78%2C12&title=Sheppey%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Guernsey Surprise||b||-36-14-58-36-14-1258-36-78||Ed||31 December 1963||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-58-36-14-1258-36-78%2C12&title=Guernsey%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Thanet Surprise||b||-36-14-58-36-14-1258-36.12.78||Ead||15 December 1968||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-58-36-14-1258-36.12.78%2C12&title=Thanet%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Islay Surprise||b||-36-14-58-36-14-1258-1236-78||Ead||26 October 1963||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-58-36-14-1258-1236-78%2C12&title=Islay%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Purbeck Surprise||b||-36-14-1258-1236-14-58-36-78||Ed||26 August 1963||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-1258-1236-14-58-36-78%2C12&title=Purbeck%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Vyrnwy Surprise||b||-36-14-1258-1236-14-58-36.12.78||Ead||21 June 1964||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-1258-1236-14-58-36.12.78%2C12&title=Vyrnwy%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Caldy Surprise||b||-36-14-1258-1236-14-58-1236-78||Ead||12 June 1971||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-1258-1236-14-58-1236-78%2C12&title=Caldy%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Berwyn Surprise||b||-36-14-1258-1236-14-58.12.36-78||Ed||31 March 1982||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-1258-1236-14-58.12.36-78%2C12&title=Berwyn%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Glaslyn Surprise||b||-36-14-1258-1236-14-58.12.36.12.78||Ead||3 March 1982||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-1258-1236-14-58.12.36.12.78%2C12&title=Glaslyn%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Oxney Surprise||b||-36-14-1258-1236-14-1258-36-78||Ed||16 September 1963||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-1258-1236-14-1258-36-78%2C12&title=Oxney%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Clwyd Surprise||b||-36-14-1258-1236-14-1258-36.12.78||Ead||11 April 1981||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-1258-1236-14-1258-36.12.78%2C12&title=Clwyd%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Westray Surprise||b||-36-14-1258-1236-14-1258-1236-78||Ead||25 April 1964||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-36-14-1258-1236-14-1258-1236-78%2C12&title=Westray%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Wistaston Surprise||b||78.36-1478-58-36-14-1258-36.12.78||Ead||17 December 1994||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%2678.36-1478-58-36-14-1258-36.12.78%2C12&title=Wistaston%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Superlative (Burton) Surprise||b||78.36.78.14-58-36-14-58.12.36.12.78||ad||29 April 1886||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%2678.36.78.14-58-36-14-58.12.36.12.78%2C12&title=Superlative%20(Burton)%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|}<br />
==Variants of Rutland Surprise Major==<br />
{| style="color:blue;background-color:#ffffdd;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"<br />
! scope="col" | Method & variants||LH Group||Place Notation||FCH groups||First peal||Diagram<br />
|-<br />
|Rutland Surprise||f||-38-14-58-16-14-38-34-18||Bace||13 October 1923||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-14-38-34-18%2C12&title=Rutland%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Llanfair P.G. Surprise||f||-38-14-58-16-14-38.56.34.56.18||BceY||4 June 1962||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-14-38.56.34.56.18%2C12&title=Llanfair%20P.G.%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Zeus Surprise||f||-38-14-58-16-14-1238-1234-18||BLce||8 March 1986||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-14-1238-1234-18%2C12&title=Zeus%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Hera Surprise||f||-38-14-58-16-14-1238.56.1234.56.18||Bce||3 December 1992||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-16-14-1238.56.1234.56.18%2C12&title=Hera%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Heythrop Surprise||f||-38-14-58-1236-14-38-34-18||BDce||21 January 1956||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-1236-14-38-34-18%2C12&title=Heythrop%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Bellerophon Surprise||f||-38-14-58-1236-14-38.56.34.56.18||BGce||13 July 1994||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-1236-14-38.56.34.56.18%2C12&title=Bellerophon%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Clare Surprise||f||-38-14-58-1236-14-1238-1234-18||Bce||24 April 1993||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-1236-14-1238-1234-18%2C12&title=Clare%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Holne Surprise||f||-38-14-58-1236-14-1238.56.1234.56.18||BMce||21 August 2004||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-58-1236-14-1238.56.1234.56.18%2C12&title=Holne%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Balcombe Surprise||f||-3458-14-58-1236-14-38-34-18||Dce||22 February 1975||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-3458-14-58-1236-14-38-34-18%2C12&title=Balcombe%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|}<br />
==Variants of London Surprise Major==<br />
None identified.<br />
==Variants of Bristol Surprise Major==<br />
{| style="color:blue;background-color:#ffffdd;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"<br />
! scope="col" | Method & variants||LH Group||Place Notation||FCH groups||First peal||Diagram<br />
|-<br />
|Bristol Surprise||m||-58-14.58-58.36.14-14.58-14-18||c||22 March 1901||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-14.58-58.36.14-14.58-14-18%2C18&title=Bristol%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Dublin Surprise||m||-56-14.56-58.36.14-14.58-14-18||ac||21 January 1922||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-56-14.56-58.36.14-14.58-14-18%2C18&title=Dublin%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|- border="0"<br />
|Double Dublin Surprise||m||-56-14.56-58.36.14-34.58-34-18||ac||15 November 1930||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-56-14.56-58.36.14-34.58-34-18%2C18&title=Double%20Dublin%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram] <br />
|- border="0"<br />
|Reverse Dublin Surprise||m||-58-14.58-58.36.14-34.58-34-18||ac||6 December 1930||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-14.58-58.36.14-34.58-34-18%2C18&title=Reverse%20Dublin%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|- border="0"<br />
|Bristol Parkway Surprise||m||-3458-14.58-58.36.14-14.58-14-18||Dc||1 July 1995||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-3458-14.58-58.36.14-14.58-14-18%2C18&title=Bristol%20Parkway%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|- border="0"<br />
|Bolsterstone Surprise||m||34.58-14.58-58.36.14-14.58-14-18||Dc||29 January 1972||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%2634.58-14.58-58.36.14-14.58-14-18%2C18&title=Bolsterstone%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|- border="0"<br />
|CCL Surprise||m||34.58-14.58-58.36.14-34.58-34-18||BDc||4 January 1997||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%2634.58-14.58-58.36.14-34.58-34-18%2C18&title=CCL%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|}<br />
==Variants of Uxbridge Surprise Major==<br />
{| style="color:blue;background-color:#ffffdd;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"<br />
! scope="col" | Method & variants||LH Group||Place Notation||FCH groups||First peal||Diagram<br />
|-<br />
|Uxbridge Surprise||f||-38-14-56-16-34-58-14-58||Bac||15 February 1936||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-16-34-58-14-58%2C12&title=Uxbridge%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Lessness Surprise||f||-38-14-56-16-12-58-14-58||Bac||22 February 1937||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-16-12-58-14-58%2C12&title=Lessness%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Martin Surprise||f||-38-14-56-16-12-123458-14-58||Bac||8 July 2006||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-16-12-123458-14-58%2C12&title=Martin%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Bovey Tracey Surprise||f||-38-14-56-16-34-123458-14-58||Bac||19 November 2007||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-16-34-123458-14-58%2C12&title=Bovey%20Tracey%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Morfa Mawddach Surprise||f||-38-14-56-16-34.12.3458-14-58||BFac||7 December 2002||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-16-34.12.3458-14-58%2C12&title=Morfa%20Mawddach%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Cheesden Surprise||f||-38-14-56-16-1234-1258-14-58||BFac||22 September 1991||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-16-1234-1258-14-58%2C12&title=Cheesden%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Lubcloud Surprise||f||-38-14-56-16-1234-3458-14-58||BFac||28 April 1990||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-16-1234-3458-14-58%2C12&title=Lubcloud%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Tillingham Surprise||f||-38-14-56-16.34-12.3458-14-58||Bac||16 July 1971||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-16.34-12.3458-14-58%2C12&title=Tillingham%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Beer Surprise||f||-38-14-56-16.34-34.1258-14-58||Bac||4 December 1994||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-16.34-34.1258-14-58%2C12&title=Beer%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Chigwell Row Surprise||f||-38-14-56-1236-12-58-14-58||BDKa||6 October 1984||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-1236-12-58-14-58%2C12&title=Chigwell%20Row%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Yarkhill Surprise||f||-38-14-56-1236-34-58-14-58||BDKa||1 August 1997||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-1236-34-58-14-58%2C12&title=Yarkhill%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|New Buckenham Surprise||f||-38-14-56-1236-1234-1258-14-58||BKPa||1 January 2009||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-1236-1234-1258-14-58%2C12&title=New%20Buckenham%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Jennycliff Surprise||f||-38-14-56-1236-1234-3458-14-58||BKPa||24 January 2009||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-56-1236-1234-3458-14-58%2C12&title=Jennycliff%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Zopf Surprise||f||-38-14-1256-16-12-1258-1234-58||BD||27 August 2009||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-1256-16-12-1258-1234-58%2C12&title=Zopf%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Francesca Surprise||f||-38-14-1256-1236-12-3458-14-58||BDK||18 October 2009||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-1256-1236-12-3458-14-58%2C12&title=Francesca%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Yedingham Surprise||f||-38-14-1256-1236-34-1258-14-58||BDK||1 October 2003||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-38-14-1256-1236-34-1258-14-58%2C12&title=Yedingham%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Creeton Surprise||f||-3458-14-56-16-12-58-14-58||BDK||3 March 2010||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-3458-14-56-16-12-58-14-58%2C12&title=Creeton%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|}<br />
==Variants of Ashtead Surprise Major==<br />
{| style="color:blue;background-color:#ffffdd;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"<br />
! scope="col" | Method & variants||LH Group||Place Notation||FCH groups||First peal||Diagram<br />
|-<br />
|Ashtead Surprise||d||-58-16-56-36-34-38-14-78||ac||18 January 1932||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-56-36-34-38-14-78%2C12&title=Ashtead%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Qatar Surprise||d||-58-16-56-36-34-38-14.56.78||Dac||20 January 1990||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-56-36-34-38-14.56.78%2C12&title=Qatar%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Nene Surprise||d||-58-16-56-36-34-38-1456-78||Dac||19 April 1969||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-56-36-34-38-1456-78%2C12&title=Nene%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Royton Surprise||d||-58-16-56-36-34-38.56.14-78||Dac||9 February 1990||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-56-36-34-38.56.14-78%2C12&title=Royton%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Mumps Surprise||d||-58-16-56-36-34-38.56.14.56.78||Dac||10 March 1990||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-56-36-34-38.56.14.56.78%2C12&title=Mumps%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Paraguay Surprise||d||-58-16-56-36-1234-1238-14-78||Eac||25 July 1998||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-56-36-1234-1238-14-78%2C12&title=Paraguay%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Sefton Surprise||d||-58-16-56-36.12.34.12.38-14-78||Eac||23 November 1988||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-56-36.12.34.12.38-14-78%2C12&title=Sefton%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Stonehenge Surprise||d||-58-16-56-1236-34-1238-14-78||ac||1 August 1970||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-56-1236-34-1238-14-78%2C12&title=Stonehenge%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Bolivia Surprise||d||-58-16-56-1236-1234-38-14-78||Eac||7 February 1999||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-56-1236-1234-38-14-78%2C12&title=Bolivia%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Colombia Surprise||d||-58-16-1256-36-34-1238-14-78||Dac||1977||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-1256-36-34-1238-14-78%2C12&title=Colombia%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Guiana Surprise||d||-58-16-1256-36-1234-38-14-78||DEc||5 November 2002||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-1256-36-1234-38-14-78%2C12&title=Guiana%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Craston Surprise||d||-58-16-1256-36-1234-38-14.56.78||DEc||21 October 2001||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-1256-36-1234-38-14.56.78%2C12&title=Craston%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Uruguay Surprise||d||-58-16-1256-1236-34-38-14-78||Dac||15 July 1996||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-16-1256-1236-34-38-14-78%2C12&title=Uruguay%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Zanzibar Surprise||d||-58-1456-56-36-12-1238-14-78||Bc||6 December 1968||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%26-58-1456-56-36-12-1238-14-78%2C12&title=Zanzibar%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|-<br />
|Asshstede Surprise||d||34.58.34.16-56-36-34-38.56.14.56.78||Da||27 January 1990||[http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=%2634.58.34.16-56-36-34-38.56.14.56.78%2C12&title=Asshstede%20Surprise%20Major&action.x=1 Diagram]<br />
|}</div>Serverlan