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Methods Named after Local Towers

Claire Penny (Offenham) started all this off! She asked me whether any local towers had methods named after them. I was able to give a few, but then thought there may be more. There are; and here is a list of the towers within the FSG area that have methods named after them. Some tower names were used purely for the convenience of finding a name (eg, Ettington: try ringing Ettington LB Major there, unless Graham Nabb finds and installs some more bells. Likewise Cropthorne Cinques at Cropthorne; and even more difficult, Bengeworth S Major at Bengeworth). However, a number can be rung at the 'home' tower. Some will have been named after other towers with the same name, eg Hampton S Major was named after Hampton in Middlesex, but Hinton S Major was named after the first peal in the method rung at Hinton-on-the-Green (in 1933!). Here are as many names/methods as I can find. If a tower isn't there, I couldn't find a method named after it. But if you think it has one, let me know. Should you wish to obtain the details of any of these methods, I recommend an internet program called http://methods.ringing.org/. Just type in the name of the place you're interested in and the program will display all the methods of that name. The blue-line can be downloaded via 'diagram'. CMP

Ashton-under-Hill:

Surprise Minor

Badsey:

Surprise Major

Barford:

Surprise Maximus

Alliance Maximus

Bengeworth:

Surprise Major

Brailes:

Delight Minor

Alliance Minor

Bretforton:

Surprise Major

Broadway:

Surprise Major

Buckland:

Doubles

Surprise Major

Delight Major

Butlers Marston:

Surprise Minor

Cherington:

Hybrid Minimus

Childswickham:

Surprise Minor

Delight Minor

Chipping Campden:

Alliance Major

Churchill:

Little Bob Royal

Little Bob Maximus

Surprise Major

Clifford Chambers:

Delight Minor

Cold Aston:

Doubles

Cropthorne:

Bob Cinques

Delight Minor

Surprise Major

Dumbleton:

Surprise Minor

Delight Minor

Ebrington:

Bob Major

Ettington:

Little Bob Major

Evenlode:

Surprise Major

Evesham:

Delight Minor

Surprise Major

Surprise Royal

Surprise Maximus

(and S. 14, 16, 18, etc!)

Fladbury:

Surprise Minor

(Great) Hampton:

Bob Major

Bob Caters

Surprise Major

Surprise Royal

Hinton (-on-the-Green):

Bob Doubles

Surprise Major

Honington:

Place Doubles

Alliance Minor

Hook Norton:

Manor Surprise Major

Surprise Major

Treble Bob Major

Ilmington:

Delight Major

Kingham:

Surprise Major

Littleton:

Little Bob Doubles

Bob Major

Delight Major

(Little/Long) Compton:

Surprise Minor

(Lower) Quinton:

Surprise Major

Delight Minor

Bob Doubles

Treble Place Minor

Alliance Major

Mickleton:

Surprise Major

Moreton (in Marsh):

Surprise Major

Alliance Doubles

Naunton:

Surprise Minor

Norton:

Bob Doubles

Doubles

Surprise Major

Delight Major

Treble Place Major

Oddington:

Bob Cinques

Surprise Major

Offenham:

Delight Minor

Surprise Major

Pebworth:

Surprise Major

Saintbury:

Surprise Major

Salford ( & Priors):

Bob Triples

Surprise Major

Delight Major

Snitterfield:

Slow Course Minor

Surprise Minor

Stanton:

Bob Major

Bob Caters

Surprise Major

Minimus

Stanway:

Hybrid Minimus

Stratford:

Bob Minor

Surprise Major

-on-Avon Surprise Royal

Stow (-on-the-Wold):

Surprise Major

Sutton (-under-Brailes):

Surprise Minor

Alliance Minor

Toddington:

Delight Minor

Welford (-on-Avon):

Bob Doubles

Surprise Major

Delight Minor

Treble Place Minor

Hybrid Major

Wellesbourne:

Surprise Royal

Delight Major

Alliance Major

Whichford:

Surprise Minor

Treble Place Minor

Delight Major

Willersey:

Delight Minor

Winchcombe:

Surprise Major

Delight Minor

Alliance Minor

Wyck Rissington:

Hybrid Minimus

PS: good to see that Whichford Delight Major was rung to a quarter peal at Whichford recently by Chris Mew's band. See Around the Towers.