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
Surprise Minor
Surprise Major
Surprise Maximus
Alliance Maximus
Surprise Major
Delight Minor
Alliance Minor
Surprise Major
Surprise Major
Doubles
Surprise Major
Delight Major
Surprise Minor
Hybrid Minimus
Surprise Minor
Delight Minor
Alliance Major
Little Bob Royal
Little Bob Maximus
Surprise Major
Delight Minor
Doubles
Bob Cinques
Delight Minor
Surprise Major
Surprise Minor
Delight Minor
Bob Major
Little Bob Major
Surprise Major
Delight Minor
Surprise Major
Surprise Royal
Surprise Maximus
(and S. 14, 16, 18, etc!)
Surprise Minor
Bob Major
Bob Caters
Surprise Major
Surprise Royal
Bob Doubles
Surprise Major
Place Doubles
Alliance Minor
Manor Surprise Major
Surprise Major
Treble Bob Major
Delight Major
Surprise Major
Little Bob Doubles
Bob Major
Delight Major
Surprise Minor
Surprise Major
Delight Minor
Bob Doubles
Treble Place Minor
Alliance Major
Surprise Major
Surprise Major
Alliance Doubles
Surprise Minor
Bob Doubles
Doubles
Surprise Major
Delight Major
Treble Place Major
Bob Cinques
Surprise Major
Delight Minor
Surprise Major
Surprise Major
Surprise Major
Bob Triples
Surprise Major
Delight Major
Slow Course Minor
Surprise Minor
Bob Major
Bob Caters
Surprise Major
Minimus
Hybrid Minimus
Bob Minor
Surprise Major
-on-Avon Surprise Royal
Surprise Major
Surprise Minor
Alliance Minor
Delight Minor
Bob Doubles
Surprise Major
Delight Minor
Treble Place Minor
Hybrid Major
Surprise Royal
Delight Major
Alliance Major
Surprise Minor
Treble Place Minor
Delight Major
Delight Minor
Surprise Major
Delight Minor
Alliance Minor
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.