Carshalton, Surrey
All Saints
Saturday, 14 December 1996 in 2hrs 45mins (11-0-6)
5056 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Anthony J Cox
Croydon, Surrey
St John the Baptist
Saturday, 14 December 1996 in 3hrs 31mins (36-3-18)
5042 Bristol Surprise Maximus
Composed by Ian R Fielding
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Sunday, 15 December 1996 in 3hrs 20mins (25-1-11)
5040 Wensleydale Surprise Maximus
Composed by Frank T Blagrove
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Monday, 16 December 1996 in 2hrs 43mins (8-3-3)
5120 Spliced Surprise Major
Composed by Philip G K Davies
8 methods: 896 Rutland, 704 Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, 640 Cambridge, 576 London, Pudsey, Superlative, 448 Bristol. 87 changes of method, all the work, rotated.
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
St Mary
Saturday, 21 December 1996 in 3hrs 12mins (19-1-4)
5120 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Anthony J Cox
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Christ Church
Saturday, 21 December 1996 in 3hrs 4mins (23-2-3)
5040 Glenfield Surprise Royal
Composed by Derek E Sibson
St Helens, Merseyside
St Helen
Saturday, 21 December 1996 in 3hrs 16mins (22-2-25)
5040 Findern Surprise Royal
Composed by Derek E Sibson
Tring, Hertfordshire
SS Peter & Paul
Saturday, 21 December 1996 in 3hrs 5mins (17-3-18)
5024 Spliced Surprise Major
Composed by Albert J Pitman
Arranged by Stanley Jenner
6 methods: 1120 London; 896 Superlative; 768 Bristol, Cambridge; 736 Ecclestone, Pudsey. 120 changes of method, all the work.
Lenham, Kent
St Mary
Saturday, 28 December 1996 in 3hrs 16mins (21-0-14)
5058 Lincolnshire Surprise Major
Arranged by John H Fielden
Coventry, West Midlands
Cathedral Church of St Michael
Wednesday, 1 January 1997 in 3hrs 23mins (33-3-6)
5042 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus
Arranged by Mark C Bennett
Ilford, Essex
St Mary the Virgin
Wednesday, 1 January 1997 in 2hrs 44mins (7-0-22)
5152 Ilford Surprise Major
Composed by Anthony J Cox
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Wednesday, 1 January 1997 in 3hrs 35mins (25-1-11)
5250 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Stephanie J Pattenden
York, Yorkshire
Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter
Wednesday, 1 January 1997 in 4hrs 5mins (59-1-23)
5019 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Stephanie J Pattenden
St Albans, Hertfordshire
St Peter
Saturday, 4 January 1997 in 3hrs 16mins (24-0-3)
5000 Spliced Surprise Royal
Composed by Robert C Kippin
4 methods: 1280 Yorkshire, 1240 Bristol, Cambridge, London No.3. 101 changes of method, all the work.
Welwyn, Hertfordshire
St Mary the Virgin
Saturday, 4 January 1997 in 2hrs 38mins (8-1-14)
5056 CCL Surprise Major
Composed by John M Goldthorpe
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Monday, 6 January 1997 in 3hrs 9mins (25-1-11)
5000 London No.3 Surprise Royal
Composed by Ian R Fielding
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 7 January 1997 in 3hrs 24mins (25-1-11)
5040 Xique-Xique Surprise Maximus
Composed by James Clatworthy
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Thursday, 9 January 1997 in 2hrs 40mins (8-3-3)
5024 Ananke Surprise Major
Composed by Anonymous
Meldreth, Cambridgeshire
Holy Trinity
Saturday, 11 January 1997 in 2hrs 37mins (10-1-14)
5120 Spliced Surprise Major
Composed by Philip G K Davies
8 methods: 896 Rutland, 704 Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, 640 Cambridge, 576 London, Pudsey, Superlative, 448 Bristol. 87 change of method, all the work.
Petworth, Sussex
St Mary
Saturday, 11 January 1997 in 3hrs 5mins (18-0-9)
5184 Belfast Surprise Major
Composed by John S Warboys
Southwell, Nottinghamshire
Cathedral & Collegiate Church of The Blessed Virgin Mary
Saturday, 11 January 1997 in 3hrs 30mins (25-1-3)
5040 Southwell Surprise Maximus
Composed by Frank T Blagrove
Trumpington, Cambridgeshire
St Mary & Michael
Saturday, 11 January 1997 in 2hrs 50mins (10-2-22)
5056 London Surprise Major
Composed by Anthony J Cox
Wimborne Minster, Dorset
St Cuthberga
Saturday, 11 January 1997 in 3hrs 17mins (29-2-20)
5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal
Composed by C Kenneth Lewis
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Monday, 13 January 1997 in 2hrs 51mins (8-3-3)
5056 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Anthony J Cox
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 14 January 1997 in 0hr 0mins (25-1-11)
5042 Bristol Surprise Maximus
Composed by Ian R Fielding
Ilford, Essex
St Mary the Virgin
Friday, 17 January 1997 in 2hrs 38mins (7-0-22)
5058 Glasgow Surprise Major
Composed by Roger Baldwin
Lambeth, Surrey
St John the Evangelist
Saturday, 18 January 1997 in 2hrs 55mins (17-2-13)
5120 Spliced Surprise Major
Composed by Philip G K Davies
8 methods: 896 Rutland, 704 Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, 640 Cambridge, 576 London, Pudsey, Superlative, 448 Bristol. 87 change of method, all the work.
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Sunday, 19 January 1997 in 3hrs 20mins (25-1-11)
5007 Stedman Cinques
Arranged by Ian R Fielding
From Robert E J Dennis
Todmorden, West Yorkshire
St Mary
Sunday, 19 January 1997 in 2hrs 37mins (6-1-18)
5120 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Peter Border
West Ham, Essex
All Saints
Tuesday, 21 January 1997 in 3hrs 15mins (26-1-23)
5040 Bristol Surprise Royal
Composed by Robert E J Dennis
Evesham, Worcestershire
The Bell Tower
Saturday, 25 January 1997 in 3hrs 47mins (35-2-20)
5042 Bristol Surprise Maximus
Composed by Peter J Sanderson
Pebworth, Worcestershire
St Peter
Saturday, 25 January 1997 in 2hrs 46mins (11-3-9)
5120 London Surprise Major
Composed by Stephen J Ivin
Leigh, Kent
St Mary
Sunday, 26 January 1997 in 2hrs 35mins (8-2-0)
5040 Spliced Surprise Minor
12 methods: (1) Cambridge, Primrose, Ipswich, Norfolk, Bourne, Hull (2) London, Wells (3) Beverley, Surfleet, Cambridge (4) Beverley, Surfleet, Durham, York (5) Ipswich, Bourne, Cambridge (6) Ipswich, Cambridge (7) Cambridge, Beverley, Surfleet.
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Friday, 31 January 1997 in 2hrs 44mins (8-3-3)
5088 Pudsey Surprise Major
Composed by Oliver D Cross
Chiswick, Middlesex
St Nicholas
Saturday, 1 February 1997 in 2hrs 53mins (13-1-15)
5024 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Anthony J Cox
Duffield, Derbyshire
St Alkmund
Saturday, 1 February 1997 in 2hrs 59mins (17-2-11)
5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal
Composed by John R Ketteringham
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 1 February 1997 in 2hrs 50mins (8-3-3)
5184 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Ian R Fielding
South Hackney, Middlesex
St John of Jerusalem
Saturday, 1 February 1997 in 2hrs 55mins (19-0-11)
5058 North Hackney Surprise Major
Composed by Roger Baldwin
Westminster, Middlesex
St Martin in the Fields
Saturday, 1 February 1997 in 3hrs 32mins (29-1-1)
5042 Gartree Surprise Maximus
Reading, Berkshire
St Laurence
Sunday, 2 February 1997 in 3hrs 19mins (23-0-20)
5088 Umbriel Surprise Maximus
Composed by Ian R Fielding
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Monday, 3 February 1997 in 2hrs 44mins (8-3-3)
5024 Spliced Surprise Major
Composed by Albert J Pitman
4 methods: 1280 Cambridge, London, Superlative, 1184 Bristol. 110 changes of method, all the work.
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 4 February 1997 in 3hrs 27mins (25-1-11)
5088 Mildmay Surprise Maximus
Composed by Stanley Jenner
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