Warwick Delight Minor

About Warwick Delight Minor

Warwick is a member of the group of methods having 2nds place Kent Treble Bob above the treble.

Below the treble, 3rds place is made at the 4-5 cross-sections. The asymmetrical work in the 5-6 section creates pointy work in 3-4.

Warwick Delight Minor is one of a group of 3 Treble Dodging Delight methods all having identical work below the treble.

• Warwick Delight Mino (Ibid)
• Ludlow Delight Minor
• Castleton Delight Minor

At of September 2025 Bellboard had just 3 performances that included Warwick Delight Minor.

Method Structure.

Place Notation:
34X34. 16 X 12 X 36 .12 X 34. 16, 12, Bob 14, Single 1234.

Grid:

Diagram: Warwick Delight Minor, plain lead, change-rows and grid.

Goals and learning approach

What you are trying to achieve needs to drive your approach.

Ringing by structure

Get going:.
Use whatever learning approach you like most to acquire enough knowledge to ring a plain course. Ring a few and see what aspects of the method spring out, and study these. Practice until courses and simple touches are ringable.

But this is a valuable method for developing the ability to associate structure with the treble's position, whilst also developing the skill of continuously following the coursing order. Also, this gives excellent practice at leading wrong.

Performance Level

If you are wishing to achieve 720s, Quarters, or peals:
start with the "get going" as above, add in the bits that are natural to you.
Study the Double Place Bell sequences, and the lines.
Practice a lot.
Achieve some performances .

Method Mastery Level

It is unusual for a band to wish to achieve mastery in a method like Warwick.

Learning Warwick Delight Minor.

The Rules

Warwick Delight Minor - the rules:
Warwick is not suitable for ringing by rules.

The Structure

Familiarity with the grid is very valuable. The elegant lead sructure has elements of static work in 1-2 combined with pointy work in 3-4 and fluidity at the Half Lead.

The details of 3-4 pair demand close examination and thorough learning as there is much that is in slight mis-alignment.

Double Blue Lines

The Double Blue Lines give a useful overview of the method, adding context which is helpful for overcoming trips.

Warwick Delight Minor, 1-2

Diagram: Warwick Delight Minor, 1-2.

Warwick Delight Minor, 3-4

Diagram: Warwick Delight Minor, 3-4.

Warwick Delight Minor, 5-6

Diagram: Warwick Delight Minor, 5-6.

Artefacts

The Blue Line features worth noting are:
Kent above.
Pivot bell passes treble 3-2 as per Wells S.

Place Notation and Grid

The choice here is personal preference. The author’s preference is the visual nature of the grid.

Section by Section

(To follow once more practise has been achieved).

Ringing Warwick Delight Minor.

Track the treble

Awareness of the position of the treble is a key skill for most bellringing methods, and a significant help in ringing Caernarvon Delight Minor. Some hints and tips for developing the skill are given in the techniques section.

Positional Awareness

Thorough learning of the spacings and touch points of the work below the treble will save much heartache and wasted practice time.
2nds place bell and the pivot bell ring a Stedman Whole Turn "hand in glove", then 4ths place bell leads as the pivot bell and then works with its afterbell (6ths place bell).

Place Notation Elements

The method has 34X34, X, 36, 12, 12X34, 16.

Place Bells, Pivot Leads, and Handrails

164523 LE 12: Little Bob; Duke of Norfolk T.B., Bourne Surprise

1-2:1-2, 1-5, 1-4, 1-3, 1-6, 1-2
3-4:3-4, 6-3, 2-6, 5-2, 4-5, 3-4
5-6:6-5, 2-4, 5-3, 4-6, 3-2, 6-5 :

Pivot Leads

Pivot bell, is 4ths Place Bell.
For 3-4 pair, the pivot point is when the pair cross over in 2-3 at the Half Lead.
For 5-6 pair, the pivot point is when the pair cross over in 4-5 at the Half Lead.

Handrails

The pivot bell, staying in lead and 2nds, can be a handrail.
The "Kent above" gives respite from the incessant poiunty work below.

Awareness of other bells

See Coursing Order notes.

Coursing Order in Warwick Delight Minor

• Natural Coursing Order is well preserved throughout (NB Kent above).
• Below the treble, the frontwork bells arrive and depart in Natural coursing order.
• Below the treble, the frontwork pair is a coursing pair (2-4), and the pointy work in 3-4 is also by a coursing pair (6-5).
• Little Bob Lead end order gives the abc effect on the three bells starting with a as 2nds place bell. b is pivot bell, a and c cross in 2-3 as the pivot bell leads at the half lead, and c goes on to become the next 2nds place bell
• d and e are a coursing pair and dodge together in 5-6 in both 3-4 sections, and cross in 4-5 at the Half Lead.

Ringing the Method

It looks hard.

Bobs and Singles.

As per Kent TB.

Touches of Warwick Delight Minor.

Use bobs-only touches of Little Bob.