Crowland Delight Minor

About Crowland Delight Minor

Crowland Delight is a member of the group of methods having London Surprise above the treble. Below the treble, Crowland has the work of Ockley Treble Bob.

At May 2025, Bellboard showed just 3 performances of Crowland Delight Minor.

Crowland Delight Minor is one of a group of 5 Treble Dodging methods all having identical work below the treble.

• Ockley Treble Bob
• Capel Treble Bob
• Newdigate Delight
• Charlwood Delight
• Crowland Delight (Ibid)

Method Structure.

Place Notation:
36X36. 14 X 12 X 16.34 X 12.56, LE 12, Bob 14, Single 1234.

Grid:

Diagram: Crowland 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.

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 Crowland Delight Minor.

Learning Crowland Delight Minor.

The Rules

Assuming that Ockley Treble Bob and London Surprise have already been learned:

Crowland Delight Minor - the rules
Ring London Surprise over Ockley Treble Bob.

The Structure

Familiarity with the grid is very valuable owing to the separation between the pair in 1-2 versus the other 4 bells. Use of the grid is helped enormously by an ability to see the position of treble.

Double Blue Lines

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

The Double Place Bell sequences are identical with Little Bob Minor.

Crowland Delight Minor, 1-2

Diagram: Crowland Delight Minor, 1-2.

Crowland Delight Minor, 3-4

Diagram: Crowland Delight Minor, 3-4.

Crowland Delight Minor, 5-6

Diagram: Crowland Delight Minor, 5-6.

Artefacts

The Blue Line features worth noting are:

• The transitions into and out of backward hunting and their relationship with the treble.
• The 3rds place bell fishtail can be thought of as a point 6ths followed by 5-6 down.

Place Notation and Grid

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

Pictels

There is little value in splitting this method apart.

Section by Section

(To follow once more practise has been achieved).

Ringing Crowland 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 Crowland Delight Minor. Some hints and tips for developing the skill are given in the techniques section.

Positional Awareness

The backward hunting of London Surprise needs to be thoroughly learned before picking up the bells.

Place Notation Elements

The method contains 36x36, X, 14, 12, 16, 34X12 56.

Place Bells, Pivot Leads, and Staging posts

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 :

4ths place bell is the pivot bell, see notes above.

Awareness of other bells

Whilst the 5-6 section is asymmetrical, the bells usefully work together in pairs.

Coursing Order in Crowland Delight Minor

The Coursing Order needs close study for it to be helpful.

Ringing the Method

Just enjoy it, it’s easier than expected, especially if you have rung Ockley TB and London S.

Bobs and Singles.

Bobs study the notes under London Surprise.

Touches of Crowland Delight Minor.

Use Bobs only touches of Little Bob Minor.