Peveril Delight Minor

About Peveril Delight Minor

Peveril Delight Minor is a member of the Cotswold group of methods, a class which has backward hunting above the treble. Below the treble the work has moved away from Kent and Oxford but with a disruptive 3rds place at the 4-5 cross-sections and 5ths place Half Lead.

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

• Wilmslow Delight Minor
• Balmoral Delight Minor
• Peveril Delight Minor (Ibid)

At of June 2025 Bellboard had just 4 performances that included Peveril Delight Minor including 1 peal.

3rds place bell is the pivot bell and with the 2nds place lead end, the calling sequence for 6ths observation is as per Double Bob.

Method Structure.

Place Notation:
36X34.16 X 12 X 36 X 12 X 56, 12, Bob 14, Single 1234.

Grid:

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

Plain Course structure
With 3rds Place Bell being the pivot bell (5ths at the Half Lead), and 2nds place Lead End, the leads are presented in Double Bob / Cambridge S. Lead End order.

Goals and learning approach

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

Get Started - use the structure

Above the treble the "Hills Group" work needs to be learned and practised. Below the treble Willesden / Balmoral / Peveril are all well suited to using the skill of associating method structure with the work of the treble.

Performance Level

If you are wishing to achieve 720s, Quarters, or peals:
start with the structural ringing as above, add in the bits that are natural to you.
Study 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 Peveril.

Learning Peveril Delight Minor.

The Structure

Like Cheviot Treble Bob Minor, Peveril Delight is an interesting challenge, the difficulties lie with the 1-2 section, whilst the work below the treble can be rung by rules as per Wilmslow and Balmoral. The spacings and touch points are critical to success.

The Rules

Ring Cotswold Treble Bob above the treble, and Wilmslow Delight below the treble.

Supplementary Rules based on Oxford TB

Oxford, Wilmslow, Balmorlal and Peveril:
When Treble dodges above 1-2, 2nds place is made and the bells in 3-4 and 5-6 dodge.
Oxford: When Treble passes through 4-5, lies behind at the Half Lead, or passes through 5-4, all bells plain hunt (P.N. 1-6).
Wilmslow, Balmorlal and Peveril: When Treble passes through 4-5, or passes through 5-4, 3rds place is made and the bells in 1-2 dodge (P.N. 3-6).
Wilmslow, Balmorlal and Peveril: When Treble lies behind at the Half Lead, 5ths place is made and the bells in 1-2 and in 3-4 dodge (P.N. 5-6).

Double Blue Lines

Peveril Delight Minor, 1-2

Diagram: Peveril Delight Minor, 1-2.

Peveril Delight Minor, 3-4

Diagram: Peveril Delight Minor, 3-4.

Peveril Delight Minor, 5-6

Diagram: Peveril Delight Minor, 5-6.

Artefacts

Strip-the-willow in 1-2.
3-pull in 3-4 across the half lead.

Place Notation and Grid

The pictorial grid emphasises the structure of the method better than the Place Notation.

Pictels

Splitting into individual elements is of no value.

Ringing Peveril Delight Minor.

Track the treble

Awareness of the position of the treble is a key skill for most bellringing methods, and is the major key to ringing dodge together in Treble Bob Minor. Some hints and tips for developing the skill are given in the techniques section.

Positional Awareness

Peveril Delight Minor is helpful below the treble in keeping the bells close together.

Place Notation Elements

The method contains 5 elements (36X34, X, 12, 36, 16).

Double Place Bells

156342 LE 12: Double Bob; Chadkirk T.B., Cambridge S.

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

Pivot Leads

3rds Place Bell is the pivot bell.

For 3-4 pair, the pivot point is when they cross over in 2-3 at the Half Lead.
For 5-6 pair, the pivot point is when they cross over in 4-5 at the Half Lead.

Staging posts (a.k.a. Handrails).
For both 3-4 pattern and 5-6 pattern, the pivot leads act as handrails.

The methood is tricky, period.

Awareness of other bells

Coursing Order in Peveril Delight Minor

Peveril Delight Minor exhibits glimpses of natural coursing order. An experienced ringer will pick out the parts that are valuable to them, others should concentrate on features that are more helpful

Ringing the Method

Peveril could be a valuable entry method for the Cotswold Group.

Bobs and Singles.

Bobs replace the 2nds place at the Lead End with 4ths. This causes the bell that has just made point 6ths to make the bob and become 4ths place bell.

Singles Singles are rarely used in Peveril Delight Minor.

Touches of Peveril Delight Minor.

Bobs only touches of Double Bob / Cambridge will work for Peveril Delight Minor.