Abbeyville Delight Minor

About Abbeyville Delight Minor

Abbeyville Delight is a member of the group of methods having London Surprise above the treble, but with 6ths place being the pivot bell, the leads are presented in Plain Bob sequence.

Abbeyville Delight Minor is one of a group of 4 Treble Dodging methods all having identical work below the treble.

• Cheviot Treble Bob
• Marple Delight
• Braintree Delight
• Abbeyville Delight (Ibid)

At of June 2025 Bellboard had just 2 performances that included Abbeyville Delight.

Method Structure.

Place Notation:
36X36. 14 X 12 X 16.34X34.16, LE 12, Bob 14, Single 1234.

Grid:

Diagram: Abbeyville 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 Abbeyville Delight Minor.

Learning Abbeyville Delight Minor.

The Rules

Assuming that London Surprise has already been learned:

Abbeyville Delight Minor - the rules
Ring London Surprise Minor above the treble and Cheviot Treble Bob Minor below.

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 St Clement's College Bob Minor.

Abbeyville Delight Minor, 1-2

Diagram: Abbeyville Delight Minor, 1-2.

Abbeyville Delight Minor, 3-4

Diagram: Abbeyville Delight Minor, 3-4.

Abbeyville Delight Minor, 5-6

Diagram: Abbeyville Delight Minor, 5-6.

Artefacts

The Blue Line features worth noting are:

Place Notation and Grid

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

Pictels

Section by Section

(To follow once more practise has been achieved).

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

Abbeyville Delight is mainly about "London above" and notes on learning and ringing that work are given on the London Surprise Minor Page.

Positional Awareness

Location 3rds and 4ths can be tricky in fluid methods, however, in Abbeyville Delight, the work below the treble should pose no challenge if Kent has been rung.

Place Notation Elements

The method only contains X, 34, 12, 14, 16, 56.

Place Bells, Pivot Leads, and Handrail

135264 LE 12: Plain Bob; Morning Star T.B.; Westminster S.

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

6ths place bell is the pivot bell, see notes above.

Awareness of other bells

Coursing Order in Abbeyville Delight Minor

Natural Coursing Order is exhibited by the bells making 3rds across the 5-6 sections.

Ringing the Method

Get stuck in, it's a great way to practice London above.

Bobs and Singles.

Bobs replace the 2nds place at the Lead End with 4ths as per London Surprise.

Touches of Abbeyville Delight Minor.

Use Bobs only touches of Plain Bob Minor.