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Welcome to Tony Smith’s website, home of the definitive method collections based on the Decisions of the Central Council democratically agreed between 1891 and 2017. The collections are available in different formats, so take a moment to decide which one you need.

• Fast and friendly method collections Find the place notation and other information about any method quickly and easily. Answer questions like “What is X Major?” or “Has Y been used as a method name?”
• Text format method collections General research such as “Has the Surprise Major method with this place notation been rung before?”
• Text format method collections (zipped) Text format collections compressed for download.
• Tab-separated method collection (zipped) Tab-separated collection for use in spreadsheets, compressed for download.
• XML format method collections (zipped) XML format collections recommended for processing by computer application, compressed for download. Note that this format does not support non-method blocks.

• Users who process any collection by computer application are invited to register their use with me so I can notify them in advance of any changes in format.

Supplementary Method Collections

Other documents

Archives.

• Central Council
• Methods Committee
• Ringing World Ltd
• Ringing Foundation Ltd

Winchester & Portsmouth DG

• Rules
• Reports
• Compositions
• Archive

This site incorporates information published in The Ringing World up to and including the issue dated 19th/26th December 2025 / 2nd January 2026 (added Ampney Downs Differential Bob Doubles, Bagendon Downs Differential Place Doubles, Baunton Downs Differential Bob Doubles, Faeroes Treble Bob Minor, Guildford Little Treble Place Maximus, North Cerney Downs Differential Place Doubles, Penguin Treble Place Minimus and Titanic Hybrid Major; updated Ambion Wood Delight Minor, Bosworth Field Delight Minor, Cheaney Surprise Royal, Dadlington Green Delight Minor, Drinkstone Surprise Minor, Dunton Lane Delight Minor, Fair Isle Treble Bob Minor, Foxton Locks Delight Minor, Ingoldisthorpe Surprise Major, Polestar Little Alliance Maximus, Semicentenary Delight Major, South Carolina Surprise Major, Stanford Hall Delight Minor, Stemborough Mill Delight Minor, Tombstone Treble Place Minimus and Ullesthorpe Court Delight Minor).

This page is maintained by Tony Smith 19th December 2025

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