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Oxford Diocesan Guild and associated societies

Associated societies have a green background.

Society NameDescriptionsFrom (year)To (year)Web site
East Berkshire & South Buckinghamshire Change Ringing Society

A precursor of the Oxford Diocesan Guild, which became one of its founding branches in 1881 [Research by John Harrison.]

18781880
Sonning Deanery Society of Change Ringers

A precursor of the Oxford Diocesan Guild, which became one of its founding branches in 1881 [Research by John Harrison.]

18791880
Oxford Diocesan Guild

In the south of the Diocese of Oxford ringers from Slough had been attracted to join the West Middlesex Association formed in 1874. The East Berks and South Bucks Society was formed in 1879 and there was the Sonning Deanery Society dating from May 1880.
At the Diocesan Conference held in Oxford on 8th October 1880 the Revd. Dolben Paul presented a paper and asked permission to form a Diocesan Guild of Ringers. Church Bells, a prominent newspaper at the time, reported a few weeks later that a meeting was to be held in Reading on 13th November to which all ringers in the Diocese were invited. It promised an exhibition of change ringing under Revd. F E Robinson's conductorship, with a shilling (5p) tea to follow! At the meeting it was agreed to form the Guild and an inaugural general meeting followed in Oxford on 17th January 1881.
For further details see the Ringing World (16th January 1981, pages 4548) and the publication 100 Years of the Oxford Diocesan Guild by William Butler (1981). [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Certificates Collection by Chris Ridley.]

founded 1881 [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Badge Collection by Chris Ridley.]

1881https://odg.org.uk/

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Books in the Council Library

TitleAuthorDateNotesAcquisition Number
? Oxford, Christ Church Cathedral1.vii.1978Annual Festival Service and dedication of two mural tablets in memory of the Revd Charles E Wigg and Frederick Sharpe 1044
Office for use at Guild and Branch meetings etc First draft1961-2 1044
Reading, St Mary17.i.1981Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers Centenary Service of Thanksgiving 1044
Odd BobNewsletter No 1 (Mar 1982) - No 95 (Nov 2016) No 96 (May 2017) - No 108 (May 2023)1522
In TouchMay 1995 - Feb 1998Quarterly Newsletter May 1995 - Feb 19982282
NewsletterOld North Berkshire Branch Newsletter to 1999 then Old North Berks Branch Newsletter No 1 (Jun 1971) - No 156 (Dec 2020) No 157 (Jun 2021) - No 161 (Jun 2023)1343
Vale NewsNewsletter Nov-95 xxxx2329
Annual Reports 1881 (1st) Photocopy, 82, 83, 84 Photocopy, 85-89, 91-93, 94 photocopy, 95-97, 99-1901 1903-2017 2018, 2019, 2020 (1905 and 1936 defective or photocopy) A bound quarto typescript duplicated set of years 56-64 is also held (oversize) This includes details 693
A collection of booklets on bells1987Thirteen items in a printed envelope 1836
Belfry Care and MaintenanceR W M Cloustonc.1976Duplicated typescript Educational Leaflet No 4 774
Belfry Care and MaintenanceR W M Cloustonc.1976Duplicated typescript Educational Leaflet No 4 1597
Belfry Care and MaintenanceR W M Cloustonc.1976Duplicated typescript. Educational Leaflet No 4 1829
Rope SplicingWilliam L Gilksc.1976illustrated Duplicated typescript. ODG Educational Leaflet No. 1 1595
Rope SplicingWilliam L Gilksc.1976illustrated Duplicated typescript. ODG Educational Leaflet No. 1 1826
Sound controlStanley G Scottn.d.Duplicated typescript. Educational Pamphlet No 6 1599
Sound controlStanley G Scottn.d.Duplicated typescript. Educational Pamphlet No 6 1831
List of subscribers to the fund for augmenting the Cathedral bells from ten to twelve1897Addressed to A H Cocks (one of the subscribers) at Great Marlow, post- marked Abingdon, May 14th, 1898 1946
Learning change ringing on handbells: some basic guidelines.c.1986.ODG Educational Leaflet No 10 1835
100 years of the Oxford Diocesan GuildWilliam Butler1981illustrated 1330
A manual for Ringersn.d. 24
A manual for Ringersn.d.Reprint of item 24 804
Record of Peals Rung Jan. 1881 – July 18941895 55
The Care of Church Bells. What to do during the ban1941, SepSingle sided leaflet to all incumbents in the Diocese, whose tower possessed five bells or more. Reprints letter from A A Hughes 1310
Standing orders, general rules and branch rules 19581958? 3485
Rules (as at 1st January 1982), Branch Rules, Restoration Fund Rules and Standing Orders1982 1517
A Report on the Guild's Millennium Project 1996 - 20002001?illustrated 2749
Plain Hunting and Plain Bob Doubles. ODG Educational Leaflet No 3c.1976Duplicated typescript 1596
Plain Hunting and Plain Bob Doubles.c.1976Duplicated typescript. ODG Educational Leaflet No 3 1828
Stedman Doubles and Triples.c.1967ODG Educational Leaflet No 7 1600
Stedman Doubles and Triples.c.1967ODG Educational Leaflet No 7 1832
Grandsire Doubles.n.d.ODG Educational Leaflet No 8 1682
Grandsire Doubles.n.d.ODG Educational Leaflet No 8 1833
Bob calling for beginners.ODG Educational Leaflet No 9 1834
How to run a one-day ringing course, and How to arrange a one-day bell maintenance course. Educational Leaflet No 519798pp Duplicated typescript 1058
How to run a one-day ringing course, and How to arrange a one-day bell maintenance course.1986Educational Leaflet No 5 1830
Bibliography1986ODG Educational Leaflet No 2 1827
Record of Peals Rung Jan. 1881 – July 18941895 54
Gazetteer of bell towers in the Oxford Diocese2005 3331
Oxford D G Contents of Guild Library 1978See also 767 above and 2662 below 1028
Oxford D G Contents of Guild Library 19678See also 767 above and 2662 below 1029
Oxford D G Contents of Guild Library?1992See also 767 and 1028 above 2662

Accounts of the lives of members (Navigation at foot of page)

NamePlace(s)Other societiesDate of death
Private John Edward Allder Roll of Honour tower: Burnham09/09/1918
A Allen Roll of Honour tower: Charlbury 
Anthony Ernest Allen Roll of Honour tower: East Hagbourne11/03/1943
Corporal Joseph Allen MMRoll of Honour tower: Great Milton10/08/1917
Private Joseph Allen Roll of Honour tower: Sutton Courtenay21/08/1915
Private William Allen Roll of Honour tower: Great Milton24/09/1916
Private John Allum Roll of Honour tower: Yattendon27/09/1918
Private Frederick Charles Andrews Roll of Honour tower: Newport Pagnell14/03/1915
Aubrey Richard Atkins Roll of Honour tower: Hanslope14/02/1942
George Reginald Ayres Roll of Honour tower: Oxford (St Ebbe)23/04/1943
Serjeant Walter Bailey Roll of Honour tower: Beaconsfield16/08/1917
Rev Dr John Charles Baldwin Location mentioned in obituary: LlandaffCentral Council of Church Bellringers
Llandaff & Monmouth Diocesan Association		23/03/2022
Mrs Gladys Elsie Wilhemena Barker Place of Birth: Stoke Green, Bucks
Began ringing at: Stoke Poges
First peal tower: Burnham
Location mentioned in obituary: Stoke Poges		16/08/1998
Arthur David Barker Place of Birth: Islington, London
Began ringing at: St. Mary, Islington
First peal tower: St. John, South Hackney
Towers: Stoke Poges, 1922-1986
Location mentioned in obituary: Stoke Poges		Antient Free and Accepted Masons of England
London County Association (1903-1928)		20/02/1986
Private Frank Carvely Baston Roll of Honour tower: Arborfield05/05/1917
Private George Frederick Bedford Roll of Honour tower: Theale05/10/1914
Leslie Robert Betts Roll of Honour tower: Amersham12/06/1943
Sapper William Glynn Bird Roll of Honour tower: Bradwell30/06/1918
Leslie Francis Blake Roll of Honour tower: Hampstead Norreys22/10/1944
Peter Arthur Blamey Location mentioned in obituary: Burnham
Roll of Honour tower: Burnham		01/08/1944

Peal Statistics

Statistics sourced from the annual reports of the Council Peal Analysis Committee will be shown here

The tables will need to be digitised first. A job for 2024.

Peal board photos

Records 31 to 34, of 34 
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Hanslope, Bucks 13/11/1999

Details

Stowe, Bucks 16/04/2001

Details

Stoke Bruerne 28/03/2005

Details

Olney, Bucks 05/09/2009

Details

Peals

For those who have a pealbase login, the society analysis has totals since 1910.

Oxford Diocesan Guild and associated societies

Associated societies have a green background.

Society NameDescriptionsFrom (year)To (year)Web site
East Berkshire & South Buckinghamshire Change Ringing Society

A precursor of the Oxford Diocesan Guild, which became one of its founding branches in 1881 [Research by John Harrison.]

18781880
Sonning Deanery Society of Change Ringers

A precursor of the Oxford Diocesan Guild, which became one of its founding branches in 1881 [Research by John Harrison.]

18791880
Oxford Diocesan Guild

In the south of the Diocese of Oxford ringers from Slough had been attracted to join the West Middlesex Association formed in 1874. The East Berks and South Bucks Society was formed in 1879 and there was the Sonning Deanery Society dating from May 1880.
At the Diocesan Conference held in Oxford on 8th October 1880 the Revd. Dolben Paul presented a paper and asked permission to form a Diocesan Guild of Ringers. Church Bells, a prominent newspaper at the time, reported a few weeks later that a meeting was to be held in Reading on 13th November to which all ringers in the Diocese were invited. It promised an exhibition of change ringing under Revd. F E Robinson's conductorship, with a shilling (5p) tea to follow! At the meeting it was agreed to form the Guild and an inaugural general meeting followed in Oxford on 17th January 1881.
For further details see the Ringing World (16th January 1981, pages 4548) and the publication 100 Years of the Oxford Diocesan Guild by William Butler (1981). [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Certificates Collection by Chris Ridley.]

founded 1881 [Research and observations associated with the Council Library Badge Collection by Chris Ridley.]

1881https://odg.org.uk/

Photo

Books in the Council Library

TitleAuthorDateNotesAcquisition Number
? Oxford, Christ Church Cathedral1.vii.1978Annual Festival Service and dedication of two mural tablets in memory of the Revd Charles E Wigg and Frederick Sharpe 1044
Office for use at Guild and Branch meetings etc First draft1961-2 1044
Reading, St Mary17.i.1981Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers Centenary Service of Thanksgiving 1044
Odd BobNewsletter No 1 (Mar 1982) - No 95 (Nov 2016) No 96 (May 2017) - No 108 (May 2023)1522
In TouchMay 1995 - Feb 1998Quarterly Newsletter May 1995 - Feb 19982282
NewsletterOld North Berkshire Branch Newsletter to 1999 then Old North Berks Branch Newsletter No 1 (Jun 1971) - No 156 (Dec 2020) No 157 (Jun 2021) - No 161 (Jun 2023)1343
Vale NewsNewsletter Nov-95 xxxx2329
Annual Reports 1881 (1st) Photocopy, 82, 83, 84 Photocopy, 85-89, 91-93, 94 photocopy, 95-97, 99-1901 1903-2017 2018, 2019, 2020 (1905 and 1936 defective or photocopy) A bound quarto typescript duplicated set of years 56-64 is also held (oversize) This includes details 693
A collection of booklets on bells1987Thirteen items in a printed envelope 1836
Belfry Care and MaintenanceR W M Cloustonc.1976Duplicated typescript Educational Leaflet No 4 774
Belfry Care and MaintenanceR W M Cloustonc.1976Duplicated typescript Educational Leaflet No 4 1597
Belfry Care and MaintenanceR W M Cloustonc.1976Duplicated typescript. Educational Leaflet No 4 1829
Rope SplicingWilliam L Gilksc.1976illustrated Duplicated typescript. ODG Educational Leaflet No. 1 1595
Rope SplicingWilliam L Gilksc.1976illustrated Duplicated typescript. ODG Educational Leaflet No. 1 1826
Sound controlStanley G Scottn.d.Duplicated typescript. Educational Pamphlet No 6 1599
Sound controlStanley G Scottn.d.Duplicated typescript. Educational Pamphlet No 6 1831
List of subscribers to the fund for augmenting the Cathedral bells from ten to twelve1897Addressed to A H Cocks (one of the subscribers) at Great Marlow, post- marked Abingdon, May 14th, 1898 1946
Learning change ringing on handbells: some basic guidelines.c.1986.ODG Educational Leaflet No 10 1835
100 years of the Oxford Diocesan GuildWilliam Butler1981illustrated 1330
A manual for Ringersn.d. 24
A manual for Ringersn.d.Reprint of item 24 804
Record of Peals Rung Jan. 1881 – July 18941895 55
The Care of Church Bells. What to do during the ban1941, SepSingle sided leaflet to all incumbents in the Diocese, whose tower possessed five bells or more. Reprints letter from A A Hughes 1310
Standing orders, general rules and branch rules 19581958? 3485
Rules (as at 1st January 1982), Branch Rules, Restoration Fund Rules and Standing Orders1982 1517
A Report on the Guild's Millennium Project 1996 - 20002001?illustrated 2749
Plain Hunting and Plain Bob Doubles. ODG Educational Leaflet No 3c.1976Duplicated typescript 1596
Plain Hunting and Plain Bob Doubles.c.1976Duplicated typescript. ODG Educational Leaflet No 3 1828
Stedman Doubles and Triples.c.1967ODG Educational Leaflet No 7 1600
Stedman Doubles and Triples.c.1967ODG Educational Leaflet No 7 1832
Grandsire Doubles.n.d.ODG Educational Leaflet No 8 1682
Grandsire Doubles.n.d.ODG Educational Leaflet No 8 1833
Bob calling for beginners.ODG Educational Leaflet No 9 1834
How to run a one-day ringing course, and How to arrange a one-day bell maintenance course. Educational Leaflet No 519798pp Duplicated typescript 1058
How to run a one-day ringing course, and How to arrange a one-day bell maintenance course.1986Educational Leaflet No 5 1830
Bibliography1986ODG Educational Leaflet No 2 1827
Record of Peals Rung Jan. 1881 – July 18941895 54
Gazetteer of bell towers in the Oxford Diocese2005 3331
Oxford D G Contents of Guild Library 1978See also 767 above and 2662 below 1028
Oxford D G Contents of Guild Library 19678See also 767 above and 2662 below 1029
Oxford D G Contents of Guild Library?1992See also 767 and 1028 above 2662

Accounts of the lives of members (Navigation at foot of page)

NamePlace(s)Other societiesDate of death
Private John Edward Allder Roll of Honour tower: Burnham09/09/1918
A Allen Roll of Honour tower: Charlbury 
Anthony Ernest Allen Roll of Honour tower: East Hagbourne11/03/1943
Corporal Joseph Allen MMRoll of Honour tower: Great Milton10/08/1917
Private Joseph Allen Roll of Honour tower: Sutton Courtenay21/08/1915
Private William Allen Roll of Honour tower: Great Milton24/09/1916
Private John Allum Roll of Honour tower: Yattendon27/09/1918
Private Frederick Charles Andrews Roll of Honour tower: Newport Pagnell14/03/1915
Aubrey Richard Atkins Roll of Honour tower: Hanslope14/02/1942
George Reginald Ayres Roll of Honour tower: Oxford (St Ebbe)23/04/1943
Serjeant Walter Bailey Roll of Honour tower: Beaconsfield16/08/1917
Rev Dr John Charles Baldwin Location mentioned in obituary: LlandaffCentral Council of Church Bellringers
Llandaff & Monmouth Diocesan Association		23/03/2022
Mrs Gladys Elsie Wilhemena Barker Place of Birth: Stoke Green, Bucks
Began ringing at: Stoke Poges
First peal tower: Burnham
Location mentioned in obituary: Stoke Poges		16/08/1998
Arthur David Barker Place of Birth: Islington, London
Began ringing at: St. Mary, Islington
First peal tower: St. John, South Hackney
Towers: Stoke Poges, 1922-1986
Location mentioned in obituary: Stoke Poges		Antient Free and Accepted Masons of England
London County Association (1903-1928)		20/02/1986
Private Frank Carvely Baston Roll of Honour tower: Arborfield05/05/1917
Private George Frederick Bedford Roll of Honour tower: Theale05/10/1914
Leslie Robert Betts Roll of Honour tower: Amersham12/06/1943
Sapper William Glynn Bird Roll of Honour tower: Bradwell30/06/1918
Leslie Francis Blake Roll of Honour tower: Hampstead Norreys22/10/1944
Peter Arthur Blamey Location mentioned in obituary: Burnham
Roll of Honour tower: Burnham		01/08/1944

Peal Statistics

Statistics sourced from the annual reports of the Council Peal Analysis Committee will be shown here

The tables will need to be digitised first. A job for 2024.

Peal board photos

Records 31 to 34, of 34 
◀◀◀▷▷▷ 

Hanslope, Bucks 13/11/1999

Details

Stowe, Bucks 16/04/2001

Details

Stoke Bruerne 28/03/2005

Details

Olney, Bucks 05/09/2009

Details

Peals

For those who have a pealbase login, the society analysis has totals since 1910.
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