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Oxford Society

Society NameDescriptionsFrom (year)To (year)Web site
Oxford Society1734https://www.oxfordsociety.org.uk/

Books in the Council Library

TitleAuthorDateNotesAcquisition Number
The Oxford Society of Change RingersMichael Williams2005A4 sheet folded once 3040
Peal RecordsPhilip Walkern.d.Summary of the peals rung by the Oxford Society 1729-1922 compiled by Philip Walker in 1987 1875
Souvenir mug for 250th anniversary1983 3703

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

NamePlace(s)Other societiesDate of death
F Castle Location mentioned in obituary: Oxford 
William George Edwin Collett Began ringing at: Oxford
First peal tower: St. Ebbe, Oxford
Location mentioned in obituary: Oxford
26/10/1972
Charlotte Everett Place of Birth: Bristol
Began ringing at: Bristol, St John-on-the-Wall
 
W Harris Location mentioned in obituary: Oxford 
Percy A Hind Location mentioned in obituary: Oxford21/12/1907
Charles Hounslow Began ringing at: Oxford
First peal tower: Appleton
Location mentioned in obituary: Oxford
Central Council of Church Bellringers15/03/1913
Walter Frederick Judge Place of Birth: Kidlington, Oxon
Began ringing at: Kidlington
First peal tower: Kidlington
Towers: St. Martin, Oxford 1930
Location mentioned in obituary: Kidlington
28/01/1980
Kerry Payne Location mentioned in obituary: Oxford07/04/1901
William Pitt Location mentioned in obituary: Oxford12/11/1881
John Freeman Russell Location mentioned in obituary: OxfordOxford University Society 
Revd Canon Charles Elliot Wigg Place of Birth: Ferry Hinksey, Oxford
Began ringing at: Oxford
First peal tower: St. Ebbe, Oxford
Location mentioned in obituary: Launcells
Oxford University Society08/03/1976
Frederick Arthur Henry Wilkins Place of Birth: Sheerness
Began ringing at: St. Ebbe's Oxford
Towers: As well as St. Ebbe's, Oxford, he was attached to St Aldate's, St Martin and All Saints, which became Lincoln College library when St Martin and All Saints church was closed in 1973.
Location mentioned in obituary: Oxford
21/03/1984
David C Woodward Location mentioned in obituary: Oxford (Marston)Ancient Society of College Youths
Oxford Diocesan Guild
22/12/2001

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

Total records: 1

Appleton, Oxfordshire 10/02/1968

Appleton, Oxfordshire 11/12/1971

Details

Peals

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

Oxford Society

Society NameDescriptionsFrom (year)To (year)Web site
Oxford Society1734https://www.oxfordsociety.org.uk/

Books in the Council Library

TitleAuthorDateNotesAcquisition Number
The Oxford Society of Change RingersMichael Williams2005A4 sheet folded once 3040
Peal RecordsPhilip Walkern.d.Summary of the peals rung by the Oxford Society 1729-1922 compiled by Philip Walker in 1987 1875
Souvenir mug for 250th anniversary1983 3703

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

NamePlace(s)Other societiesDate of death
F Castle Location mentioned in obituary: Oxford 
William George Edwin Collett Began ringing at: Oxford
First peal tower: St. Ebbe, Oxford
Location mentioned in obituary: Oxford
26/10/1972
Charlotte Everett Place of Birth: Bristol
Began ringing at: Bristol, St John-on-the-Wall
 
W Harris Location mentioned in obituary: Oxford 
Percy A Hind Location mentioned in obituary: Oxford21/12/1907
Charles Hounslow Began ringing at: Oxford
First peal tower: Appleton
Location mentioned in obituary: Oxford
Central Council of Church Bellringers15/03/1913
Walter Frederick Judge Place of Birth: Kidlington, Oxon
Began ringing at: Kidlington
First peal tower: Kidlington
Towers: St. Martin, Oxford 1930
Location mentioned in obituary: Kidlington
28/01/1980
Kerry Payne Location mentioned in obituary: Oxford07/04/1901
William Pitt Location mentioned in obituary: Oxford12/11/1881
John Freeman Russell Location mentioned in obituary: OxfordOxford University Society 
Revd Canon Charles Elliot Wigg Place of Birth: Ferry Hinksey, Oxford
Began ringing at: Oxford
First peal tower: St. Ebbe, Oxford
Location mentioned in obituary: Launcells
Oxford University Society08/03/1976
Frederick Arthur Henry Wilkins Place of Birth: Sheerness
Began ringing at: St. Ebbe's Oxford
Towers: As well as St. Ebbe's, Oxford, he was attached to St Aldate's, St Martin and All Saints, which became Lincoln College library when St Martin and All Saints church was closed in 1973.
Location mentioned in obituary: Oxford
21/03/1984
David C Woodward Location mentioned in obituary: Oxford (Marston)Ancient Society of College Youths
Oxford Diocesan Guild
22/12/2001

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

Total records: 1

Appleton, Oxfordshire 10/02/1968

Appleton, Oxfordshire 11/12/1971

Details

Peals

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

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