Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers

The Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers is a society of people spread across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire with many rings of bells including a number of chimes. It was established on 17 January 1881 at Reading.

Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers logo

The Guild is split into 15 branches;

• Banbury Branch
• Bicester Branch
• Central Bucks Branch, covering Aylesbury and Winslow area
• Chiltern Branch, covering Wendover area
• Chipping Norton Branch
• East Berks and South Bucks Branch, covering the High Wycombe, Amersham and Windsor area
• Newbury Branch
• North Bucks Branch, covering Buckingham, Milton Keynes, Olney and Bletchley area
• Old North Berks Branch, covering Abingdon, Wallingford and Appleton area
• Oxford City Branch
• Reading Branch
• Sonning Deanery Branch, covering Sonning and Wokingham area
• South Oxon Branch, covering Dorchester on Thames and Thame area
• Vale of the White Horse Branch, in the Shrivenham and Faringdon area
• Witney and Woodstock Branch

The Guild is affiliated to the CCCBR (Central Council of Church Bell Ringers), an organisation, covering all the countries that have bells hung for English Change Ringing.

Sources and links

• http://www.parishes.oxford.anglican.org/odg
• http://www.odg.org.uk
• http://www.southoxonodg.co.uk/

See also