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We would like to express gratitude to Hugh Deam for taking the majority of the photographs on this site. He has worked hard to chop off as many spires as he can. Other photographers are credited. Please click on any of these pictures to see the full-sized version.

A quarter peal at Ambrosden
05-07-08 SMV, Ambrosden, Oxon
Rung for the Ambrosden Flower Festival
Photo by Paul Lucas
 

The 2008 branch striking competion
First place: Kidlington (44 faults); 2nd place Headington (45 faults); 3rd place: Marston (57 faults)
14-06-08 St Margaret, Hinton Waldrist
Photo by Paul Lucas

  

Alan Hillsden rings his first quarter inside
17-05-08 St Mary, Wootton
From left to right: Maarit Kivilo, Roy Jones, Alan Hillsden, Ian Davey-Wilson, Christian Burrell

The March 2008 ringing outing
08-03-08 Assumption of the BVM, Launton
Photo by Paul Lucas
 

  

Visitors
Maria Zonova and Marat Daulet Baev
09-01-08 SMV, Iffley
 
 

John Kentish's [tenor] first quarter peal
27-11-07 St Andrew, Headington
From left to right: John Kentish, June Steele, Paul Lucas, Claire Fairbairn, Wendy Austen, Richard Verrall
Photo by Hilary Blake

  

City Branch ringers at Basildon
13-10-07 St Martin of Tours, 8, 11-2-24 in G
Photo by Serge Zvegintzov

City Branch ringers at Basildon
13-10-07 St Martin of Tours, 8, 11-2-24 in G
Photo by Serge Zvegintzov

  

The outing to Essex
13-10-07 Navestock, St Thomas the Apostle
 

At the Royal Standard
02-10-07 After the practice at Headington
Photo by Chris Griggs

  

Aylesbury ringers visit Horspath
26-08-07 St Giles, Horspath, Oxon
From left to right: Halisi Drysdale, Helen Philpott, Hugh Deam, Paul Morley, Judith Kirby, Lorraine Cooper, Roy Jones, Carl Griffin
Photo by Paul Lucas

After a quarter peal at St Andrew
26-08-07 The White Hart, Headington
Photo by Paul Lucas
 
 
 

  

Alan Coates [ANZAB] rings at Woodeaton
06-05-07 Holy Rood, Woodeaton, Oxon
 
 

Quarter peal ringers
05-05-07 St Mary, Blakesley, Northamptonshire
From left to right: Alan Coates, Gillian Foster, Roy Jones, Maarit Kivilo, Julie Mintram, Simon Edwards

  

A meeting of Guild ringers
28-04-07 Great Milton, Oxon
 
 
 
 

Plain Bob Minor Training Morning
17-03-07 All Saints, Marcham (6) 8cwt
From left to right: Peter Lloyd, Ron Burgess, Jane Burgess, Maarit Kivilo, June Steele, Kate Crennell (Chilton), Ian Davey-Wilson, Susan King, Bob Anderson (Marcham), Roy Jones, Judy Kirby

  

St Mary, North Aston (6) 6cwt
07-01-07 St Mary, North Aston (6) 6cwt

A quarter peal at Chilton
18-11-06 Chilton, Oxfordshire

  

Training Morning
23-09-06 Iffley, Oxford
Photo by Leon G Thompson

Visitors
Visitors from Stoke on Trent
21-09-06 St Nicholas, Marston

  

Visitors
Baikoven Dazaifushi Fukuokaken
14-07-06 St Nicholas, Marston

Visitors
Bryan & Suzie Hicks of Rhiwbina near Cardiff
05-07-06 SMV, Iffley

  

Visitors
Alison Hodge visiting from Malvern
02-07-06 QP at Marston

Visitors
Tower ringer Derrick Stupenson
01-07-06 QP at Sunningwell

  

Visitors
Alan & Marylan Coates from Sydney
25-06-06 St Nicholas, Marston

A bluebell wood
07-05-06 Beckley, Oxfordshire
 

  

Checking out the Website
19-03-06 Leon G Thompson, though looking studious, reclines upon an hideous chair
Photo by Andy Dunn

The outing to the Cotswolds
11-03-06 St Michael (8), Whichford, Warwickshire
 
 

  

The outing to the Cotswolds
11-03-06 St Michael & All Angels (6), Great Wolford, Warwickshire

Grandsire Triples ringers drink tea
04-03-06 Abbey Church of St Peter & St Paul, Dorchester, Oxfordshire

  

The strikers
24-02-06 St George (5), Evenley, Northamptonshire
 
 

A quarter peal at Ludgershall
18-02-06 St Mary the Virgin, Ludgershall, Bucks
From left to right: Peter Lloyd, Roger Masterman, Roy Jones, Bernard Masterman.

  

Richard Verrall [right] on his last quarter peal at Woodeaton
04-12-05 Holy Rood (5), Woodeaton, Oxfordshire

Activity at Bletchingdon
04-12-05 St Giles (6), Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire
 
 

  

Chilton
26-11-05 All Saints (6), Chilton, Oxfordshire

Radlett
17-04-99 Christ Church (6), Radlett, Hertfordshire

  

St Albans
08-04-89 Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban (12), Hertfordshire

A trip to the Wychwood Brewery
19-11-05 Eagle Maltings, Witney, Oxon
 

  

A quarter peal at Caversfield
05-11-05 St Laurence (5), Caversfield, Oxon
 
 

Vultus delecto, sit super Olympus
22-10-05 St James (6), Little Milton, Oxon
From left to right: Roy Jones, Maarit Kivilo, Bernard Masterman, Simon Edwards, Hillary Stevens.

  

Little Milton
22-10-05 St James (6), Little Milton, Oxon

Alan Coates (Sydney) visits Oxford
01-10-05 St Mary, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxon

  

Ron's Stedman Doubles practice
03-09-05 St Bartholomew, Ducklington, Oxon
 

Ringers at North Aston
24-07-05 St Mary the Virgin, North Aston, Oxon
Bettina Stöhr [left] visiting us from Germany

  

Visitors
Liverpool University ringers (LUSCR) on an outing to Oxford

15-07-05 St Nicholas, Marston, Oxon

Tony Price [centre front] , the Vicar of Marston, on the 25th anniversary of his ordination
08-07-05 St Nicholas, Marston, Oxon
 

  

City Branch Six Bell Striking Competition
11-06-05 St Leonard, Sunningwell, Oxon
 

City Branch Six Bell Striking Competition
11-06-05 St Leonard, Sunningwell, Oxon
Competing teams: St Aldate, Headington, Kidlington & Marston

  

City Branch ringers get abreast of Moulsford
11-06-05 St John the Baptist, Moulsford, Oxon

Ringing outing to Northamptonshire
21-05-05 St Denys, Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire
 

  

Ringing outing to Northamptonshire
21-05-05 St Denys, Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire

A quarter peal
16-04-05 St Michael, Stanton Harcourt, Oxon

  

Rousham
03-04-05 St Leonard & St James, Rousham, Oxon
 
 
 

Witney & Woodstock branch practice
03-02-05 St Peter & St Paul, Church Hanborough
From left to right: Demelza Smale, James Gibbons, Anthony Williamson, Anonymous, Louise Brown, Lorna Smale, Giles Harper-Donnelly, Sarah Harper, Charles Smith, Andy Dunn, Liz Lawrence.

  

Hambleden
12-02-05 St Mary the Virgin, Hambleden, Bucks

Duns Tew
29-01-05 St Mary Magdalen, Duns Tew, Oxon

  

February 2005 ringing outing
26-02-05 St James, Fulbrook, Oxon

February 2005 ringing outing
26-02-05 St Peter, Alvescot, Oxon

  

A quarter peal of Plain Bob Major
05-03-05 St Mary the Virgin, Witney, Oxon
From left to right: Simon Edwards, Steve Davies, Richard Verrall, Bernard Masterman, Leon "Slipperz" Thompson, Jonathan Cresshull, Roy Jones.

Excitement after a failed quarter peal
20-11-04 St Mary the Virgin, Witney, Oxon
 
 

  

Little Milton
27-11-04 St James, Little Milton, Oxon
 
 

City Branch ringers at Souldern
04-12-04 St Mary the Virgin, Souldern, Oxon
From left to right: Hugh Deam, David Lane, Katie Lane, John Beck, Simon Edwards, Roy Jones.

  

John Beale's garden party July 2004
Wolvercote, Oxford

October 2004 quarter peal
02-10-04 St Agatha, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Oxon

  

Spring 2004 ringing outing
St Mary, Wylye, Wiltshire

Spring 2004 ringing outing
St Mary, Wylye, Wiltshire

  

Spring 2004 ringing outing
St Denys, Warminster, Wiltshire

May 2004 ringing morning
08-05-04 St Mary, Wendover, Bucks

  

Plain Bob Minor practice morning
19-06-04 St Leonard, Sunningwell, Oxon

A May 2004 quarter peal
15-05-04 St Mary the Virgin, Souldern, Oxon

  

After a quarter peal in May 2004
15-05-04 St Martin, Sandford St Martin, Oxon

Six bell striking competition
05-06-04 St James, Radley, Oxon

  

Autumn 2003 ringing outing
11-10-03 St Nicholas, Radford Semele, Warwickshire

Shortly after a quarter peal
14-02-04 St Peter, Great Haseley, Oxon

  

A July 2004 quarter peal
17-07-04 St Mary, Turville, Oxon

Summer 2004 ringing outing
10-07-04 All Saints, Oaksey, Wiltshire

  

Summer 2004 ringing outing
10-07-04 St Mary the Virgin, Castle Eaton, Wiltshire

Summer 2004 ringing outing
10-07-04 St Mary the Virgin, Castle Eaton, Wiltshire

  

Summer 2004 ringing outing
10-07-04 Holy Cross, Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire

After a quarter peal of Bob Minor
26-06-04 The Churchill Family Grave, St Martin, Bladon, Oxon

  

February 2004 ringing outing
07-02-04 St Nicholas, Chadlington, Oxon

February 2004 ringing outing
07-02-04 Holy Trinity Churchyard, Ascott-Under-Wychwood, Oxon