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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 of Grandsire Triples
07-03-09 St Peter & St Paul, Dorchester, Oxon
Photo by Paul Lucas
Wotton Underwood
23-05-09 All Saints
Wotton Underwood, Bucks
Photo by Hugh Deam
  
A quarter peal of PB Doubles
Rung as a 60th birthday compliment to Ann Leggett
06-12-08 St Mary, Wootton, Oxon
 
 
 
 
Katy Routh rings her first quarter inside to 1440 changes of Bob Minor
From left to right: Katy Routh (2), Jonathan
Cresshull (6 ©), Chris Griggs (5), Claire Routh (3), Paul Lucas (Treble) and Richard Verrall (4).

18-10-08 St Andrew, Headington, Oxford
Photo by Paul Lucas
 
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 a 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 Aldates, 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