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Oxford Diocesan Guild

Hughenden, Buckinghamshire

St Michael and All Angels

Saturday, 1 January 1949 in 2h 42 (14–3–19 in F)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Thurstan's 4 part

1 George Martin

2 Arthur Newton

3 Arthur R Blaby

4 Percy Newton

5 Edward Timpson

6 F Donald Boreham

7 Roland Biggs (C)

8 Victor Evans

In memoriam Frederick G Biggs.

Ringing World page reference: 1973.0039

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Hitcham, Buckinghamshire

St Mary

Saturday, 1 January 1949 in 2h 47 (6–0–11 in B♭)

5040 Minor (6m)

720 each St Clement's, Kent TB, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure, Oxford TB, Single Oxford, Kent TB, Plain Bob.

1 David H Pearce

2 Miss Mary R Jaycock

3 William Birmingham

4 William F Butler

5 Ernest E Gosling

6 George Gilbert (C)

First of Minor inside - 5. 150th peal of Minor - 6. In memoriam Fred Biggs, buried at Hughenden on January 1st.

Ringing World page reference: 1973.0040

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire

All Saints

Saturday, 8 January 1949 in 2h 55 (15–0–2 in F)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Holts Ten Part

1 Arthur E Cox

2 George Martin (C)

3 H Buckingham

4 Mrs E D Poole

5 F Dennis Poole

6 R E Dean

7 L Joseph Young

8 James T Clay

Ringing World page reference: 1974.0050

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Marston, Oxfordshire

St Nicholas

Sunday, 9 January 1949 in 2h 43 (6)

5040 Doubles (7m/14v)

Being two extents each of St. Simon’s, St. Martin’s, Eynsham, St. Leonard’s, Cassington, St. Peter’s, Plain Bob, Kennington, Old, Norfolk, April Day, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure, St. Columb, Clifford Pleasure, Southrepps Pleasure, Grandsire, St. Blaise, Fortune, Reverse St. Bartholomew, Northrepps Pleasure, Antelope.

1 Douglas O Wilks

2 Nora Honey

3 Richard G Crosland

4 Harry P Floyd

5 Alan R Pink (C)

First peal in 21 methods: 1, 3.

First peal of Doubles: 3.

Ringing World page reference: 1974.0055

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Sunningwell, Berkshire

St Leonard

Saturday, 15 January 1949 in 2h 54 (9)

5040 Minor (9m)

Being 7 extents in nine methods, viz.: Plain and Single Oxford Bob, Oxford and Kent Treble Bob, Cambridge Surprise, Double Oxford Bob, Thelwall Bob, Childwall Bob, St. Clement’s Bob.

1 Edwin G Moore

2 Nora Honey

3 Douglas O Wilks

4 Marie R Cross

5 Charles Coles

6 Alan R Pink (C)

First in nine methods: 1, 2, 3, 5.

First peal in more than three Minor methods on the bells.

Ringing World page reference: 1974.0055

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Burnham, Buckinghamshire

St Peter

Saturday, 15 January 1949 in 3h 6 (12–3–13 in F♯)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by Pritchard's 4-part

1 Miss Audrey E Ewins

2 David H Pearce

3 Miss Ruth Tabraham

4 Miss M R Jaycock (14)

5 William H Eastwell

6 William F Butler

7 Cyril A Burgess

8 George Gilbert (C)

30th peal - 4.

Ringing World page reference: 1974.0052

Oxford Diocesan Guild

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

All Saints

Sunday, 16 January 1949 in 3h 39 (30–3–11 in C)

5019 Stedman Caters

Composed by F Hayes

1 Fred Hayes (C)

2 Doreen Coker

3 Gilbert R Goodship

4 Sylvia Coker

5 David Pearce

6 Anthony E Cox

7 Ernest E Gosling

8 William Henley

9 Cecil A Smith

10 Ronald P Newton

First on ten: 5, 6, 7 and 10.

To celebrate 50 years membership of this tower by the conductor.

Ringing World page reference: 1974.0050

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Sonning on Thames, Berkshire

St Andrew

Tuesday, 22 February 1949 (20)

1260 Grandsire Triples

1 Charles A Eele

2 Leonard E (Jack) Norcutt

3 Jean S Cox

4 Alfred W Burton

5 Harold Smith

6 A Norman Willis

7 Bernard C Castle (C)

8 Leonard O Bune

1st quarter 3 & 6.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Oxford, Oxfordshire

St Ebbe

Tuesday, 1 March 1949 in 2h 45 (4–3–19 in B♭)

5056 Single Canterbury Pleasure Bob Major

Composed by W Charman

1 William H B Wilkins

2 Nora Honey

3 Alan R Pink (C)

4 Philip M J Gray

5 Edwin G Moore

6 Bernard S Nichols

7 Charles Coles

8 Walter F Judge

First peal in the method, on the bells and by all the band except the conductor. Rung on the 60th anniversary of the 13,440 in this method, which took place at Warnham, Sussex.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Woodeaton, Oxfordshire

Holy Rood

Monday, 14 March 1949 in 2h 45 (7 in B♭)

5040 Doubles (25m)

Being an extent each of Reverse Canterbury, St. Columb, Clifford Pleasure, Southrepps Pleasure, St. Nicholas’, St. Giles’, Winchendon Place, St. Miles’, and two extents each of St. Simon’s, St. Martin's, Eynsham, St. Leonard’s, Cassington, St. Peter’s, Plain Bob, Kennington, Old, Norfolk, April Day, Grandsire, St. Blaise, Fortune, Reverse, St. Bartholomew, Northrepps Pleasure, Antelope.

1 Lottie R Pimm

2 Nora Honey

3 Douglas O Wilks

4 Harry P Floyd

5 Alan R Pink (C)

First peal in 25 methods: 3.

First peal on the bells.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Oxford, Oxfordshire

Cathedral Church of Christ

Friday, 18 March 1949 in 3h 55 (31–0–23 in D)

5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus

Composed by F Dench

1 Philip Walker

2 Walter F Judge (C)

3 Margaret L Tutt

4 Marie R Cross

5 Noel J Diserens

6 G William Critchley

7 William C Porter

8 Philip M J Gray

9 Reginald W Rex

10 H Peter Raynor

11 Frederick A H Wilkins

12 Alan R Pink

First peal of Cambridge Maximus: 3, 5, 8, 9, 10.

A farewell peal for H Peter Raynor.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

All Saints

Saturday, 23 April 1949 in 3h 24 (30–3–11 in C)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by J Parker - Twelve-Part (2nd Observation)

1 Fred Hayes

2 Doreen Coker (C)

3 Sylvia Coker

4 Ralph Coles

5 Anthony E Cox

6 Percy Newton

7 Roland Biggs

8 Walter Lee

First of Grandsire inside: 3. First as conductor.

A nineteenth birthday compliment to the twin sisters Doreen and Sylvia Coker.

Ringing World page reference: 1988.0211

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Oxford, Oxfordshire

St Thomas the Martyr

Monday, 2 May 1949 in 2h 30 (10)

5040 Minor (11m)

11 methods: (1) Thelwall, Childwall; (2) Double Oxford, St Clement's; (3) Plain Bob, Single Oxford; (4) Oxford TB, Kent TB; (5) Double Bob, (6) Fulbeck Bob; (7) Cambridge S.

1 Nora Honey

2 Kathleen Higgins

3 Marie R Cross

4 R Gordon Cross

5 Walter F Judge

6 Alan R Pink (C)

First in 11 methods: 5.

200th as conductor.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Emberton, Buckinghamshire

All Saints

Thursday, 2 June 1949 in 2h 40 (9)

5040 Minor (4m)

Comprising one 720 of Single Oxford and two 720's each of Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob and Plain Bob.

1 Arthur A Armstrong

2 Percy Amos

3 Victor Adams

4 Harry Wooding

5 Phillip Jones

6 Ronald C Noon (C)

First peal of Minor in more than one method 1, 3.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

All Saints

Saturday, 9 July 1949 in 3h 28 (30–3–11 in C)

5019 Stedman Caters

Composed by F Hayes

1 Fred Hayes (C)

2 Ralph Coles

3 Percy Newton

4 Sylvia Coker

5 Doreen Coker

6 Anthony E Cox

7 Walter Avery

8 Walter Lee

9 Gilbert R Goodship

10 Ronald P Newton

First on ten: 7.

Ringing World page reference: 1998.0338

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Appleton, Berkshire

St Laurence

Saturday, 9 July 1949 in 2h 57 (14–2–19 in E)

5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal

Composed by J A Burford

1 William Judge

2 Wilfred Williams (C)

3 Walter F Judge

4 James Higgins

5 Herbert H Alexander

6 William C Porter

7 Noel J Diserens

8 Frederick A H Wilkins

9 Wilfrid F Moreton

10 Paul K Williamson

First peal of Cambridge S Royal on the bells

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Hanslope, Buckinghamshire

St James the Great

Saturday, 16 July 1949 in 3h 3 (22 in D)

5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by A P Heywood

1 C Henry Harding

2 Andrew C Sinfield

3 Clifford W Izzard

4 William Yates

5 Ronald J Sharp

6 Ernest C Lambert

7 Reginald H Howson

8 A Patrick Cannon (C)

225th peal, conducted 125 8. The first peal of Major on the bells.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Sunningwell, Berkshire

St Leonard

Tuesday, 19 July 1949 in 2h 56 (9)

5040 Minor (3m)

Being two extents of Oxford T.B. and Kent T.B. and 3 extents of Plain Bob.

1 Douglas O Wilks

2 M Angela Carter

3 Audrey J West

4 H Anthony Treadgold

5 Charles Coles

6 Alan R Pink (C)

First peal on an inside bell and in more than one method: 2

First peal: 3

First on an inside bell and of Minor: 4

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Appleton, Berkshire

St Laurence

Monday, 1 August 1949 in 2h 58 (14–2–19 in E)

5039 Grandsire Caters

Composed by George Holifield (sen)

1 Cuthbert G White

2 Francis A White

3 Frank White

4 Antony W T Cleaver

5 Terry R Hampton

6 Arthur D Cook

7 Frederick C White

8 George Holifield (Jun)

9 Richard White

10 Fred White

First peal on 10 inside: 3

First of Grandsire Caters: 4 & 6.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Bicester, Oxfordshire

St Edburg

Saturday, 6 August 1949 in 2h 55 (15–0–7 in F)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Parker 12 part, Morris variation

1 Hetbert G Lawn

2 Antony W T Cleaver

3 Cyril H Kinch

4 James W Barber

5 Terry R Hampton

6 Arthur D Cook

7 Edmund E Pearson (C)

8 John S McGinlay

First peal for treble and tenor

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Oxford Diocesan Guild

Sonning on Thames, Berkshire

St Andrew

Wednesday, 24 August 1949 (20)

1260 Grandsire Triples

1 Thomas G O Bune

2 Leonard O Bune

3 Norman Tanner

4 Reginald Vaughan

5 Alfred Street

6 A Norman Willis

7 F Nash (C)

8 Jessie Smith

1st quarter , age 12, treble.

Rung for the wedding of Thomas H F Cox (son of the Tower Foreman) to Miss Edna M Underwood.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Oxford, Oxfordshire

St Martin and All Saints

Wednesday, 7 September 1949 in 3h (7–3–10 in A♭)

5120 Spliced Surprise Major (10m)

Comprising 1,440 London, 1,120 Rutland, 480 Bristol, 320 Cambridge, Superlative, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Pudsey, Norfolk and New Gloucester, with 144 changes of method.

Composed by A J Pitman (No. 2)

1 Edwin G Moore

2 Alan R Pink

3 James Higgins

4 Marie R Cross

5 Philip M J Gray

6 William C Porter

7 Frederick A H Wilkins

8 Walter F Judge (C)

Firs peal of Spliced Surprise Major in ten methods: 5.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire

St Peter and St Paul

Saturday, 10 September 1949 in 3h 3 (21–2–16 in E♭)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by J R Pritchard

1 Ernest C Lambert (C)

2 Cecil Sharp

3 Frederick C Case

4 Arthur R Armstrong

5 Maurice T Cook

6 Victor S Adams

7 William Yates

8 Reginald H Howson

First peal of Major: 2, 4, 5, 6. A birthday compliment to C Sharp, also to Mr E Lathall, who has completed 42 years as a Sunday service ringer at this tower.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Sunningwell, Berkshire

St Leonard

Monday, 19 September 1949 in 2h 56 (9)

5040 Doubles (7m)

Being six extents each of Reverse Canterbury Pleasure, Clifford Pleasure, Plain Bob, Old, April Day, Grandsire and Antelope.

1 Alan R Pink

2 M Angela Carter

3 Audrey J West

4 Douglas O Wilks (C)

5 William G Cudd

6 Graham H Webb

First peal of Doubles: 2,3

First peal in more than one method: 5

First peal as conductor.

A wedding compliment to Miss N. K. Honey and Mr. B. S. Nichols.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Appleton, Berkshire

St Laurence

Saturday, 1 October 1949 in 2h 51 (14–2–19 in E)

5039 Grandsire Caters

Composed by George Holifield (sen)

1 Alan R Pink

2 Michael E H Barrow

3 Edwin G Moore

4 Philip Walker

5 Noel J Diserens

6 William C Porter (C)

7 George Holifield (Jun)

8 Frederick A H Wilkins

9 Frederick C White

10 Walter F Judge

First peal of Grandsire Caters: 5

First peal of Grandsire Caters as conductor

Ringing World page reference: 2010.0487

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Oxford, Oxfordshire

St Thomas the Martyr

Tuesday, 11 October 1949 in 2h 47 (10)

5040 Minor (4m)

One extent Cambridge S and two extents each of Oxford TB, Kent TB, and Plain Bob.

1 M Angela Carter

2 Audrey J West

3 Kathleen Higgins

4 Douglas O Wilks

5 H Anthony Treadgold

6 Alan R Pink (C)

First in 4 Minor methods: 2, 5.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

All Saints

Wednesday, 12 October 1949 in 3h 15 (9–1–17 in G)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by S Thurstan (4-part)

1 John D Kape

2 Sylvia Coker

3 Doreen Coker

4 Walter Lee

5 Roland Biggs

6 Ralph Coles

7 Fred Hayes (C)

8 Michael Ward

First peal: 8. First in the method: 1. First of Stedman Triples: 2 and 3.

Rung on the minor eight.

Ringing World page reference: 2012.0515

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Oxford, Oxfordshire

St Ebbe

Friday, 14 October 1949 in 2h 43 (4–3–19 in B♭)

5040 Double Court Bob Triples

Composed by J J Parker

1 Edwin G Moore

2 Alan R Pink (C)

3 Philip Walker

4 Marie R Cross

5 Bernard S Nichols

6 Walter F Judge

7 William C Porter

8 William H B Wilkins

The first peal in the method by all the band, on the bells and for the Guild.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Bradwell, Buckinghamshire

St Lawrence

Friday, 21 October 1949 in 2h 42 (7–2–0)

5040 Stedman Doubles

Being 42 six-scores, 10 callings.

1 William J French

2 James E Whitlock (C)

3 George W Holland

4 George F Burton

5 William A Yates

6 Archie J Lathall

First peal of Stedman Doubles - 3, 5. First peal of Doubles and first of Stedman - 4. A wedding anniversary peal for Mr. and Mrs. W. Thurlow, who were married at this church on September 22nd, 1888.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Olney, Buckinghamshire

St Peter and St Paul

Saturday, 29 October 1949 in 3h 15 (25)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by J R Pritchard

1 Fredk W Mynard

2 Fredk J Mynard

3 Francis J Daniell

4 William J Robinson (C)

5 Maurice T Cook

6 Victor S Adams

7 Frank Boswell

8 Arthur A Freeman

First peal of Major 1. To commemorate the 45th anniversary of the first peal of Major by the North Bucks Branch which was rung in this tower. The ringers of the 2nd, 4th and 7th took part in the original peal.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Buckingham, Buckinghamshire

St Peter and St Paul

Saturday, 29 October 1949 in 3h (27)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Heywood's Transposition of Thurstan's Four-Part

1 Thomas E Roberts

2 Frederick Vickers

3 Herbert C Edwards

4 George F Burton

5 William Yates

6 George W Holland

7 Albert J Green (C)

8 Frederick C Case

First peal of Stedman Triples 2, 4. A birthday compliment to ringers of 2 and 6.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Appleton, Berkshire

St Laurence

Saturday, 5 November 1949 in 2h 58 (14–2–19 in E)

5021 Grandsire Caters

Composed by Henry W Haley

1 Reginald Holmes

2 Edwin Drewitt

3 Frank White

4 Richard White

5 Frederick Messenger

6 Cuthbert G White

7 Francis A White

8 Frederick C White (C)

9 George Holifield (Jun)

10 Fred White

First peal: 1

Rung with the bells half muffled in memory of the fallen and the late A H White

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Clewer, Berkshire

St Andrew

Wednesday, 30 November 1949 in 2h 56 (14–2–25 in F)

5040 Grandsire Doubles

Ten different 120’s, and Morris’s 240

1 Charles H Vitler

2 Royston P Purchase

3 Audrey A Ewins

4 William Butler (C)

5 James Brooks

6 H A Roger Posnett

First of Grandsire Doubles : 1, 2, 3, 4.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Cowley, Oxfordshire

St James

Thursday, 8 December 1949 in 2h 57 (5–3–3 in C)

5040 Grandsire Doubles

1 Walter F Holloway

2 David Woodley

3 Laurence H W Busby (C)

4 Walter Fern

5 A James Adams

6 Graham H Webb

First peal: 2, 3, 4, 5.

First peal on the recast bells and believed to be the first in the tower.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Tilehurst, Berkshire

St Michael

Saturday, 17 December 1949 in 3h 12 (17–1–15 in E)

5184 Yorkshire Surprise Major

Composed by W Eric Critchley

1 Mrs A Diserens

2 Audrey B Diserens

3 Margaret L Tutt

4 Walter F Judge (C)

5 Noel J Diserens

6 Michael E H Barrow

7 Fredk A H Wilkins

8 Alan R Pink

First peal in the method - 2.

Ringing World page reference: 2022.0005

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Cookham, Berkshire

Holy Trinity

Saturday, 17 December 1949 in 3h 8 (13–3–27 in E)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by GR Pritchard

1 T John Fowler

2 Dorothy Fletcher

3 George Martin

4 Mrs E D Poole

5 William Welling

6 E Denis Poole

7 Ernest G Gosling

8 S S M P H Tocock (C)

First peal of Major on the bells.

Ringing World page reference: 2022.0004

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Oxford, Oxfordshire

St Thomas the Martyr

Saturday, 24 December 1949 in 2h 42 (10)

5040 Minor (8m)

Seven extents: Cambridge S, Oxford TB and Kent TB, Double Bob, Single Oxford, St Clement's, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure, Plain Bob.

1 Edwin H Moore

2 Douglas O Wilks

3 Noel J Diserens

4 Michael E H Barrow

5 Harry P Floyd

6 Alan R Pink (C)

First in 8 Minor methods: 3, 4, 5.

Ringing World page reference: 2023.0023

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Oxford, Oxfordshire

St Ebbe

Friday, 30 December 1949 in 2h 55 (4–3–19 in B♭)

5088 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by J Hunt

1 Edwin G Moore

2 William H B Wilkins

3 Marie R Cross

4 Walter F Judge (C)

5 Philip Walker

6 Alan R Pink

7 Charles Coles

8 Frederick A H Wilkins

A 79th birthday compliment to William H. B. Wilkins.

Ringing World page reference: 2024.0037

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Mapledurham, Oxfordshire

St Margaret

Saturday, 31 December 1949 in 2h 49 (7–3–3 in A♭)

5100 Grandsire Doubles

42 1/2 six-scores, 10 callings.

1 Charles Smith

2 Peggy Hart

3 Mary Hart

4 Cecil Pocock

5 Reginald Hunt (C)

6 Leslie Fogg

First peal - 1,3,4,6. First peal of Grandsire Doubles - 2,5. First peal as conductor. Believed to be the first peal on these bells since March 27th, 1909.

Ringing World page reference: 2025.0054

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Clewer, Berkshire

St Andrew

Saturday, 31 December 1949 in 3h 4 (14–2–25 in F)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

Seven different extents

1 Audrey A Ewins

2 William Butler (C)

3 James Brooks

4 Royston P Purchase

5 William Birmingham

6 A James Glass

First of Minor : 1. Rung at the passing of the Old Year.

Ringing World page reference: 2025.0054

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Birmingham, West Midlands

Cathedral Church of St Philip

Saturday, 31 December 1949 in 3h 52 (31–0–21 in D)

5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus

1 G William Critchley

2 Walter F Judge (C)

3 George E Fearn

4 Frank W Perrens

5 John Pinfold

6 Terry R Hampton

7 Henry H Fearn

8 Noel J Diserens

9 Arthur V Pearson

10 Frederick A H Wilkins

11 Paul K Williamson

12 Arthur Pritchard

First peal of Yorkshire Maximus 6 8 9 12.

Ref RW1950 p50

Ringing World page reference: 2025.0050

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