Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers- Ambrosden

Established January 17 1881

St. Mary, Ambrosden, Oxon
Bicester branch of the ODG

St. Mary, Ambrosden

Dedication: St. Mary, Ambrosden

Service Ringing: Sundays 10.00 - 10.30am

Practice night: Fri 7.30pm

Availability and Restrictions

Visiting ringers: Yes
Quarter Peals: Yes
Peals: No

The Bells (8) 20-1-6

Draught: Long, no guides
Audibility: 2 - (On a scale of 1 to 5, 1=faint 5=very loud)

Access to ringing chamber: Ground floor (2 steps) in a room behind the organ at the back of the church.

The Clock: Made by Potts and Sons of Leeds, clockmakers since 1929. Current clock dates to 1996, parts of previous on display in the church.
There is one clock hammer to pull off by the side door.

The following information comes from F. Sharpe The Church Bells of Oxfordshire.

Frame: Metal low-type.
Gear: Elm headstocks, Plate gudgeons, Self-aligning ball-bearings, Traditional English-type wheels, Hastings type stays.

a ring of 8, tenor 20-1-6, diameter 48”, tuned to E^b

Bell	Weight cwt-qr-lb	Diameter (inches)	Strike note	Date cast	Founder	Foundry location	Inscription
Treble	4-3-16	28½	E^b	1928	John Taylor & Co.	Loughborough	[border] 19[Loughborough foundry mark]28 [border] [+] IN UNDYING MEMORY OF ALL THOSE OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 [+] GEORGE ALDRIDGE CHARLES AUSTIN PERCY BUSBY JAMES CHERRY PERCY DEELY HARRY EAVES EDWIN EDMUNDS THOMAS GASKINS SIDNEY HOPCRAFT ROWLAND KNAPTON JOSEPH MARKHAM CHARLES ROBERT SHARP HENRY SHAW WILLIAM TUFFREY TURNER Their name liveth for evermore ^† [+]
2	5-1-25	29¹/₈	D	1928	John Taylor & Co.	Loughborough	[border] [Loughborough foundry mark] [border] [+] POPVLVS AMBROSDVINI ME DEDICAVIT AD MAJOREM GLORIAM DEI ET AD HONOREM SANCTAE MARIAE ET IN MEMORIAM GVLIELMI WHITE KENNET OLIM VICARII HVIVS PATROCIAE POSTEA EPISCOPI PETROBVRGENSIS QVI OBIIT MLCCXXVIII [+] C.C. DAVID OAKE, M.A. VICAR W. H. P. HADLAND A. E. S. HEPWORTH CHURCHWARDENS W. P. P. HADLAND DEPUTY WARDEN 1928
3	6-0-23	31¾	C	1697	Richard Keene	Woodstock	1697
4	7-1-8	34¼	B^b	1716	Henry Bagley III	Chacombe	THOMAS HARRIS SAMVEL SMITH RICHARD CARTER CHURCH [A8] W [J2] [A8] BE IT KNOWNE TO ALL THAT DO ME SEE H BAGLEY MADE MEE J7J6 [A8]
5	8-2-27	37	A^b	1743	Edward Hemins	Bicester	UOX MEA SONAT JOHN CHERRY CLARK THOMAS JONES. THOMAS SMITH. WILLIAM SULSTONE. HENRY HONOUR. [P5 twice] CURCH-WARDENS. EDWARD HEMINS, FECIT MAY, THE 28,TH. 1743 [P5 twice]
6	8-3-25	37¾	G	1895	John Taylor & Co.	Loughborough	W. H. P. HADLAND & A. E. HEPWORTH CHURCHWARDENS [H8 thrice] CHARLES BAYFIELD VICAR [H8] F. WHITE & SON [H8] APPLETON [H8] BELLHANGERS [H8] BERKS [H8] 1895 [H8 thrice] [Loughborough foundry mark ] AS I FOR USE ARE RAISED ABOVE THE EARTH SO MAY MY VOICE TO HEAVENLY THOUGHTS GIVE BIRTH IF MEN WHO HEAR ME COME AND PRAISE THEIR KING I AM CONTENT FOR NOT IN VAIN I RING.
7	12-0-23	41¾	F	1845	William Taylor	Oxford	[J5] W: Tubb J: Hazel T: Hickman & J: Cross Churchwardens [J5] Revd: L: G: G: Dryden Vicar. Ano Dni M.dccc.xlv [J5] ^† © © ©
Tenor	20-1-6	48	E^b	1928	John Taylor & Co.	Loughborough	THO HARRIS HEN COOPER OLIVER PANGHORN C W 1703/ [+] I WAS RECAST A.D. 1928 [+] [Loughborough foundry mark]
Sanctus	1-0-0	17¾	C	~1340	Peter de Weston	London	[Cross A7] PETRUS: DE VESTON: ME: FECIT ^†

Notes

A notice on the tower wall gives the weight of the 7th as 12-1-23
^†Gothic script on bells 7 and Sanctus

Travel Details: OS Grid Ref: SP603194 - park in church drive

Eating Places: Turner Arms, across the road — no food. The Crown, Charlton-on-Otmoor, 5-10 mins drive away for good food and drink.

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