Bibliography

General reference works have been consulted in generating this information, on the following topics:

• Bells
• Artists and authors
• Architecture
• Church artefacts (brasses, clocks, fonts, gravestones, memorials, sundials)
• History
• Scientists and engineers
• Tourism.

Bells, Ringers and Histories

Bells

• Alfred Heneage Cocks
  • The Church Bells of Buckinghamshire, 1897, Jarrold, London
• Joyce Dodds
  • Hertfordshire Bellfounders, 2003, Hertfordshire Publications, University of Hertfordshire Press.
• John E.Hearn
  • The Rings and Chimes Of Buckinghamshire Churches, an A4 booklet with 69pages
    Published by the author. 1st Edition 1994. £10
    Lists only towers with fewer than 4 bells, without giving date of visit or detailed bibliographic information. Can be found via Change Ringing Resources website on a list maintained by Chris Pickford.
• Frederick Sharpe
  
  • The Church Bells of Berkshire 2nd edition, Kingsmead Reprints 1971 SBN 901571 46 6
  • The Church Bells of the Deanery of Bicester, Oxfordshire pub 1932 J.Smart & Co. Brackley - Northants
  • The Church Bells of Oxfordshire Pub 1949 Oxford Record Society
  He died in 1976, consult the History pages of this CD for an obituary.
  
  His will set up two Trusts which were described in The Ringing World June 11, 2004 page 559. One of these, the Sharpe Collection Trust, manages the sale of the remaining stock of his books on Church bells.
  
  The Church Bells of Berkshire
  F.Sharpe, 2nd ed (1970), ISBN 0 901571 46 6
  is obtainable price £10 (including Postage & packing) from:
  
  John Baldwin, 60 Llantrisant Road, Llandaff, Cardiff, CF5 2PX
  
  Cash with order please; cheques payable in pounds sterling should be made payable to 'Sharpe Collection Trust'.
  
  A CD ROM reprint is available of Church Bells of Oxfordshire, F Sharpe; it is a copy of the book last published by the Oxford Record Society in 1949 and costs £15.
  Contact John Baldwin at the address above for conditions of sale and system requirements to use this CD.
  
  
• David Vince
  • A History of the Church Bells of the United Benefice of Brightwalton with Catmore, Chaddleworth, Leckhampstead and Fawley
• H.B. Walters
  • The Church Bells of England

Histories

• Dr. John C.Eisel
  • Giants of the Exercise. Some Notable Ringers of the Past 2nd ed. pub 1999 Central Council of Church Bell Ringers. ISBN 0 900271 61 2
• William Butler
  • 100 years of the Oxford Diocesan Guild pub 1981 ISBN 0 9507832 O X

Architecture

Series of Volumes

• The following books published by Penguin Books in the Pevsner Architectural Guides, The Buildings of England have been consulted.
  • Berkshire (refers to the pre-1974 county) ISBN 0 14 0710.30 2 reprinted 1975
  • Buckinghamshire ISBN 0 14 0710.62 0 2nd edition 2000
  • Gloucestershire: the CotswoldsISBN 0 14 071040 X by David Verney 1st pub 1970, reprinted 1974
  • Oxfordshire ISBN 0 14 0710.45 0 1974 reprinted 1996
• Another series published by John Murray included Berkshire: a collaboration between John Betjeman and John Piper.
• Victoria County History
  A series of many volumes for most counties; usually the one(s) for your County will be available for reference in your local public library or County Records Office: various publishers over the years. Look at their websites for the current ones.
  
  Before 1998 13 volumes had been published for Oxfordshire. The Oxfordshire Victoria County History Trust has been set up to complete volumes for Burford and West Oxfordshire parishes and another for the Henley area.

• England's Thousand Best Churches Simon Jenkins
    Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 1999 ISBN 0-713-99281-6
  ODG towers listed in this book have the symbol (SJ**^C) in their section on 'Church Architecture', where the number of * is that in the book. Towers with houses nearby listed in the more recent book have (SJ**^H)
  England's Thousand Best Houses Simon Jenkins
    Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 2003 ISBN 0-713-99596-3
  
• Guide to the Churches of Oxfordshire Jennifer Sherwood
  with drawings by John Piper. Published 1989 by Robert Dugdale in association with the Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust ISBN 0 946976 03
• Historic churches of the Thames valley Graham Martin
    Spur Books Ltd, 1973 SBN 0 902875 41 8
• Oxfordshire Churches Richard Lethbridge
    The Stonesfield Press for the Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust, 2000 ISBN 0 9527126 3 6
• Oxfordshire Mills Wilfred Foreman
    Philimore 1983 ISBN 0 85033 441 1
• What to look for OUTSIDE A CHURCH P.J.Hunt
    pub 1972 Ladybird Books Series 649
• What to look for INSIDE A CHURCH P.J.Hunt
    pub 1972 Ladybird Books Series 649

Church artefacts

• English Church Clocks: 1280 - 1850 C.F.C.Beeson pub 1977 1st edition by Brant Wright Associates Ltd ISBN 0 903512 14 9
• Exploring ENGLISH CHURCHYARD MEMORIALS Hilary Lees, pub 2002 by Tempus Publishing Ltd ISBN 0 7524 2525 0
• Sundials Christopher St.J.H.Daniel pub 1986 Shire Publications (Shire Album 176) ISBN 0-85263-808-6
• Oxford Sundials Margaret Stanier 2nd edition 2003
• Who's buried where in England Douglas Greenwood, pub 1982, 3rd edition 1999 by Constable ISBN 0 09 4793107

Tourism

• Companion into Berkshire R.P.Beckinsale pub 1951 Methuen catalogue no. 5344/U
• Curiosities of Berkshire Michael Watson pub 1996 S B Publications ISBN 1 85770 109 7
• Grave Tales from Berkshire Diana Costin pub 1999 S B Publications ISBN 1 85770 157 7

• Curiosities of Oxfordshire Eric Gill pub 1995 S B Publications ISBN 1 85770 073 2
• Exploring Oxfordshire Irene Boston pub 1998 S B Publications ISBN 1 85770 164 X

Artists and Authors

• Burne-Jones and William Morris in Oxford and the Surrounding Area. A Heritage Art Guide Ann Dean pub 1991 Heritage Press, Malvern ISBN 1 873 089 00 7

History

• History of Newbury Walter Money pub 1905 by W.J.Blackett, Newbury. Later facsimile edition 1972 Thames Valley Press and the Newbury Bookshop ISBN 0 90029 405 1
• The White Horse Country Nigel Hammond pub 1972 by William Smith, Reading

Scientists and Engineers

• Chambers's DICTIONARY of SCIENTISTS by A.V.Howard pub 1951 by W & R Chambers Ltd London and Edinburgh