Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers

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The Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers is a society of people spread across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire with many rings of bells inclucing a number of chimes. It was established on the 17 January 1881 at Reading.

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The Guild is split into 15 branches;

Banbury Branch
Bicester Branch
Central Bucks Branch
Chiltern Branch
Chipping Norton Branch
East Berks and South Bucks Branch
Newbury Branch
North Bucks Branch
Old North Berks Branch
Oxford City Branch
Reading Branch
Sonning Deanery Branch
South Oxon Branch
Vale of the White Horse Branch
Witney and Woodstock Branch

The Guild is affiliated to the CCCBR (Central Council of Church Bell Ringers) Which is an organisation, covering all the countries that have bells hung for English Change Ringing.