:Oxford Society of Change Ringers
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Image:All Saints Church Oxford (1).jpg on the High Street, now Lincoln College library, where the Oxford Society of Change Ringers practise.]]
The Oxford Society of Change Ringers, established in 1734, is a society dedicated to change ringing in Oxford, England.{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordsociety.org.uk/the-society/|title=The Society - The Oxford Society of Change Ringers|publisher=|accessdate=18 October 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Herring|first1=Naomi|title=City throws open its doors to the public|url=http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/14736069.City_throws_open_its_doors_to_the_public/|accessdate=8 November 2016|publisher=Oxford Mail|date=11 September 2016}}{{cite book|last1=Morris|first1=Jan|title=Oxford|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780198645658|url-access=registration|date=2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0192801368|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780198645658/page/115 115]}}{{cite book|last1=Clarke|first1=John Erskine|title=Church Bells, v. 5|date=1875|page=439}} It should not be confused with the Oxford University Society of Change Ringers. The society is based at the Cathedral Church of Christ where its members ring for Sunday services as well as practising there twice a month. Weekly practices are held at Lincoln College, in the former All Saints Church, now the college library, which still has a peal of eight bells.
Other towers at which the Oxford Society rings include:
- Carfax Tower
- Magdalen College
- Merton College
- New College
- University Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Tom Tower, Christ Church (Tom Tower holds the bell of Great Tom, which is swung for special occasions){{cite news|title=Beautiful Music|url=http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/royal_wedding/9000067.Beautiful_music/|accessdate=8 November 2016|publisher=Oxford Times|date=29 April 2011}}
References
External links
- [http://www.oxfordsociety.org.uk/ Oxford Society of Change Ringers website]
Category:Bell ringing societies in England
Category:Organizations established in 1734
Change Ringers, Oxford Society of
Change Ringers, Oxford Society of
Category:Lincoln College, Oxford
Category:1734 establishments in England
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