Ringers at All Saints

Did you know? : Eddie Whittingham rang literally to the end of his life, dying in the tower during a practice on 20th May 1968.

Some of the band

Tower officers

Tower Foreman

Deputy Foreman

Ringing Master

Deputy Ringing Master

Secretary

Treasurer

Steeple Keeper

Details and contact information for the current officers

Famous All Saints ringers

Reverend F E Robinson is buried in All Saints churchyard. He was a prolific ringer, being the first person ever to ring 1000 peals. He was also a reformer, helping to found the Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers, and serving as its first master for 30 years until his death.
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Reverend Gilbert Thurlow rang in Cambridge as an undergraduate and after ordination came to All Saints as a curate in the 1930s. He subsequently went on to become a President of the Central Council of Church Bellringers and Dean of Gloucester Cathedral. Click for more details.

All Saints band over the years

What did former ringers look like? We have pictures going back a century.

Coronation of Edward VII 1902	1923 peal at St Paul's	1936 quarter peal in memory of King George V	Whittingham & Wigmore 1960s?
Training course 1978	Presentation to Walter Pearce 1980	Handbell tune-ringing band 1982	Handbell tune-ringers 1982
Ringers in 1983	Peal band in 1986	Ringing in 1990	Band that rang an 1881 to mark the 125th anniversary of Sonning Deanery Society
Peal attempt 2009	Band that attempted a peal in 2009	Bird's eye view of a practice in April 2011	Celebrating ringing 100 different methods in 2011
Band that rang a 300 for the tercentenary of Fabian Stedman's death in 2015	Band that rang a quarter peal for the 75th anniversary of VE Day	Dinner day peal band in 2019	Ringing handbells for service during Covid-19 pandemic