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Quarter peals etc at All Saints


  Updated   04-April-2010

See totals for previous years 

Quarter peals, etc. rung in 2010

 DateMethod(s) Changes Dedication 
1 JanuaryPlain & Middlesex
Little Bob Major
2010Rung on the morning of New Year's Day to welcome the coming year Details
20 FebruaryStedman Triples1260 Rung in memory of Rev FE Robinson who was buried in this churcyhard on 19 February 1910. See  Details 
28 FebruaryPlain Bob Major1280Rung in memory of Jasmine May Harrison, 9 August 1910 - 13 January 2010.Details
14 MarchYorkshire Surprise Major1280Rung for evensong on Mothering SundayDetails
28 MarchPlain Bob Major1376Rung for evensong on Palm SundayDetails
4 AprilPlain Bob Major1264Rung for evensong on Easter DayDetails

Quarter peals, etc. rung in 2009

 Date Method(s) Changes Dedication 
1 JanuaryPlain & Little Bob Major2009Rung on the morning of New Year's Day to welcome the coming year Details
1 JanuaryTigger Surprise Major1250 Details
17 JanuaryCambridge Surprise Major800To mark the 800th annioversay of Cambridge University. (All ringers are members of the Cambridge University Guild of Change Ringers)Details
25 JanuaryGrandsire Triples1260To mark the admission the previous day of the Rector, David Hodgson, as an Honorary Canon of Oxford Cathedral, and of Judith Scott to the order of St Frideswide Details
22 MarchCambridge Surprise Major1280Rung for evensong on Mothering SundayDetails
5 AprilYorkshire Surprise Major1250For evensong on Palm Sunday. A wedding complement to Rebecca Woodward & Stephen Jones, married on 4 April. 18th birthday complement to Emily Mellor. 16th birthday complement to Mhairi MillerDetails
12 AprilGrandsire Triples1260For evensong on Easter Day. Also remembering John & Joan Rance (parents of 3rd ringer), married in this church 15 April 1939.Details
17 MayPlain Bob Major1280For evensongDetails
31 MayPlain Bob Minor1260For evensong on WhitSundayDetails
 19 July Cambridge Surprise Minor1320For evensongDetails
1 NovemberGrandsire Triples1260For evensong on All Saints DayDetails
8 NovemberGrandsire Triples1260Rung half-muffled for evensong on Remembrance SundayDetails
11 NovemberPlain Bob Triples1260Rung half-muffled on Remembrance DayDetails
15 NovemberCambridge Surprise Minor1296Rung as an engagement compliment to Andy Smith & Cara Polet Details
13 DecemberGrandsire Triples350Rung as part of the World Council of Churches' call to world leaders at the Climate Change talks in Copenhagen Details

Quarter peals, etc. rung in 2008  

 Date Method(s) Changes Dedication
1 JanuaryPlain & Little Bob Major2008Rung on the morning of New Year's Day to welcome the coming year
12 JanuaryGrandsire Doubles1260Rung half-muffled in memory of Rex Baldry, before his funeral service 
 13 January Grandsire Triples1260 Rung to celebrate the life of W Stewart Gibson, who rang at All Saints for 23 years from 1977 to 1999, and died on 3rd January.
 16 February  Plain Bob Minor  1260Birthday Compliments to Nigel Mellor. First quarter peal inside for Emily Mellor
 2 March 2008 Plain Bob Major1280Rung for evening service on Mothering Sunday. First quarter peal inside for Mhairi Miller.
16 March 2008 Grandsire Triples 1260Rung for evening service on Palm Sunday. First quarter peal of Triples inside for Mary Spence.
22 March 2008 Spliced Surprise Minor1320Rung for evening service on Easter Day
13 May 2008Plain Bob Minor1260Rung during Sonning Deanery Branch practice
23 June 2008 Grandsire Triples 1260To celebrate the marriage of Rebecca Fox and Chris Eamen on 14th June
13 July 2008Yorkshire Surprise Major1250Rung for evensong during the visit to Wokingham of Rt Revd Henry Parsley, Bishop of Alabama
26 October 2008Yorkshire Surprise Major1250For evening service
2 November 2008St Clements College Bob Major1344For evening service on All Saints Sunday

 9 November 2008

Grandsire Triples1260For evening service on Remembrance Sunday
30 November 2008Grandsire Triples1260For evening service on Advent Sunday. Congratulations to Mhairi Miller ringing her first of Grandsire inside.

Quarter peals, etc. rung in 2007

 Date Method(s) Changes Dedication
14 JanuaryPudsey Surprise Major1250For evensong, to mark ten years ministry at All Saints by the Rector, Revd David Hodgson
28 JanuaryGrandsire Triples1260For evensong, to mark the birth of Joshua Thomas Smith, first nephew of Andy Smith, who conducted the quarter peal
24 FebruaryPlain Bob Minor1260First quarter peal for Emily Mellor
 29 April Grandsire Doubles 1280 First quarter peal for Mhairi Miller
 5 May Yorkshire Surprise Major1250 40th birthday compliment to Julie Goodchild
 9 October Grandsire Triples1287 Rung half muffled before the memorial service of Michael John Ni
 11 November  Grandsire Triples1260 Rung half muffled on Remembrance Sunday

 


Quarter peals, etc. rung in 2006

 DateMethod(s)Changes Dedication
17-JanuarySpliced Plain & Little Bob Major1881Retrospective Date Touch to mark the 125th anniversary of the foundation of the Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers this day in 1881
26-FebruaryCambridge Surprise Major1280For evensong
6-MarchYorkshire Surprise Major1280Rung during Surprise Major practice
19-MarchPlain Bob Minor1260For evensong
9-AprilGrandsire Triples1260For evensong on Palm Sunday, and to congratulate John Harrison on his Civic Award for services to bellringing
21-MayPlain Bob Minor1260 For evensong 
 1-OctoberStedman Triples1260For evensong on the first day that Rev Emma Antoine was celebrant at the morning Communion service, after being ordained Priest the previous week
 29-OctoberPlain Bob Triples1260 For evensong during All Saints tide
 12-November Grandsire Triples1287 Rung half muffled for evensong on Remembrance Sunday
 3-December Rutland Surprise Major1344 Rung for Advent Sunday
 17-December Grandsire triples1260 For evening service

Quarter peals, etc. rung in 2005

DateMethod(s)ChangesDedication
1-JanuarySpliced Plain Triples & Major2005Date touch for New Year
10-JulyGrandsire Triples1945Retrospective date touch to commemorate 60 years since the end of World War II in 1945
31-JulyCambridge Surprise Major1280For evensong
9-AugustStedman Triples1260Rung on the centenary of the day when Revd. FE Robinson (buried at All Saints) became the first person to ring 1000 peals.
14 AugustPlain Bob Major1264Rung for evensong, to mark the departure of the curate, Revd. Paul Cowan
16-OctoberYorkshire Surprise Major1250For evensong. Also 18th birthday compliment to Katie Tutcher
13-November Grandsire Triples 1260 Rung half-muffled for Remembrance Sunday

Quarter peal totals in earlier years

The earliest quarter peal recorded at All Saints was in March1904, to commemorate 30 years of ministry by the Rector, Canon Sturges. The number rung between then and 1965 is uncertain, because records of quarter peals at All Saints held by the tower are incomplete. The best estimate is 32, but is is probably higher. The figures below, from 1966, are based on more complete records, and are believed to be complete. Note that fewer than 50 were rung between 1904 and 1978, whereas well over 400 have been rung since then.

YearNumber rung YearNumber rung YearNumber rung
19662 19818 199611
19670 198213 199712
19683 19837 199815
19691 198417 19999
19701 198538 20005
19711 198638 20015
19721 198734 20027
19732 198829 200311
19741 198910 20045
19751 199020 20057
19762 199112  200611
19770 199216 20077
19782 199312 200814
19797 19949 200913
198010 199510

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