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Twyford, The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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The most distant part of the branch with associations with Bicester Branch
1990

2 Peals:

Longest peal: 5040 changes

Slowest peal: 29 changes per minute, on 7 May 1966

Fastest peal: 30 changes per minute, on 10 October 1952

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

Victor G Philips1
Bradley Murduck1
Miss Doreen Spokes1
Denby Murduck1
George E Green1
Philip Murduck1
Graham N Coleborne1
W Charles Gough1
Reginald F Crook1
Frederick Vickers1

71

No ringer has circled the tower

History of the ring:

1553 to 15891590 to 15931594 to 16171618 to 16261627 to 17581758 to 18041805 to 18271828 to 18681869 to 18711872 to 19061907 to present
         

Blews in 1872 recast: 1907

Gillett & Johnston in 1907

   

Robert Atton in 1618 recast: 1805

Robert Atton in 1618 recast: 1805

Robert Atton in 1618 recast: 1805

Thomas Mears I in 1805 recast: 1907

Thomas Mears I in 1805 recast: 1907

Thomas Mears I in 1805 recast: 1907

Thomas Mears I in 1805 recast: 1907

Gillett & Johnston in 1907

Unknown founder - cast before 1553

Unknown founder - cast before 1590

Bartholomew Atton in 1594 recast: 1758

Bartholomew Atton in 1594 recast: 1758

Bartholomew Atton in 1594 recast: 1758

Lester & Pack in 1758 recast: 1907

Lester & Pack in 1758 recast: 1907

Lester & Pack in 1758 recast: 1907

Lester & Pack in 1758 recast: 1907

Lester & Pack in 1758 recast: 1907

Gillett & Johnston in 1907

Unknown founder - cast before 1553

Unknown founder - cast before 1590

Unknown founder - cast before 1594

Unknown founder - cast before 1618

James Keene in 1627 recast: 1869

James Keene in 1627 recast: 1869

James Keene in 1627 recast: 1869

James Keene in 1627 recast: 1869

Blews in 1869

Blews in 1869

Blews in 1869

Unknown founder - cast before 1553

Unknown in 1590

Unknown in 1590

Unknown in 1590

Unknown in 1590

Unknown in 1590

Unknown in 1590

Unknown in 1590

Unknown in 1590

Unknown in 1590

Unknown in 1590

Unknown founder - cast before 1553

Unknown founder - cast before 1590

Unknown founder - cast before 1594

Unknown founder - cast before 1618

James Keene in 1627 recast: 1828

James Keene in 1627 recast: 1828

James Keene in 1627 recast: 1828

Taylor Oxford in 1828

Taylor Oxford in 1828

Taylor Oxford in 1828

Taylor Oxford in 1828

Bell Frame:

Type 8 3 C e

All metal frames (cast iron)

High sided frames (including "A" and "H" frames)

Cast iron "H" castings mounted on beams and braced at the top

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Classification from "Bellframes - A Practical Guide to Inspection and Recording - C J Pickford 1993"