The Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers is a society of people spread across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire with many rings of bells including a number of chimes. It was established on 17 January 1881 at Reading.
The Guild is split into 15 branches;
- Banbury Branch
- Bicester Branch
- Central Bucks Branch, covering Aylesbury and Winslow area
- Chiltern Branch, covering Wendover area
- Chipping Norton Branch
- East Berks and South Bucks Branch, covering the High Wycombe, Amersham and Windsor area
- Newbury Branch
- North Bucks Branch, covering Buckingham, Milton Keynes, Olney and Bletchley area
- Old North Berks Branch, covering Abingdon, Wallingford and Appleton area
- Oxford City Branch
- Reading Branch
- Sonning Deanery Branch, covering Sonning and Wokingham area
- South Oxon Branch, covering Dorchester on Thames and Thame area
- Vale of the White Horse Branch, in the Shrivenham and Faringdon area
- Witney and Woodstock Branch
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