Banbury bell ringers celebrate 100 years with a special peal
The Banbury Branch of the Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers reached their centenary, celebrating with a dinner at the Whately Hall Hotel.
The event was held on Friday, June 20, exactly 100 years after the branch was formed.
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Hide AdThe following morning on Saturday, June 21, ten expert ringers successfully rang a peal of Grandsire Caters at St Mary’s Church in Banbury.
The peal took 3 hours and 9 minutes. It was a very hot day and the temperature was 30 degrees in the ringing chamber so this was a real test of the ringers’ skill and stamina.
To continue to mark the centenary throughout 2025 the branch will be ringing quarter peals in every tower.
- On typical tower bells a peal takes around three hours to ring, depending on several factors including the number of changes and the weight of the bells, which affects the speed of ringing
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