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Welcome to
St. Giles' Bellringers
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Some of the Inscriptions on St Giles' Bells (Sixth, Seventh
and Tenor)
Introduction
Behind the Scenes | Peal on 11 August 2007 | View from the Tower… | A German account
- Captain of the Tower Dermot Roaf
- Contact
Dermot Roaf by email for
more details.
- Practice night: Thursday evenings 7.30 to 8.45 PM.
- Service ringing: Sunday morning: 9.45 - 10.30 AM, and for Evensong:
5.45 to 6.30 PM.
- St Giles' bells date from 1602, and are fully documented from 1789 in
the Churchwarden's accounts. The four bells were augmented to six in 1850, and
to 8 in 1927 to complete the octave. There are now therefore 8 Bells, Tenor is
13 cwt. in F#
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See the Ringing Chamber
The tower is affiliated to the Oxford Diocesan Guild of Bellringers
(ODG)
Some ringers in St. Giles are additionally members of the other Oxford
ringing group, the ancient "Oxford Society".
Ich habe nicht die geringste Ahnung von dem, was mich
erwartet, als ich abends am Seiteneingang von St Giles schelle …. An
account of a visit by Leo G Linder to St Giles Belltower.
The inscriptions on the bells:
St Giles Ringing Chamber (Photo by David Clover) |
St Giles' Bells and the Poet
'Intolerably sad, profound
St Giles' bells are ringing round,
They
bring the slanting summer rain
To tap the chestnut boughs again …
Sir
John Betjeman - from 'New bats in Old Belfries' 1945
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St Giles Bell Frame (Photo by David Clover) |
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Treble |
M & S LONDON Venite
Exultemus Domino DD Henricus Wylie Hughes 1927
(O come, let us sing unto the Lord) |
| Second |
MEARS & STAINBANK,
FOUNDERS, LONDON Te Deum Laudemus 1927
(We praise thee, O God) |
| Third |
Gloria in excelsis
1850
(Glory (to God) in the Highest) |
| Fourth |
Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini
1850
(Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord) |
| Fifth |
Magnificat anima mea Dominum ait Maria
1850
(My soul doth magnify the Lord, saith Mary) |
| Sixth |
Sonitus Egidii conscendat culmina Coeli
1850
(Let the sound of Giles ascend the heights of heaven) |
| Seventh |
Sum Rosa Pulsata Mundi Katerina Vocata
1850
(I that am struck am a rose of the world, called Katherine) |
| Tenor |
FEARE GOD HONAR THE KXNG 1632 |
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Ringers in the tower 19 October 2008 (Photo by
Margaret Marsh) |
From the left the ringers are: David Ingrouille,
Rachel Hands, Dermot Roaf, Sheila Browne and Andy Dunn |
Books about St Giles and the Bells
'BELL RINGING and other things at St. Giles' Church Oxford'
by Philip Walker - a well-researched account of a lifetime at St. Giles.
Available in St Giles Church, or by
email order.
St
Giles Bell Frame
Other links
This page was updated on:
26/12/2009
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