The Great Bells of Oseney

• Use: Secular
• Level: K - 2, 3 - 6
• Type: Ostinati
• Canon: Yes
• Topic: Bells
• Language: English
• Origin: England

Oseney Abbey, once located in Oxford, was founded as an Augustinian priory in 1129, becoming an abbey around 1154. It was dissolved in 1539 but was created a cathedral at that time. It was one of the four renowned monastic houses of medieval Oxford.  It no longer stands.  The Tenor bell is the largest, heaviest and lowest sounding pitch in a peal of bells.