Showcasing public and civic clocks around the world.
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Positioned alongside the main road running through the village of Beckermet is St John’s Church.
St John’s Church, Beckermet, Cumbria
Beckermet is situated north west of the Sellafield nuclear facility on the west coast of Cumbria.
The bell turret contains two bells.
The church was built in 1878-9 using red sandstone.
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Installed just below the bell cote of St Mary’s Church in Gosforth is this clock.
Gosforth is situated just inland on the west coast of Cumbria south of Egremont.
Gosforth church clock
Hand wound by two people on a weekly rota the clock was officially started at 10.30 on the 6 October 1897.
An inscription near the the clock mechanism reads ‘ This clock is the gift of Ellen Jane Gordon of Ingleden Kent in memory of her brother Col. Winsor Parker’.
A card inside the clock door shows that the clock is maintained by Wm. Potts & Sons Ltd of Leeds.
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High above the centre of Whitehaven on the west coast of Cumbria is this clock on the former market hall.
Old Market Hall, Whitehaven
Erected in 1880 it was designed by Thomas Lewis Banks.
This building replaced one designed by Robert Smirke who also designed a number of other local buildings. However, is more known the Royal Mint, Tower Hill and the main block and facade of the British Museum.
Currently the building is used as the Tourist Information Centre
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Above an entrance to St Bees School on the west coast of Cumbria is this clock.
St Bees School clock
The school was founded by Edmund Grindel, archbishop of Cantebury in 1583.
This area is known as the foundation quadrangle.
The oldest part of the school is to the left.
The ancient motto above the door on the clock tower translates as ‘ Enter so that you may make progress’.
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Situated in the grounds of St Bees Priory on the west coast of Cumbria.
St Bees Priory sundial
This sundial is thought to be from the 17th Century and is in need of much sympathetic restoration and protection to prevent further damage.
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St Bees School is a private school on the West Coast of Cumbria.
St Bees School chapel clock
The school is one of the oldest public schools in the UK, founded in 1583.
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