<div dir="ltr">Carl, there is a list on the Church Heritage Register for each church but there are many clocks omitted. The Amateur Heroical Society (Turret Clock Group) do have a data base which does have some clocks on it - clocks are under recorded and relies on volunteers updating it.(Registration is requested.)<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.ahsoc.org/">https://www.ahsoc.org/</a></div><div><br></div><div>John</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 31 May 2026 at 03:36, Carl S Zimmerman via Bell-historians <<a href="mailto:bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk">bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><div dir="ltr">Inspired by a news article on restoration of the clockworrks at Madley, Herts., I write to ask whether there is a national list of tower clocks comparable to what Dove provides for bells. If so, is anyone considering connecting such a list with Dove? or expanding Dove to include mentions of ancillary equipment? Madley, for example, has a restored Ellacombe rack that operates on all eight bells, plus a tower clock that strikes the hour as well as the half hour (and perhaps the quarters as well). But neither of those facilities is mentioned in Dove's entry for Madley, so it is not clear which of the eight serve also as clock bells. Other rings have associated chiming machines of various kinds, probably also associated with clockworks.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Currently I am working on a project to consolidate lists of known products of American tower clock manufacturers, with the aim of eventually connecting that with the various surviving lists of the products of American bellfounders. I hope to increase tower clock enthusiasts' appreciation of the bells associated with such clocks, and vice versa.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Comments?<br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Carl Scott Zimmerman, Campanologist <br>Saint Louis, Missouri, USA -<br> - 19th c. home of at least 37 bell founders or resellers <br>Tel. +1-314-821-8437 <br>Webmaster for <a href="http://www.TowerBells.org" target="_blank">www.TowerBells.org</a><br> * Avocation: tower bells<br> * Recreation: handbells<br><div> * Mission: church bells</div><div><span><span>Webmaster for <a href="http://www.TSCChapter134.org" target="_blank">www.TSCChapter134.org</a></span></span></div><div dir="ltr">Treasurer, World Carillon Federation<br></div></div></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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