St Stephen, Westbourne Park, London W2

[John Walton]

> Subject: St Stephen, Westbourne Park, London W2
> 
> Following my visit today, here are the results.
> 
> Clock, Benson of Ludgate Hill, no date.
> 
> Bell, Warner 1871, stock foundry inscription, "coat of arms" on
> one side of bell, no other inscription. Diameter is 38 inches give
> or take a little bit. Estimated weight about 9cwt.
> 
> Hangs for full circle ringing in own frame, slider missing and
> nearly all shrouding missing from wheel, apart from a few inches
> around the garter hole.
> 
> John
> 
> --

>From my Bensons book (Bundock and McKay, 2002) an extract from a list of
JW Benson clocks, dated 1877:

"St Stephen's Church, Bayswater: 1 dial, 5ft 6in; Brass; Striking hours;
largest bell 8cwt."

John