BRIDOL is the British Sundial Society's Register of Fixed and Mass Dials, which gives detail and photographs of about 8000 fixed sundials and 3000 mass dials in the UK.
Some of these are in private gardens, but the majority are publicly available.
This unpainted stone dial of 1909 is canted out by 3 degrees to face true south, and is carved with numerals and letters in relief. The bar gnomon is supported by a St Andrews cross (for the dedication of the church), standing on a horizontal ’S’. The motto is from I Chron. Xx. 15.
Of unusual interest is the Equation of Time table printed by F Barker & Son Ltd, tailored to this location, and displayed inside the church. The latitude, logitude and height above sea level are also shown. Barkers will have often provided such tables, but they are now rarely seen.
2012
St Andrew’s Parish Church, Church Road, Boreham, CM3 3EQ, Essex
