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.
By the tower at the west end. A superb dial inscribed with memorial text and maker’s name. Partly infilled gnomon. 32-point compass divided to 10, 5 and 1 degrees. EoT scale is ring marked Watch Faster/Slower etc, to individual days. Shows IIII - XII - IIII - VIII from outside, with noon gap, in 30,10 and 1 min intervals, fleur-de-lys on half hours. Heavy oxidation but otherwise excellent. Mounted on an octagonal arch-decorated pedestal, 600 diam and 1600h, itself on a 6-inch high octagonal stone platform.
The inscriptions, read from the outside, are at the south: ’The Gift of Eda Ravenscroft __ / __ of this town’ ’ANNO DOMINI 1809’, and at the north: ’HARRIS / 17 Holborn / LONDON’.
