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BRIDOL is the British Sundial Society's Register of Fixed Dials, which gives detail and photographs of about 4,800 sundials in the UK which are publicly available. Click here for the BRIDOL main page.

Dial in Hereford & Worcester,

In the garden is a brass horizontal sundial in memory of the first headmistress. It shows the hours IIII - VIII (using XII for noon) divided into halves, quarters and intervals of 7 1/2 minutes. Aligned numerals are read from outside the chapter ring. The motto on the dial plate reads "Tyme Flyes", while on the capital is engraved "Sole Orto Spes Decedente Pax", [Sun rise Hope, Sunset Peace]. Knuckleduster gnomon piercing. Split noon line. Eight point compass rose at gnomon root. Heraldic beasts either side of gnomon. The dial is set on a modern elegant square section pedestal with a square capital and a three step base.

 

Dial in Hereford & Worcester Hereford & Worcester

SRN Year Recorded Coords
6127 19xx 2005
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National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
Condition Type Access
Excellent Horizontal Open
Maker Materials Dimensions
Brass 300 diam