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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.

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All Saints Church, Newtown Linford

The dial is fitted with iron dog nails to the south face of the tower, at the south-east corner, adjacent to the nave junction. The date 1706 is across the top, and being of the local slate, the dial is in remarkable condition for its age. Initials ’I K’ are on each side of the date. Upright hours VI - + - IV - VI are aligned to the hour lines, which are drawn to a large semicircle around the gnomon root. Short lines mark the half hours, with fleur de lys or arrow heads, and quarter hours. The rusty iron bar gnomon has a straight horizontal support. Compare the very similar SRN 4443 at Breedon on the Hill, and SRN 5101 at Leicester, all three being within a few miles of each other.

 

Image of dial 7982
2017
Image of dial 7982
2017

All Saints Church, Newtown Linford, LE6 0HD, Leics & Rutland

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S7982 1706 2017 52.68333, -1.22917
N 52° 41' 00", W 01° 13' 45"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
SK522098
Condition Type Access
Good Vertical (S) Open
Maker Materials Dimensions
Thomas Woodcock Slate, iron Estd 457 x 457