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.
Click here for the BRIDOL main page.All Saint’s Church, Batley
This once-fine dial is sadly in need of restoration. It was seen on the church porch in 1879 by Mrs Gatty with the motto ’DISCE MORI MONDO’ (Learn to die to the world) and this is still just readable at the top. Below that is a semicircle of names, probably cities aligned with the times of their noons, but not now legible. The body of the dial uses upright numerals VI - XII - IIII - VI, divided to half and quarter hours, and in the centre is a grid of curved declination lines (probably marked with their astrological symbols but difficult to read) and vertical azimuth lines marked with the direction of the sun (S S East etc, but again hard to read). The top line is marked ’Sunrise’ at the left and ’Sun set’ at the right. The sturdy iron gnomon has a notch nodus.
Ref: The Book of Sun-Dials, Gatty, 1900.
All Saint’s Church, Stocks Lane, Batley, WF17 8PA, Yorkshire (W)
| SRN | Year | Recorded | Coords |
|---|---|---|---|
| S8253 | 2021 | 53.71583, -1.63417 N 53° 42' 57", W 01° 38' 03" |
| Condition | Type | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Fair | Vertical (S) | Open |
| Maker | Materials | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
| Stone, iron |