Paul's is in 1286, when a clockmaker called Bartholomew was paid for work carried out over a period of nine months. The earliest reference to a clock for St. Much of the original Tudor buildings around then still remained, from which the 16th century girls and boys, teachers, parents, local shop keepers, pensioners in the alms houses, and workers tidying the spooky graves around the church, would have seen, on a clear day, not the dome we see today, but a steeple. It was visible from Walthamstow village some 4 miles away "as the crow flies" so would have been seen from the grammar school that I went to which had been founded in 1512. and a reference point which could be seen for miles. (The second highest hill has the Tower of London on it.) St.Pauls did not just function as a church, it was also a meeting place, a market place, (and upmarket shopping mall), a community centre, etc. Paul's Cathedral was built on the highest point within the City of London, Ludgate Hill. Mervyn Hobden also helped when it come to looking in detail at the clocks that were installed there. His position of Assistant Surveyor and assistant to the Librarian at that time, not only made him a useful guide but enabled him to uncover the facts relating to the unusual nature of the Langley Bradley clock. I was very grateful for the invaluable assistance given by Robert Crayford. Paul's and the fate of its clocks, was not well known. I discovered that despite its large size and prominent position as the most famous historic London landmark, the full story of the building and rebuilding of St. Having written about the Hampton Court Clock, and the Westminster Clock, in 1978, I decided to write about the St. Originally published in Clocks, February and March 1979 - this is a new, updated version.
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