Im told that just this week a dial that sounds rather similar was
stolen from near Barnsley (S. Yorks). Not listed in the BSS register. I'll
try to come up with some more information if nobody beats me to it.
Richard Crossley.
Dept. of Physics, University of York.
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On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Patrick Powers wrote:
> The lovely and unusual horizontal dial located on a pedestal in the
> churchyard of St Lawrence's Church in Chobham, Surrey, UK has sadly been
> stolen. It is believed to have been taken only very recently and may be
> shortly offered for sale in the UK or overseas. The dial is dated 1760 and
> was delineated by Bennett. It has a very unusual arched gnomon support.
>
> Attached is a scan of the Report form (No R2579) which is held in the
> records of the British Sundial Society - apologies for the left hand side,
> the form is bound in a book.
>
> A photograph will be available when the transparency (or a print from it)
> is retrieved either from our archives (or from the original recorder) and
> scanned. I hope members of this list will understand me sending this photo
> as a second message to this forum.
>
> If anyone has any information that they think might be relevant they should
> contact me by e-mail.
>
> Thanks for your time in reading this.
>
> Patrick Powers, Registrar, British Sundial Society.
>
