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John Briant of Hertford, a noted clockmaker and bellfounder installed the clock which is still in use,
and a chiming mechanism to play a different tune each day at 1.00, 5.00, 9.00, 13.00, 17.00 and 21.00
hours; the mechanism had to be wound twice a day, which involved a climb up the Church tower to
the clock loft. This continued until 1940 when church bells were silenced to be ready as a warning
of enemy invasion.
and a chiming mechanism to play a different tune each day at 1.00, 5.00, 9.00, 13.00, 17.00 and 21.00
hours; the mechanism had to be wound twice a day, which involved a climb up the Church tower to
the clock loft. This continued until 1940 when church bells were silenced to be ready as a warning
of enemy invasion.
St Mary Magdalene - Woodstock Chimes