Tom Tower
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Tom Tower is a bell tower in Oxford, England. It is over the main entrance of Christ Church, Oxford in Tom Quad, on St Aldate's. This square tower with an octagonal lantern and dome was design by Christopher Wren and built 1681–82.
Great Tom within the tower is the loudest bell in Oxford. It weighs around seven tons and was moved from the 12th century Osney Abbey after the Protestant Reformation. Traditionally, the bell in Tom Tower is sounded 101 times at 9:05 pm each evening to recall the (originally 101) scholars of the college before the gates were locked for the night.
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[edit] References
- Jennifer Sherwood and Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
[edit] External links
- Images of Tom Tower
- W.H. Auden (1907–1973) Under Tom Tower by Richard Ellmann
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