The view from The Clock Tower in St Albans looking down the High Street towards Holywell Hill.

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This image shows the view from The Clock Tower in St Albans looking down the High Street towards Holywell Hill. The Clock Tower: Between 1403 and 1412 Thomas Wolvey, formerly the Royal Mason, was engaged to build "Le Clokkehouse" in Market Place. It is the only extant mediaeval town belfry in England. The tower's design was based on the Clock House at Westminster Palace that the architect Henry Yevele (Wolvey's master) built in 1365. The Clock Tower was used to sound the curfew until 1863. The Tower was also used as a semaphore station from 1808 to 1814 during the Napoleonic Wars. The architect George Gilbert Scott restored the structure of the tower in 1865-6; he also added the gothic spire and parapets.

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Size: 5184px × 3456px
Location: The Clock Tower, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.
Photo credit: © Stuart Robertson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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