Turret clock, and one dial from Basingstoke town hall, Hampshiire, made by John Atkins, Lichfield, Staffordshire 1760, modernised together with the addition of a five bell chiming movement by J W Benson, Ludgate Hill, London 1887
installed in the town hall when built in 1832; moved to a higher tower erected 1887, the gift of Col John May to celebrate the golden jubilee of Victoria, 'a handsome clocktower in place of the hideous structure which formerly did duty'; described in 1930 'the market plae with its curious Town Hall and cast iron clock'; removed when the unsafe tower was demolished 1961
installed in the town hall when built in 1832; moved to a higher tower erected 1887, the gift of Col John May to celebrate the golden jubilee of Victoria, 'a handsome clocktower in place of the hideous structure which formerly did duty'; described in 1930 'the market plae with its curious Town Hall and cast iron clock'; removed when the unsafe tower was demolished 1961
