In 1885, Rev Cleife’s uncle, John Cleife, paid for various improvements to the church, namely patent duplex lamps, a hot air heating apparatus, matting and a clock for the tower. Messrs. Hancock, Cox, and Co. of Yeovil supplied the clock of “iron frame or Denison type, fitted with Graham’s dead beat escapement.” It had two copper dials (one facing the village and the other the Rectory) and struck the hour.[1]

References

[1] Western Gazette, 6 November 1885, p. 7.