English clock tower?

Question:Did England have a clock tower before Big Ben was built?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Did England have a clock tower before Big Ben was built?

Sir Christopher Wren included a clock tower in the rebuilt St Paul's cathedral in 1666, I don't know if this was the first public clock in London, I doubt it, since the first clock tower in Europe is in Salisbury cathedral built in the 14th century.

The Clock Tower is a turret clock structure at the north-eastern end of the Houses of Parliament building in Westminster, London. It is colloquially and popularly known as Big Ben, however this name actually belongs to the clock's main bell. The tower has also been incorrectly referred to as St. Stephen's Tower.

The Clock Faces were once large enough to allow the Clock Tower to be the largest four-faced clock in the world, but has since been outdone by the Allen-Bradley Clock Tower in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The builders of the Allen-Bradley Clock Tower did not add chimes to the clock, so the Great Clock of Westminster still holds the title of the "World's largest four-faced chiming clock". The clock mechanism itself was completed by 1854, but the tower was not fully constructed until four years later in 1858.

Big Ben is the colloquial name of the Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster, in London, England. It actually refers to the main bell, which is also known as the Great Bell of Westminster, the largest bell in the tower and part of the The Great Westminster Clock.

Your answer is YES!

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