Westminster, The Elizabeth Tower

Bell	Weight	Diameter	Nominal	Note	Founder	Cast	Canon	Hanging
Quarter 1	21-0-23 cwt	44.38"		G#	John Warner & Son	1857	Button	Hung Dead
Quarter 2	25-1-2 cwt	48.06"		F#	John Warner & Son	1857	Button	Hung Dead
Quarter 3	33-2-13 cwt	53.44"		E	John Warner & Son	1858	Button	Hung Dead
Quarter 4	72-2-13 cwt	72.50"		B	John Warner & Son	1857	Button	Hung Dead
Hour ​Big Ben	270-3-15 cwt	180.00"		E	George Mears & Co	1858	Button	Hung Dead

*Frame Layout*

About the Bells

5 Clock Bells, in E
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Inscriptions:

*Underlined text is inscriptions within the soundbow*
Please note that the underlined inscription on Big Ben is all on one line.

Quarter 1	♚ PATENT CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS CRESCENT FOUNDRY CRIPPLEGATE LONDON
Quarter 2	♚ PATENT CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS CRESCENT FOUNDRY CRIPPLEGATE LONDON
Quarter 3	♚ PATENT CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS CRESCENT FOUNDRY CRIPPLEGATE LONDON
Quarter 4	PATENT ♚ 1856 CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS CRESCENT FOUNDRY CRIPPLEGATE LONDON
Hour	♝♝♝♝♝♝♝♝♝♝♝ ​⚛ ⚛ ⚛ ⚛ ⚛ ⚛ ⚛ ⚛⚛ ⚛ ⚛ ⍍⍔⌼⍍⍔⌼⍍⍔⌼⍍⍔ ⛫⛫⛫⛫⛫⛫⛫⛫⛫⛫⛫ ​▩         ⚛ ​ ​  THIS BELL WEIGHING 10TONS 10CWT 3QRS 15LBS WAS CAST BY GEORGE MEARS OF WHITECHAPEL FOR THE CLOCK OF THE HOUSES OF PARLIMENT UNDER THE DIRECTION OF EDMUND BECKETT DENISON QC IN THE TWENTY FIRST YEAR OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA AND IN THE YEAR OF THE LORD MDCCCLVIII

Hour	JOHN WARNER AND SONS CRESCENT FOUNDRY CRIPPLEGATE LONDON ♚ CAST IN THE 20TH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA, AND IN THE YEAR OF THE LORD 1856 FROM THE DESIGN OF EDMUND BECKETT DENISON  Q.C. ; SIR BENJAMIN HALL, BARONET  M.P. CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF WORKS

♝ = Fig. LVI,h
​⚛ = Fig. LVI,i
⍔ = Fig. LVI,j
⛫ = Fig. LVI,k
▩ = Fig. LVI,l
⚛ = Fig. LVI,m
♚ = Fig. LXVI,a

Photographs:

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References:
Data on the bells: Love's Guide
Inscriptions: Online photographs and videos

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