The Butterton church sundial has a new brass gnomon on the old dial plate. After many years outdoors the brass plate has turned green in colour. The Gothic script on the back of the plate shows it came from the Pursglove memorial in Tideswell church.
A few years ago we restored the sundial at St Bartholomew’s Church in the lovely Staffordshire village of Butterton. We found that the brass dial plate had ancient engraving in Gothic script on the underside, which was a mystery. The writing looked like part of a memorial brass, and we now know it came from Tideswell church in Derbyshire. Continue reading
