Friends of St John Keynsham

Church Tower tour

Edmund offers a guide to St John's Church tower

St John Church Clock

A description of St John's Church Clock in 2021 when the hour chiming mechanism was in need of repair

The Ellacombe Chimes in action

George demonstrates the way invented by Revd Henry Ellacombe for one person to ring the church bells

The History of the St John Church Clock

Local historian Keith Norton describes the history of the tower clock from before its installation in 1729 to the present day

Winding the St John Church Clock

Lesley speaks of the energy and youth required to wind the St John's Church Clock in the days before it was fitted with autowinders in 1975.