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Authors of the documentation UK PARLIAMENT
Title The chimes of Big Ben
Date 02-09-2015
Duration 01:44
Class Clock
Remarks This is the bell in Parliament's Clock Tower (Big Ben). The bell at the centre of this film is called Big Ben. There are two possible explanations for the bell's name:
- It could have been named after Sir Benjamin Hall, the First Commissioner of Works, who was a tall man and known in the House of Commons as Big Ben.
- It may have been named after a champion heavyweight boxer of the time called Ben Caunt. He fought his last fight in 1857 when it was being decided what to call the bell.
Visit http://www.parliament.uk/bigben for more information about Big Ben.
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