United Kingdom
England
South East England
Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire
Benson
St Helen's Church, Benson
United Kingdom
England
South East England
Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire
Benson
St Helen's Church, Benson
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Location: Benson, South Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom
The church tower was rebuilt in 1794.
It has a single clock face on the east-facing side with hours displayed in Roman numerals.
The clock face erroneously has the nine o'clock marker painted as XI. The eleven o'clock marker is also XI.
This mistake gained fame during the Second World War when Germany's English-speaking propaganda broadcaster, William Joyce (Lord Haw Haw) promised an air raid on "an airfield near the village whose clock had two elevens". RAF Benson was bombed soon afterwards.
Cit. bensingtonhistory.org/benson-church-records
November 2, 2020
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