![]() Got a story you think we should be covering? Email Click here to sign up to our daily newsletter for the latest news and top stories from MyLondon sent straight to your inbox. So to put it in another way, Little Ben could be considered somewhat of a middle child, which also probably explains why it’s so forgotten about, but at very least MyLondon has stopped to acknowledge its existence. Lorloz is actually treated as a national symbol and treasure in the Seychelles, very much how Big Ben is seen in the UK. The even more little version of Little Ben, which was painted in silver and erected to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, was called Lorloz. Even more interesting, Little Ben even got its own miniature erected in Victoria, the capital of Seychelles, in 1903. In fact, the National Heritage List for England in 1987 honoured the landmarked with a Grade II listing. Little Ben is often overshadowed by its larger, more famous predecessor (Image: Ahmer Raza / MyLondon) The couplet signed by ‘J.W.R.’ reads: “My hands you may retard or may advance my heart beats true for England as for France.” It was put back in 2016 after spending time in storage.īut anyone who has ever stopped to analyse the details of the clock may have noticed the little rhyme that is written on the side. The clock was removed once again in 2012 to make way for redevelopment works outside London Victoria station, this time for a period of four years. It took a full 17 years before the restored version of the clock tower was returned to its spot, not that many people realised it was missing. 4 The official name of the tower in which Big Ben is located was originally the Clock Tower, but it was. ![]() So overlooked is Little Ben, however, that almost no one noticed when it was temporarily removed in 1964. Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, 1 2 at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England, 3 and the name is frequently extended to refer also to the clock and the clock tower. The original bell was a 16 ton (16.3-tonne) hour bell, cast on 6 August 1856 in Stockton-on-Tees by John Warner & Sons. The design pretty much mimics that of its larger counterpart, but on a much smaller scale. The main bell, officially known as the Great Bell but better known as Big Ben, is the largest bell in the tower and part of the Great Clock of Westminster It sounds an E-natural. The iron clad miniature clock tower was erected in 1892 as a tribute to the Elizabeth Tower in Westminster, which houses the more famous Big Ben. Yes, sitting there in plain sight for all to see at one of London’s busiest locations is one of the city’s longest surviving historic landmarks that somehow hasn’t made it onto anyone’s Instagram posts. ![]() Little Ben was built as a replica of Elizabeth Tower, also known as Big Ben (Image: Ahmer Raza / MyLondon) ![]()
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