Dials of Distinction - Number 20
	A general view of this interesting dial Sundial at Tideswell, Derbyshire   Lord of light and dark we pray, Guide us to the end of day, And when the hours of light are run, Guard us to the hours of sun.   HORIZONTAL PILLAR DIAL - Horizontal dials are the most popular type of dial found in the UK. The horizontal sundial is made by etching the hour lines onto a horizontal plate, normally made of brass. The style stands up vertically from the dial plate and is set at an angle equal to the latitude of the dial site. Horizontal dials are found outside many of the churches in the UK and were used by the vicar, or verger, to check that the church clock was accurate, in the days before the Greenwich Time Signal. Verse from 'Ye Sundial Booke' - T. Geoffrey W. Henslow
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