Morpeth Clock Tower

It stands close to the Morpeth Town Hall (originally designed by Vanbrugh in 1714) and the YMCA buildings of 1905.

[1] The Clock Tower was constructed sometime between 1604 and 1634 out of recycled Medieval stone giving it its much older appearance.

The stone was thought to come from a gatehouse that previously stood at the west end of Oldgate.

However, the people of Berwick failed to elect the Maine to office as a member of parliament a couple of years previously.

By the early 20th century, the bells had fallen into disrepair and were eventually recast and hung in a new cast iron frame in 1951 by John Taylor & Co to commemorate the Festival of Britain.