Just a guess, but might San 1790 be a misinterpretation of F.an 1790 (an
abbreviation of Fecit anno 1790). This would then match Mrs Gatty's
description pretty well.
Geoff
On 20 June 2017 at 10:53, Patrick Powers
wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> It’s always interesting to look a little further into an o
Hello all,
It’s always interesting to look a little further into an old sundial –
especially when it is one that is one of the lesser-known ones and is of some
age too.
This is true of a lovely dial set up in 1790 in Grantham, UK. [Grantham
appeared as early as 1086 in the Domesday Book and w
