Where did the name Big Ben come from?

Answer 1

When the clock first began operating on May 31, 1859, its 13-ton bell was called big-ben, supposedly after Britain's first-commissioner-of-works, benjamin-hall-1st-baron-llanover. Later, the name came to refer to the entire clock. The clock first arrived at its home at palace-of-westminsteron this date in 1859. It traveled from the whitechapel-bell-foundry--- Britain's oldest manufacturing company --- on a carriage drawn by sixteen horses. Big Ben holds the record as the world's largest four-faced chiming clock. At the bottom of each face, written in gilt letters, is the inscription, "Domine Salvam Fac Reginam Nostram Victoriam Primam" --- "O Lord, keep safe our Queen Victoria the First."

Answer 2

Big Ben Big Ben is the poular name for the clock tower of the British Houses of Parliament. Strictly speaking, "Big Ben" is the nickname of the biggest and deepest bell in the clock.
The name 'Big Ben' actually refers to the largest of the bells in the clock tower. It is said to be named after Sir Benjamin Hall, the Commissioner of Works when the bell was installed.

Answer 3

No one is exactly sure how the nickname came to be. It may have been named after Sir Benjamin Hall, who oversaw the installation of the Great Bell, or after boxing's English Heavyweight Champion Benjamin Caunt.

Answer 4

Big Ben is the name of one of the bells in the clock mechanism in the tower next to the Houses of Parliment. Although the tower is often refered to as 'Big Ben', its proper name is 'St Stephen's bell tower". I'm afraid I don't know why the bell was named 'Ben'

Answer 5

Big Ben is actually the nickname of the 14 ton bell inside the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, but most people call the clock Big Ben. Big Ben was named after Sir Benjamin Hall who was Commissioner of Works when the bell was installed.

Answer 6

Big Ben is synonymous as the Great Bell, the Clock and the Tower in which it is encased.

Big Ben was supposedly named after Sir Benjamin Hall who was Commisioner of Works when the bell was installed. The people of London started calling it Big Ben and the name stuck. It was going to be named after Queen Victoria originally though.

Answer 7

niot sure [ Big Ben had it's origins as the 'nickname' of the bell in London's Houses of Parliament clock tower,and as a result the clock and the tower are now known as Big Ben.]

Answer 8

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