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	Ben Caunt
		Benjamin Caunt was born in a little cottage east of the railway station at Newstead.
		Caunt was transformed into a mass of human fury when his opponents, after inflicting fearful punishment, would slip from his grasp to the turf to end the round and avoid further damage.
		Ben died on September 10th 1861, after catching cold at a pigeon match which resulted in congestion of the lungs.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /g6nhy.uk/caunt.htm (614 words)

	Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Ben Caunt
		Ben Caunt was born on March 22, 1815 in Hucknall near Torkard in Nottinghamshire in England.
		Caunt was a white man who stood six foot two and a half inches tall and had a fighting weight of between 203 and 210 lbs.
		Ben Caunt is buried outside the north transept of the Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Hucknall close to the grave of two of his children who died in the Coach and Horses fire.
	www.fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/Ben_Caunt (544 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Caunt was born on March 22, 1815 in Hucknall Torkard in Nottinghamshire in England.
		Caunt stood six foot two and a half inches tall and had a fighting weight of between 203 and 210 lb (95 kg).
		Caunt avenged this defeat on May 11 of the same year, defeating Ward in 35 rounds at Long Marseden to become the Heavyweight Champion of England.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Ben_Caunt (554 words)

	Ben Caunt Ben's Story
		Ben was born in 1814 in a cottage near Newstead railway station just outside Hucknall Torkard to parents Robert and Martha Caunt.
		Ben came to notice as a pugilist in his first important fight about 1835 when he defeated a member of his own family, Richard Butler at Wighay Field Hucknall.
		Ben retired aged 45 years in 1857 to become a publican and fight promoter at the Coach and Horses Inn at St. Martins Lane London.
	www.bencaunt.freeserve.co.uk /benstory.htm (514 words)

	Ben Caunt information - Search.com
		Ben Caunt was born on March 22, 1815 in Hucknall Torkard in Nottinghamshire in England.
		Caunt was a white man who stood six foot two and a half inches tall and had a fighting weight of between 203 and 210 lb (95 kg).
		Ben Caunt is buried outside the north transept of the Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Hucknall close to the grave of two of his children who died in the Coach and Horses fire.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Ben_Caunt (571 words)

	Ashfield District Council: 'Big' Ben Caunt
		In 1814 in a cottage near Newstead railway station the future heavy-weight champion of barefist fighting Ben Caunt was born to Robert and Martha Caunt nee Butler.
		Jeremiah Caunt, of Skegby by Mansfield Notts, a nephew of Ben was a police constable in the Sheffield Police and heavy weight champion of the Midlands Police Force.
		His son Jesse Caunt 1863-1944 also of Skegby, fighting with baref ists when the Marquis of Queensbury rules took effect, scorned the use of padded gloves, met all comers and retired undefeated, though appears not to have received an opportunity to fight for the championship.
	www.ashfield-dc.gov.uk /redirect/?oid=[com.arsdigita.categorization.Category:{id=559121}] (1485 words)

	THE STORY OF BIG BEN
		The current champion of the prize ring was Benjamin Caunt, who had fought terrific battles with Bendigo, and who in 1857 lasted sixty rounds of a drawn contest in his final appearance at the age of 42.
		As Caunt at one period scaled 17 stone (238 lbs, or 108 kilogrammes), his nickname was Big Ben, and that was readily bestowed by the populace on any object the heaviest of its class.
		Big Ben was taken out of service and for the next three years the hours were struck on the largest of the quarter-bells.
	www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk /bigben.htm (1704 words)

	UKICensus.com - 1891 Census Famous people
		In 1836 Ben had his re-match and over a period of 76 rounds was able to claim the title of English Champion.
		Late in 1861 Big Ben Caunt died aged 47 years in London, buried at Hucknall, the place of his birth, where his funeral attracted a large crowd of people.
		Is it still said that the visitors to Ben Caunt's grave far outnumber those of the poet Lord Byron who is also buried at Hucknall.
	www.ukicensus.com /1841famous-people.html (334 words)

	Bareknuckle backtrack - Big Ben Caunt
		Caunt went on to scalp George Graham, the Lincolnshire pride, in 1834 along with William Butler at Stoneyford and Bill Boniford at Sunrisehill both in 1837.
		Although Caunt was to challenge for the Heavyweight title 12 years later this was the true death knell of his memorable career.
		Ben Caunt died on the 10 September 1861 from Pneumonia and was buried outside the Parish Church of Mary Magdalene alongside the two children he lost in the fire.
	www.britishboxing.net /news_2025-Bareknuckle-backtrack-Big-Ben-Caunt.html (744 words)

	GENUKI: The Genial Giant of Hucknall Torkard
		In 1814 in a cottage near Newstead railway station the future heavy-weight champion of barefist fighting Ben Caunt was born to Robert and Martha Caunt nee Butler.
		Jeremiah Caunt, of Skegby by Mansfield Notts, a nephew of Ben was a police constable in the Sheffield Police and heavy weight champion of the Midlands Police Force.
		His son Jesse Caunt 1863-1944 also of Skegby, fighting with barefists when the Marquis of Queensbury rules took effect, scorned the use of padded gloves, met all comers and retired undefeated, Though appears not to have received an opportunity to fight for the championship.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/NTT/HucknallTorkard/BigBen.html (1581 words)

	The Time Tunnel: Bendigo
		Caunt, finally driven to distraction ended the fight by hitting the smaller man while he was still on his second’s knee.
		Caunt was disqualified and Bendigo took the purse of 50 pounds and became what would today be called ‘the interim champion’ in the absence of James Burke.
		Ben Caunt was the obvious opponent, but Bendigo was more of a crowd-pleaser with his wit and antics, so he got the title shot.
	www.eastsideboxing.com /news.php?p=5907&more=1 (1213 words)

	IBHOF / William "Bendigo" Thompson (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The name of William (“Bendigo”) Thompson is inextricably linked with that of Ben Caunt by their three epic battles.
		According to contemporary reports, Caunt was incensed by Thompson’s tactic of falling to the ground when in difficulty.
		In the 50th round, Caunt alleged that Thompson had illegally kicked him, but the claim was disallowed.
	www.ibhof.com /thompson.htm (416 words)

	Life of a 19th Century Boxer
		Caunt must have been impressed with the youngster for a purse was drawn for his first prize-fight in the London ring against Tom Lowe for 7th May 1844.
		After his defeat Langham temporarily decided to leave the ring and follow the footsteps of his mentor Ben Caunt and become a promoter and coach to young talents.
		This was interrupted in 1857 for a fight with no less than Nat's mentor Ben Caunt, to settle a domestic squabble between their respective wives.
	www.the-exiles.org /Article%20boxer.htm (1631 words)

	Caunt - Webled.com
		[ Mr Caunt served as a Grenadier Guardsman and marched on the Coronation ]...
		[ Peter Caunt Peter was the Architect for the Scottish Agricultural ]...
		Arthur Caunt was a House Painter, and ]...
	www.webled.com /Caunt.htm (436 words)

	CAUNT B
		Ben Caunt died on Tuesday 31 July 1917, and was commemorated on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
		Benjamin Caunt was a Labourer, and later a Manure Manufacturer, who married Frances Maiden at St John, Mansfield, in May 1880.
		Benjamin Caunt was also born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, while his wife was a native of Nottingham.
	www.oldnotts.co.uk /sutton/memorial/ww1/caunt_b.htm (257 words)

	Big Ben tourist information guide (Site not responding. Last check: )
		One of London's most recognised landmarks, Big Ben is the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament.
		Strictly speaking Big Ben was the name given to the 13 ton Great Bell of Westminster.
		Big Ben is in fact the second Bell to have been placed inside the famous clock tower.
	www.tourstolondon.co.uk /big-ben.html (151 words)

	Big Ben (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Big Ben is not actually the tower itself, that’s simply known as The Clock Tower (or sometimes St. Stephen’s Tower) but the thirteen and a half ton (13,700kg) bell near the top which sounds out the hours after the now familiar strains of the Westminster chimes.
		As for regulations, the Marquis of Queensbury Rules were not introduced until 1867 - ten years after Big Ben Caunt retired from the ring and became a publican at the Coach and Horses pub in St. Martin's Lane, off Trafalgar Square.
		As Big Ben Caunt retired in 1857 - the year the first bell was broken down - it is believed that locals named the new bell in his honour.
	www.filerslondon.co.uk /html/big_ben.html (792 words)

	UK Parliament - History of the Clock Tower (Big Ben)
		Cast in 1856, the first bell was transported to the tower on a trolley drawn by sixteen horses, with crowds cheering its progress.
		That it was given the nickname of a champion heavyweight boxer of the time called Ben Caunt.
		He fought his last fight in 1857 when the bell, and the debate of what to name it, was in the public consciousness.
	www.parliament.uk /about/history/big_ben.cfm (450 words)

	Big Ben
		Barry designed the tower of Big Ben, and the clock mechanism was made by a clockmaker of reputation, Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy.
		There are two versions of the name history: one is that the clock was named after the palace supervisior Benjamin Hall, the second is that the name was given after Ben Caunt, wrestler who helped in carying the “tower stone”.
		At midnight on the 31st of December 1923 the first radio broadcast of Big Ben was made by the BBC to welcome in the new year.
	gotowce.com.pl /prace/4083_big_ben.html (836 words)

	HollisterFreeLance.com of Hollister California
		The first suggests that it was taken from the nickname of a champion heavyweight boxer of the time named Ben Caunt.
		The second and more probable explanation is that it was named after the bulky Welshman Sir Benjamin Hall, who was the first Parliamentary Commissioner of Works from 1855 to 1858 and whose name was inscribed on the bell.
		Big Ben is 9 feet in diameter and almost 8 feet high.
	www.freelancenews.com /lifestyles/contentview.asp?c=174647 (163 words)

	William Thompson (boxer) Information
		This, along with Bendigo's constant manic laughter and free flowing insults frustrated Caunt who finally struck Thompson while he was kneeling and so lost the match on a foul.
		Desperate for victory and revenge, Caunt was said to have Thompson by the throat strangling him again in the thirteenth.
		Caunt was dragged to his coach by his seconds and attempted to flee.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/William_Thompson_(boxer) (2950 words)

	- Big Ben Clock The Largest Mechanical Timepieces
		Benjamin Caunt was a famous boxer during that same era.
		Both Caunt and Hall were very large in stature which makes the argument suitable for either gentleman.
		Interestingly enough, the original bell created for the Big Ben clock was bigger than the one that replaced it and is still housed in the tower today.
	www.all-recreation-resource.com /recreation/all_leisure/big_ben_clock_the_largest_mechanical_timepieces.htm (445 words)

	The 1841 Census UK Online - Ancestry for England \| Wales
		Ben Caunt (1814 - 1861) - Bare-knuckle Champion of England 1841 - 1845
		Ben was born in 1814 from parents Robert and Martha Caunt.
		Late in 1861 Big Ben Caunt died aged 47 years in London, buired at Hucknall, the place of his birth, where his funeral attracted a large crowd of people.
	www.1841-census.co.uk /famous-people.html (293 words)

	eircom net Ireland-International / Irish news headlines from leading Irish newspapers
		Tours of Big Ben are run like clockwork for good reason -- they have to be on time to catch the resounding climax.
		Some believe it was taken from the nickname of a champion heavyweight boxer of the time called Ben Caunt.
		Seeing Big Ben strike midday is an unforgettable experience, with the city as a majestic backdrop behind you.
	home.eircom.net /content/reuters/uNews/9434312?view=Standard (895 words)

	On chime with king of clocks \| \| The Australian
		Tours of Big Ben are run like clockwork, for good reason: They have to be on time to catch the resounding climax.
		Some believe it was taken from the nickname of a champion heavyweight boxer of the time called Ben Caunt.
		Seeing Big Ben strike noon is an unforgettable experience, with the city of London as a majestic backdrop.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20978187-27978,00.html (750 words)

	Ben Caunt
		Bendigo continued his insults till Caunt again lost his temper.
		The coach was held, Ben dragged out, but in the melee he escaped riding bare-back on a stolen horse.
		Frequently Bendigo was tossed from the ring, Caunt trying to crash him on the ring stakes to break his back.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /sherwoodtimes/bencaunt.htm (1255 words)

	Victorian London - Publications - Social Investigation/Journalism - London Up to Date, by George Augustus Sala, 1895 - ...
		I miss, a certain tavern, to wit, with the sign of "The Coach and Horses," of which the landlord, in my time, was a renowned professional pugilist, called Ben Caunt.
		He was, I believe, the champion of the light-weights, and was as mild, kind-hearted, and as friendly a little man as you would wish to meet with; only, in the course of his career, he had been so unfortunate as to kill one or two brother bruisers, with whom he had fought.
		Caunt, he shook hands with me; and, although he did not exactly shatter the lower extremities of my radial and carpal bones, or crush my fingers, and squeeze my muscles into a jelly, my hand was sore for some days, from the force of his friendly but formidable grip.
	www.victorianlondon.org /publications/uptodate-14.htm (1727 words)

	Big Ben History \| Big Ben Fact \| Big Ben Chime \| Big Ben Tower \| Big Ben London England \| Big Ben England
		Nowadays the clock is renowned for its accuracy and its resounding tolling of the hour, but the story of its construction is one of incredible incompetence and bungling.
		The most common explanation is that the bell was named after Sir Benjamin Hall, the unpopular Chief Commissioner of Works who had to explain all the cock ups in his project to an unimpressed House of Commons.
		Another theory has it that Big Ben was in fact Benjamin Caunt, a corpulent boxer who owned a pub a couple of hundred yards away in St Martin's Lane.
	www.englandattraction.com /big-ben-london-england.html (853 words)

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