Oxfordshire clock still keeping village on time after 500 years

Clock still keeping village on time after 500 years 4 days ago Share Save Joe Campbell BBC News Share Save BBC St Augustine's clock in East Hendred has been keeping time since Henry VIII was on the throne. Villagers have been celebrating the 500th birthday of the clock in their parish church. The timepiece in East Hendred, near Wantage in rural Oxfordshire, is believed to be one of the oldest clocks in Britain still in its original location. With no clock face or hands, it relies on the church bells in the tower at St Augustine's to ring out the time every quarter hour. The decision to install it in the church was taken when Henry VIII was on the throne, explained the man responsible for St Augustine's bells, Tower Captain Nigel Findley. "Imagine the excitement that would have caused then," he said. The clock is linked to a carillon which uses winches and pulleys to drive hammers high above that strike the bells every quarter hour. As well as striking the bells every quarter hour ... Read full article.