Clock still keeping village on time after 500 years4 days ago Share Save Joe Campbell BBC News Share SaveBBC St Augustine's clock in East Hendred has been keeping time since Henry VIII was on the throne. 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. The clock used to be set using a sundial on the outside of the tower. Now a modern digital clock secured to the wall, next to the Tudor era mechanism is used.