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.