Don't forget to turn your clocks back tonight! The astronomical clock at Hampton Court Palace was built between 1540 and 1542 during Henry VIII's expansion of Cardinal Wolsey's original palace. The clock tells the hour, month, day of the month, position of the sun, signs of the zodiac, the number of days that have elapsed since the beginning of the year and the phases of the moon. Henry VIII often travelled to Hampton Court by boat and wished to use the clock to know the time of high tide and th