Category: Picture of the Week

Framlingham Castle from across the Mere. Photo May 2015.

470 years ago this week, Mary Tudor rallied her supporters before challenging the proclamation of Lady Jane Grey as Queen after the death of Edward VI.

Woodland walk at Blickling Hall. Photo May 2015.

Plaque next to Mary Tudor’s grave in St. Mary’s Church, Bury St. Edmunds. Photo May 2015.

Even though I recently used a photo from the church, since the 490th anniversary of Mary’s death fell on a Sunday I felt I had to use another!

Gardens at Oxburgh Hall. Photo May 2015.

Outer walls and view from Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 2015.

This is the view to the west on a little hill outside of John of Gaunt’s Great Hall (which was to my back when I took the photo).

Rochester Cathedral pipe organ. Photo May 2015.

St. Mary’s Church in Bury St. Edmunds. Photo May 2015.

Back of Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Shottery, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Tomb of Sir Robert Drury at St. Mary’s Church in Bury St. Edmunds. Photo May 2015.

Sir Robert Drury (d. 1536) was the Speaker of the House of Commons and a Privy Councillor in the reign of Henry VIII.

Cloisters of Norwich Cathedral. Photo May 2015.

You can see part of the labyrinth on the right in the grass. It was laid in 2002 in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee.

Castle Acre Castle. Photo May 2015.

Back of the Shakespeare Birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Happy Birthday to the Bard!

The Arden Family Farmhouse in Wilmcote, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

William & Mary section of Hampton Court Palace seen from the Privy Garden. Photo May 2015.

Rochester Cathedral from the walls of Rochester Castle. Photo May 2015.

Along the walls of Framlingham Castle. Photo May 2015.

Henry VIII Gate at Windsor Castle. Photo May 2015.

Oxburgh Hall and gardens. Photo May 2015.

Knot garden near Leicester’s Gatehouse at Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 2015.

Bull figure at the entrance to Blickling Hall, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.