Category: Picture of the Week

The River Medway and the outer wall of Rochester Castle from the top of the castle’s keep. Photo May 2015.

Ruins of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds. Photo May 2015.

The Abbey of Bury St Edmunds was the original burial place of Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk (sister of Henry VIII) before the Dissolution.

Effigies of the daughters of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey on his tomb at St. Michael’s, Framlingham. Photo May 2015.

A companion to last week’s picture. It’s hard to tell from the angle of my photo, but all three of the Earl’s daughters are represented on the tomb.

Effigies of the sons of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey on his tomb at St. Michael’s, Framlingham. Photo May 2015.

Arms of Catherine of Aragon at Peterborough Cathedral. Photo May 2015.

Oxburgh Hall. Photo May 2015.

Spinning wheel in Palmer’s Farmhouse at Mary Arden’s Farm, Wilmcote, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Painting of Henry VIII at Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015.

I know I just used a pic from Hampton Court last week, but I realized that today is Henry VIII’s birthday and this is one of the few pictures of Henry VIII that I haven’t used yet. (Mostly because of the glare and the blur, so I was trying to decide whether to use it at all…)

Black bull heraldic beast in the Chapel Court Garden at Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015.

Staircase in Harvard House, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Another example of my well-documented love of old wooden staircases.

Part of the Horseshoe Cloister of Windsor Castle. Photo May 2015.

This area of the castle was built right before the Tudor period and was rebuilt in the Victorian era.

Castle Rising Castle, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.

Walls of Framlingham Castle. Photo May 2015.

Crossing of Peterborough Cathedral. Photo May 2015.

Blickling Hall, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.

Leicester Guildhall. Photo May 2015.

Hampton Court Palace Kitchens. Photo May 2015.

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

Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.

Abbey Gate, Bury St Edmunds. Photo May 2015.

The Abbey Gate is one of the few remaining structures of the Bury St Edmunds Abbey, the original resting place of Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk before the Dissolution.