Category: Picture of the Week

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.

View from the roof of Oxburgh Hall. Photo May 2015.

View from Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 2015.

Shakespeare Birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

I finally got a chance to watch Hamnet last night, so I had to go with a Shakespeare-related picture today.

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

Mary Arden’s Farm, Wilmcote, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Tomb of John de Sheppey in Rochester Cathedral. Photo May 2015.

John de Sheppey was the Treasurer of England and Bishop of Rochester during the reign of Edward III.