Category: Picture of the Week

The walls of Framlingham Castle. Photo May 2015.

Vaulting and decoration under The Great Gatehouse at Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015.

Lettering on the grave of Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk in St. Mary’s Church, Bury St. Edmunds. Photo May 2015.

Replica medieval crown used for the reinterment ceremony of Richard III, on display at Leicester Cathedral. Photo May 2015.

(Sorry this is a day late! I had two absolutely crammed-full days at work and then an eye appointment this morning, so this was the first chance I had to post!)

Leicester’s Gatehouse from a viewing platform in Leicester’s Building at Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 2015.

Inside Rochester Castle. Photo May 2015.

You can see the streaks of falling raindrops in the photo – that day was one of the few really bad weather moments I had on that trip.

Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.

Castle Rising, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.

Castle Rising dates from the 12th century and in Tudor times it passed to Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, and it has stayed in the Howard family ever since.

Display at Hampton Court Palace with a stonework Falcon Badge of Anne Boleyn. Photo May 2015.

Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.

Looking back through years of travel photos, I’ve noticed that I definitely like taking pictures through arches and doorways. 🙂

Norman Gate at Windsor Castle. Photo May 2015.

The 19th century organ at Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Regular readers won’t be surprised to see the church where Shakespeare is buried featured in some way this week, but hopefully I mixed it up a little by posting a picture of the organ and not a grave!

Looking down Chapel Street in Stratford-upon-Avon to the Guildhall and Chapel and King Edward VI School a.k.a. Shakespeare’s School. Photo May 2015.

Stained glass window off the Great Hall at Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015.

This is a full view of the same window from the November 29, 2017 Picture of the Week where I focussed on Wolsey up at the top.

Norwich Cathedral. Photo May 2015.

Blickling Hall, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.

John of Gaunt’s Great Hall at Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 2015.

The River Lark and some of the ruins of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds. Photo May 2015.

Wide view of the remains of Castle Acre Castle. Photo May 2015

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