Category: Picture of the Week

Medieval Bailey Gate of Castle Acre. Photo May 2015.

Embroidery done by Mary Queen of Scots and Bess of Hardwick during Mary’s imprisonment. On display at Oxburgh Hall. Photo May 2015.

The center is the Shrewsbury Hanging that was featured back in January for Picture of the Week #426.

Heading back towards Henry VIII’s kitchens at Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015.

Ceiling of the nave of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Stained glass window at Hampton Court Palace with Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, who died on this day in 1530. Photo May 2015.

Historical re-enactors at Palmer’s Farmhouse at Mary Arden’s Farm. Photo May 2015.

Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the US, a photo of an Elizabethan meal seemed appropriate for this week.

Bedroom at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Arms and symbols of Sir Henry Hobart and his wife Dorothy Bell above the entrance gateway of Blickling Hall. Photo May 2015.

Cloisters of Norwich Cathedral. Photo May 2015.

The North Staircase at Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk, England. Photo May 2015.

I have a thing for old wooden staircases.

Chapel Court Garden at Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015.

The Grave of Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk in St. Mary’s Church, Bury St. Edmunds. Photo May 2015.

Great West Door of Rochester Cathedral. Photo May 2015.

View towards John of Gaunt’s Great Hall and Saintlowe Tower at Kenilworth Castle from the platforms in Leicester’s Building. Photo May 2015.

Norwich Cathedral. Photo May 2015.

The spire visible on the cathedral today was built in 1480 after previous ones were damaged.

Front of Nash’s House in Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Nash’s House and the site of Shakespeare’s final home, New Place, were closed for renovations on my visit in 2015. I saw them in 1998, but I definitely would like to go back now that the new gardens are open at New Place!

Sundial in the courtyard of Oxburgh Hall. Photo May 2015.

Plantings outside Anne Hathaway’s Cottage. Photo May 2015.

On the Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Trail. Photo May 2015.

Well at the Arden Family Farmhouse, Wilmcote, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.