Category: Picture of the Week

Garden at Carew Castle. Photo May 2003.

Close-up of Elizabeth and a few of the other figures in the carving near the Old Palace at Hatfield. Photo May 2000.

A previous view of the whole carving was posted as Picture of the Week #65.

Keep of Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 1998.

I should have used this picture last week since it was during the anniversary of Elizabeth I’s visit to Kenilworth in 1575 (it ended July 27th, so I *just* missed it.)

Gatehouse of Pembroke Castle. Photo May 2003.

Courtyard of Warwick Castle, looking towards the gatehouse. Photo May 1998.

Outside the Great Hall at Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2000.

View from the walls of Dover Castle. Photo May 2003.

Another section of Lord Leycester Hospital in Warwick. Photo May 1998.

This is the third of my photos of Lord Leycester Hospital since I couldn’t get it all into one picture. I posted it this week in honor of the birthday of its namesake Robert Dudley, born on June 24th.

You can see the other two parts here and here.

At Edinburgh Castle. Photo May 2000.

Since today is the anniversary of the birth of James VI/I at the castle, I thought we’d go back to Scotland for this week’s photo.

Raglan Castle, where Henry VII spent several years as a child. Photo May 2003.

Inside a dovecote from c.1600, at Penmon Priory in north Wales. Photo May 2000.

Backgammon board recovered from the Mary Rose. Photo June 2000.

Another photo from the old museum, in honor of the new museum opening to the public this Friday! Unfortunately it will probably be a few years before I get to visit in person, but oddly enough last night I had a dream about touring it. Just goes to show where I really want to be right now. 🙂

Some of the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey, dissolved in 1539 under Henry VIII. Photo May 1998.

Entry to the Traitors’ Gate, seen from across the Thames. Photo June 2000.

The Great Hall (far, closer to the river) and old Norman Hall of Pembroke Castle seen from the Great Keep. Photo May 2003.

Stained glass window of Katherine Parr with Henry VIII (right) and Thomas Seymour (left), her third and fourth husbands. Photo May 1998.

I can’t believe it is just a few weeks from the 15th anniversary of my first trip to the UK!

Chester Cathedral. Photo May 2000.

Carvings in the Beauchamp Tower of the Tower of London. Photo June 2000.

If I remember correctly, the oak in the middle is thought to have been carved by Robert Dudley while he and some of his family members were imprisoned in the Tower after the plot to put Jane Grey on the throne.

Closer view of the front entrance to the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Photo May 2000.

One last photo of Holyrood (I don’t have many since I only got to see it from a distance) in honor of the 501st birthday of James V, who continued his father’s work on the Palace.

Interior of the Old Palace of Hatfield. Photo May 1998.

This is the other end of the hall from the one I posted back in January 2011.