Old Church Farm, Gloucestershire
Discover Old Church Farm in Gloucestershire. Operated as short-stay heritage accommodation, this building has a fascinating history, and is the perfect base to explore the Tudor Cotswolds.
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Beverston Castle, Gloucestershire
Beverston Castle is nestled amidst picturesque Gloucestershire countryside. Within its walls lies a seventeenth-century stately stone manor, alongside quaint estate cottages, now transformed into elegant apartments and charming garden accommodation for holiday lets.
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Armchair Traveller | Elizabeth of York | Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire | Henry VII | PEOPLE | Road-Trip Traveller
The 1502 Progress: Woolaston, Gloucestershire
On 28 August, the Queen’s Chamber Books for Elizabeth of York records, ‘Itm the same day to the mariners that conveyed the Quenes grace over the Severn besides Chepstowe’. The temptation is to immediately conclude that a ferry conducted the King and Queen across the River Severn into England at the point where the current bridge spans the river, close to the foot of Chepstow Castle, where the royal couple had been lodged. While this might be true, further close inspection of a later entry in the Chamber Book (dated 27 September) clarifies that the Queen moved from Chepstow to ‘Walstone’ before arriving at the next stop: Berkeley Castle.
This entry is a retrospective payment made to ‘Robert Alyn for his costes prepayring logging for the Quene from Ragland to Chepstowe by the space of twoo dayes, from Chepstowe to Walstone, ij dayes, from Walstone to Berkeley, ij dayes.’…
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The Wheatsheaf Inn, Northleach
The Wheatsheaf Inn is a seventeenth-century coaching inn located in the Cotswold town of Northleach. This historic coaching inn is now a bespoke hotel, with fourteen bedrooms and a restaurant.
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The New Inn, Gloucester
The New Inn, Gloucester, is regarded as the most well-preserved example of a medieval courtyard inn with galleries in the country. Today, The New Inn offers accommodation as well as a restaurant and a coffee shop.
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Miserden Estate, Gloucestershire
Read about Miserden Estate, a manor house and garden dating back to Tudor times, believed to have been visited by Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
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ACCOMMODATION | Anne Boleyn | Anne Boleyn | Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire | Henry VII | Henry VIII | PEOPLE | PLACES | Road-Trip Traveller
Thornbury Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire.
A Brief Introduction to Thornbury Castle “This one-of-a-kind destination, forged of imposing stone walls and steeped in palatial luxury, is…
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ACCOMMODATION | Anne Boleyn | Anne Boleyn | Elizabeth I | Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire | Henry VIII | Katherine Parr | PEOPLE | Road-Trip Traveller | Thomas Seymour
Sudeley Castle Cottages, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire.
Recently, I had the opportunity to stay in one of the Sudeley Castle Cottages, just on the edge of Winchcombe…
