In Issue 19 of Tudor Places, we explore Henry VIII’s long-lost riverside gardens at Hampton Court Palace, considering what is known of the glittering, dazzling, highly decorated buildings set within these gardens.

In the second article in our series on the Dissolution of the Monasteries, we examine the fall of the mighty northern monasteries – Furness, Rievaulx, Fountains – and the scale of the destruction wrought on these buildings and their local communities.

We look at the history of the three device forts on the Solent, built during the 1540s to defend that strategically vital stretch of water against a serious threat of invasion from England’s Catholic neighbours, and examine the Tudor history and brief royal ownership of Penshurst Place, a magnificent medieval great house in Kent.

We speak to Dr William Wyeth, one of English Heritage’s experts on medieval castles and landscapes, about his role as Curator of History and we have a coffee break with Chuck Weigand, a volunteer at Blickling Hall.

At Old Hall, Brigitte Webster marks a milestone birthday in the most fabulous of ways, by the creation of a Tudor-style frieze mural. Designed and painted by her friend, architectural historian Dr Jonathan Foyle, it celebrates Brigitte and her love of all things Tudor.

Sarah, The Tudor Travel Guide, takes us on a journey around Tudor Gloucester, wandering through cloisters and lingering at forgotten priory walls, and in Last Place, the historian and author Elizabeth Norton shares her favourite Tudor locations with us.

Articles include

The Lost Riverside Garden Buildings: Henry VIII's Hampton Court Palace

Monuments to Faith and Destruction: The Death of the Northern Monasteries

Defending the Solent: Henry VIII's Device Forts

Penshurst Place: A Royal Interlude

In Conversation with William Wyeth

Living at Old Hall

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