The Tudor History & Travel Show

• Buckden Palace & The Most Obstinate Woman That May Be

  Here is a show notes page accompanying this episode, recorded at Buckden Towers, formerly known as Buckden Palace. This medieval fortified house and bishop's palace is most famous for its association with Queen Katherine of Aragon, Henry VIII’s first wife. After Katherine refused to accept the annulment of her marriage and the title of Dowager Princess of Wales, she was moved between several residences. In July 1533, she was brought to Buckden Towers where she remained in self-imposed isolation. Although much of the complex has changed over time, key Tudor-era features survive, including The Great Tower (or Inner Gatehouse).    If you want to keep up to date with all the Tudor Travel Guide's adventures, as well as top tips for planning your own Tudor road trip, don't forget to subscribe to the blog via www.thetudortravelguide.com.   You can also find The Tudor Travel Guide on  Instagram, YouTube, Twitter.    Have you entered the Simply Tudor Tours giveaway? There is a chance to win a place on a tour - click here to find out more.    We were recently included in the UK's top 25 history and culture podcasts - find out more here.   Show Credits: Presenter: Sarah Morris Guest: Frances Farmer Chapters (00:00:21) - Tudor History & Travel(00:01:45) - FREE place on our September 2026 Anne Boleyn Tour!(00:03:45) - Catherine of Aragon(00:06:26) - Catherine of Aragon(00:07:39) - Meet the Friends of Buckden Towers(00:08:33) - Buckton Towers, the Bishop's Palace(00:14:39) - The Tudor building at Bishops' Close(00:15:44) - Walk across the moat at Buckingham Palace(00:17:58) - The Great Tower of Lincoln(00:22:11) - The Move of Catherine to the Fens(00:25:20) - The First Encounter between Charles and Catherine of England(00:31:34) - Catherine the Queen's room at Buckden(00:37:54) - The Devil's Boss(00:39:12) - Catherine's chambers at Buckton(00:42:12) - The Queen's Last Days(00:44:30) - Catherine the Queen's stay at Bugden(00:47:42) - Catherine's chapel at Kim Bolton(00:51:50) - The stained-glass window with Catherine of Aragon(00:54:01) - The story of Buckton(00:55:53) - Knot Garden, Queen Catherine's garden(00:58:52) - The St Hugh Palace Hotel, Lincoln(01:05:39) - Taste Catherine of Aragon's Castle(01:06:05) - A Year in the Life of Buckton Towers(01:07:07) - A Christmas Message for The Tudor History and Travel Show

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• Little Moreton Hall: The Crooked Wonder of Cheshire

  Here is a show notes page accompanying this episode, recorded at Little Moreton Hall in Cheshire. A highlight on any Tudor time traveller’s itinerary, Little Moreton Hall is a picture-postcard building - a charming, delightfully crooked, timber-framed black-and-white building encircled by a narrow moat. Construction of the present hall began in 1505 by William Moreton, during the closing years of Henry VII’s reign. Completed towards the close of Elizabeth I’s reign, the house embodies the transition from the medieval to the Renaissance - a physical record of changing fashions, materials and social aspirations.   If you want to keep up to date with all the Tudor Travel Guide's adventures, as well as top tips for planning your own Tudor road trip, don't forget to subscribe to the blog via www.thetudortravelguide.com.   You can also find The Tudor Travel Guide on  Instagram, YouTube, Twitter.    Have you entered the Simply Tudor Tours giveaway? There is a chance to win a place on a tour - click here to find out more.    We were recently included in the UK's top 25 history and culture podcasts - find out more here.   Show Credits: Presenter: Sarah Morris Guest: Caroline Schofield Chapters (00:00:21) - Tudor History & Travel(00:01:04) - Amber Lynn Tour(00:02:40) - Tudor(00:04:31) - Tudor History and Travel(00:05:25) - Tudor History and Travel(00:07:18) - The story of Little Moreton Hall in Cheshire(00:11:47) - Inside the Tudor house in Cheshire(00:14:15) - The windows of the Tudor house(00:15:10) - Tudor Castle, glass and fire(00:17:52) - The Morton House, Cheshire(00:20:53) - The Morton's Courtyard(00:22:01) - The Great Hall, Moreton(00:28:35) - The Little Parlour, Tudor Hall(00:34:37) - Caroline's paintings in the house(00:35:21) - The fireplace of William Morton's Church(00:37:22) - The Morton family became Protestant after the Reformation(00:42:32) - The Great Parlour, Horton Hall(00:44:27) - The sacrament of fasting(00:46:01) - The small Tudor church(00:48:16) - Little Morton Hall, Norfolk(00:53:35) - The Long Gallery Chamber(00:58:30) - The private loo in the hall(01:02:02) - The gardens of Little Moreton(01:11:26) - The National Trust's Tumborton House(01:13:05) - Podcast(01:15:46) - The Tudor History and Travel Podcast

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• Tudor Treasures Of The North: A Visit To Hoghton Tower

  Here is a show notes page accompanying this episode, recorded at Hoghton Tower in Lancashire, originally constructed in the 1560s–70s, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, by Thomas Hoghton. Built on a commanding hill with panoramic views over the Ribble Valley, the building combines defensive medieval architecture with the grace and symmetry typical of the Tudor Renaissance style.    If you want to keep up to date with all the Tudor Travel Guide's adventures, as well as top tips for planning your own Tudor road trip, don't forget to subscribe to the blog via www.thetudortravelguide.com.   You can also find The Tudor Travel Guide on  Instagram, YouTube, Twitter.    We were recently included in the UK's top 25 history and culture podcasts - find out more here.   Show Credits: Presenter: Sarah Morris Guests: Keith Stevenson and Steve Spring Chapters (00:00:21) - Tudor History & Travel(00:01:56) - Tudor Tours(00:04:28) - Tudor History & Travel: Horton Tower(00:06:00) - Keith Stevenson visits Horton Tower(00:06:28) - The story of Horton Tower(00:09:12) - Exploring the history of Lancashire(00:11:29) - The Horton Tower(00:18:36) - Who would have been the Prince of the North?(00:22:36) - Thomas Horton Tower, Lancashire(00:27:07) - Peel Tower(00:31:59) - The Horton Manor House, Hardwick(00:39:43) - Were the Horton family involved in the Tudor period?(00:41:50) - The Buckingham Room, Buckingham House(00:45:13) - The state bedroom at Horton House(00:49:07) - The Life of Thomas Horton, Lancashire(00:59:17) - How Did William Shakespeare Come to Horton Hall?(01:03:37) - The Life of the Baron of Walton(01:08:10) - Thomas the Builder and the Burghley Map(01:11:42) - Horton Tower: The chapel(01:15:45) - The Peel Tower archaeological dig(01:18:52) - The burning marks of the Tudor well house(01:21:00) - Witch Marks and graffiti(01:23:55) - The Peel Tower Well House(01:32:13) - Burn marks on the walls of a Victorian house(01:35:38) - Burn marks on wood(01:41:25) - THE PRIEST'S HOLE(01:44:07) - The medieval rich rooftop(01:47:20) - Thomas of Horton(01:56:38) - The Great Banqueting Hall, Preston(02:05:13) - How St. Mark's Tower encapsulates different themes(02:05:57) - The Horton Tower

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• A Tudor Trail Through Norwich

  Here is a show notes page accompanying this episode, recorded in Norwich. We step back in time for a walking tour through the heart of Norwich, one of England’s most historic and fascinating Tudor cities. As we wander through its winding lanes and past half-timbered buildings, we’ll uncover the hidden gems and remarkable landmarks that shaped the city during the sixteenth century.   If you want to keep up to date with all the Tudor Travel Guide's adventures, as well as top tips for planning your own Tudor road trip, don't forget to subscribe to the blog via www.thetudortravelguide.com.   You can also find The Tudor Travel Guide on  Instagram, YouTube, Twitter.    We were recently included in the UK's top 25 history and culture podcasts - find out more here.   Show Credits: Presenter: Sarah Morris Guest: Paul Dixon Chapters (00:00:21) - The Tudor History & Travel(00:00:54) - Tudor History & Travel: Norwich(00:03:38) - Return Trip to Norwich(00:05:03) - Tudor History and Travel(00:06:24) - Exploring Norwich(00:10:42) - Norwich(00:14:04) - Norwich's map of the Tudor city, 1558(00:15:28) - Norwich's executions, the Lollards Pit and more(00:18:30) - Robert Kett and the Norwich Rebellion(00:22:48) - Norwich(00:26:38) - The Great Hospital, Norwich(00:29:47) - The Great Hospital, Le Havre(00:33:22) - Norwich Castle(00:39:50) - Edith Cavell's grave near the cathedral(00:43:35) - Tudor connections to Norwich Cathedral(00:49:25) - Beautiful cloister, blocked up doorway(00:50:50) - The cathedral and the monastic refectory(00:53:36) - Exploring the cathedral precinct of St. Oliphant(00:54:26) - A visit to Norwich(00:55:33) - Norwich rioting in 1272(01:03:07) - The strangers who came to Norwich(01:08:54) - Exploring Norwich's Tombland(01:12:10) - House tours: Augustine Steward's Norwich home(01:14:29) - The Maid's Head Hotel, Norwich(01:18:35) - The Pastons' house(01:20:36) - Norwich's Elm Hill(01:28:16) - The Pastons: life on Elm Hill(01:34:14) - Inside Augustine Stewart's house(01:37:37) - London(01:40:42) - Norwich(01:43:50) - St Andrews Friary, Pontefract, Yorkshire(01:47:11) - The Battle of Dussendale(01:51:47) - Robert Kesh and the Norwich Rebellion(01:57:36) - Norwich's medieval streets, tour(01:59:35) - Norwich's market square(02:02:47) - The Guild Hall, Norwich(02:06:23) - Thomas Bilney(02:10:10) - castle and St. Peter Mancroft Church(02:12:14) - Norwich Castle: major renovation project, opening this year(02:14:15) - St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich(02:15:58) - A tour of Norwich(02:19:25) - The Tudor History and Travel Show

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• The House That Time Forgot: Exploring Haddon Hall

  Here is a show notes page accompanying this episode, recorded at Haddon Hall. No ordinary house, Haddon stands as one of the oldest and most evocative residences in England. Untouched for nearly two centuries, Haddon was left to slumber, unmodernised, unspoiled. And because of that, stepping inside today is like walking straight into the Tudor world.   If you want to keep up to date with all the Tudor Travel Guide's adventures, as well as top tips for planning your own Tudor road trip, don't forget to subscribe to the blog via www.thetudortravelguide.com.   You can also find The Tudor Travel Guide on  Instagram, YouTube, Twitter.    We were recently included in the UK's top 25 history and culture podcasts - find out more here.   Show Credits: Presenter: Sarah Morris Guest: Margie Burnit Chapters (00:00:21) - Tudor History & Travel(00:01:22) - The Rise and Fall of the Tudor Throne(00:03:36) - Exploring Haddon Hall(00:04:31) - Tudor History & Travel(00:06:22) - Taste Haddon: The Bookshop and Studio(00:07:54) - The castle in the Derbyshire Dales(00:12:34) - The courtyard of the Earl's house(00:15:56) - The Norman Chapel, Leicester(00:20:39) - Plague Village(00:22:24) - The Castle of Ararat(00:23:15) - The original curtain wall(00:24:11) - The Great Hall, Buckingham Castle(00:29:20) - Tapestry from the Vernon House(00:30:07) - The kitchens of the 1390(00:33:42) - Witches marks and cooking in the kitchen(00:37:58) - The Tudor Hall at Haddon, Grantham(00:42:08) - Henry Vernon and the Tudor family(00:46:09) - The Elizabeth Room, Vernon(00:50:49) - The Earl's Apartment(00:53:09) - The Woollaton Hall, Somerset(00:55:59) - The Venetian windows of Gadden Hall(01:00:29) - Dorothy of Haddon Hall Legend(01:01:18) - The 9th Duke of Granby's life(01:03:34) - The inside of the Tudor period house(01:06:30) - Tapestries in the state bedroom(01:08:32) - The tapestries of the Manus family(01:11:03) - Tudor and Elizabethan gardens at Nether Haddon(01:14:21) - The Don Don Hall: Events coming up(01:17:57) - Tudor History & Travel: Haddon Hall

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