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Winchcombe Abbey

ST PETER’S CHURCH, WINCHCOMBE AND THE BOTELERS OF SUDELEY

Apr 12, 2019

buildings, heraldry, religion

Alice Deincourt, Catherine Parr, churches, Elizabeth Butler, Henry VI, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lewis Carroll, Mad Hatter, Ralph Butler Baron Sudeley, Richard III, Sir Thomas Butler, St. James’ Winchcombe, Sudeley Castle, Sword of state, Winchcombe Abbey

Sudeley Castle is a beautiful castle in Gloucestershire, once the marital home of Lady Eleanor Talbot (Boteler) and once owned by Richard III, who built the banqueting hall, although most famed for being the burial place of Henry VIII’s last wife, Katherine Parr. So great are the attractions of the castle that many visitors miss…
Oh, the bells, the bells….!

Jan 13, 2019

buildings, religion

Bishop of Worcester, Black Death, disputes, Edward III, Gloucestershire, Henry VIII, lightning, Winchcombe Abbey

Natural disasters were not to only thing to bring chaos to the great Benedictine abbey at beautiful Winchcombe in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds. Not just the 1091 lightning strike on the tower of the Abbey church of St Mary, which opened up “a huge crack in the walls, large enough for a man to pass through…