Booking opens at the September lecture. Venue -The Haslemere Museum at 10.00 for tea and coffee
Cost £30.00 to include two lectures and wine and light refreshments.
The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the River Thames in London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, which is separated from the eastern edge of the square mile of the City of London by the open space known as Tower Hill. It was founded toward the end of 1066 as part of the Norman Conquest. The White Tower, which gives the castle its name, was built by William the Conqueror in 1078 and was initially a resented symbol of oppression. A grand palace early in its history, it served as a royal residence. The Tower is a complex of several buildings set within two concentric rings of defensive walls and a moat. There were several phases of expansion, mainly under kings Richard I, Henry III, and Edward I in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Hampton Court was one of Henry VIII’s favourite houses, out of the 50 or so palaces, houses and castles he owned at his death. Henry spent a lot of time here – whether coming to hunt on lands running to Windsor, or to escape the perennial London plague. With its tennis courts, bowling alleys and lavish apartments, it was his pleasure palace, where he entertained foreign ambassadors and visiting guests.