The lovely, and somewhat compact, St Mary’s Church in the grounds of Sudeley Castle is the final resting place of Katherine Parr, Henry VIII’s sixth wife and the only one to survive him. She is the only queen to be buried on private land.
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Leicester Cathedral
The main focus on a recent trip to Leicester was all things Richard III and naturally that included a visit to Leicester Cathedral where his remains were reinterred on March 26th 2015. After having been to the Visitor Centre and seen displays on how the remains were discovered (blog post here) we were keen to see his final resting place for ourselves.
Categories: England, Leicester, Leicestershire
Tags: cathedral, Leicester, leicester cathedral, pall, photo post, Richard III, stained glass, stained glass window, tomb
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St Mary’s Rest Garden, Nottingham
St Mary’s Rest Garden is a small park next to Victoria Park and the Victoria Swimming Baths in Nottingham. Formally a cemetery, a Quaker by the name of Samuel Fox donated the land after an outbreak of cholera in 1835.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: bendigo, brick tower, garden, gravestones, history, local history, nottingham, photo post, st mary's rest garden, tomb, william thompson
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