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Anne Boleyn’s Historical Places

Anne Boleyn was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII and mother of Queen Elizabeth I. 

Blickling Hall is located in the village of Blickling  in Norfolk. The property was in the possession of the Boleyn family, and home to Thomas Boleyn, later Earl of Wiltshire, and his wife Elizabeth between 1499 and 1505.  It is believed to be the birth place of Anne Boleyn (in 1501).

Hever Castle, located in the village of Hever, Kent (30 miles south-east of London) was built in the 13th century. Anne Boleyn, spent her early youth there after her father, Thomas Boleyn, had inherited it in 1505. Anne Boleyn lived there until she was sent to Austria in 1513 to receive an education at the court of the Archduchess Margaret.

Mechelen Palace in Belgium, Anne Boleyn’s home from early 1513 to late 1514. Margaret of Austria, her patroness wrote that she was very pleased with the charming and intelligent ‘la petite Boulan’.

The Thatched Cottage is thought to be the oldest house in the village of Stoke Mandeville. It is said to be where Henry VIII would have clandestine meetings with Anne Boleyn while he was still married to Catherine of Aragon.

Westminster Abbey, where Anne Boleyn was crowned Queen of England on 1st June 1533. 

Westminster Hall - where Anne Boleyn’s lavish and magnificent coronation banquet was held in 1533.  Over 80 dishes were served during the festivities and one can only imagine that Anne, six months pregnant, must have been exhausted but also overjoyed at having finally attained the ‘mystique of monarchy’

St. James Palace, built by Henry VIII between 1531 and 1536, the palace was intended as a residence for Anne Boleyn but she never saw its completion, only staying 1 night there after her coronation.  

Anne Boleyn’s Cottages, Wendover, Buckinghamshire. Tradition is these cottages were given to Anne Boleyn as a wedding present from Henry VIII.

Tower of London, jewel house entrance. The scaffold where Anne Boleyn was executed stood to the left.

Anne Boleyn’s chamber at the Tower of London 

Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula at the Tower of London is the final resting place for Queen Anne Boleyn. 

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