Brittany at Oxborough Hall

Brittany's class recently went on a field trip to Oxborough Hall. The home was built in the 16th century (if I remember correctly) by the Bedingfeld family, and they still live there today! It was almost comical to hear the tour guide tell a group of military kids that this family has lived here for hundreds of years! You can slightly see some of the scaffolding in this picture; as you can imagine, a home this old needs a good deal of upkeep. In the front garden. (I guess I should mention that I went with Brit and her class as a chaperone). This gives a good view of part of the garden and the part of the house the family occupies. The bit with the scaffolding, extending off to the right, is the private residence. The rest of the Hall is open to the public. There is a lot of history in this home, one of the most important being that the tapestries of Mary Queen of Scots are housed here (forgive me, but I forget whether she stayed here when she did them, it's possible). She did an incredible job creating animals that were described to her. Another part of the garden. How would it be to have a moat around your house...just another thing to clean!!! And how many times during one day would I hear, "Mooommm,

{so-and-so} pushed me into the moat"? No thank you! Looking into the field from the roof of the Hall. Notice the chimneys, each has different brick work (I am thinking this was popular during Tudor times :) ). I wonder if those cows' genealogy goes as far back as the Bedingfeld family? Still on the roof, looking out onto another field.