Anyone want to look at a map of the Thames, the transportation hub of Tudor London?
I had a tough time finding a map that gives me what I want.
Here is what I found.
Hampton Court is about two inches west of this map on the Thames.
You see Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament. Not shown but just north of these is Whitehall, King Henry's place in town, which is called York Place in the book. See below.
And the Tower of London on the eastern half of the London Thames River. Holds offices (Cromwell's) and the infamous prison, which is no one's favorite place.
Austin Friars (Cromwell's home) is where Bank of England stands now; on this map it is just north of Old Billingsgate Market.
Some old buildings stand. Some knocked down. Most new owners. Such as Hampton Court. Started the book and Cardinal Wolsey went there for his country home. Soon it became Henry's to play in.
Another map of England, with some of the locations mentioned in the book marked.
London,
Oxford.
Cambridge.
York.
But when they say, York Place, that is not York up north. It is what we now know as Whitehall in London. The land was purchased in 1240 by the Archbishop of York. Cardinal Wolsey expanded this palace so it was the biggest and grandest in London, better than King Henry VIII. So when Wolsey was outsted, Henry VIII took over York Hall/ Whitehall and made it even better. He and Anne Boleyn moved out of Westminster and into Whitehall for their London residence.
Queen Katherine is at Ampthill in Bedford, a bit north of London.
You have Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. And Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk. Those counties are nested together on the coast, east of London. East Anglia.
Off the map, across the English Channel, the English city of Calais.
Here's an interesting diagram of Austin Friars, where Cromwell's home is, set atop modern streets in London.
This was a monastery. Five acres. Cromwell's home was next to it. This is in London now, but had land around it back in 1500's.
His home is now the Draper's Hall in this map.
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