Bolton Castle, built in the 14th Century, found its way into the history books when Mary, Queen of Scots, was held as prisoner there. With a retinue of personal servants, guards and ladies-in-waiting, together with luxurious furnishings and tapestries,borrowed from neighbouring estates, it made for a rather luxurious prison!
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleThank you for sharing this one, Carrie. How happy I am looking at some photographs that educate me, and add knowledge to me. I have never seen a real castle ever in my life so I am happy and grateful that Voice club opens this kind of event that gives me a chance to see the wonders of the world with just a single click.
We certainly have more than our fair share of castles in the UK Lotchie. Many of them are now used as hotels and museums, or open to the general public. Bolton Castle has never been sold and is still owned, after all these centuries, by descendants of the original owners.
Wow 🙂 I hope one day I can visit the UK to visit and see personally the real castle.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleCarrie, castles remind me of spiders webs – once in, very few make it out alive.
Thanks for the touch of history, really interesting.
Great places to visit, bu I certainly couldn’t imagine living in one. They must be horrendous to heat in winter ?
Castle Bolton looks incredibly grand. I have just learnt something new today! Do people still live there?
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleI couldn’t tell you, Daisy. I know part of it was destroyed in the English Civil War but part was restored.