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WHITEHALL PALACE TILTYARD

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The site of a tiltyard at Whitehall Palace, constructed in the early 1530s. A tiltyard was where jousting events took place and, like at Whitehall Palace, a viewing gallery was often built. Henry VIII was a champion tilter or jouster and tilting yards were built at most of the important Royal palaces. The tiltyard at Whitehall measured about 145 by 25 metres

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[Name centred TQ30088006]. TILTYARD [AT] (Site of). (1)

Original structure of 1663-4 housed the Life Guards (Foot Guards and Horse Guards) on the site of the former tilt yard of Whitehall Palace (see no 419). (2)

The site of a tiltyard at Whitehall Palace, constructed in the early 1530s. A tiltyard was where jousting events took place and, like at Whitehall Palace, a viewing gallery was often built. Henry VIII was a champion tilter or jouster and tilting yards were built at most of the important Royal palaces. The tiltyard at Whitehall measured about 145 by 25 metres. (3)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 1:1056 1894-9.

( 2) General reference

Colvin H. 1976. A History of the King's Works 5, 433

(3) Simon Thurley 1993 The royal palaces of Tudor England : architecture and court life

Page(s)180-183

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