Key Stage 2
A Tudor Trail
Key Questions: Why did Henry VIII marry 6 times?
What was it like to be rich in Tudor England?
What was it like to be poor in Tudor England?
This visit is made up of two separate sections, a cathedral trail called ‘Discovering the Tudors in Hereford Cathedral’, and an ‘audience’ in the cathedral’s Tudor Audley Chapel called ‘Henry VIII and Audley Chapel’.
Discovering the Tudors in Hereford Cathedral
Children are led on an exploration of the cathedral’s late medieval decorative wood carvings, and discover evidence of Tudor-style building construction in the Close Studding and Wattle and Daub of the College Cloisters. They meet costumed characters from the cathedral’s Tudor past and find out what life was like for the rich and the poor.
Henry VIII and the Audley Chapel
A sixteenth century bishop from the cathedral's past, Bishop Audley, meets the children and invites them into his chantry chapel. Here, they use torches to hunt for Tudor graffiti, and they are surprised by the sudden entry of a famous visitor!
There is a Teacher’s Pack which accompanies the visit.
Duration with optional workshop: 3 1/2 hours (including a break for lunch).
Duration without workshop: 2 hours
Price with optional workshop: £4.00
Price without optional workshop: £3.00
Recommended optional workshops:
Brass Rubbing
Calligraphy
Tudor Games
For further information please contact Sarah Arrowsmith, Education Officer, on 01432 374256
or email: sarah.arrowsmith@herefordcathedral.org
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