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A Tudor dovecote built in 1541 by Sir John Gostwick, who served as Cardinal Wolsey's Master of Horse. No less than 1500 nesting boxes for pigeons...
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line the walls of the dovecote. The cote and adjoining stable block are thought to have been built with stone from Newnham Priory after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. It illustrates the lengths Tudor and Stuart landowners would go to obtain fresh meat. The dovecote is lined with 1500 nest boxes for pigeons. In the Middle Ages and Tudor period pigeons were a food of the wealthy and pheasants were not allowed to kill or eat them!
Subjects: History
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