Clock tower on Tewkesbury Library
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Clock tower on Tewkesbury Library
Image: © Philip Halling Taken: 2 Mar 2013
The clock tower on Tewkesbury Library has 1989, the year it was built, on it. On another face are four Tudor roses. Nearby is the Roses Theatre, the significance of the Tudor rose relates to the Battle of Tewkesbury which took place in 1471, during the Wars of the Roses. The war between the House of York (White Rose) and House of Lancaster (Red Rose) rival claimants to the throne of England. The Wars of the Roses came to an end in 1485, when Henry Tudor defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field and became Henry VII. He subsequently married Elizabeth of York, thus uniting the houses of Lancaster and York and in so doing created the Tudor Rose.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.995973
Longitude
-2.155651