HENRY VIII's Lost Palace - WHITEHALL

[@dianochka5432]

Thank you so much for this. I worked in Whitehall for many years and always found it rather thrilling to walk along the ‘Cockpit Passage’ beside the Tudor wall. Across the street, I went to a number of Christmas/retirement parties in the Wine Cellar. I had no idea that it had actually been moved. We can be thankful that some of our forebears had the presence of mind to preserve these fragments of the past.

[@avryllsixtus3429]

I was young Wren at Whitehall decades ago in communications and crypto work...very dated working conditions but loved the historic feel of the long rounded tube like corridors...at one time went down two little lifts to get to an ancient area a remnant of WW2..dark and sinister almost....loved being in London though but so much better changing to Fleet air Arm in Cornwall.....sort of happy days.. hard to imagine Whitehall as a palace of kings but the exterior is simply splendid.mworth a look for tourists....

[@LaurenceDay-d2p]

The original Whitehall Palace burned in 1685.

[@LaurenceDay-d2p]

Correction: 1698.

[@bodaciousbiker]

This is without question the finest, most detailed documentary of Whitehall Palace I've ever seen! Thank you!

[@rhiannonpoole6019]

This is one of those videos which needs to be watched again and again, with the pause button at the ready to absorb the wonderful visuals. Thank you so much.

[@allanbarton]

There’s a lot to get through in this video. It was long in the production too!

[@Odanti]

​​​@@allanbartonI wish you had a poker that would highlight what you are talking about. I spent most of my time trying to figure out what I was supposed to be looking at. Whew! It was exhausting! And I missed whatever you were talking about. I told myself that I will have to watch it again. I have never seen anything this good about WhiteHall. So...I will watch it again!😂🤣 Have a blessed day! ❤️🙏❤️

[@kellyburgess671]

thats what i did

[@dragnflei]

Totally agree!

[@lysem4392]

Superlative images as usual. I am about to watch this again at least once, probably twice: I need a second pass to better absorb all this information, and then one to pause at each image and pore over all the fascinating details. And now I am eager to watch the 10 Downing Street video too. Although I knew that it has been the official residence of the UK's prime minister for a very long time, I had no idea that it was anything but a random house similar to many other similar ones.

[@patricialong5767]

I've a massive lifelong interest in architecture, especially old buildings and palaces! LOVE IT!!!

[@monicacall7532]

I do too! This video checks all the boxes for me.

[@Phyllida-r7n]

It’s not about you.

[@damonturnbull5903]

What a history! I loved my trip to the UK. I spent 12 days in London and didn't get to see a fraction of what I wanted to. You really need to take your time to soak up every spot. Thank you for this, it brings it more alive.

[@GlasshouseandGarden]

Brilliant and fascinating video on a part of London I know well. The big takeaway for me was the Agas map of London. I’ve seen it before on videos and programmes but not what it was called. It makes for a fascinating viewing.

[@elizabethsands4470]

Another one of your fabulous videos, Allan! Imagine if we still had Whitehall, Nonsuch and Greenwich Palaces? I would love to have had the opportunity to see them in all their glory … 👑🥀👑🥀 x

[@carolking6355]

Most enjoyable. I have the nine volumes of Samual Pepys and really recommend those.

[@monicacall7532]

I’ve always wondered about the history of Whitehall Palace and the evolution of the area around it and on top of where the old palace had stood after the fire that destroyed it. So much important history happened there. Kudos to William III for saving the beautiful Banqueting House although it’s too bad that so much art work was burned in the fire. Thanks for another fascinating video Allan!

[@annfisher3316]

Absolutely fascinating! Thank you 👑

[@briancisco1176]

I'm very much looking forward to your history of 10 Downing Street.

[@JJMHigner]

Thanks very much for this! It's very informative on where exactly and what exactly this palace was. This was the center of so much activity in this part of the world at that time. It is staggering to think of the politics that occurred here and all the drama as well.

[@patricialong5767]

Simply fascinating subject! How about a video about his vanished palace: Nonesuch. Now that would be SO interesting because I've always wondered about it!

[@allanbarton]

That’s on the way! I’ve always been fascinated by Nonesuch too.

[@Glesga_lassie]

Did you ever get round to creating a video about Nonesuch? I'm intrigued by it too!

[@allanbarton]

@@Glesga_lassie it is still on the way, watch this space.

[@jilltagmorris]

You continually out-do yourself!!!! Thanks again Dr.! ❤❤😊😊🎉🎉

[@SirSidley]

Thoroughly enjoyed watching this episode. Fascinating, educational and interesting. Thank you ❤

[@maryloumawson6006]

There's so much information in this video it is difficult to take it all in Many thanks for a wonderful overview of the evolution of the Whitehall site! I will be returning to this video again and again!

[@voyaristika5673]

I'm American and an English history buff. Thank you for this video giving virtually everything there is to know about Whitehall. I had no idea #10 was part of Whitehall and look forward to that video!

[@melissarybb]

Thank you so much for this. I recently finished Simon Thurley's Houses of Power, and as good as his descriptions and illustrations are, I still had a hard time picturing everything. This must have taken you quite a bit of work, and I'm grateful for it. I'll be watching this again and again. Looking forward to 10 Downing.

[@jameskvo]

Thanks for another fascinating video, Allan. I must check out Queen Mary's Steps next time I'm in London. Looking forward to your video on 10 Downing Street soon!

[@straingedays]

I've seen many documentaries on Whitehall or that mention it in other features made by the BBC and other big name corporations. Yet yours is hands down the best in telling it's history with addition to the drawings and photos shown. I found myself going back to re-watching and pausing parts before it finished and no doubt will watch it again. Thank You!!

[@Chris-fh2cl]

A symmetrical palladian facade is nice, and I'm sure would have been something to behold; but a ramshackle and rambling collection of buildings all grouped together as a "palace" sounds so much more mysterious and romantic.

[@kindlydude]

THAT is exactly what I was thinking ...a ramshackle pile of stones and brick ...many with different styles and periods that were thrown together over time. So many nooks and crannies to explore and get lost in!! So much history was lost in the several fires London has endured over the centuries!

[@lysem4392]

Mysterious, romantic but what matters more, interesting. Nothing is more boring than knowing in advance that beyond that door or down this hall you know exactly what will be there. Tangentially, this is why open plan houses with combined living room, dining room are so dreary. They don't even _have_ doors and corridors. So unexciting.

[@stepps511]

Goodness, Allan! This video is so illustrative, I found myself lost in our description and history of this site. Thank you! I look forward to getting back to London, and to hopefully walk along and recall what you've revealed here. I look forward to the 10 Downing Street video! Again, many thanks.

[@OkieJammer2736]

Wowww. I've had questions about Whitehall for decades and youve answered them here. Much thanks!

[@silva7493]

How wonderful it is to hear about this, and to see all of the beautiful illustrations!! I've wondered about this subject for a long tie. Thank you!!!

[@ianport2185]

Brilliant as ever. I worked in & around Westminster 30 years back & more for quite some time & whilst it's all strangely familiar I never really understood how it all developed. More oddly I've always felt a chill around the Banqueting House - a mixture I think because it's associated for personal reasons with near disaster (😮), although not quite as disastrous as it was for Charles I. Since then I've always resisted even visiting the Banqueting House. There you go, a bit of personal if mundane history, itself locked away now at the very end of the last millennium!

[@kindlydude]

So now you have us all wondering what this 'near disaster' was all about. Otherwise, I'd say you were having a past-life haunting of something that happened to you while you were in service to Charles I, or shortly after his beheading. 😉

[@MarkVA71]

Love all your content! Cannot wait for the 10 Downing Street video. Cheers from across the pond!

[@HighWealder]

Very interesting. A sad loss.

[@carolinegreenwell9086]

Fascinating This is a video that I'll have to watch again because there's so much information packed into it

[@Amethyst_Dragon_]

#Thank you #Sir for your brilliant research ... You bring history back to life...

[@MelG-ut3hs]

Fantastic interesting video with extensive detail about this lost palace. Thank you.

[@donnaolson922]

Love the images in this video!

[@nicholaskayhart80]

Thank you for this video. On the way to our children's wedding in Eastern Europe, we had a long layover in London near Heathrow. The 2022 London Marathon was postponed due to the death of the Queen so all of our Bus stops and boat tours were canceled because it was rescheduled to the day we were in London. We had to figure out how to get around. I was the only one that loved England's history. So we worked our way to Buckingham Palace and saw the changing of the guards but did not get to see any of the Roman wall or the Tower of London. Thanks to your video I now know I was traipsing around the areas you covered and could label some of my photos properly.

[@pedanticradiator]

There is only a very small part of the Roman city wall left

[@brendonmcmorrow3886]

Very interesting, especially the Downing Street angle.

[@anthonyanderson2880]

This was such an enlightening video as I was time after time confused about the history of Whitehall (and I lacked the time to sit for so long and put it altogether) so started later. Thanks Allan for your hard work and sharing this information.

[@Marian-pb7fd]

Dear Allan, I can not say you out did yourself on this one, because all your videos are amazing. But this one is pretty spectacular! I thought Westminster Hall was part of Whitehall? I hope you continue to find Rabbit holes to go down, as many like me enjoy the travel.

[@pedanticradiator]

Westminster and Whitehall were 2 different palaces

[@nevada531]

Thank you for such a detailed and concise description. I’ve always found Whitehall Palace to be such a complex array of buildings and this video is very informative on how it all evolved.

[@hispid1]

As always Alan an excellent analysis. The Banquet hall is magical, so we always pay a visit when in London. I strongly suggest anyone visit if they have the opportunity (My thanks to HM William III for saving it) . Everything I've seen about the rest of the old palace suggests a total mess... They moved the cellar ... I need time to process that!

[@Chris-fh2cl]

Awwwwwwwww yeaaaaaaaaah you know it's gonna be a good evening when AB drops a video!

[@Phyllida-r7n]

What do you mean awwwwww ywaaaaaah. Can’t you write or understand decent English.

[@williamevans9426]

I always look forward to your history lessons and I think this is the best yet. I have a particular interest in placing old buildings in the context of their modern locations, so this episode was especially fascinating and required lots of 'pausing' before moving on!

[@lindahumphreys9757]

Wow!! How wonderful! Thanks so much for such detail and a great history lesson.

[@MrReuin]

I love how in depth this is!. the history of royal palaces has always fascinated me as so much and is often forgotten over the centuries

[@melstjohn3766]

Wonderful. Thank you

[@Floortile]

Totally fascinating, as ever. Many thanks

[@marthavanbeek-putters]

Thank you Dr. Barton for this video and clear explanation. Martha

[@cecileroy557]

This sooo fascinating!!! Subbed - how could I not!!

[@michellerenner6880]

Oh I needed a video from you today! Thank you.

[@terrygibbs1147]

One of your very best videos. Thanks very mjch

[@emmajulian8716]

Thank you Allen can't believe I have only just found your channel. I am tudor history lover thank you

[@allanbarton]

Welcome to the channel - there is so much rich Tudor history to explore in my videos.

[@emmajulian8716]

@@allanbarton thank you so much I'm looking forward to watching them

[@Welkdad]

Currently reading about Wolsey who had York Place which became Whitehall after he fell out of favor! Perfect timing.

[@blacktulip1064]

Excellent! Thank you!! 🧡💙

[@peggyh4805]

Thank you Dr. Barton. 💙from 🇺🇸

[@nancytestani1470]

This is amazing, Allen..thank-you very much. Fascinating. Love it.

[@markgoddard2560]

A brilliant discussion and history lesson in one - as usual.

[@ElliotOracle]

Wonderful video! 😊 Thank you for this brilliant insight into such a fascinating historic place.

[@davidd6171]

What a wonderfuly educational video Allan! It's mind boggling how just one person have the power and resources to just take down or build structures!

[@Aengus42]

My first of your videos. Absolutely fascinating! Your use of contemporary art, in favour of modern computer graphics, gave so much more feel & flavour of the buildings you were describing. Thank you! I am now, of course, subscribed and off to No. 10. I had no idea that "The House at the Back" was named that long, long before it became the house at the back of the Downing St. frontage. Again, thank you for this wonderful insight into Whitehall.

[@pixbychris3182]

Another fascinating video. That Henry bloke was a busy bee,building, marrying etc 😊

[@christinewells-leddon9287]

I've seen a few documentaries of the Palace of Whitehall over the years....yet (as always) yours is the most thoroughly researched and best presented of them all. Bravo!

[@historybarf]

I’ve always longed to find out more about Henry’s palace. Thanks so much for the video.

[@dukeofhaas]

Superb!

[@bcoldgoalie]

Always fascinating and informative! I knew of jousting events but didn't know the area where it was performed was called a "tiltyard". I wonder if the word "tilt",used in modern terms to mean two sports teams in a great game, comes from this beginning of jousting battles. Well done again!😊

[@orsino88]

Superb.

[@educanassa100]

Always watching,

[@flyingisaac2186]

Thumbs up before watching, but your work is reliably well made.

[@MarkVA71]

Hear hear!

[@9er..]

Morning Dr.B! Wonderfully put together content and full of very cool information. Have you ever thought about posing your members/audience a study guide question or two? Probably speaking only for myself, I’d love to use your content to do some sort of “research” and answer a few questions based on the subject of the video. Basically taking your video just one step further for personal development. IDK just free-styling an idea🤷

[@catclelland2447]

I love your channel Alan ❤

[@forthrightgambitia1032]

Another interesting topic would be the history of the original Scotland Yard. What is fascinating is that as a child many of the names of these places seem pregnant with hidden meaning. Which then as you get older you lose the sense of it through repetition and the prosaic contexts in which they are mentioned. A little digging however usually reveals that the names do indeed have something interesting to tell about the history of the place! Also I am surprised you didn't mention it, but the current Treasury Main Building that is adjacent to Parliament Square was built in the first decade of the 20th century as a sort of smaller scaled homage to Inigo Jones's original plan.

[@davidmajer3652]

Many thanks for this informative and entertaining presentation. I was hanging on every word.

[@OkieJammer2736]

SO interesting! 👍

[@Nana-vi4rd]

I believe that Henry VIII dispised the Tower of London because it was there where his beloved mother had died along with the baby sister she had borne before the fever ended her life upon her birthday. We all know how close Henry had been to his mother, taking her demise very hard. So that a portrait of Henry VII and his remaining children were painted in the chamber where Elizabeth of York had died. With the artist painting young Henry partly laying upon the bed apparently weeping.

[@deniseatkins9407]

That was very interesting i only thought banqueting house was the survivor. I haved loved Henry 8th since i was 12

[@robinbradach928]

Thanks!

[@allanbarton]

Thank you very much Robin.

[@victorydaydeepstate]

I'm an American and am more British than most Londoners today. I appreciate your "labor of love." Thanks

[@carrie4696]

Most “Londoners today” know how to spell

[@cecileroy557]

@@carrie4696 Americans write it as "labor"... So, as an American he's correct.

[@kindlydude]

😉He, he! Thanks for defending American spelling. We've tended to simplify things over a few centuries. 'Victory' may be referring to his heritage, which should rightly be described as 'English', rather than 'British' which is more political, and could therefore describe anyone of any ethnicity who claims British allegiance or a British passport I guess. I tend to spell many words like 'honour' or 'labour' in the British way since I grew up overseas and had an English English-teacher. In fact, my spellcheck is trying to correct me now! 🤣 @@cecileroy557

[@carolinekaplan542]

@@carrie4696 we don't use unnecessary u in America even if we are 75 percent English and Scottish on our dna test and our great grandfather went to the London school of economics , honey.

[@Jon962-h4i]

Interesting. Many thanks for taking the time to put it together and for letting us see it.

[@allanbarton]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@romo9122]

Amazing as usual 😊

[@christinesuccop1812]

Wow so interesting. This was awesome, thanks Dr. Barton ❤

[@Clare0116]

Thank you for this fascinating history of Royal buildings and surroundings in London. I subscribed to watch more of your videos.

[@allanbarton]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you for the subscription.

[@heatherstephens9295]

Absolutely incredible - thank you 👏👏

[@taihastings3097]

So interesting, thank you!

[@allanbarton]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@deanedge5988]

Thank you really excellent as ever.

[@allanbarton]

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!

[@djowen5192]

Terrific stuff. Thanks.

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

I love the tea set that you have there ❤

[@allanbarton]

Thank you - A New Hall teapot tea cup and saucer c.1790 and a nearly matching teapot of much the same period.

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

@@allanbarton Lucky

[@pdruiz2005]

At 14:21. Many art historians have declared the Peter Paul Rubens ceiling in Banqueting Hall to be the finest Baroque painted ceiling north of the Alps. This is due to the fact that Rubens was one of the most important painters of the Baroque, and by far the most important Baroque painter having worked in England. Banqueting Hall may be the largest collection of Rubens paintings in terms of square footage anywhere in Europe. If sold now in modern art markets at prevailing prices for Rubens paintings, these ceiling works could easily fetch $800 million to $1.2 billion total or even more. Thank goodness the most priceless art within Whitehall Palace was saved for posterity, and that it survived great disasters like the Great Fire in 1666 and the Blitz in 1940!

[@vinceplatini]

👍🏻 very interesting, thanks!

[@Crub837]

Thank you!🎉

[@finlayfraser9952]

So interesting, thank you.

[@jardon8636]

merci, danke, obrigado, bedankt, grazie, thanks, gracias... intresting video... could you possibly do a video about nosuch palace & the various residences of the UK prime ministers & no 11 the lord chancellor , including , chequers...chevening house... bute house the scottish first minister & hilsborough castle in northern ireland...etc...

[@marshabailey1121]

fascinating

[@okienana11]

This was so interesting.

[@martindimmock4820]

Very good

[@TimothyMichaelJones]

Superb documentary!!

[@wendalboy]

Great video

[@allanbarton]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@coreymarcum5728]

Just subscribed to the Antiquary, excited to read.

[@allanbarton]

I do hope you enjoy it ☺️

[@edwardhammond8778]

Just a slight correction at the start (fantastic video): No 10 is home to the prime minister in virtue of his (de facto) ex officio position as First Lord of the Treasury, but that isn't their "official title". Although the powers are not specifically defined in law, which sometimes means the position is called "official", Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is definetly their official constitutional legal title (among others, usually Minister of the Cabinet Office for eg)

[@Leezl41]

Subscribed. 👍

[@paddypup1836]

Horse guards is also where simmerson has lots connections

[@DragonsAndDragons777]

I wonder how many other palaces have been lost to time

[@PJZZZZ]

C could you do one on the history of St. James Palace? There’s not a whole lot on the Internet or in general about it but yet it’s one of the oldest is it not thank you . Thank you.

[@allanbarton]

It’s on its way.

[@Inertia-Pink]

Do you have any more information relating to how St James Palace looked during its early days as a hunting lodge?

[@allanbarton]

I've got a video on St James's palace coming along in the next few months.

[@Inertia-Pink]

@@allanbarton Great to hear! :D

[@TheStarBlack]

I'm amused that making this video led you down the rabbit hole of 10 Downing Street's history. Following the election I am in my own number 10 rabbit hole which led me to Whitehall Palace and then this video! What interests me the most about Downing Street is that it seems to all intents and purposes to have been kept for hundreds of years as a facade to the larger house at the back behind it. The remains of Downing Street seem very odd and out of place surrounded by the royal park and expansive government buildings. They remind me of a film set or a fake street at a theme park. I can only conclude that prime ministers of the past thought it good PR to appear to be living in a relatively humble terraced house while actually using is as a corridor to the mansion behind!