ONE OF ENGLAND'S HISTORICAL SHOW PLACES.—Beautiful Hampton Court Palace, on the Thames, was originally built for Cardinal Wolsey, who presented it in 1529 to Henry VIII. For nearly 250 years it was the Royal residence of twelve, successive monarch* of England, up to the reign of George 11., who died in 1760. The main entrance, showing the bridge over the moat which was restored in 1910, with copies of the original stone parapets and shield-bearing heraldic figures known as the Kings Beasts —because they appeared in the Royal Arms of thai period—lions, greyhounds, unicorns, griffins and dragons. Over the archway is a stone with the arms of Henry VIII. /

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 302, 21 December 1935, Page 14

ONE OF ENGLAND'S HISTORICAL SHOW PLACES.—Beautiful Hampton Court Palace, on the Thames, was originally built for Cardinal Wolsey, who presented it in 1529 to Henry VIII. For nearly 250 years it was the Royal residence of twelve, successive monarch* of England, up to the reign of George 11., who died in 1760. The main entrance, showing the bridge over the moat which was restored in 1910, with copies of the original stone parapets and shield-bearing heraldic figures known as the Kings Beasts — because they appeared in the Royal Arms of thai period—lions, greyhounds, unicorns, griffins and dragons. Over the archway is a stone with the arms of Henry VIII. /