Oakwell Hall gets stamp of approval

Apr 21 2009 by Neil Atkinson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

THE Elizabethan splendour of Oakwell Hall was chosen to launch Royal Mail’s latest stamps.

It was fitting that the Birstall manor house, built in 1583 by the Batt family, should be chosen.

For the new stamps, on sale from today, are the second in its Kings and Queens series celebrating the royal houses of England.

Liz Yems and Ian Grange, of Kirklees Council’s museums and galleries department, donned period costume to showcase the House of Tudor stamps.

The stamps mark the 500th anniversary of the accession of Henry VIII, and feature portraits of the six monarchs who ruled during one of the most famous – and infamous – periods in our history.

From the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485 to the death of Good Queen Bess in 1603, the age of the House of Tudor saw some of our best-known kings and queens sit upon the English throne.