The First Tudor Palace (Esher) | S13E4 | Time Team 

Think she wanted them there for months and the whole place dug. Can't blame her, I would.

Every episode I am like "If they were in my backyard I would be like 'JUST DIG THE WHOLE THING'" So it's so nice to see someone else who is so excited!

And she’s a beautiful woman and a beautiful soul. Would love to meet her and chat.

I think Penny found herself a new hobby!

I keep thinking about how, if it were my garden, could I keep it unburied and be able to show visitors, make it part of the garden. Retaining wall and a fire pit, but I think drainage might have proved a stumbling block being so deep and near the river.

Knock knock, "Timeteam here, can we please come into your garden for a look around? Everyone will see that you have a lovely house with a pool the we show it on the Telly! Plus it'll probably add value to your home by identifying historical significance!" 'Nimby, Nimby, Nimby no thanks!' Could it be that there is too much money sloshing about around Esher?

Me to. I wouldn't be surprised if she never put the dirt back and just kept going lol. It's nice to see someone so keen to learn.

My favorite episode, best property owner, and nearest lady of all! If I ever go to Britain, I must meet Penny!!! She's athe Time Team Star! 😁

There is no way she filled it back in.😊

Be sure to show his all his great and great great grandchildren. His work can then be appreciated for generations. I would love to see something worked on by one of my grandfathers

Behind every bricky is a skilled labourer who mixes the mortar to the correct proportions and does all the lugging about

I understand exactly what you mean. My stepfather was a Past President of the Guild of Bricklayers and taught the art of bricklaying at an East Anglian college; until we had to move owing to a recession (79-80). He was also a judge in the Quality Brickwork Awards up until he retired.

Such an amazing skill!

Did he move to Nova Scotia?

I have thought they should have hired her for the program. She would have made an excellent fill in for the role "interested layperson" when Tony after several seasons had become a bit too knowledgeable for that role.

Penny missed her calling. She should have been an archeologist.

Certainly a good sport.

I thought she was so lovely. It's awesome to drop down to the comments and see that so many people also adored her. ♥

She was amazing.

It did come up for sale a few years back, as a residence its a little impractical, and most of the palace was on adjoining land. (each side)

I think that it’s one of the best or the best, and that’s from someone who loves them all. That brick stairwell blew me away.

@@peetyw8851 Suddenly that out of place "fireplace" made more sense, didn't it??

@@MrJest2 I’d say, Sir Jest2!

I would have loved a house Pennys she must have had the money lol

She even made a book about the tower and its history...

You can easily replace a lawn, you cant replace lost history

Hot and wealthy, what's not to like? ;)

@@harbourdogNL She described herself as asset rich but cash poor in a Surrey Advertiser article about the book she wrote about the tower.

What year was this - and she has sold, since?

They are actually bringing the series back and in fact have interviewed Penny about her experience with TT. You can find the interview on the Time Time Official channel. ru-vid.comvideos In the interview, she talks about her additional digs and the research she did for the book she wrote about the place. Very cool video.

But who would be the dom? Tony?

@@williamwilliam5066 She seemed willing to take direction from Phil.

😁 Caught that!

😁

And I wonder if she uncovered more of it and made it a garden feature.

@@connieheitz8982 I was thinking just that! would be a great project.

They had her on the Time Team Official commentary. The following year she had another set of Archeologists continue the dig and she's even published a book on the history of property.

@@JerryB507 I seen that. But she didn't mention if she left it uncovered or not.

@@williambodin5359 No, you uncover and glaze the whole thing and put a ring of benches around it with a small raised fire pit. you sit around and tell ghost stories all night!

One hopes the producers put her garden back the way it was.

Ah, yes, and their famous hit, "Trench 3". They also had a harder, punk sound, like on "Geophys is useless", although I always liked the very experimental, "Rain in Trench 5".

@@saveusmilkboy Don't forget "Look what you've got in there" with a bit more of mid 90s - early 2000s style rock in their later years. The original version of it was recorded in the mid 70s, while another version was recorded in the early 80s.

...and Penny Rainbow surely sounds like a Beatles song! 😂

Across the Pond there's a local classic rock group called Phil Dirt and the dozers. You could title one of your tunes ," I really Dig It!"...or. "When you're in too deep"...or " WERE just a slinging Mud"... Or the ever famous..."I've uncovered the TRUTH". Ha ha ! oh someone stop me, this is too easy!

@@phyllismekoleske3332 🤣🤣🤣

Judging here reaction and enthusiasm, I'd say there's a good chance of it. =)

You can check on bing maps and you can see that she actually uncovered the whole corner turret and kept it out till today ( 2021 ). Google maps are too blury however.

Google maps says she kept the keep. There is a light structure right were they dug the turret. The other digs are still to be seen in the grass on Google maps, there are brown spots.

I made the same comment! Would love to see these now! I expect the spot is a Patio with a Canopy/Roof, like a sort of a Gazebo, or Veranda. A place to lounge, have Tea or Cocktails and even have a table for Dining outdoors, during entertaining and cookout. A true "Garden Party" spot. I can imagine it having vines, shrubs, and flowers planted around it, a bird-bath and Hummingbird Feeders. Complete with exterior lighting, it would make for a beautiful experience for "the senses" and, of course, there will always be the conversation around the History, *"Both that of the Original Builder and era", and that of "Penny and Phil digging it" + validated by an entire Time Team Episode for viewing"!* Talk about Archaeology offering "a Now Expierence of enjoying the living in/on the History". This is a rare opportunity to experience, as *"the greater portion of Archaeology Digs end up being: Catalogued and Boxed in a Museum Basement collecting dust, back-filled, or Lost in time without records".* Each time I watch this episode, it draws my mind to the "Universal Law of Attraction", that absolute law that's proven through Quantum Physics Science which states: *Thoughts + Feelings + Focus* *X Belief* = *our "Manifested Reality"* ( Thoughts/Feelings = Energy, the Energy Vibrates on a Frequency, and the Positive or Negative Value of the Frequency "Attracts like Energies") One can't help but notice, *"the Abundant Positive Energies that Illuminate and Flow from Penny in each scenario of this episode she's in", and "her delight in living the experiences with appreciation".* Without personally knowing her, I'm drawn to the desire to know what she did and how each chapter of the Home/Property evolved since the filming of her Home. It is by far the most delicious experience of all of the "Time Team" episodes I've viewed. I can imagine most all the Audience of "Time Team" Collectively Requesting a "Current Update" and it being a Record Viewing for the *"New Time Team"* show they are planning to launch. "Ask and ye Shall Receive!" ...a truly Divine Design of Our Universe! (Art: Painting, Design, and Decor happen to be natural gifts I came into this world with. I'm most appreciative of these, and we each have some form of Creative, it is in whatever our Passions are. Whether a mechanic that does craftsmanship under the hood of a car, a Salesperson that designs the project of a client's needs, or an Artist that applies paint to canvas, We each have something within that is our 3D Creative, and I feel when we are in thought planning the or in action doing these, that's when our "Frequency is at one of its Highest Positive points", and then "We are truly Attractung our Desires into our Reality") Penny did/does this with perfection! *Maybe an email to "Time Team" will get the Thought in motion. We must experience the enjoyment of the viewing/hearing of the follow-up!* Beth Tennessee, USA 🌿🌎🌱 PS: In the USA we only use the word "Garden" for the areas that are planted with Flowers, shrubs, or Vegetables. The word we use to describe the areas around a Home with grass that is mowed are "lawn or yard". I've noticed that in Great Britain its referred to a Garden. Confused me until I realized the reference accurately. 😘

@@stephaniesews6603 Thanks for that Info!

@@stephaniesews6603 As they were uncovering the turret, I immediately started thinking of ways to keep it uncovered yet protected. Ms Rainbow is by far the best landowner I've seen on Time Team. Her enthusiasm and determination to reveal the story of the site made this episode a standout in the series.

What a wonderful discovery. Please don't backfill. Turn your backyard sunken terrace Garden into a space for entertaining and Keep on digging.girl! Install an octagonal canopy tent over your newly discovered Territt .& Create octagonal. Wood bench seating just inside the outline of the octagon. It would make a fabulous place to put a portable fire pit with huge Iron and glass lanterns leading the path way . add a few tikki torches.. Let your archeological friends help dig in your. Secret garden.& Look for that staircase below your feet... It would be so enchanting at night lit by large iron lanterns . And to think you'll be the FIRST PEOPLE to share that space for at least 400 years !!! An archeologists dream !!! they 'd pay you for the chance to dig and unearth more of your historical backyard castle treasure.. Lucky you!!!. You could .place 1 or 2 discrete uplights , & random clay pots of period perfect flowers and plantings. Entertain your intimate friends with period costumes and fingerfoods and drinks in your your secret Historic sunken Castle garden..with you the Lady of the castle! I can picture it all now!.... From one historic time traveler across the pond to another.... Happy digging! I was raised in many old Pre civil war homes . from authentic. 1700s log cabins to huge old grand early 1800s. Stagecoach Inns to Large. Victorian farmhouses complete with early 1800s one room school house on the property. My Father wanted us to experience it ALL. And yes I proudly. got bit by the history bug,

i saw the images - so beautiful. thank you for pointing this out in the comments. one of the best parts of this episode...

Saint Mick of Aston...:-D

The patron saint of archeologists! ;)

I see it now. Like a beautiful, glowing white cloud. I wonder what he washed his hair with.

Well that will never happen all the want to teach about now is gender fluidity garbage

HAHAHA that was sweet, he was actually blushing! Appreciation at last 💗

She didn't care what they were going to dig. It's more like she had to beg them to do more. She did request for them to come dig there in the first place.

I imagine there's a bit of a benefit, when having a posh dinner party, to point to the sod patches in the back yard and casually mention that TimeTeam was there finding a Great Hall and other parts of Wayneflete's palace.

​@@williambodin5359 Farnham is a Castle in the market town of “Farnham, Surrey” (very close to where the woman [Penny] lives), the reason why they mention the building is because of its late medieval brick gatehouse that dates to around 1470; her late medieval gatehouse was constructed at some point between 1462-1472 (making it slightly older). Interestingly there are actually quite a few older brick palaces in England outside of Surrey (which is of course also famed for containing Hampton Court), a few examples being: - “Herstmonceux Castle” in the neighbouring county of East Sussex; built between 1441-1449 (this very grand building stands in its entirety today and is surrounded by a working moat). - “Tattershall Castle” further North in Lincolnshire; built during the 1430s (the huge Great Tower also stands in its entirety along with further outbuildings and a working moat). - “Caister Castle” just south of Tattershall in Norfolk; also built in the 1430s (today the building is mostly in ruin, but the Rapunzelesque Tower still stands and overlooks yet another working moat).

Imagine the taxes today.

@@johnjohnon8767 What I'm having trouble wrapping my head around is the astonishing amount of money one must have to A. own the place and B. upkeep it! Really obscene amounts of money!

I think she wrote a book about the house and its history

Even more when it has the remains of an ancient keep in the garden I'm sure

Was on sale for a fairly modest £3.3million

@@highpath4776 Sheesh... that's, like, a three-bedroom tract home built in the 1960s in Silicon Valley.... 🤪

Well officially the building is “late medieval”, seeing as the Tudor period did not start until 1485 and the gatehouse was constructed in the 1460s.

Lol

There is a lot history in the US.... Just not really whole lot structure at least in the US to find easily. There are several old sites. Like the Navaho, the mound culture of the Mississippi river center around Missouri, and Illinois, Puebloan buildings. East coast Native Americans built log buildings won't find much evidence for them in ground much like the Iron age round houses.

To this, I just chuckle in Australian 😂 I know though, I wish we had that much long history too! If I lived in the UK I would dig up my entire yard.

It's actually an old Dutch name.

@@tadcastertory1087 I thought you were making things up because I´ve never heard of the name Rainbow or Regenboog in Dutch. Just checked. There were 66 people with the last name of Rainbow in the last census. Learn something new everyday. I´m now going to look for someone with that last name to marry, because that would be so much fun :)

Get a Norwegian time time together don't need these then.

Must be some equally fantastic archaeology in Norway.

That's a kiwi trait lol.

Oh boy, don't they. You really do have to roll your eyes a bit at them.

She has an adorable back garden.....

@@williambodin5359 As a professional would.

The fellows??? The men

*nice**

timeline world history documentary on youtube.

@@TheShootist thank you. I just checked and the videos aren't available in my country unfortunately

@@AshleeR use vpn and your computer/phone can be in any country

Try Amazon Prime. They have up to series 20 or 21 plus the “classics “, “specials” and some from America.

@@skiker6828 thanks!

a book? or a paper? can you post the title please

sense!