Visitors to Blickling Hall may have felt like they were stepping back in time yesterday.

The stately home hosted a commemoration of the execution of Anne Boleyn, which took place exactly 486 years ago - on May 19, 1536.

Eastern Daily Press: Heather Jermy as Anne Boleyn at Blickling Hall, in a commemoration of the Tudor queen's execution.Heather Jermy as Anne Boleyn at Blickling Hall, in a commemoration of the Tudor queen's execution. (Image: National Trust Images/Kenny Gray)

Heather Jermy, Blickling's general manager, donned a Tudor dress to play the part of Anne. She walked slowly up the drive to the sound of a drumbeat, while other characters from the past appeared from either side of the house and a crowd looked on.

The commemoration is normally held each year at Blickling, where Anne is thought to have been born along with her siblings, Mary and George.

Eastern Daily Press: Heather Jermy as Anne Boleyn at Blickling Hall, in a commemoration of the Tudor queen's execution.Heather Jermy as Anne Boleyn at Blickling Hall, in a commemoration of the Tudor queen's execution. (Image: National Trust Images/Kenny Gray)

Some say Anne's headless ghost returns to the estate each year on the anniversary of her death. As night falls, the legend says, a ghostly coach drives up to the house, driven by a headless horseman, who carries Anne's own head on his lap.

But when the coach arrives in front of the house, it vanishes into thin air.