Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England...
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individuals buried in Westminster Abbey has a long tradition. Over 3,300 people are buried or commemorated in the abbey. For much of the abbey's history, most...
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many famous landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, Trafalgar Square and much of the...
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The Church of St Margaret, Westminster Abbey is in the grounds of Westminster Abbey on Parliament Square, London, England. It is dedicated to Margaret...
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of Westminster was historically a separate urban area to the west of London, growing up around the minster church of Westminster Abbey. Westminster was...
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Look up Westminster Abbey in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Westminster Abbey is a large Anglican church in Westminster, London, where the British monarchs...
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Stone of Scone (section Westminster Abbey)
Edward I of England took the stone as spoils of war and removed it to Westminster Abbey, where it was fitted into a wooden chair – known as the Coronation...
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Westminster School is a public school in Westminster, London, England, in the precincts of Westminster Abbey. It descends from a charity school founded...
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Edward the Confessor (category Burials at Westminster Abbey)
2008. Walker 2004. Williams 2004c. Aird 2004. "History of Westminster Abbey". Westminster Abbey. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved...
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and Worcester. Shrewsbury Abbey in Shropshire was founded as a Benedictine monastery by the Normans in 1083. Westminster Abbey was founded in the tenth...
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Westminster Abbey Choir School is a boarding preparatory school for boys in Westminster, London and the only remaining choir school in the United Kingdom...
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The Westminster Abbey Museum was located in the 11th-century vaulted undercroft beneath the former monks' dormitory in Westminster Abbey, London, England...
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Poets' Corner (redirect from Westminster Abbey/Poets Corner)
Poets' Corner is a section of the southern transept of Westminster Abbey in London, where many poets, playwrights, and writers are buried or commemorated...
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The Dean of Westminster is the head of the chapter at Westminster Abbey. Due to the abbey's status as a royal peculiar, the dean answers directly to the...
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Westminster Abbey is a community of Benedictine monks in Mission, British Columbia, established in 1939 from the Abbey of Mount Angel, Oregon. The abbey...
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and the Household Division. Conveyance of the body from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey. For this procession the State Gun Carriage was hauled by...
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Sæberht of Essex (section Westminster Abbey)
monastery in London dedicated to St Peter at the site of the present Westminster Abbey, and that they had been buried in the church there. In the reign of...
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Tower of London; the site featuring the Palace of Westminster, Church of St. Margaret, and Westminster Abbey; and the historic settlement in Greenwich where...
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Thorney Island, site of Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster, and ribbon development heading west - towards Westminster - from gates in the walls...
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ceremony in which they are formally invested with regalia and crowned at Westminster Abbey. It corresponds to the coronations that formerly took place in other...
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since Winston Churchill's in 1965. A funeral service was held at Westminster Abbey, followed by a procession to Wellington Arch which featured around...
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Elizabeth of York (category Burials at Westminster Abbey)
court under Richard III, after spending ten months in sanctuary in Westminster Abbey. It was rumoured that Richard was plotting to marry Elizabeth. The...
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a saint in the 12th century. The sacred holy relics were kept at Westminster Abbey, venue of coronations since 1066, while monarchs wore another set...
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Church of England, occupying the south end of Dean's Yard next to Westminster Abbey in London. Besides providing administrative offices for the Church...
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Stringer Lawrence (section Westminster Abbey)
Peace Concluded in the Carnatic — Epitaph by the East India Company, Westminster Abbey He seems to have entered the army in 1727 and served in Gibraltar...
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Confessor, the penultimate Anglo-Saxon king, began the building of Westminster Abbey and a neighbouring palace to oversee its construction. After the Norman...
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Coronation Chair (category Westminster Abbey)
shrine at Westminster Abbey. The Coronation Chair was last used at the Coronation of King Charles the III and Queen Camilla at Westminster Abbey in 2023...
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Christianity portal The Dean and Chapter of Westminster are the ecclesiastical governing body of Westminster Abbey, a collegiate church of the Church of England...
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Henry VII Chapel (redirect from The Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey)
far eastern end of Westminster Abbey, England, paid for by the will of King Henry VII. It is separated from the rest of the abbey by brass gates and a...
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