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    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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    including Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Whitehall, Westminster Cathedral, 10 Downing Street, and Trafalgar Square. Westminster became a city in 1540...
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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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  • 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 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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    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 name traditionally given to a section of the south transept of Westminster Abbey in London, where many poets, playwrights, and writers are buried or...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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)
    Palace of Westminster as the eldest child of King Edward IV and his wife, Elizabeth Woodville. Her christening was celebrated at Westminster Abbey, sponsored...
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    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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    Sites: the Tower of London; Kew Gardens; the combined Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey, and St Margaret's Church; and the historic settlement in Greenwich...
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  • the film tells the story of the removal of the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey. The stone, supposedly the Stone of Jacob over which Scottish monarchs...
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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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    Canterbury Cathedral 1966: Westminster Abbey 1967: Durham Cathedral 1968: Westminster Abbey 1969: Selby Abbey 1970: Westminster Abbey (represented by The Queen...
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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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  • 24 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015. Westminster Abbey Website (accessed 30 April 2015) Westminster Abbey Website (accessed 30 April 2015) Burns, John...
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    made a saint in the 12th century. These holy relics were kept at Westminster Abbey, the venue of coronations since 1066, and another set of regalia was...
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  • (1918–1950) Westminster St George's (UK Parliament constituency) Dean of Westminster, head of the chapter at Westminster Abbey Matthew of Westminster, long...
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  • Peter Holder is an English organist. He is the Sub-Organist of Westminster Abbey. Holder was educated as a chorister at Worcester Cathedral and at the...
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