Westminster Abbey is the final resting place of 30 kings and queens starting with King Edward ... Its spectacular fan vaulted ceiling and the King's imposing tomb, with gilt bronze effigies of him and ...
Nichol admits he had never really thought about the tomb of the unknown warrior ... and on to its final resting place, Westminster Abbey. A grave had been dug inside the abbey close to the Great ...
An architectural masterpiece of the 13th to 16th centuries, Westminster Abbey also presents a unique pageant of British history – the shrine of St Edward the Confessor, the tombs of kings and queens, ...
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815–81), Dean of Westminster ... anniversary of the consecration of the abbey in 1065, and consists of essays on aspects of the abbey's central role in English history, ...
This was history in the making - and you had to pinch yourself to think you were seeing it close-up, inside Westminster Abbey. Over there was the battered but rather beautiful Coronation chair ...
Westminster Abbey is generally ... you might like to visit the shared tomb of enemies and half sisters Elizabeth I and Mary Tudor. If you prefer to see the abbey at your own pace, but still ...