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Hace 4 días · WESTMINSTER ABBEY.—THE CHAPELS AND ROYAL TOMBS. "A feeling sad came o'er me as I trod the sacred ground. Where Tudors and Plantagenets were lying all around; I stepp'd with noiseless foot, as though the sound of mortal tread. Might burst the bands of the dreamless sleep that wraps the mighty dead!" Ingoldsby Legends.
Hace 2 días · Monuments: (1) to Sir Lumley Robinson, Bart., 1684, white marble tablet, part only of monument, formerly in the S. aisle of the nave; (2) to Chrystian (Scott), wife of William Ker, 1694, white marble tablet with achievement-of-arms. Organ-case : many fragments of the organ-case of c. 1700, with pierced carving.
Hace 4 días · You‘ll also find the tombs of prime ministers, military leaders, scientists, writers, actors, and other towering figures who shaped the nation‘s culture and destiny. For centuries, interment in Westminster Abbey has been considered the highest honor in the land, reserved for an elect few.
Hace 3 días · Palace of Westminster. / 51.49917°N 0.12472°W / 51.49917; -0.12472. The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is located in London, England. It is commonly called the Houses of Parliament after the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two legislative chambers which occupy the ...
Hace 5 días · The tombs of 17 monarchs and located in the Abbey. 16 royal weddings have taken place in the Abbey including the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton in 2011. Poets’ Corner contains memorials to many of England’s greatest writers, including Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Austen.
Hace 4 días · As for the early history of the fair city of Westminster, we fear that, like that of Rome under the kings, it is a little mixed up with fable. It owed its first beginning as a place of importance, no doubt, to its Abbey, or Minster, already mentioned. The first historical church was erected here during the Heptarchy, by Sebert, King of the East ...
Hace 5 días · Darke in F. Elgar The Spirit of the Lord. Duruflé Choral varié sur le Veni Creator. Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Precentor. View Order of Service. Monday, 20th May 2024. St Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, founder of Westminster Abbey, 988. 7.30am.
