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1. www.westminster-abbey.orgA royal church | Westminster Abbey

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   May 23, 2024 · About the Abbey. An architectural masterpiece of the 13th to 16th centuries, Westminster Abbey has become a treasure house of artefacts. This is also the coronation church where some of the most significant people in Britain's history are buried or commemorated. Discover our history.

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3. www.historytools.org › stories › the-legends-ofThe Legends of Westminster Abbey: A Who‘s Who of Britain‘s ...

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   May 26, 2024 · May 26, 2024. Since its founding by Benedictine monks in 960 AD, Westminster Abbey has been hallowed ground in the heart of London. For nearly a millennium, it‘s been the site of royal coronations, weddings, and funerals, as well as the burial place of England‘s most celebrated kings, queens, nobles, and luminaries.

4. www.british-history.ac.uk › old-new-london › vol3Westminster Abbey: Chapels and royal tombs | British History ...

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   3 days ago · The following quaint verses on the royal tombs in Westminster Abbey are taken from a work about two centuries and a half old; but the sentiments, though the author of the lines is unknown, belong to all ages:—

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5. www.british-history.ac.uk › old-new-london › vol3Westminster Abbey: The sanctuary and almonry | British ...

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   1 day ago · The Almonry was a building, analogous to our more prosaic modern alms-houses, erected by King Henry VII. and his mother, the Lady Margaret, to the glory of God, for twelve poor men and poor women. The building was afterwards converted into lodgings for the choir-men of the Abbey, and called Choristers' Rents.

6. www.thenationalnews.com › world › uk-newsWestminster Abbey through the years – in pictures

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   May 27, 2024 · Westminster Abbey through the years – in pictures. The north front of Westminster Abbey, London, circa 1689, before the extensions designed by Christopher Wren and Nicholas Hawksmoor. All photos: Getty Images.

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7. www.british-history.ac.uk › old-new-london › vol3Westminster Abbey: Early history | British History Online

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   Jun 2, 2024 · This latter, which, in fact, was an abbey or minster, was situated to the westward of the City of London, and, according to one old annalist, was for that reason called "Westminster," to distinguish it from the Abbey of Grace on Tower Hill, called "Eastminster;" Maitland, however, proves this to be a mistake, by showing that this city was ...

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   Is Westminster Abbey free?

   • Everyone is welcome at these services, free of charge. Security checks are in place upon entry. An architectural masterpiece of the 13th to 16th centuries, Westminster Abbey has become a treasure house of artefacts. This is also the coronation church where some of the most significant people in Britain's history are buried or commemorated.

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   What is Westminster Abbey famous for?

   • A royal church offering daily services for all and a World Heritage Site with over a thousand years of history. Everyone is welcome at these services, free of charge. Security checks are in place upon entry. An architectural masterpiece of the 13th to 16th centuries, Westminster Abbey has become a treasure house of artefacts.

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   Did Westminster Abbey have a sanctuary?

   • Dean Stanley observes, respecting the right of sanctuary at Westminster, that it "was shared by the Abbey with at least thirty other English monasteries, but probably in none did the building occupy so prominent a position, and in none did it play so great a part."

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   What was the purpose of the abbey church of Westminster?

   • The same writer also remarks: "The Abbey Church of Westminster was the house of prayer, and served no other purpose. Here, when the divine office was ended, the monks bowed to the altar and retired in profound silence, in order that the quiet of any of the community who desired to continue his devotions in private might be undisturbed.

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9. smithsonianassociates.org › westminster-abbeyWestminster Abbey: A Royal Destination - Smithsonian Associates

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   May 13, 2024 · Tickets. $25. Member. $30. Non-Member. Resize text. Westminster Abbey. Founded over nine centuries ago, this medieval masterpiece has been cherished by monarchs and admired by Londoners. Historian Lorella Brocklesby explores Westminster Abbey’s Gothic magnificence and important royal patronage from the Middle Ages.