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The tomb of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, dean of the abbey from 1864 to 1881, in Henry VII’s Lady Chapel Jooney Woodward The burials in the abbey span so great a period of time that strange ...
The tomb is under the mosaic floor at Westminster Abbey Experts believe they have uncovered the tomb of England's King Edward the Confessor in Westminster Abbey. Archaeologists using radar have also ...
Westminster Abbey is still a fully functioning church, so it's closed to the general public on Sunday (unless you're attending a service, of course). Otherwise, it's open Monday-Friday 9.30am-3 ...
Westminster Abbey is undertaking a new project using the latest 3D technology to scan the funeral effigy head of Henry VII ... Henry died on 21st April 1509 and lies buried in a vault beneath a ...
The tomb is the subject of a new book by author and RAF veteran John Nichol. BBC Homepage. ... Once back home in 1919, Railton gained the support of the Dean of Westminster Abbey, ...
I have seen the Tomb of The Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey many times, but it wasn’t until I stopped to study the inscription a couple of years ago that I fully understood what it represented.
Tomb of King Edward II, England King Edward II (1284–1327), who reigned from 1307 to 1327, is buried in Gloucester Cathedral in Gloucestershire, England. You may also like: ...
Remains of two children have lain in urn in Westminster Abbey since 1670s ... The bones of the children that are named as the Princes in the Tower lie in Henry VII's chapel, near Elizabeth I's tomb.