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       Site 759
       Westminister Abbey
        Officially the Collegiate
       Church of St. Peter in Westminister, it is the most famous
       church in the Commonwealth. It is located in London, England.
       Legend relates that the first church was erected about 605 by
       Serbert, king of the East Saxons, but the recorded history of
       the Benedictine abbey begins with Edward the Confessor who
       started construction of a new church about 1050. Built in the
       Norman style, it was consecrated in 1065 and was the scene of
       the coronation of William the Conqueror (1066). The entire
       east end was torn down by Henry III who, in 1245, began to
       build the present church. A cruciform structure in the Gothlic
       style, it is 531 ft long and almost 102 ft high, while the nave
       itself is 38 feet 7 inches wide. Its principal architectural
       features are the transepts with aisles; the nave with aisles
       finished in the late 15th century; the choir with six chapels
       opening north and south of it; Henry VII Chapel, built in 1503
       to c. 1519, famous both for its exquisite fan-vaulted roof and
       for its its carved oaken stalls, above which hang the banners
       of the Knights of the Bath; and magestic west towers, designed
       by Christopher Wren but not completed until 1740.
             Steeped in history,
       Westminister Abbey is a veritable national shrine. In the
       center nave, near the west entrance, is the grave of the
       Unknown soldier of WWI. At the east end of Henry VII ChapeL is
       the Royal Air Force Memorial Chapel which contains a superb
       stained-glass window commemorating the 63 squadrons that fought
       in the Battle of Britain in 1940, and embodying all their
       badges. Many of Britains most distinguished sons are buried in
       the abbey including Geoffrey Chaucer, Edmund Spenser, Alfred
       Tennyson, Robert Browning, Ben Johnson, Isaac Newton, Charles
       Robert Darwin and David Livingston. There are monum,,ents to
       outstanding statesmen such as William Pitt, Robert Peel,
       Benjamin Disraeli, and William Gladstone. Many of England's
       monarchs from Edward the Confessor to George II are also buried
       here. Their tombs are in the chapels of Edward the Confessor
       and Henry VI.I. In the chapel of Edward the Confessor is the
       coronation throne, enclosing the stone of Scone upon which the
       Celtic kings were crowned. On this throne, in front of the
       High Altar, every monarch of England from William I has been
       crowned, with the exception of Edward V and Edward VII. Thus
       the abbey enshrines many of the traditions and commemorates
       many achievements of the English people.
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