Category: History - British
_The North and West doors are open to Visitors. Guides are in attendance, from nine until six every day, except_ SUNDAY, CHRISTMAS DAY, _and_ GOOD FRIDAY. _The Abbey is not open to Visitors after the Afternoon Service during the Winter Months._
_The North and West doors are open to Visitors. Guides are in attendance, from nine until six every day, except_ SUNDAY, CHRISTMAS DAY, _and_ GOOD FRIDAY. _The Abbey is not open...
2. Part 2On the south side is a monument to the memory of Dr. GABRIEL GOODMAN. The Latin inscription intimates, "that he was the fifth Dean of this Church, over which he presided for for...
3. Part 3Near this is a pyramid to the memory of ANNA SOPHIA HARLEY, a child of a year old, daughter of the Hon. Christopher Harley, Ambassador from the French King, whose heart, as appe...
4. Part 4On the north side of Henry the Seventh's Chantry, in a chapel, is a very antique monument, decorated with several emblematical figures in brass, gilt, the principal of which is...
5. Part 5Above those chairs, along the frieze of the screen of this Chapel, are fourteen legendary sculptures, respecting the Confessor. The first is the trial of Queen Emma; the next th...
6. Part 6"MATTHEW BAILLIE, Fellow of the Royal College of London and Edinburgh (born at Lanark, in Scotland), of the Literary Institutions of Oxford and Glasgow, Professor of Anatomy; of...
7. Part 7Foretold by Pope, and fulfilled in the year 1793, when WILLIAM, Earl of Mansfield, died full of years and of honours: of honours he declined many; those which he accepted were t...
8. Part 8Admiral Sir JOHN BALCHEN, Knt.--On this fine monument, in relief, is the representation of a ship perishing in a storm. The inscription, which is historical, is here inserted:--...
9. Part 9Behind you, looking upwards, in the window is a monument to the Rev. EVELYN LEVETT SUTTON, M.A., Prebendary of Westminster, Rector of High Holden, in the Isle of Thanet. Born 17...
10. Part 10Beneath is the effigy of ANNE, Countess Dowager of CLANRICKARD, resting upon a tomb, and under it is the following inscription:--"Here lies the Right Honourable Anne, Countess D...
11. Part 11"Statesman, yet friend to truth, of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear! Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gained no title, and who lost no frie...
12. Part 12"Ye sacred reliques which our marble keep Here, undisturb'd by wars, in quiet sleep, Discharge the trust which (when it was below) Fairborne's undaunted soul did undergo, And be...
13. Part 13An ancient monument of marble and alabaster, gilt, on which lies a warrior at full length, representing WILLIAM THYNNE, of Botterville, Esq., a polite gentleman, a great travell...
14. Part 14The heads on the pedestal, representing Henry V., Richard III., and Queen Elizabeth (three principal characters in his plays), are likewise proper ornaments to grace his tomb. I...
15. Part 15Doctor RICHARD BUSBY.--On this fine monument is the effigy of this learned grammarian in his gown, looking earnestly at the inscription. In his right hand he holds a pen, and in...
16. Part 16The next is a monument that deserves particular attention, as it commemorates a charity, which otherwise might, in time, like many others, be perverted or forgotten. The inscrip...
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