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First light in London. At the top of Westminster Abbey’s northwest tower, Lee Robinson welcomes a new morning in a 1,000-year-old history by performing one of the building’s quieter rituals.
Where is Queen Elizabeth buried? Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Queen Elizabeth II is buried beneath St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, about 22 miles outside London.
Four years ago Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, pastor of the influential Westminster Chapel, London, issued a stirring challenge to evangelicals to leave the mainline denominations and their reputed ...
Nestled a few doors down from the grand, looming Westminster Chapel, Quilon is understated and authentic in a way that’s satisfyingly unbothered with Instagram-friendly colour palettes.
On his return to London, Arbuthnot donated the tabot to the abbey. In 1870, Dean Arthur Stanley commissioned the architect George Gilbert Scott to erect a new altar in the Henry VII Lady Chapel.
The Fitzrovia Chapel's architect John Loughborough Pearson is also buried at Westminster Abbey — fitting, as he designed parts of the adjacent St Margaret's church.
Though Westminster Abbey will be closed from April 25 through May 8 for King Charles' coronation, it is typically open to the public both for guided tours as well as church services.
Other churches under the monarch’s control include St. George’s Chapel in Windsor, where Queen Elizabeth II is interred, Chapel Royal at Holyrood Palace, and several chapels in London.
The Chapel of St Erasmus was a short-lived chapel at Westminster Abbey in London. It was built in the late 1470s at the behest of Elizabeth Woodville, wife of King Edward IV and Queen consort.
Built 1864-5, the chapel is the lesser-known religious building in the Westminster quartet that includes the Abbey, Cathedral and Methodist Central Hall. For many years, the chapel was only open for ...