Westminster Abbey

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WESTMINSTER ABBEY

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[Frontispiece: The North Transept]

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THE NORTH TRANSEPT

Here is represented the north front as it appeared before the last restoration, i.e. we see the handiwork of the eighteenth century and the facade as remodelled under the superintendence of Sir Christopher Wren. The modern front was constructed about twenty years ago.

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WESTMINSTER ABBEY

Painted by

JOHN FULLEYLOVE, R.I.

Described by

MRS. A. MURRAY SMITH

Author of 'The Annals of Westminster Abbey,' 'The Roll Call of Westminster Abbey,' Etc.

With Twenty-One Full-Page Illustrations in Colour

London Adam and Charles Black 1906

Published August 30, 1904 Reprinted, with corrections, March 1906

TO

MY HUSBAND

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

A Walk Round Westminster Abbey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1. The North Transept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece

FACING PAGE

2. View of the Abbey and St. Margaret's Church from Whitehall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3. The West Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4. The Chapter House and East End of Henry VII.'s Chapel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

5. The Interior of the Nave, looking East . . . . . . . . . . 24

6. St. Edmund's Chapel, showing the Tomb of the Duchess of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's mother . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

7. Interior of the South Transept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

8. Chaucer's Tomb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

9. View of the Choir and Nave, looking West from the High Altar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

10. The South Ambulatory, looking West down the South Choir Aisle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

11. Early Brasses and Picturesque Tombs in St. Edmund's Chapel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

12. The West End of the Confessor's Shrine, with the Modern Altar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

13. The Tomb of Henry III. from St. Edward's Chapel . . . . . 76

14. St. Edward's Shrine and the Chantry Chapel of Henry V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84