From "The Descriptive Album of London" by George H Birch 1896 - Extract text : " WESTMINSTER ABBEY.—This venerable fabric, larger than many Of our cathedrals, was first founded by Sebert, and re-founded by Edward the Confessor, the last Saxon King. Henry the Ill., pulled down the eastern part of the Confessor's, and rebuilt the Choir and Transcepts, Chapels, and one bay of the Nave between 1245 and 1269. The Nave was continued during the succeeding centuries, Henry the V ll., in 1503, completing the fabric by rebuilding the Lady Chapel. Nearly all of our- Kings and up to George the. 111. reign
From "The Descriptive Album of London" by George H Birch 1896 - Extract text : " WESTMINSTER ABBEY.—This venerable fabric, larger than many Of our cathedrals, was first founded by Sebert, and re-founded by Edward the Confessor, the last Saxon King. Henry the Ill., pulled down the eastern part of the Confessor's, and rebuilt the Choir and Transcepts, Chapels, and one bay of the Nave between 1245 and 1269. The Nave was continued during the succeeding centuries, Henry the V ll., in 1503, completing the fabric by rebuilding the Lady Chapel. Nearly all of our- Kings and up to George the. 111. reign, here sleep, including St. Edward, enshrined in the midst, the only exceptions after the early Plantagenet and Norman lines being Edward the ll., Henry the IV., Edward the Richard the Ill., Henry the V Ill., Charles the I. The western towers have been attributed wrongly to Wren, they , were by The and Eastern part are free on Mondays and Tuesdays, and on other days a fee of sixpence is charged. Besides the superb series of Royal Tombs, is place Of illustrious men in every profession and calling, the most famous of Englishmen for the past 450 years. "
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