Since the year 1066, Westminster Abbey has been the site of coronations, 16 royal weddings, and countless funerals; 30 kings and queens are among the 3,300 buried there.

Because England has an established church, ... The most famous example came in the 1920s when the House of Commons rejected a new Book of Common Prayer that restored some elements of Catholic ...

Queen Elizabeth II's funeral took place at the famous church in September 2022. ... Westminster Abbey in London, England is a site for many royal events that date back nearly 1,000 years.

England's magnificent country churches. ... Northamptonshire, home to the famous English public school Features: Octagonal tower, medieval tower, Green effigies.

York is a feast of churches, dozens of them, no two alike. There's St. Michael le Belfrey, a squat 16th-century edifice where Guy Fawkes, the revolutionary who tried to blow up Parliament, was ...

Newly unearthed remains may come from the monastery where England's first king, Edgar the Peaceful, ... He chose Bath, as it had a famous church and connections to both Wessex and Mercia, ...

When the new church was finally consecrated in 1065, the king was too ill to attend and died a few days later, according to the official history page. His remains are entombed in front of the ...