Westminster Abbey Coronation Floor

The coronation chair.

Westminster abbey coronation floor.

In previous centuries some coronation ticket holders viewed the coronation ceremony from the triforium. The great pavement in front of the high altar of westminster abbey is a unique and remarkable object. The complexity and subtlety of the design and workmanship can be seen nowhere else on this scale. The ticket has an official wax seal and was found presumably discarded in our triforium an interior gallery in the upper level of the abbey.

Westminster abbey marked 50 years since the theft on christmas eve 2000. The stone of scone in the coronation chair at westminster abbey. Twenty six monarchs including her majesty the queen on 2nd june 1953 have been crowned in the coronation chair in westminster abbey. Bayeux tapestry king william coronation 12th century public domain via wikimedia commons.

This is a handwritten ticket to the coronation of queen anne which took place on 23rd april 1702. The abbey also hosts a vast library available for research and holds religious services daily. Today westminster abbey is one of the most popular tourist attractions of england with both guided and self guided tours available. Westminster abbey has been britain s coronation church since 1066.

During the coronation ceremony the chair with the stone of scone in placed facing the high altar in westminster abbey. Edward the confessor but when that area was closed to visitors in 1997 the chair was moved out into the ambulatory and placed on a raised platform near the tomb of henry v. The great pavement is 24 feet 10 inches 7. Attended by one of the original accomplices gavin vernon the event opened with the words welcome back mr vernon.

That in the chapter house which is a tiled floor in the english tradition. Although the stone was soon restored it was officially returned to scotland in 1996. Coronation of h m queen elizabeth ii westminster abbey choir english chamber orchestra london brass martin neary martin baker classical 2010. Furthermore it still serves as the coronation and wedding site for all british monarchs.

In the past the chair was kept in the chapel of st. From william the conqueror through to queen elizabeth ii all except two monarchs have been crowned in the abbey. Westminster abbey formally titled the collegiate church of saint peter at westminster is a large mainly gothic abbey church in the city of westminster london england just to the west of the palace of westminster it is one of the united kingdom s most notable religious buildings and the traditional place of coronation and burial site for english and later british monarchs.