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WESTMINSTER

BY
SIR WALTER BESANT, M. A., F. S. A.

AUTHOR OF “LONDON,” ETC.



WITH 130 ILLUSTRATIONS BY WILLIAM PATTEN AND OTHERS

New York
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

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Copyright, 1894 and 1895, byWalter Besant.

Copyright, 1895, by
Frederick B. Stokes Company.

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TO

MRS. WILLIAM PATTEN

IN MEMORY OF HER

MANY WANDERINGS IN WESTMINSTER WITH HER HUSBAND

WHILE HE WAS ADORNING THESE PAGES

AND IN MEMORY OF

A STAY IN ENGLAND FAR TOO SHORT FOR HER MANY FRIENDS

THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED

BY ONE OF THOSE FRIENDS

THE AUTHOR

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PREFACE.

These papers in their original form first appeared in the Pall MallMagazine. Additions have been made in some of the chapters, especiallyin the three chapters entitled “The Abbey.” As in the book entitled“London,” of which this is the successor, I do not pretend to offer aHistory of Westminster. The story of the Abbey Buildings; of the GreatFunctions held in the Abbey; of the Monuments in the Abbey; may be foundin the pages of Stanley, Loftie, Dart, and Widmore. The History of theHouses of Parliament belongs to the history of the country, not that ofWestminster. It has been my endeavor, in the

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