Oddities and Secrets of Westminster Abbey

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In this video, Jessica the Museum Guide (that’s me!) takes you on a guided museum tour of the weird and wonderful oddities of Westminster Abbey, London’s iconic thousand-year-old church. • 👉🏻Visiting Westminster Abbey? Book your tickets here - https://www.getyourguide.co.uk/westmi... • 👉🏻Join me for exclusive content ONLY on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/themuseumguide • • 👉🏻Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe. Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts about these wonderful oddities and lesser known secrets of Westminster Abbey. What did I miss? • 👉🏻As always, thanks for watching. If you enjoyed this virtual museum tour, then please consider leaving me a tip at www.paypal.me/jessicatourguide or buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JessicaG... • 👉🏻Interested in the camera I use for filming in museums and churches? It's the Osmo Pocket 3 - find it here: https://amzn.to/3BO4SEb • Remember – I guide private museum, oddities, and graveyard tours in London. Get in touch at [email protected] • VIDEO SUMMARY • On today’s tour we’re focusing on the lesser-known oddities and secrets of this fascinating institution – the thousand-year old Westminster Abbey. • 0:00 - Introduction to the tour • 2:22 - Charles Darwin – Science and Religion Co-existing • 3:23 - Ben Jonson’s Vertical Grave • 6:26 - Medieval Cost-Cutting • 7:33 - The Juicy Scandal of Thomas Thynn • 8:43 - The Morbid Monument to Elizabeth Nightingale • 10:52 - John Islip’s Play on Words • 11:30 - Frances Sydney’s Porcupines • 12:48 - Stolen Tiles from Henry III’s tomb • 13:29 - Edward II’s Very Plain Tomb • 14:30 - The Princes in the Tower? • 15:25 - Blitz Bomb Damage in the RAF Chapel • 16:25 - The Saga of Oliver Cromwell’s Head • 19:12 - Profane Carvings on Misericords • 21:10 - St Wilgefortis, the Bearded Lady • 22:32 - Elizabeth Russell and her Skull • 23:28 - Old (Very Old) Tom Parr • 25:19 - A Repurposed Roman Sarcophagus • 25:58 - Funeral Effigies • 29:43 - A Very Old Taxidermy Parrot • 30:31 - Mary II’s Graffitied Coronation Chair • 31:35 - The Oldest Door in England • 32:13 - Edmond Halley's Comet • 32:35 - Martin Luther King’s Statue

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