Westminster Abby (no pictures of inside allowed) * ridiculously tall ceilings! stonework is exquisite! *the Chapel of the "Order of the Knights of Bath"- knights who are installed are given a stall/chair with a plaque of their coat of arms attached, head piece and flag hang above. When they die, the plaque stays and the rest is returned to their family. Every four years, new knights are installed *names I recognized in the Dead Poets' Corner- Jane Austen (not actually buried here), William Shakespeare, Geoffry Chauser, Robert Browing, John Masefield, Lewis Caroll, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling, George Hangel, Emily Bronte, Dr Johnson *Oliver Cromwell lead civil war against the monarch and became Lord Protector for 5 years (until his death). He was buried in Westminster Abbey, which would be similar to Darwin being buried
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