HOW WESTMINSTER ABBEY WAS SAVED
The fact that part of Westminster Abbey sank and was in danger of collapse soon after it was built by Edward the Confessor has been revealed by excavations. "We camo upono the foundations while digging a trench for tho pipe,” says Mr. L. Tanner, Secretary of the Royal Almonry, ‘‘and we traced them practically all tho way to whore the present Abbey stops at the west end. Wo also found, however, that at each side of tho foundations of the pillars, strengthening walls had been built. It became evident, that those responsible had been extremely anxious for the safety of tho building for. not content with the walls, the space between the pillars had been filled in to shore, them up. There must, have been a settlement that frightened tho builders.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 119, 23 May 1932, Page 8
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136HOW WESTMINSTER ABBEY WAS SAVED Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 119, 23 May 1932, Page 8
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