[36. WESTMINSTER ABBEY.]
Thorney, Isle of Thorns; ey and ea meaning island, as in Anglesey, Chelsea, Winchelsea.
precinct: the limit of the ground belonging to a church or other institution.
commissioner: appointed to see that the work was carried out.
Sir G. Gilbert Scott, born 1811, died 1878, was the greatest modern English architect.
took sanctuary: fled for shelter to the abbey, whence she could not be taken without violating the privileges of the Church.
William Caxton set up in 1476 the first printing press in England.
coronation chair: under this is the famous stone brought from Scone by Edward I., over which all the Scottish kings had been crowned since about 800 A.D.