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hid in a cupboard overnight in the Chapel in order to be entered on the census form for the building as a way of ensuring her address was recorded as the House of Commons. A commemorative plaque, unveiled by
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with gilded, painted and stenciled designs in rich colours to cover the walls, floor and vaulting. The backdrop of the altar depicts royal British saints.
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returned to its former use as a place of worship. Although much stonework was damaged in the fire, it was decorated in the 1860s by
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was kept in St Mary Undercroft on the night before her funeral in April 2013. The honour was also accorded to the body of
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and had fallen into disuse, being used at various times as a wine cellar, dining room for
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who was fatally stabbed carrying out his duties on the palace grounds during the
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and it has no dedicated clergy: by convention services were conducted by the
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It is still used for worship today. In particular, children of
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used his right of appointment to nominate an outsider, Rev'd
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in 1999, is fixed to the inside face of the cupboard door.
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and font (whose basin was made from a single slab of
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Chapel of St Mary Undercroft

St Mary Undercroft is located in Central London
51°29′58″N 0°7′30″W / 51.49944°N 0.12500°W / 51.49944; -0.12500
Palace of Westminster
Denomination
Church of England
Dedication
Blessed Virgin Mary
Diocese
Royal Peculiar
Director of music
Simon Over

Emily Davison
Church of England
Palace of Westminster
Westminster Hall
crypt
St Stephen's Chapel
Speakers
Oliver Cromwell
the fire
undercroft
Edward Middleton Barry
census night
suffragette
Emily Davison
Tony Benn
peers

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