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4:44 pm
March 26, 2011
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When I visited the Tower of London the Chapel was chained off and there was no way for visitors to access. Are only private tours permitted in the chapel? Or is it open only on certain days.
5:32 pm
February 24, 2010
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Claire-Louise, I don’t know the answer, but that would really tick me off if I were to finally get there and not be allowed entry.
5:38 pm
April 11, 2011
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Claire-Louise said
When I visited the Tower of London the Chapel was chained off and there was no way for visitors to access. Are only private tours permitted in the chapel? Or is it open only on certain days.
Claire-Louise, unless there’s something going on there at the moment a little out of the ordinary, then the Chapel should be open to visitors as usual. Yeoman Warder Tours take place throughout the day when parties are escorted by said Yeoman Warder, but the Chapel is also open to all visitors not on a Yeoman Warder Tour during the last hour of normal opening hours. Perhaps your visit was just a case of bad timing, Claire.
Better luck next time.
8:35 pm
February 16, 2009
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It is closed if there’s some kind of special service but otherwise you can see it if you join one of the Yeoman Warders tours or if you wait until after 4.30pm when it is open to everyone. Hope you get to see it!
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9:30 pm
June 7, 2010
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I know the feeling, Claire-Louise. On one visit to the Tower, the chapel was closed to visitors. I was saddened, since I was desperate to see Anne’s resting place. But, the the following year I was in London again, I joined a Yeoman Warder’s tour, and we visited the chapel. It was an emotional experience to pause and pay Anne homage. It seemed some people did not understand the significane of the chapel, and spent little time there. I was in awe. I hope you have better luck the next time you visit. It is worth it!
"By daily proof you shall find me to be to you both loving and kind" Anne Boleyn
9:37 pm
January 3, 2012
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Claire Louise I hope you can get to see the inside of St Peter Ad Vincula although you must remember your Camera too as I would love to see the pictures.. Don’t know why but the pictures of Anne and K.H’s resting places are pretty naff. It would also (this will sound strange) be good to share the feelings you have had by your visit. I hope you know what I’m trying to say. But to have someone who is a good freind to have actually seen the inside of the chapel will somehow make Anne and K.H feel much closer. For the most part I can say I live in the very places where Anne, Henry and the rest of the motterly crew of Tudors would have hunted and stayed when they came down to Kent for their summers or on progress, and I like that feeling.
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7:43 am
February 16, 2009
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You’re not allowed to take photos in the chapel, unfortunately, although people often can manage one or two with their phone!
I found it very moving to visit the chapel, it really is a beautiful, peaceful place.
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12:30 pm
June 19, 2009
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As Neil has commented, the last hour is free to visit but as the Chapel is the Towers place of worship, there needs to be some regulation of the million plus visitors to the tower each year. During the day, the only way is to be part of a tour group,that is just a matter of tagging along with one of the Beefeaters who give tours from the steps near the white tower.
I have lots of pictures from inside St. Peter Ad Vincula, if anyone is interested, PM me or look for me on FB, I am a friend of our host, Claire.
If it was not this, then it would be something else?
5:41 pm
March 26, 2011
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Thanks for the info everyone :smile
I’m going in December so I will join one of the tours if they are up and running in that season and hopefully get to see the inside of the chapel. I really hope I do
12:13 pm
April 9, 2011
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Dumb question, where abouts is George Boleyn buried? Is he in the chapel as well. Is that where all people beheaded on Tower Hill ended up?
2:03 pm
December 5, 2009
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Bill, as you look at the altar, George is on the left. Anne is to the right of him. Most people executed on Tower Hill are in the chapel, with the higher ranking people under the altar.
6:14 pm
February 16, 2009
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If you were important you got buried in the chapel and if you weren’t so important, like Norris, Smeaton, Brereton and Weston, you got buried in the Chapel graveyard. I think that they moved various remains into the crypt when they built the Waterlook Barracks though.
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9:06 pm
April 9, 2011
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Thank you Lousie and Clare. And he has a memorial plaque to assist me in locating him? Sorry for the dummb question, but one day I hope to make it to England and would love to pay my respect to a number of people who lived during the tudor periods. With most of them being located in the St Peter’s Chapel it seemss.
5:51 pm
February 24, 2010
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Bill,
I’m not sure if the plaques have the names of the people on them or not. At the end of this article, there is a map of where they are buried.
10:01 am
February 16, 2009
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Hi Bill,
The plan Sharon mentions above is from Doyne C Bell’s 1877 book and he was on the committee in charge of the restoration work and the exhumations and re-burials, so it’s accurate. The chancel is roped off so you can only see the front tiles really well. Anne’s is quite far back and Catherine Howard’s, Lady Rochford’s and Margaret Pole’s are hidden under the altar table. On one occasion, the chief yeoman warder let our group past the rope and we were able to lift the altar table cloth and look under. I was also able to lay flowers on Anne’s tile and it was very moving.
There is a plaque on the wall near where you come into the chapel which names those buried in the chapel.
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10:48 am
December 5, 2009
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I find it incredible that there is a tile and a memorial for Lady Rochford, yet the men who died on Tower Hill as Anne’s alleged lovers have nothing on the site of the scaffold to commemorate them. There are plagues on Tower Hill for Cromwell, Edward Seymour, Thomas More etc, but nothing for George Boleyn and the other men. It makes you wonder why you bother.
8:41 am
February 16, 2009
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I’m not quite sure how they chose the names for the Tower Hill scaffold memorial, it does seem rather hit and miss. There were so many people executed there and so few names.
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