The royal palace, abbey and town of Westminster on Thorney Island: archaeological excavations (1991–8) for the London Underground Limited Jubilee Line Extension Project structural and scientific studies (including

structural and scientific studies (including tree-ring dating

Excavation findings include evidence for the origins of settlement on Thorney Island over 7000 years ago

Investigation and analysis were an integral part of this conservation work in the former Benedictine abbey church of Peterborough

edited by Jackie Hall and Susan M Wright

particularly skulls

The royal palace, abbey and town of Westminster on Thorney Island: archaeological excavations (1991–8) for the London Underground Limited Jubilee Line Extension Project structural and scientific studies (including2006 Christopher Thomas, Robert Cowie, Jane Sidell The palace and abbey of Westminster has been the pre eminent royal, religious and governmental centre in England since the 11th century home of English monarchs until the reign of Henry VIII and then of the House of Commons. The abbey was a royal church, site of the coronations of all English monarchs since Edward the Confessor and mausoleum for many of Englands royal families. Excavation findings