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Old Palace Yard is immediately to the west of the Houses of Parliament (aka the Palace of Westminster) in Westminster, London, England, near the eastern end of Westminster Abbey. It provides pedestrian access to the Houses of Parliament via St Stephen's Entrance. A square of grass opposite is often used by television journalists to interview Members of Parliament. It is also known as the location of the execution of Sir Walter Raleigh, and of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot.
As detailed in a Parliamentary document,[1] Old Palace Yard is also home to an Analemmatic sundial, a gift to the Queen from Parliament on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002.
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- ^ House of Commons Information Office: 'The Palace of Westminster'. URL: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/G11.pdf Date accessed: 16 February 2010.
Coordinates: 51°29′57″N 0°07′32″W / 51.499206°N 0.1255037°W / 51.499206; -0.1255037
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For Old Palace Yard references in the diary see those for New Palace Yard. It appears that Pepys generally referred simply to Palace Yard which could refer to either. Old Palace yard was linked to New Palace Yard by St Margaret Street. It was an open area and the Royal Entrance and the Peers entrance to the House of Lords were on the east side, with the east end of Westminster Abbey (the Henry VII Chapel) on the west side. Old Palace Yard was where Sir Walter Raleigh was executed.
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The Old Palace Yard in the upper-center of this segment of the Rocque map.
http://www.motco.com/Map/81002/SeriesSearchPlatesFullb.asp?mode=query&artist=384&other=385&x=11&y=11For the New Palace Yard move north.
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The Old Palace Yard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Palace_Yard