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Candlelit Vigil marks Great War Centenary
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall GCVO, representing Her Majesty The Queen, attended a Solemn Commemoration on the Centenary of the Outbreak of the First World War at Westminster Abbey on Monday 4th August at 10pm.
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Metropolitan Police Service holds Carol Service
Thursday, 21st December 2017
The Metropolitan Police Carol Service was held at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 19th December 2017.
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William Buckland
Scientist, Dean and Priest/Minister
William Buckland, geologist and Dean of Westminster has a memorial in the nave but is buried with his wife in the churchyard at Islip, Oxfordshire.
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Sir John and Lord Thomas Burgh
Soldier
Sir John Burgh [or Borough] and his brother Thomas, 5th Lord Burgh are both buried in the chapel of St Andrew in Westminster Abbey.
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Thomas Parr
Thomas Parr, from Shropshire, lived for 152 years and 9 months through the reigns of ten monarchs and was buried in Westminster Abbey by order of King Charles I.
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Henry and Millicent Fawcett
Philanthropist and Statesman
In the chapel of St George, near the west door, is a joint memorial to Henry Fawcett, politician, and his wife Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett.
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William and Catherine Gladstone
Statesman
In 1903 a statue to William Gladstone, Prime Minister, was unveiled. A gravestone, to William and his wife Catherine, was put in after Catherine’s death.
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A Reflection on closing down
Friday, 20th March 2020
I sat staring at a computer screen trying to find words that I could use that would explain why we had to close the Abbey.
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Abbey marks 81st anniversary of the Battle of Britain
Sunday, 19th September 2021
Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall attended a Service of Thanksgiving and Rededication on Battle of Britain Sunday at Westminster Abbey.
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A Service to Mark the Passing of the World War One Generation
Wednesday, 11th November 2009
HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh attended a Service to Mark the Passing of the World War One Generation at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 11th November 2009.
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Royal guests for Battle of Britiain service
Sunday, 19th September 2010
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, Air Chief Marshal, attended a Service of Thanksgiving and Rededication for Battle of Britain Sunday at Westminster Abbey on 19th September 2010. He was accompanied by Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall and His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales.
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The Holy See invites Westminster Abbey choir to sing at St Peter’s in Rome
Monday, 5th March 2012
Westminster Abbey’s world-famous choir has been invited by the Holy See – through the Maestro of the Cappella Musicale Pontificia “Sistina” – to sing at St Peter’s in Rome.
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St Cecilia Festival Celebrates Britten Centenary
Wednesday, 20th November 2013
A Service to Mark the Festival of St Cecilia was held at Westminster Abbey in conjunction with the Musicians Benevolent Fund on Wednesday 20th November 2013.
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A new girls' choir for St Margaret's Church
Friday, 17th March 2023
St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, is to launch a new choir for girls aged eleven to seventeen.
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Battle of Britain anniversary marked at Westminster Abbey
Sunday, 17th September 2023
A Service of Thanksgiving and Rededication to mark the 83rd anniversary of the Battle of Britain was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 17th September 2023. His Majesty The King was represented at the service by Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton.
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Edward I and Eleanor of Castile
Edward and Eleanor's coronation took place on 19th August 1274. Both are buried in St Edward's chapel in Westminster Abbey and Eleanor has a fine effigy.
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Edmund, Earl of Lancaster and Aveline de Forz
Soldier
Prince Edmund "Crouchback", Earl of Lancaster and Aveline de Forz were the first royal couple to be married in the newly built Westminster Abbey. Both are also buried in the church.
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William Shakespeare
Playwright
Shakespeare was buried at Stratford upon Avon in 1616 and it was not until 1741 that a statue to him was erected in Poets' Corner.
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Lionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex
In St Benedict's chapel is a large tomb, with white marble effigies, to Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex and his second wife Anne.
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Thomas Knipe
Priest/Minister
In the south choir aisle is a tablet in memory of the Reverend Dr Thomas Knipe, Head Master of Westminster School and Prebendary of Westminster.