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Westminster Abbey marks Agincourt Anniversary
HRH The Duke of Kent and HRH Princess Michael of Kent attended a service to commemorate the 600th Anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 29th October 2015. The National Anthem was sung.
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Westminster Abbey to be lit for Lumiere London Festival
Monday, 4th January 2016
Westminster Abbey will be the spectacular backdrop for a light installation as part of Lumiere London, the city's first major light festival. The exterior of the Abbey will be lit each evening of the festival, from Thursday 14th - Sunday 17th January 2016.
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Archbishop attends 50th anniversary Evensong
The Archbishop of Canterbury attended Evensong to mark the 50th anniversary of the Anglican Centre in Rome at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 14th June.
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Royals attend Service of Hope
Westminster Abbey held a Service of Hope following the terror attack in Westminster. The service was attended by Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry.
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Consecration of new Bishop at Westminster Abbey
Thursday, 29th September 2022
The Reverend Prebendary James Grier was ordained and consecrated Bishop of Plymouth in the Diocese of Exeter at a Eucharist at Westminster Abbey.
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In conversation: The Spirit of Our Politics
Tuesday, 16th April 2024
Join Michael Wear and Marvin Rees in conversation as they discuss a distinctly Christian approach to politics.
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Candlelit Vigil marks Great War Centenary
Monday, 4th August 2014
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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Abbey holds Remembrance Day Service
Thursday, 12th November 2015
A Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving on Remembrance Sunday was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 8th November 2015.
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Abbey marks Remembrance Sunday
Monday, 14th November 2016
A Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving on Remembrance Sunday was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 13th November 2016.
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Denis Bond
Politician
Denis Bond, politician and follower of Cromwell, was buried in a vault in Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey, but was exhumed at the Restoration.
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Samuel Butler
Poet
In Poets' Corner is a memorial to satirist Samuel Butler. This was originally floor standing but was reduced and moved up onto the wall.
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Queen's Westminsters regiment
Soldier
A plaque to several members of the Queen's Westminster Volunteers who died in the Boer war is in the north cloister. A roll of honour for the Queen's Westminsters regiment is in the nave.
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John Smeaton
Engineer
In the north aisle of the nave is a memorial to civil engineer John Smeaton. It includes an inlay of Smeaton's famous work, Eddystone lighthouse.
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Catherine, Lady Walpole
Catherine, Lady Walpole, wife of Sir Robert Walpole, Viscount Walpole and Baron Houghton, has a marble memorial in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel.
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William Page Wood, Baron Hatherley
Lawyer
William Page Wood, Baron Hatherley, Lord Chancellor, and his wife Charlotte have memorial brasses in St Margaret's Church Westminster. Their memorial windows were destroyed in the war.
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A Service of Thanksgiving in the 30th year of South Africa’s democracy
A Service of Thanksgiving to mark the 30th year of South Africa’s democracy was held in Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 16th July 2024.
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Robert Hooke memorialised at Westminster Abbey
Wednesday, 23rd February 2005
Robert Hooke, one of the most brilliant and versatile of seventeenth-century English scientists will be memorialised at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 3 March at 6.00pm.
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A Service to Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Churches Conservation Trust
Thursday, 17th September 2009
A Service to Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Churches Conservation Trust (CCT) was held at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 16th September 2009 at 12 noon.
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Rear Admiral Kenneth Snow remembered at Abbey
Monday, 19th March 2012
A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Rear-Admiral Kenneth Snow CB, Receiver General of Westminster Abbey between 1987 and 1998, and the Interment of Ashes in the Cloisters, was held at the Abbey on Saturday 17th March 2012.
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HRH The Duke of Edinburgh formally opens Cellarium café
Wednesday, 17th October 2012
The Duke of Edinburgh formally opened the Cellarium café and terrace at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 17th October 2012 and was welcomed to the Abbey by the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, and members of Chapter.
