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Sir Roger Bannister honoured with new memorial stone
Tuesday, 28th September 2021
A memorial stone to Sir Roger Bannister CH CBE was dedicated in Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 28th September 2021.
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Canon calls for Faith in Asylum
Thursday, 10th February 2005
The British asylum system is expensive, inefficient and inhumane and too often we cannot be confident it comes to the right decision.
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Memorial dedicated to Octavia Hill co-founder of the National Trust
Monday, 22nd October 2012
A Service to dedicate a Memorial to Octavia Hill (1838-1912) and to give thanks for the work of the National Trust was held at Westminster Abbey today at 12 noon in the centenary year of the death of Octavia Hill, the leading social reformer and co-founder of the National Trust.
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Memorial Service for Victorian Bushfire Victims
Tuesday, 31st March 2009
The Abbey held a memorial service for victims of bushfires in the Australian state of Victoria on Tuesday 31st March.
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Robert Hooke, Engineer and Scientist, to have Abbey memorial
Monday, 28th July 2003
The Dean of Westminster, Dr Wesley Carr, announced tonight that, seventeenth century English scientist and architect, Robert Hooke is to be memorialised in Westminster Abbey on the tercentenary of his death.
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Prince of Wales Attends Memorial Service for Christchurch
Monday, 28th March 2011
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales attended a Christchurch Earthquake Memorial Service at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 27th March 2011.
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New Minor Canon installed
Monday, 13th September 2010
The Reverend Dr James Hawkey was installed as a Minor Canon of Westminster during Evensong at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 11th September 2010.
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Westminster Abbey honours Sir Ernest Shackleton
Friday, 16th February 2024
A memorial stone to Sir Ernest Shackleton, one of the most celebrated Antarctic Explorers of the twentieth century, was dedicated at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 15th February 2024.
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Ukraine Ambassador attends wreath laying at Innocent Victims’ Memorial
Thursday, 7th April 2022
The Ukrainian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, His Excellency Vadym Prystaiko, was present for the wreath laying in honour of the victims of the current war in Ukraine.
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Speaker’s Chaplain installed as Canon of Westminster
Monday, 10th May 2021
The Reverend Tricia Hillas, Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons, was installed as a Canon of Westminster during Evensong at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 9th May 2021.
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Abbey remembers Canon Jane Sinclair
Thursday, 7th October 2021
A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of the Reverend Canon Jane Sinclair was held in St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, on Tuesday 7th October 2021.
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On truth telling and storytelling
Thursday, 23rd May 2024
Canon Dr Paula Gooder, Chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral, gives the annual Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture.
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Westminster Abbey honour for Lord Callaghan
Wednesday, 8th July 2015
A memorial ledger stone to the Right Honourable The Lord Callaghan of Cardiff KG was dedicated in the north-west corner of the nave of Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 7th July 2015.
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Trinity College Chaplain appointed new Minor Canon
Thursday, 20th February 2014
The Reverend Christopher Stoltz has been appointed Minor Canon and Sacrist of Westminster.
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Westminster Abbey honour for Lord Wilson
Wednesday, 12th June 2013
A memorial ledger stone in the north-west corner of the nave of Westminster Abbey to The Right Honourable The Lord Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS was dedicated on Tuesday 11th June 2013.
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New memorial for Ignatius Sancho
Saturday, 14th October 2023
Charles Ignatius Sancho who escaped from a background of slavery and rose to distinction in Georgian London, will be honoured when a new memorial is dedicated in St Margaret’s Church.
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Reverend Mark Birch appointed Minor Canon and Chaplain
Tuesday, 9th December 2014
The Reverend Mark Birch has been appointed Minor Canon and Chaplain of Westminster Abbey.
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Olaudah Equiano, Black Abolitionist
Monday, 9th February 2009
A memorial to Olaudah Equiano, the black campaigner prominent in the 18th century abolitionist movement which brought slavery to an end, was dedicated in St Margaret’s Church at Westminster Abbey on Monday 9th February.
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Westminster Abbey to hold Memorial Woodland service
Sunday, 16th May 2021
The Abbey will hold a memorial service this autumn with the National Memorial Arboretum and National Forest Company to support their creation of a.
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Westminster Abbey to hold Memorial Woodland service
Sunday, 16th May 2021
The Abbey will hold a memorial service this autumn with the to support the creation of a woodland in memory of people who died as a result of the COVID-19.
