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• Memorial Service held for Lord Bingham

  Thursday, 26th May 2011

  A service of thanksgiving for the life and work of the Rt Hon Lord Bingham of Cornhill KG was held at the Abbey on Wednesday 25th May 2011.

  Special Service Lord Bingham

• Abbey hosts 6th Form Conference

  Monday, 3rd October 2011

  The Dean & Chapter of Westminster hosted, for the first time, a Sixth Form Conference attended by 130 students from six schools on Monday 26 September.

  Education Centre King James Bible

• Westminster Abbey celebrates Dickens’ Bicentenary

  Tuesday, 7th February 2012

  Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall attended a ceremony at Westminster Abbey on 7th February 2012 at 11.15 am to celebrate the life and work of Charles Dickens on the 200th anniversary of his birth.

  Royal Visit HRH The Prince of Wales HRH The Duchess of Cornwall Charles Dickens Wreathlaying

• Abbey collection to support Cambridge University scholarship

  Thursday, 21st November 2013

  A collection taken at a service of thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of C S Lewis will be used to support a new scholarship at the University of Cambridge in honour of the writer, scholar and Christian apologist.

  C S Lewis

• Westminster Abbey submits plans for new access tower

  Westminster Abbey today formally submitted a planning application to Westminster City Council to build an access tower to the Triforium, the first essential phase of a major new project.

• Abbey honours Philip Larkin with Poets’ Corner memorial

  A memorial to the poet Philip Larkin CH CBE was dedicated in Poets’ Corner in the south transept of Westminster Abbey on Friday 2nd December 2016.

• St Margaret's Church hosts Invisible People exhibition

  Wednesday, 14th March 2018

  Home Office minister, Victoria Atkins MP toured Invisible People a modern slavery photography exhibition outside St Margaret’s Church on Tuesday 13th March.

  St Margaret's Church modern slavery

• James Rumsey

  Scientist and Engineer

  In St Margaret's Church is a tablet in memory of James Rumsey, West Virginia, inventor, who was buried in the churchyard on 24th December 1792.

• Abbot Edwin

  Abbot and Priest/Minister

  Edwin was Abbot of Westminster from 1049-1071 and was a friend and adviser to Edward the Confessor. He was at the consecration of Edward’s Abbey.

• Samuel Johnson

  Writer

  In the south transept of Westminster Abbey is the grave of Dr Samuel Johnson, lexicographer and critic. He lies just in front of Shakespeare’s memorial.

• Howard and Enid Nixon

  Writer and Historian

  The ashes of Howard Millar Nixon, Librarian of Westminster Abbey, and his wife Enid, are buried just beside the Library door in the east cloister.

• Sir William Davenant

  Poet

  The poet Sir William Davenant is buried in Poets' Corner. He was buried in the grave from which his rival Thomas May had been ejected.

• Thomas and John French

  Thomas and John French were servants to Dean Thomas Sprat at Westminster Abbey and are buried in the south cloister.

• Latest CD release from the Choir of Westminster Abbey

  Tuesday, 20th April 2010

  The latest CD release from the Choir of Westminster Abbey has already won critical acclaim.

  Recording

• Centenary of The Ringing World celebrated at Westminster Abbey

  Monday, 28th March 2011

  An Evensong to celebrate the centenary of The Ringing World was held at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 26th March 2011.

  The Ringing World

• HM The Queen attends King James Bible Service

  Wednesday, 16th November 2011

  Her Majesty The Queen accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh and His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales attended a service of celebration, in association with the King James Bible Trust, to mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 16th November at 12 noon.

  HM The Queen HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

• Abbey dedicates memorial to C S Lewis

  Friday, 22nd November 2013

  A Service to Dedicate a Memorial to C S Lewis, writer, scholar and apologist, was held at Westminster Abbey on Friday 22nd November 2013.

  Memorial dedication

• Westminster Abbey Honour for Poet Philip Larkin

  Wednesday, 17th June 2015

  Westminster Abbey is to honour the poet Philip Larkin with a memorial stone to be dedicated next year.

  Philip Larkin Poets' Corner

• Carola & Ann Morland & R. Harsnett

  Soldier

  In the nave are two monuments to Ann and Carola, wives of mathematician Sir Samuel Morland. Inscriptions are in English, Hebrew, Greek and Geez.

• Thomas May

  Writer and Historian

  Thomas May, writer and historian, was buried in the south transept. When Charles II was restored, May's body was buried in St Margaret's churchyard.