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• Abbey Celebrates Dean’s Ordination Anniversary

  Tuesday, 5th July 2016

  A Sung Eucharist to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Ordination to the Priesthood of the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, was held at Westminster Abbey on Monday 4th July.

  Dean of Westminster Special Service

• Abbey welcomes President of Latvia

  Tuesday, 19th July 2016

  The President of the Republic of Latvia, His Excellency Raimonds Vējonis, visited Westminster Abbey today, Tuesday 19th July 2016, and laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.

  President of Latvia State Visit

• Westminster Abbey holds annual Civic Service

  Monday, 2nd July 2018

  Matins, attended by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Lindsey Hall, and Councillors of Westminster, was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 1st July.

  Civic Service

• Westminster Abbey celebrates 70th anniversary of the NHS

  Thursday, 5th July 2018

  Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex attended a Service to Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the NHS at Westminster Abbey on 5th July 2018.

  NHS 70th anniversary HRH The Countess of Wessex

• Nelson Mandela honoured with memorial stone

  Wednesday, 18th July 2018

  A memorial stone to Nelson Mandela was dedicated in Westminster Abbey on 18th July 2018, the birth centenary of the former President of South Africa.

  Nelson Mandela Memorial dedication

• Westminster Abbey welcomes new Lord Mayor

  Monday, 8th July 2019

  Matins, attended in Civic State by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Ruth Bush, and Councillors of the City of Westminster, was held yesterday.

• Abbey re-opens for services

  Friday, 3rd July 2020

  The Abbey welcomes worshippers back for public services on Sunday 5th July with 22 services weekly - three services daily and four services on Sundays.

  Worship COVID-19

• Abbey welcomes new Lord Mayor of Westminster

  Tuesday, 5th July 2022

  Abbey welcomes the new Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Hamza Taouzzale, at Matins on Sunday 3rd July 2022.

  Lord Mayor of Westminster

• Abbey welcomes new Lord Mayor of Westminster

  Monday, 3rd July 2023

  Matins, attended in Civic State by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Patricia McAllister, was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 2nd July 2023.

• NHS celebrates 75th anniversary

  Wednesday, 5th July 2023

  Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh attended a service celebrating the 75th anniversary of the National Health Service at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 5th July 2023.

• Two Knights Grand Cross installed in Bath Chapel 

  Tuesday, 11th July 2023

  Two Knights Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath were installed in the Abbey's Lady Chapel on 10 July 2023.

• Jane Austen

  Writer and Novelist

  Jane Austen is buried in Winchester Cathedral but a small tablet was unveiled to her memory in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey, on 17th December 1967.

• Henry Cooke

  Musician, Soldier and Composer

  Henry Cooke, composer and singer, was buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey on 17th July 1672. No gravestone inscription was recorded for him.

• Elizabeth Palmer & Matthew Johnson

  In the north cloister of Westminster Abbey is a marble wall tablet to Elizabeth Palmer, her grand daughter Frances and grandson Mathew Johnson.

• Joshua Guest

  Soldier

  In the west aisle of the north transept is a monument to Lt. General Joshua Guest. The monument was designed by Sir Robert Taylor.

• Thomas Totty

  Sailor

  In the chapel of St Andrew is a memorial to Rear Admiral Thomas Totty. This shows a relief of a ship with flag at half-mast.

• Dorothy Howard Graham

  Dorothy, eldest daughter of William Howard was buried in St John the Baptist's chapel in Westminster Abbey on 17th December 1701.

• Elizabeth, Countess of Desmond

  Elizabeth Butler, Countess of Desmond was buried in St Paul's chapel in Westminster Abbey in 1629 but she has no marker. Her father's first wife Elizabeth Berkeley is also buried in this chapel.

• Wardour family

  Anna Sophia Wardour and two sons are buried in the centre part of the nave. Their graves are now marked by small lozenge stones.

• Sir Leopold McClintock

  Explorer

  A memorial to Arctic explorer Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock was unveiled in 1908 in the chapel of St John the Evangelist in Westminster Abbey.