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St Margaret’s holds Service for the New Parliament
Wednesday, 28th June 2017
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Primate of All England and Metropolitan, gave the Address at Service for a New Parliament at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 28th June 2017.
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Canon Theologian to retire
Tuesday, 6th March 2018
The Reverend Professor Vernon White, who has been Canon Theologian of Westminster Abbey since June 2011 and a Visiting Professor at King’s College London, is to retire at the end of September 2018.
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Ticket ballot opens for Stephen Hawking Memorial Service
Wednesday, 9th May 2018
A ballot opens 9th May for tickets for the Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Professor Stephen Hawking and the burial of his ashes.
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Ashes of Stephen Hawking buried in the Abbey
Friday, 15th June 2018
A Service of Thanksgiving for Stephen Hawking was held at Westminster Abbey on 15th June 2018, during which his ashes were interred in the Nave.
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President Trump visits Westminster Abbey
Monday, 3rd June 2019
President Donald J. Trump visited Westminster Abbey on Monday 3rd June on the first day of his State Visit to Her Majesty The Queen.
State Visit President of the United States President Trump Donald Trump Melania Trump
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Lord Heywood remembered
Thursday, 20th June 2019
A service of thanksgiving for the life and work of Jeremy, Lord Heywood of Whitehall GCB CVO, at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 20th June 2019.
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Thanksgiving Service for Baroness Trumpington
Tuesday, 25th June 2019
A service of thanksgiving for the life and work of The Rt Hon The Baroness Trumpington DCVO, at St Margaret’s Church on 25th June 2019.
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HRH The Princess Royal reads for St Peter’s Day podcast
Monday, 29th June 2020
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has recorded a gospel reading for Abbeycast, the Abbey’s worship podcast series, which is released today for St Peter’s Day, Monday 29th June.
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Benefact Group celebrates support for good causes
Thursday, 9th June 2022
HRH The Prince of Wales attended a Service of Thanksgiving to mark over £100 million raised for good causes by the Benefact family in Westminster.
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New Mass setting to premiere on St Peter’s Day
Thursday, 23rd June 2022
A new Mass setting by acclaimed Scottish composer Sir James MacMillan will receive its premiere at Westminster Abbey during Sung Eucharist at 5.00pm on St Peter’s Day, Wednesday 29th June 2022.
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Canon Jane Sinclair to retire
Tuesday, 31st March 2020
The Reverend Canon Jane Sinclair, Rector of St Margaret’s, will retire on 30th April after five and a half years as a Canon of Westminster.
Canon Jane Sinclair St Margaret's Church Westminster Abbey Institute
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Carteret family
In the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey are monuments to Dame Elizabeth Carteret, Edward and Philip Carteret.
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Willes family
Priest/Minister and Codebreaker
Dr Edward Willes, bishop of Bath and Wells, was buried in the north ambulatory, together with his wife Jane and sons Edward and Sir Francis.
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Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë
Poet and Novelist
Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë are commemorated in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. Their stone tablet of Huddlestone stone was given by the Brontë Society.
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John Gay
Poet and Playwright
John Gay, poet and dramatist, was buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey. His monument was moved to the triforium and can be seen there.
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Edmund Hooper and family
Edmund Hooper, organist and master of the choristers at Westminster Abbey, was buried in the cloisters of the Abbey on 16th July 1621.
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Edward V & Richard Duke of York
The presumed remains of Edward V and Richard Duke of York are buried in the Abbey in a white marble sarcophagus designed by Christopher Wren.
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Hatton Family
Statesman
The large monument to Sir Christopher Hatton is now in the triforium, having being moved from the lower Islip chapel. He and his wife Alice are both buried just outside this area .
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Sir Palmes and Stafford Fairborne
Statesman
In the south aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey is a white marble monument to Sir Palmes Fairborne. The sculptor was John Bushnell.
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Self-led visits
You are welcome to book your primary school group in for a self-led visit of Westminster Abbey between September and June.
