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Lord Byron remembered, 200 years on
Thursday, 18th April 2024
A wreath was laid at the Abbey's memorial to Lord Byron on Thursday 18th April, the eve of the 200th anniversary of the poet's death.
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Betjeman Centenary
Monday, 28th August 2006
Sir John Betjeman's centenary will be marked with a wreathlaying ceremony at his memorial in Poets' Corner on Monday.
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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.
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Abbey marks anniversary of Grenfell tragedy
Tuesday, 14th June 2022
A Memorial Service to mark the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower tragedy was held in Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 14th June 2022.
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Abbey recognises forgotten role of The Shakespeare Ladies Club
Wednesday, 11th June 2025
Westminster Abbey is officially recognising the central role played by The Shakespeare Ladies Club in reviving Shakespeare’s reputation and the campaign to erect a memorial to the writer in Poets’ Corner in 1741.
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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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The Dedication of the Intelligence Services' Centenary Plaque
Wednesday, 14th October 2009
Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh attended the Dedication on Wednesday 14th October 2009 in the South Cloister of Westminster Abbey of a Plaque marking the Centenary of the Intelligence Services.
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Professor Stephen Hawking to be honoured at the Abbey
Tuesday, 20th March 2018
There will be a Service of Thanksgiving later in the year for Professor Stephen Hawking during which his ashes will be interred in the Abbey.
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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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Charles Gore Seminar: Memory, identity and hope
Thursday, 20th March 2025
Join us for a seminar evening considering theological and cultural reflections on the Commonwealth today.
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Westminster Abbey to honour Sir Roger Bannister
Thursday, 22nd July 2021
Westminster Abbey is to dedicate a memorial to Sir Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile in under four minutes and who later.
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Scientists' Corner
When Charles Dickens died at his home in Kent on 9th June 1870, it was presumed that he would be buried in Rochester Cathedral or in one of the nearby parish churches at Cobham or Shorne. This, after all, was what the author of some of the greatest novels in the English language had wanted.
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Abbey to honour Cranford’s creator
Friday, 8th January 2010
Elizabeth Gaskell, whose novel Cranford formed the basis of one of the BBC’s prime-time television drama successes, will be honoured with a memorial in a window panel in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey.
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Abbey honour for Sir Donald Gosling
Wednesday, 11th December 2019
A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of British Vice Admiral, businessman and benefactor Sir Donald Gosling KCVO was held at Westminster Abbey.
Sir Donald Gosling HRH The Prince of Wales HRH The Duchess of Cornwall HRH The Duke of Cambridge TRH The Earl and Countess of Wessex HRH Prince Michael of Kent memorial service
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Abbey Remembers Japan Earthquake Victims
Monday, 6th June 2011
HRH The Duke of Gloucester, patron of the Japan Society, attended The Great East Japan Earthquake Memorial Service at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 5 June 2011 at 6.30 pm.
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Dean’s tribute to Twin Towers victims
Wednesday, 11th September 2013
Commonwealth citizens who lost their lives in the terrorist attack on New York’s World Trade Centre on 11th September 2001 were remembered at the Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Garden in Lower Manhattan.
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Trees of life service takes place at the Abbey
Tuesday, 11th October 2022
A Service of Remembrance with the blessing of saplings for a living memorial to honour those who served and died in the COVID-19 pandemic was held at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 11th October 2022.
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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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‘Capability’ Brown fountain dedicated
Wednesday, 30th May 2018
A fountain in Westminster Abbey’s cloister garth to commemorate the tercentenary of the great 18th century landscape gardener Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown was dedicated after Evensong.
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Abbey marks 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain
Westminster Abbey marked the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain with a Service of Thanksgiving and Rededication on Sunday 20th September 2020.
