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• Westminster Abbey’s annual Civic Service was held on Sunday 4th July 2010

  Monday, 5th July 2010

  The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, welcomed The Lord Mayor, and Deputy High Steward of the Abbey, Councillor Judith Warner and other City of Westminster councillors to Westminster Abbey for the Civic Service on Sunday 4th July.

  Civic Service Special Service

• Suffragan Bishop of Lewes consecrated at Abbey

  Wednesday, 14th May 2014

  The Right Reverend Richard Jackson was ordained and consecrated to the episcopate as Suffragan Bishop of Lewes in the Diocese of Chichester by the Archbishop of Canterbury and other bishops at a Eucharist in the Abbey on Wednesday 14th May 2014, the feast of St Matthias the Apostle.

  Bishop of Lewes Consecration of Bishops

• Westminster Abbey welcomes new Lord Mayor of Westminster

  Monday, 4th July 2016

  The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, welcomed The Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Steve Summers, and other Westminster councillors to the annual Civic Service at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 3rd July.

• Margaret Radcliffe or Ratcliffe

  Margaret Radcliffe or Ratcliffe was a favourite maid of honour to Elizabeth I. She died at Richmond Palace and was buried in St Margaret's church.

• Westminster Abbey Releases Drone Film of its Hidden Attic for World Architecture Day

  Monday, 2nd October 2017

  Westminster Abbey today releases a drone film for World Architecture Day (2nd October 2017) which shows one of the world’s most iconic buildings as it has never been seen before.

  Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries drone

• Celebrate Holy Week and Easter with us

  Monday, 29th March 2021

  Celebrate Holy Week and Easter with Westminster Abbey

• Abbey honours 150th anniversary of Charles Dickens

  Tuesday, 9th June 2020

  Charles Dickens is celebrated with a wreath laying and the release of a film of a sound and light installation which was projected onto the Abbey.

  Charles Dickens Wreathlaying

• Judges service marks start of the 2020 legal year

  Thursday, 1st October 2020

  The annual Judges Service was held at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 1st October 2020.

  Judges Service

• Robert Benson, Lord Bingley

  Politician

  Robert Benson, Baron Bingley of Bingley in Yorkshire, politician, was buried on 14th April 1731 in St Paul's chapel in Westminster Abbey.

• John Pym

  Statesman

  John Pym, politician in the time of Cromwell, died in 1643. He was buried in Westminster Abbey but his remains were exhumed at the Restoration.

• Sir Thomas Hesketh

  Politician

  In the north choir aisle is a monument with a full length coloured effigy of Sir Thomas Heskett or Hesketh, reclining on his left elbow.

• George Gabriel Stokes

  Scientist, Mathematician and Physicist

  In the north choir aisle is a bronze roundel by Sir Hamo Thorneycroft to the memory of George Gabriel Stokes, physicist and mathematician.

• William Jennings

  Politician

• Westminster Abbey People Share Stories for #MakeHistory Campaign

  Thursday, 9th March 2017

  Westminster Abbey has released a new collection of images telling the stories of the people who work behind the scenes to support the Abbey’s first public appeal in 30 years to raise funds for The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries.

• Order of Service for the State Funeral published

  Sunday, 18th September 2022

  Buckingham Palace this evening published the Order of Service for the State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II, which will be held in Westminster Abbey tomorrow (Monday 19th September 2022).

  HM The Queen

• Science and belief: Discovering Darwin and beyond

  Learn about the lives and discoveries of scientists linked to Westminster Abbey and the Linnean Society in this special live event suitable for KS2.

• Royal Commonwealth Society Chair reads for Abbey podcast

  Sunday, 21st June 2020

  The Executive Chair of the Royal Commonwealth Society, Dr Linda Yueh, makes a guest appearance on today’s edition of Abbeycast, the Abbey’s lockdown podcast.

  Abbeycast COVID-19

• Sir John Puckering

  Lawyer

  Sir John Puckering, Speaker of the House of Commons, is buried in St Paul's chapel. His large monument shows effigies of him and his wife.

• Daniel Pulteney

  Politician

  In the south cloister is a monument to politician Daniel Pulteney. His effigy reclines on a sarcophagus and he holds a book on his knee.

• Further information

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