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Edmund Spenser
Poet
On the south wall of Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey is a marble memorial to Edmund Spenser, poet and author of The Faerie Queene.
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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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Mrs William Quartermain
The wife of Dr William Quartermain, one of the King's Physicians, was buried in "the south part of the cross aisle" i.e. south transept.
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Sir Edward Sutton
Sir Edward Sutton was buried in Westminster Abbey on 1st August 1695 but the exact location is not known and he has no monument.
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Jonathan Chadwick Durden
Jonathan Chadwick Durden was buried in the east cloister in 1782. His grave is just by the gates and can now only be faintly read.
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Theodore Balisy
Theodore Salomon De Balisy was buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey on 7th July 1721 has no marker. He was 90 years old.
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The Litlyngton Missal
Visit the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries to see the Litlyngton Missal, and many more objects, in real life. High above the Abbey floor, come face to face with the Abbey’s greatest treasures covering over 1,000 years of faith and history. Along with worship, examine objects that teach us about the building of Westminster Abbey, its role in national memory and its relationship with royalty.
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Service for the New Parliament at St Margaret's Church
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 Tuesday 9th June 2015.
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Edward and Sir Edmund Godfrey
On the wall of the east cloister is a memorial to brothers Edward and Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey. The marble monument has a sculpted shield.
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Mansell Family
Several members of the Mansell family of Glamorgan in south Wales are buried in Westminster Abbey, including Thomas, Edward, Henry, Mary, Francis and Elizabeth.
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Frances Teresa Stuart, Duchess of Richmond
A wax effigy of Frances Teresa (Stuart), Duchess of Richmond and Lennox, with her pet parrot, can be seen in the triforium galleries at Westminster Abbey.
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Arthur O’Keeffe & family
Lawyer
In the west cloister is a white marble monument and bust to the memory of lawyer Arthur O'Keeffe. It was erected in the late 1750s.
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John and Elizabeth Warren
Priest/Minister and Philanthropist
John Warren, bishop of Bangor, and his wife Elizabeth, philanthropist, are buried in the north transept. Both have monuments in the west aisle.
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Special Coronation events announced
Friday, 24th March 2023
Barefoot tours of the Cosmati pavement headline special Coronation events: Visitors to Westminster Abbey this summer will be invited to walk in their socks on the Cosmati pavement, one of Britain’s greatest.
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Sir John Balchen
Sailor
In the west aisle of the north transept of Westminster Abbey is a memorial to Admiral Sir John Balchen (or Balchin).
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Isaac Watts
Writer
In the south choir aisle of Westminster Abbey is a marble mural monument to non-conformist minister and hymn writer Isaac Watts.
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George Graham
Scientist
George Graham, clock and instrument maker, was a son of George Graham (d.1679) and his wife Isobel. He was probably born in 1673 near Carlisle.
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Richard Elford
Musician
Richard Elford, tenor singer and composer, was buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey. He seems never to have had an inscribed gravestone.
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Dame Mary Bond
Dame Mary Bond was buried on 11th August 1696 in the chapel of St Edmund in Westminster Abbey but she has no gravestone or monument.