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Fraternité tour: Sororite!
Saturday, 2nd March 2024
Join us this Women’s History Month to explore the stories of some of the remarkable women who are woven into English and French history.
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Fraternité tour: French footprints in British history - April
Saturday, 13th April 2024
Journey through collaboration and conflict as we delve into the intricate French links woven throughout Britain's history.
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Fraternité tour: French footprints in British history - May
Thursday, 9th May 2024
Journey through collaboration and conflict as we delve into the intricate French links woven throughout Britain's history.
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Elizabeth Gaskell
Writer and Novelist
In 2010 a memorial to Elizabeth Gaskell, novelist and biographer, was dedicated in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. It consists of a window panel.
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Lord Byron
Poet
The memorial stone to George, 6th Baron Byron in Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey was given by the Poetry Society and unveiled on 8th May 1969.
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Sophia Fairholm, Marchioness of Annandale & sons
In the south choir aisle is a monument to Sophia Fairholm, Marchioness of Annandale. She was buried with her son Lord William Johnstone.
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Charles Herries
Soldier
Charles Herries, army officer, is buried in the nave. By the door into the west cloister is a marble monument with a bust.
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John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe
Sailor
John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859-1935) has a stall plate as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in the Lady Chapel.
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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.
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Joseph Wilcocks
Dean and Priest/Minister
Joseph Wilcocks, Dean of Westminster, was buried in a specially built vault in what is now St George's chapel, Westminster Abbey.
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Family visits
Join Aaron and Sophie online to peek behind the scenes of Westminster Abbey, which has been the coronation church for nearly 1,000 years. Discover what happens and why through games, crafts, stories and more.
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Grand Duchess Elizabeth
A statue to this modern martyr, Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt, was unveiled in July 1998 and stands above the west entrance to Westminster Abbey.
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Warren Hastings
Statesman and Diplomat
Warren Hastings, Governor General of Bengal, has a memorial monument with a bust in the west aisle of the north transept of Westminster Abbey.
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Giles Daubeney
Soldier
Sir Giles Daubeney was buried in St Paul’s chapel in Westminster Abbey where his alabaster effigy lies next to that of his wife.
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Sir James Wright
Diplomat
On 28th November 1785 Sir James Wright was buried in the north transept of Westminster Abbey. The inscription on his gravestone is now rather faint.
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Canada Club Gift
The Canada Club gave a gift of two chairs and two faldstools to Westminster Abbey in memory of Canadians who fell in the 1939-1945 War.
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William Thynne
In the south choir aisle is a tomb of alabaster and marble to William Thynne. His recumbent effigy in armour lies on a rush mattress.
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Sir Joseph Tredenham
Sir Joseph Tredenham, Member of Parliament for St Mawes in Cornwall, was buried in the south aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey.
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Sulcard
Historian
Sulcard was a monk at Westminster Abbey from around the 1050s and wrote a history of the monastery. He may have come from Rochester, Kent.
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Sir Robert Peel
Statesman
In the north transept is a marble statue to Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister 1834-1835 and 1841-1846. The over life-size figure is by John Gibson.