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5th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 31st May 1990
Delivered by The Very Reverend Alan Jones, Dean of Grace Cathedral San Francisco at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 31st May 1990 and subsequently at Lincoln Minster and Keble College, Oxford.
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The Nation's Memory
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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A History of Royal Burials and Funerals
Find out about the many elaborate royal funerals have taken place in Westminster Abbey prior to burial here.
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Abbey to mark Warrior centenary
Thursday, 29th October 2020
Westminster Abbey will mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior with a special service, to be broadcast live on BBC One, on 11th November.
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St Edward icon dedicated
Monday, 21st October 2019
A new icon of St Edward the Confessor has been dedicated and placed in the shrine, the place of his burial, in Westminster Abbey.
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HM The Queen marks Warrior centenary
Saturday, 7th November 2020
Her Majesty The Queen visited Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 4th November 2020 to commemorate the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior.
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Abbey releases Order of Service for Warrior centenary
Wednesday, 11th November 2020
This morning, a special service will mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey on 11 November 1920.
Special Service HRH The Prince of Wales HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
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Ashes of Dr Wesley Carr buried in the Abbey
Wednesday, 25th April 2018
Evensong on Tuesday 24th April 2018 was followed by the burial of the ashes of the Very Reverend Dr Wesley Carr KCVO, who was Dean of Westminster from 1997 to 2006.
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Virtual tours
Take a virtual tour inside Westminster Abbey. View treasures including the Grave of the Unknown Warrior, the High Altar and the Coronation Chair in detail.
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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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Royal Family marks Unknown Warrior centenary
Wednesday, 11th November 2020
Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall attended a service to mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey on 11th November 2020.
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Celebrating St Edward
In a chapel at the heart of Westminster Abbey is the Shrine of Edward the Confessor, king and saint.
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Buried among the kings
Honouring the Unknown Warrior, a centenary after his burial in Westminster Abbey.
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Sir Thomas and Walter Hungerford
Walter Hungerford was buried in the south ambulatory of Westminster Abbey but has no marker. Sir Thomas Hungerford was buried in a chapel now destroyed.
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Joan of Acre, daughter of Edward I
Joan was a daughter of Edward I. On the 30th April 1290 she married Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester in Westminster Abbey.
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Margaret, daughter of Edward I
On the 8th of July 1290 Margaret, daughter of Edward I, was married to John, son of the Duke of Brabant, in Westminster Abbey.
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Thomas Millyng
Abbot and Priest
Thomas Millyng, bishop of Hereford, and Abbot of Westminster from 1469-1474, was buried in the centre of St John the Baptist's chapel.
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Sir William Waller
Politician and Soldier
Sir William Waller, Parliamentary General, died on 19th September 1668 at Osterley House and was buried in an overflow burial ground for St Margaret's Church.
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Thomas Blood
Soldier
"Colonel" Thomas Blood, who attempted to steal the Crown Jewels, was buried in the New Chapel burial ground in Westminster in 1680.
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Charles Worsley
Soldier
The presumed grave of Major General Charles Worsley was discovered in the south east apsidal chapel of Henry VII's chapel in the late 19th century.