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    Middlesex. In 1914, in a preface to Memorials of St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, a former Rector of St Margaret's, Hensley Henson, reported a mediaeval tradition...
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    to the sovereign – by Elizabeth I. The abbey, the Palace of Westminster and St. Margaret's Church became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987 because of...
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  • St. Margaret's Church is often used to mean St Margaret's, Westminster, which forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Westminster, Greater London...
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    most famously, St. Margaret's, Westminster, the parish church of the British Houses of Parliament in London. There is also a Saint Margaret Shrine in Bridgeport...
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    including the Palace of Westminster and the area around, but not including Westminster Abbey. It was divided into St Margaret's and St John's in 1727, to coincide...
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    Most of the parishes of Westminster originated as daughter parishes of St Margaret's parish, in the City and Liberty of Westminster, Middlesex. The exceptions...
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  • March 1778 at St Margaret's Westminster), Henrietta (born 17 November 1780 and baptised 10 December 1780 at St Margaret's Westminster), and Henry (born...
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    become Queen of France. Margaret was baptised in St. Margaret's, Westminster on St Andrew's Day. She was named after Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond...
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    William Caxton (category Burials at St Margaret's, Westminster)
    is uncertain, but estimates from the records of his burial in St. Margaret's, Westminster, suggest that he died near March 1492. However, George D. Painter...
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    Westminster Hall is a large medieval great hall which is part of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. It was erected in 1097 for William II ("William...
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    Big Ben falling silent?". BBC News. "Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret's Church". UNESCO. "Big Ben in films and popular...
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  • Admiral Robert Blake — initially buried in the abbey, but moved to St Margaret's, Westminster in 1661 William Booth — buried in Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington...
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    He married his first wife, Patricia Richards (1914–2017) at St Margaret's, Westminster on 12 January 1932. She was the only child of Kenneth Richards...
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    services were conducted by the Rector of St Margaret's, Westminster, a member of the Chapter of Westminster Abbey. In 2010 the Speaker of the House of...
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    Blanche Parry (category Burials at St Margaret's, Westminster)
    survive, the unused monument in St. Faith's Church, Bacton, Herefordshire, and her tomb monument in St Margaret's, Westminster. Thomas Markham of Ollerton...
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    Norwood (1878–1887) Truro Cathedral (1879–1910) St Agnes and St Pancras church St Margaret's, Westminster (existing building, Pearson added eastern and...
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    was buried at St Margaret's, Westminster. Jane was a widow for 35 years dying 10 March 1587. Richard and Jane have a joint monument in St Martin's Church...
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    south-east of the village of Kensington, abutting the parish of St Margaret's, Westminster at the hamlet of Knightsbridge to the north-east, with Little...
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    August 2014 at the Wayback Machine', Survey of London: volume 14: St Margaret, Westminster, part III: Whitehall II (1931), pp. 113–141. Date accessed: 22...
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    Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey Museum St Margaret's, Westminster Methodist Central Hall Westminster Banqueting House Churchill War Rooms The Cenotaph...
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    John Pym (category Burials at St Margaret's, Westminster)
    Originally buried in Westminster Abbey, after the Stuart Restoration in 1660, his body was dumped in a pit at nearby St Margaret's, Westminster along with those...
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    Palatine of Chester; and of Ennismore Gardens in the parish of St Margaret's, Westminster in the County of London, is a title in the Baronetage of the United...
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    Walter Raleigh (category Burials at St Margaret's, Westminster)
    Surrey, the home of Lady Raleigh, but was finally laid to rest in St. Margaret's, Westminster, where his tomb is presently located. "The Lords", she wrote...
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    Ignatius Sancho (category Burials at St Margaret's, Westminster)
    December 1780 and was buried on 17 December in the burial area of St Margaret's, Westminster (now the site of Christchurch Gardens, Victoria Street, London)...
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    headquarters at 4 Whitehall Place, which had its main public entrance on the Westminster street called Great Scotland Yard. The Scotland Yard entrance became...
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  • churchwarden for St Margaret's between 1592 and 1594. The brass memorial to Cole erected by his wife in St Margaret's, Westminster survived, when all...
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    St Martin-in-the-Fields is a Church of England parish church at the north-east corner of Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, London. Dedicated...
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  • Carew Raleigh (1605–1666) (category Burials at St Margaret's, Westminster)
    Walter. He died at his London house in St Martin's Lane in 1666, and was buried at St Margaret's Church, Westminster in his father's grave. The register...
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  • Organist, organist of St Margaret's, Westminster, visiting Fellow in Organ Studies in the Royal Northern College of Music and president of St Albans International...
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    Grey de Ruthyn). On 4 July 1927, Joan married Loel Guinness, at St Margaret's, Westminster in London. Guinness, a British Conservative Member of Parliament...
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