Burials and memorials in Westminster Abbey
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Burials and memorials in Westminster Abbey
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Honouring individuals buried in Westminster Abbey has a long tradition. Over 3,300 people are buried or commemorated in the abbey. For much of the abbey's history, most of the people buried there besides monarchs were people with a connection to the church – either ordinary locals or the monks of the abbey itself, who were generally buried without surviving markers. Since the 18th century, it has become a prestigious honour for any British person to be buried or commemorated in the abbey, a prac
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Individuals interred at Westminster Abbey, London
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burials_and_memorials_in_Westminster_Abbey
date created:
2009-05-18T20:25:25Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T19:52:57Z
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