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Free FreeWestminster Abbey will commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of Sir Walter Raleigh with a day of events in St Margaret’s Church on Monday 29th October.
Raleigh’s body is buried near the high altar in St Margaret’s, and a stained glass window - installed above the west door in 1882 - shows Raleigh sailing for the Americas, his imprisonment and burial. There is also a memorial tablet on the south east wall of the church.
Join us for this symposium remembering the great Elizabethan explorer, courtier, writer and poet.
Lecturer: Dr Mark Nicholls, St John’s College, Cambridge. Co-author with Penry Williams of Sir Walter Raleigh: in Life and Legend
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2018-10-29 2018-10-29 Europe/London The Life and Times of Sir Walter Raleigh Westminster Abbey will commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of Sir Walter Raleigh with a day of events in St Margaret’s Church. https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/2018/10/29/the-life-and-times-of-sir-walter-raleigh-183803 St Margaret's Church,Westminster Abbey,Saint Margaret Street ,LondonLocation
St Margaret's Church,
Westminster Abbey,
Saint Margaret Street ,
London,
SW1P 3JX
Saint Margaret Street ,
London,
SW1P 3JX
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