On 16th January 1928 the ashes of the poet and writer Thomas Hardy were buried in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey, immediately to the north of the grave of Charles Dickens. But his heart is buried ...
The inscription reads: Near the west door of the Choir lieth interr'd the body of Sr THOMAS HARDY Knt. who died the 16 of August 1732 in the 67 year of his life and according to the directions of his ...