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George Preston
Priest/Minister
In the section of the cloister of Westminster Abbey called the Dark Cloister is a wall memorial to the Reverend George Preston.
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John Bligh
Lawyer
John Bligh of Abingdon Street Westminster was buried in the north cloister on 6th February 1815. The inscription on his gravestone has now worn away.
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Frederick Denison Maurice
Writer
A white marble bust to theologian and Christian socialist Frederick Denison Maurice stood for many years on the west window sill of St George's chapel.
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Sir George Williams & YMCA
A memorial window for the Young Men's Christian Association (founded by Sir George Williams) was unveiled in the nave of Westminster Abbey in 1921.
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William Conway
Priest/Minister
In St Margaret's church Westminster is an alabaster and marble memorial to the Reverend William Conway. It shows a bust of Conway.
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Walter Hawkes
Soldier
In the part of the cloister of Westminster Abbey called the Dark Cloister, leading to the Little Cloister, is a wall memorial to Walter Hawkes.
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Edward Wortley Montagu
Edward Wortley Montagu, born 1750, illegitimate son of the traveller, diplomat and gambler of the same name, has a memorial tablet in the west cloister.
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Percy Dearmer
Priest/Minister
The ashes of Percy Dearmer, Canon of Westminster and professor of Ecclesiastical Art at King's College London, are buried in the north cloister.
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Consecration of Bishops takes place at Westminster Abbey
Friday, 29th September 2023
The Venerable Adam Atkinson, The Venerable Ian Bishop and The Venerable Paul Davies were all ordained and consecrated at Westminster Abbey on Friday 29th September.
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Sermon Given at Evensong on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity 2017
Sunday, 13th August 2017
Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White Canon Theologian.
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Sermon preached on the feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor, 2023
Friday, 13th October 2023
Sermon preached on the feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor, 2023: This is an astonishing place, and today we honour the Saint whose gift it is. On this day,.
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2018
Sunday, 15th July 2018
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2018: Who’s in charge? It can matter quite a lot. Who’s in charge? Sometimes the question is irrelevant. It doesn’t matter.
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday of Advent 2017
Sunday, 24th December 2017
Sermon given by The Reverend Mark Birch, Minor Canon and Sacrist.
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Frances and Charles Burney
Writer, Novelist, Musician and Priest/Minister
In a window in Poets’ Corner is a memorial panel to Fanny Burney. Her father Charles, musician, has a memorial in the north choir aisle.
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RAF Chapel
At the eastern end of the Lady Chapel is the Royal Air Force chapel dedicated to the men who died in the Battle of Britain in 1940.
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Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on The Day of Pentecost 2015
Sunday, 24th May 2015
Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on All Souls' Day 2018
Friday, 2nd November 2018
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on All Souls' Day 2018: We do not believe we lose any of those who have died and gone before us from our greater company. Two beloved.
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Abbey bells
Westminster Abbey now has ten bells which are rung on church festivals and for royal and other occasions.
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Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday before Advent 2023
Sunday, 19th November 2023
Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday before Advent 2023: Where is the violence we see and sometimes experience actually coming from? In a world full of wrath, and.
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Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII, was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 15th January 1559. Her large monument is in the Lady Chapel.