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Ignatius Sancho
Writer, Musician, Playwright and Abolitionist
Ignatius Sancho, composer, writer, slave abolitionist and actor, died in 1780 and has a memorial in St Margaret's Westminster.
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Reflection: Palm Sunday
Monday, 1st January 0001
Read or listen to the reflection for Palm Sunday
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Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist for the Dedication of Westminster Abbey
Sunday, 16th October 2016
Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.
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Sermon given at Evensong on the Seventh Sunday of Easter 2018
Sunday, 13th May 2018
Sermon given at Evensong on the Seventh Sunday of Easter 2018: The clamour for attention..
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Epiphany of Our Lord 2019
Sunday, 6th January 2019
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Epiphany of Our Lord 2019: We must live like Jesus in loving service of our fellow men and women, now in this blessed year, 2019.
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Eighth Sunday after Trinity 2019
Sunday, 11th August 2019
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Eighth Sunday after Trinity 2019: In the novel Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell, (some of you may know the film) one of the stories concerns.
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Sermon at Evensong on the Fourth Sunday of Advent 2019
Sunday, 22nd December 2019
Sermon at Evensong on the Fourth Sunday of Advent 2019: Where we have come from and where we belong now? As we stand on the brink of Christmas, many of us here.
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2021
Sunday, 24th October 2021
Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2021: The story of blind Bartimaeus is moving one. The screen which faces the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor.
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Sermon given at Evensong on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity 2022
Sunday, 21st August 2022
Sermon given at Evensong on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity 2022: Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a.
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Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Annunciation of Our Lord 2024
Monday, 8th April 2024
If we can but bear it, we will see that all around are the fields of paradise.
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Sermon Given at Evensong on Palm Sunday 2016
Sunday, 20th March 2016
Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.
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William Shakespeare
Playwright
Shakespeare was buried at Stratford upon Avon in 1616 and it was not until 1741 that a statue to him was erected in Poets' Corner.
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Carteret family
In the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey are monuments to Dame Elizabeth Carteret, Edward and Philip Carteret.
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Elizabeth Cecil
There are four Elizabeth Cecils buried here - Baroness Ros, the Countess of Berkshire, the Countess of Devonshire and the wife of Sir Robert Cecil.
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Willes family
Priest/Minister and Codebreaker
Dr Edward Willes, bishop of Bath and Wells, was buried in the north ambulatory, together with his wife Jane and sons Edward and Sir Francis.
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History of Westminster Abbey
An architectural masterpiece of the 13th to 16th centuries, Westminster Abbey houses tombs and memorials to kings and queens and the famous and the great.
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Stained Glass
Westminster Abbey has very little medieval glass now remaining but there are good examples of glass from the 18th century to the present day.
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12th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 15th May 1997
Delivered by The Rt Rev. and Rt Hon. Lord Habgood at Westminster Abbey on Thursday the 15th May 1997 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.
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Edward the Confessor and Edith
Edward the Confessor was King from 1042 to 1066. He founded a monastery to St Peter, known as Westminster Abbey. His body still lies in his Shrine.
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Fellows' programme
Westminster Abbey Institute offers a year-long programme in servant leadership for up to 20 public servants who are moving into senior roles.