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Queen Victoria Coronation 'Peepshow' Restored for Galleries
Tuesday, 22nd August 2017
A rare historic ‘peepshow’ commemorating Queen Victoria’s 1838 Coronation is being prepared for display in the new Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries.
Queen Victoria The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries Coronation
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity 2016
Sunday, 24th July 2016
Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.
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Sermon given on Christmas Day 2019
Wednesday, 25th December 2019
There is a famous Christmas Day story set here in Westminster Abbey. It takes us back to Christmas Day 1066 William the Conqueror came here to be crowned.
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Library collection
Today’s library was established after the Abbey was founded as a collegiate church in 1560. It has been in the former monastic dormitory since 1591.
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William Camden
Writer and Historian
William Camden, author and antiquary, was buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey. He was Head Master of Westminster School and Abbey Librarian.
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Robert & Olave Baden-Powell
In the nave, against the screen of St George’s chapel, is a memorial stone to Lord and Lady Baden-Powell. Both are buried in Kenya.
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Daniel Pulteney
Politician
In the south cloister is a monument to politician Daniel Pulteney. His effigy reclines on a sarcophagus and he holds a book on his knee.
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William Caxton
On 12th November 1954 a memorial was unveiled for William Caxton, merchant and England's first printer and publisher. He also imported books into England.
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Third Sunday before Advent 2016
Sunday, 6th November 2016
Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Christmas Day 2017
Monday, 25th December 2017
Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.
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Sermon at Evensong on the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity 2018
Sunday, 7th October 2018
Sermon at Evensong on the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity 2018: Beyond catastrophe On the Sunday before the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Randall Davidson.
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Sermon given at Evensong on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2022
Sunday, 23rd October 2022
Sermon given at Evensong on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2022: ‘Vanity of Vanities, says the Teacher; all is vanity.’ ‘Vanity of Vanities, says the Teacher; all is vanity’ Not exactly the most.
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Sermon preached at the Anzac Day Service 2024
Thursday, 25th April 2024
Our salvation is to remember and to hope.
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Edward VII
Albert Edward, eldest son of Queen Victoria, was born in 1841. His coronation, with his wife Alexandra of Denmark, was held on 9th August 1902.
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Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester
The grave of Thomas, Duke of Gloucester, in the chapel of St Edward the Confessor, was originally covered by a brass depicting images of himself.
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Sir Frederick Bridge
Musician and Composer
Sir John Frederick Bridge, organist of Westminster Abbey, has a memorial tablet on the wall of the west cloister of Westminster Abbey.
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Archibald and Mary MacGougan
Sailor
Archibald MacGougan was buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey on 2nd February 1814 aged 39. Mary was buried on 5th January 1814.
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Thomas Ruthall
Priest/Minister and Statesman
In the chapel of St John the Baptist at Westminster Abbey is a tomb, with a rather decayed effigy, to Thomas Ruthall, bishop of Durham.
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Thomas Campbell
Writer and Poet
Poet and writer Thomas Campbell is buried in Poets' Corner. He has a life sized marble statue near Shakespeare's memorial, by sculptor W. Calder Marshall.
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John Packer
Politician and Philanthropist
John Packer, politician and philanthropist, was buried in St Margaret's church Westminster on 15th February 1649 but he has no monument or inscribed gravestone.