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St Edward the Confessor chalice
Visit the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries to see the St Edward the Confessor chalice, and many more objects, in real life. High above the Abbey floor, come face to face with the Abbey’s greatest treasures covering over 1,000 years of faith and history. Along with worship, examine objects that teach us about the building of Westminster Abbey, its role in national memory and its relationship with royalty.
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Support us
It costs over £10 million a year to maintain the Abbey, and we don’t receive any funding from the Church, the Crown, or the Government.
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Truth
In the world of public service, trustworthiness, dependability, wise decision-making and solid relationships all depend upon truth.
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Democracy
What is the future of Parliamentary Democracy? What are its roots? What keeps it healthy?
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Staying Power
Staying Power offered seminars, dialogues and lectures to the Abbey's neighbours on Parliament Square as a rich and nourishing resource for the public life.
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Westminster Abbey prays for the health of HM The King
Monday, 5th February 2024
HM The King meeting members of the Choir of Westminster Abbey
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Westminster Abbey marks Remembrance Sunday
A Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving on Remembrance Sunday was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 12th November 2017.
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Stephen Hawking memorial service set for June
Wednesday, 28th March 2018
The Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey for the Life of Professor Stephen Hawking, during which his ashes will be interred near the grave of Sir Isaac Newton, will be held on Friday 15th June.
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Paul Baumann appointed Receiver General
Thursday, 21st June 2018
Paul Baumann CBE has been appointed the next Receiver General of Westminster Abbey. He is currently NHS England's Chief Financial Officer.
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King and Queen of the Netherlands visit Abbey
The King and Queen of the Netherlands visited Westminster Abbey on 23rd October as part of Their Majesties’ State Visit to Her Majesty The Queen.
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Choir School Headmaster to retire
Friday, 9th November 2018
Jonathan Milton, Headmaster of the Abbey Choir School, has announced that he will retire at the end of the current academic year in June.
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St Margaret's Church marks end of an era
Monday, 2nd November 2020
A Sung Eucharist of Thanksgiving was held in St Margaret’s Church at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 31st October 2020.
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Gabriel Goodman
Dean and Priest/Minister
In the chapel of St Benedict is a monument to Welshman Gabriel Goodman, Dean of Westminster 1561-1601. It consists of a bearded figure in Doctor's robes.
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Jerusalem Chamber
The Jerusalem Chamber is a medieval room with an original roof and historic tapestries woven in France. King Henry IV died here in 1413.
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Richard Chenevix Trench
Writer, Poet and Dean
In the centre of the nave is the grave of Richard Chenevix Trench, Dean of Westminster, writer and poet. The inscription is by Dean Church.
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Beautiful new entrance for Westminster Abbey
Thursday, 16th March 2023
The first significant change to the west front of Westminster Abbey in twenty-five years has been completed that now allows step-free access into the church.
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William Vincent & Family
Writer, Dean and Priest/Minister
William Vincent, Dean of Westminster, is buried in St Benedict's chapel. Nearby in the south transept are memorial tablets to him, his wife and son George Giles.
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Arthur & Augusta Stanley
Writer, Dean, Historian and Priest/Minister
In Henry VII’s chapel is the grave and monument of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster, and the grave of his wife Lady Augusta.
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Zachary and William Pearce
Dean and Priest/Minister
In the south aisle of the nave is a memorial with bust to Zachary Pearce, Dean of Westminster. The monument was erected in about 1777.
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Canaletto painting of the Abbey goes on display
Monday, 2nd March 2020
A Canaletto painting of Westminster Abbey rarely seen in public goes on display in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries this week until autumn 2020.