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Thomas Parr
Thomas Parr, from Shropshire, lived for 152 years and 9 months through the reigns of ten monarchs and was buried in Westminster Abbey by order of King Charles I.
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Monks of Westminster
In the chapel of St Benedict is a stone tablet set beneath the carved head of a monk. The sculptor was Albert Siegenthaler.
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The Abbey welcomes The World Reimagined globes
Thursday, 11th August 2022
The Abbey welcomed forty-two giant globes to Dean’s Yard today ahead of the launch of the UK’s largest public art trail by The World Reimagined.
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The King celebrates Commonwealth Day 2023 at the Abbey
Monday, 13th March 2023
Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort attended the annual Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey at 2.45pm on Monday 13th March - The King’s first as monarch.
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Maundy Thursday 2022
Thursday, 14th April 2022
Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Maundy Thursday 2022: It brought Jesus to his knees – a striking posture for God. The clock had been ticking since the previous Sunday with.
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Architecture
The present Abbey building dates mainly from the reign of Henry III. In 1245 he pulled down the eastern part of the 11th century Abbey.
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Sermon Given at Matins on the First Sunday of Christmas 2015
Sunday, 27th December 2015
Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.
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Sermon at Evensong on the Second Sunday after Trinity 2018
Sunday, 10th June 2018
Sermon at Evensong on the Second Sunday after Trinity 2018: The extraordinary truth is that the grace of God abounds in the ordinary for us all, whether we know it or not..
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John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll
Soldier
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and 1st Duke of Greenwich, orator and soldier, was buried in Henry VII's chapel but his large monument is in the south transept.
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37th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 25th May 2023
Loretta Minghella talks about Money, Bias and the Geography of the Heart
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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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Sermon Given at Evensong on the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity 2017
Sunday, 10th September 2017
Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall Dean of Westminster.
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Sermon at the Eucharist on the Eighth Sunday after Trinity 2020
Sunday, 2nd August 2020
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Eighth Sunday after Trinity 2020: We give thanks for this offering, and for its multiplication. One of the questions that people of faith are sometimes challenged.
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Sermon given at Civic Matins 2022
Sunday, 3rd July 2022
Sermon given at Civic Matins 2022: What are you supposed to be? That interests me this morning. Let me take you back nearly 500 years. In December 1540, the City of Westminster.
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Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Eighth Sunday after Trinity 2023
Sunday, 30th July 2023
Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Eighth Sunday after Trinity 2023: Our life and our work can be given the dignity of revealing something of the kingdom of heaven. The.
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Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond
Philanthropist
Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby, was buried in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel. She was the mother of Henry VII.
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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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Henry VII and Elizabeth of York
Henry VII’s coronation took place in October 1485. He and his wife Elizabeth were the first monarchs to be buried in the Abbey’s Lady Chapel.
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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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17th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 2nd May 2002
Delivered by The Reverend Mark Oakley, St Paul's Covent Garden at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 2nd May 2002 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.