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• 18th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  Thursday, 8th May 2003

  Delivered by The Reverend Professor Duncan B Forrester, New College, The University of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 8th May 2003 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

• 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.

  Art

• Sermon at the Solemn Evensong of Thanksgiving for the Canonisation of St Oscar Romero

  Saturday, 17th November 2018

  We celebrate today the canonisation of St Oscar Romero, Bishop and Martyr, that took place in Rome on 14th October 2018.

• Music for Remembrance

  To mark 100 years since the start of the Great War this recording explores remembrance, with Britten Sinfonia and soloists Christine Rice and Roderick Williams.

• Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Twentieth Sunday after Trinity 2023

  Sunday, 22nd October 2023

  Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Twentieth Sunday after Trinity 2023: If we wish to be seen as virtuous, then we should commit to a life of virtue. Image, and.

• A Christmas Caroll from Westminster Abbey

  Works by Leighton, Poulenc, Rutter and Walton feature in this delightful and unusual selection of music for Christmas.

• Sisters in hope of the Resurrection: Mary and Elizabeth at Westminster Abbey

  Recorded to mark the 450th anniversary of Mary I’s death and Elizabeth I’s accession, this disc features some of the most magnificent music to emanate from an era of extraordinary religious and political turmoil.

• Order of the Bath

  The Most Honourable Order of the Bath was established as a military order by George I on 18th May 1725. Since then the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey has been used as their chapel.

  Notable people

• John Fitzgerald, 18th Earl of Kildare

  John Fitzgerald, 18th Earl of Kildare was born in 1661 and was a Member of Parliament. He was buried on 4th December 1707.

• Channel 4 to screen Time Team dig Sunday 18th April

  Tuesday, 13th April 2010

  Channel 4 kicks off the new series of Time Team on Sunday 18th April at 5.30pm with Westminster Abbey as the first show. Time Team visited the Abbey in September 2009 and dug up a section of North Green looking for evidence of Henry III’s sacristy.

  Time Team

• Voice and Verse 15-Minute Talk: Poets' Corner - October

  Tuesday, 8th October 2024

  Enrich your visit to Westminster Abbey by attending a drop-in talk about the history of Poets’ Corner every Tuesday across the Autumn Season.

  Events Voice and Verse

• Entry prices from 1st October 2024

  We are open to visitors from Monday to Saturday. Find out more about how you can visit.

• Choir on US tour

  Friday, 14th October 2005

  The choir left on Friday 14th October for a tour of the United States.

  Choir of Westminster Abbey USA tour Recording

• Medieval Monastery tour

  Wednesday, 2nd October 2024

  Explore the history of the Benedictine monastery at Westminster Abbey, from the time when the first twelve monks arrived in 960AD until the dissolution of the monastery under Henry VIII in 1540.

• London Mayors attend Edwardtide service

  Monday, 20th October 2008

  The Mayors of 25 London boroughs attended Evensong celebrating the Feast of the Dedication on Sunday 19th October at the close of the Abbey’s Edwardtide celebrations.

  London Mayors Evensong Special Service

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