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Sermon at a service to mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior

Wednesday, 11th November 2020

Come Holy Spirit and fill our hearts afresh with the fire of your love.

Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday before Advent 2022

Sunday, 13th November 2022

Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday before Advent 2022: The unknown warrior's burial somehow represents us all. When the Unknown Warrior was buried here in 1920, he was to commemorate.

Monarchy

Thirteen are explored in this themed virtual tour. The objects all relate to royal marriages, royal burial or coronations.

Lady Elizabeth and Joseph Nightingale monument maquette

Visit the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries to see the Lady Elizabeth and Joseph Nightingale monument maquette, 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.

Lady Chapel

The 16th-century historian John Leland called the Henry VII Lady Chapel ‘the wonder of the world’ and it continues to inspire wonder amongst visitors today.

Architecture

Funeral and wax effigies

Find out about the funeral effigies at the Abbey.

Royalty

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.

Christianity

Statesmen’s Aisle

The north transept of Westminster Abbey is known as Statesmen's Aisle due to the many memorials there to politicians.

Overview tour

In this virtual tour, you can take your pupils on a 360 degree journey around the nation’s coronation church.

The Nation's Memory

When Charles Dickens died at his home in Kent on 9th June 1870, it was presumed that he would be buried in Rochester Cathedral or in one of the nearby parish churches at Cobham or Shorne. This, after all, was what the author of some of the greatest novels in the English language had wanted.

Later monarchs

Find out about the many elaborate royal funerals have taken place in Westminster Abbey prior to burial here.

Abbey to mark Warrior centenary

Thursday, 29th October 2020

Westminster Abbey will mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior with a special service, to be broadcast live on BBC One, on 11th November.

St Edward icon dedicated

Monday, 21st October 2019

A new icon of St Edward the Confessor has been dedicated and placed in the shrine, the place of his burial, in Westminster Abbey.

Edward the Confessor Edwardtide Icons

HM The Queen marks Warrior centenary

Saturday, 7th November 2020

Her Majesty The Queen visited Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 4th November 2020 to commemorate the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior.

HM The Queen Grave of the Unknown Warrior Armistice

Abbey releases Order of Service for Warrior centenary

Wednesday, 11th November 2020

This morning, a special service will mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey on 11 November 1920.

Special Service HRH The Prince of Wales HRH The Duchess of Cornwall

Visite de l'Abbaye

Explorez un endroit empreint de la vie des rois, des reines, des hommes d'état et des soldats, des poètes, des prêtres, des héros et des méchants depuis 960 après JC. L'Abbaye de Westminster est l'église des couronnements depuis 1066 et la dernière demeure de plus de 3 000 Britanniques.

Ashes of Dr Wesley Carr buried in the Abbey

Wednesday, 25th April 2018

Evensong on Tuesday 24th April 2018 was followed by the burial of the ashes of the Very Reverend Dr Wesley Carr KCVO, who was Dean of Westminster from 1997 to 2006.

The Very Reverend Dr Wesley Carr Memorial dedication