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  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifth Sunday after Trinity

    Sunday, 21st July 2019

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifth Sunday after Trinity: If we only have the courage to stop and look and listen... It may be a result of encroaching deafness, but.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on Ash Wednesday 2016

    Wednesday, 10th February 2016

    Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.

  • Sermon Given at Matins on the First Sunday after Trinity 2016

    Sunday, 29th May 2016

    Sermon given by The Venerable Andrew Tremlett, Canon in Residence.

  • Sermon Given at Matins on the Fourth Sunday after Trinity 2016

    Sunday, 19th June 2016

    Sermon given by The Venerable Andrew Tremlett, Canon in Residence.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Dedication Festival 2017

    Sunday, 15th October 2017

    Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall Dean of Westminster.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Ash Wednesday 2018

    Wednesday, 14th February 2018

    Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster

  • Sermon at Evensong on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity 2018

    Sunday, 5th August 2018

    Sermon at Evensong on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity 2018: Jean-Baptiste Vianney never set out to please people. Rather he proceeded purposefully in seeking to please God. At around this time of.

  • Sermon given at Evensong with the Installation of Dr David Michael Hoyle as Dean of the Collegiate Church of St Peter in Westminster

    Saturday, 16th November 2019

    A month ago, the Abbey celebrated – 750 years. Which makes the Abbey older than Amsterdam.

  • Benedictine monastery

    The monks at Westminster Abbey wore the habit of the Order of St Benedict, who established the Benedictine rules for the monks in about 540AD.

    Christianity

  • 31st Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 26th May 2016

    Roger Scruton, philosopher, public commentator and author, gives the 31st Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture on the topic of The Sacred, the Profane and the Desecrated.

  • 29th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Friday, 25th July 2014

    The Reverend Dr Sam Wells, Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, gives the 29th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture on the topic 'Beyond Justice'.

  • The Charles Gore Lecture 2003

    Monday, 24th February 2003

    The Basis of Anglican Fellowship in Faith in Organisation is the rather stodgy title which Bishop Charles Gore gave to an Open Letter he wrote to his clergy in the Diocese of Oxford in 1914.

  • 39th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 22nd May 2025

    Rhidian Brook gives the 2025 Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture, discussing Writing in good faith: a pilgrimage in fiction, film and thought.

    Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  • The Charles Gore Lecture 2014

    Tuesday, 4th March 2014

    Speaker: The Right Reverend Professor NT Wright, University of St Andrews; Chair: Canon Professor Vernon White

  • A service to celebrate the 300th anniversary of St Edward’s Church of England Primary School and St Edward’s Church of England School and Sixth Form College in Romford

    A service to celebrate the 300th anniversary of St Edward’s Church of England Primary School and St Edward’s Church of England School and Sixth Form College in Romford was held at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 3rd February 2010.

  • Joan Barnet

    Philanthropist

    On the north wall of St Margaret's church is a memorial tablet to Mrs Joan Barnet who left money to poor widows of the parish.

  • Joan Howson

    Artist

    Joan Howson (1885-1964), stained glass artist, worked on the re-glazing of the windows in the Chapter House at Westminster Abbey after wartime bomb damage.

  • Henry II

    Henry was the eldest son of Empress Matilda. He and his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, were crowned in Westminster Abbey on Sunday 19th December 1154.

  • Horatio, Viscount Nelson

    Sailor

    One of the best likenesses of the great Admiral, Horatio, Viscount Nelson, is his wax effigy in the triforium galleries at Westminster Abbey.

  • Alleyn’s School celebrates 400th anniversary

    Friday, 18th January 2019

    A service of thanksgiving and commemoration to mark the 400th anniversary of Alleyn’s School was held at Westminster Abbey on Friday 18th January 2019.

    Alleyn's School Special Service

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