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  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday after Trinity 2018

    Sunday, 10th June 2018

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday after Trinity 2018: Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. From the 2nd.

  • Art, Imagination and Public Service

    Art, Imagination and Public Service explored questions by bringing public servants into conversation with visual artists, poets and musicians.

  • Sermon given at Sung Eucharist on Christmas Day 2018

    Tuesday, 25th December 2018

    The heart of the joy of Christmas gives almost universal pleasure.

  • Stephen

    Stephen was crowned in the Abbey in December 1135. He promised to all Englishmen "all the liberties and good laws" which they had enjoyed under his predecessors.

  • Stephen Marshall

    Priest/Minister

    Stephen Marshall, clergyman, was buried in the south transept in November 1655 but his body was exhumed, together with other followers of Cromwell, in 1661.

  • Prime Minister visits Abbey on eve of VE Day

    Thursday, 7th May 2020

    Prime Minister Boris Johnson was welcomed to the Abbey tonight by the Dean of Westminster on the eve of the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

    VE Day Prime Minister Boris Johnson COVID-19

  • Prime Minister of Japan visits Abbey

    Thursday, 1st May 2014

    The Prime Minister of Japan, Mr Shinzo Abe, visited Westminster Abbey and laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior on Thursday 1st May 2014.

    State Visit

  • Abbey welcomes Albanian Prime Minister

    Tuesday, 25th February 2014

    His Excellency Edi Rama, Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania, visited Westminster Abbey and laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior on Tuesday 25th February 2014.

  • Prime Minister attends Abbey Nightingale service

    Wednesday, 12th May 2021

    The Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Boris Johnson MP, attended a service to commemorate the life of Florence Nightingale at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 12th May 2021.

  • Stephen Baber

    Stephen Baber was buried in the north cloister of Westminster Abbey on 27th March 1679 but his gravestone is no longer readable.

  • Stephen Crespion

    Priest/Minister

    The Reverend Stephen Crespion and his sister Elizabeth were buried in the south cloister on 2nd December 1711 and 23rd June 1681 respectively.

  • Westminster Abbey to honour former Prime Minister Harold Wilson

    Friday, 21st December 2012

    Westminster Abbey is to honour former Prime Minister Lord Wilson of Rievaulx with a memorial stone to be dedicated in 2013.

    Harold Wilson Memorial dedication

  • Stephen Hawking

    Physicist, Scientist and Writer

    The ashes of eminent physicist Professor Stephen Hawking were interred in the nave of Westminster Abbey near Newton.

  • Stephen Hales

    Scientist

    In the south transept of Westminster Abbey is a monument to Stephen Hales, eminent botanist and inventor of ventilators. He was descended from Thomas Hales.

  • Choristers sing for Prime Minister

    Wednesday, 4th April 2012

    Westminster Abbey’s choristers sang at No.10 Downing Street on Tuesday 3rd April 2012, at a gathering of faith leaders for Holy Week, hosted by the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon David Cameron MP.

    The Choir of Westminster Abbey Holy Week Rt Hon David Cameron MP

  • 4. Stephen and the 'good laws'

    Ahead of the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort on 6 May, we’ll be sharing stories from each of the 38 Coronation services held here since 1066.

  • Stephen Jack Marriott

    Priest/Minister

    The Reverend Stephen Jack Marriott was Canon of Westminster from 1937-1963, Archdeacon 1946-51 and Sub Dean 1951-59. His ashes are in the lower Islip chapel.

  • Stephen Rigaud's children

    Priest

    Two young children of Revd. Stephen Rigaud, of Westminster School, were buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey.

  • Stephen Dykes Bower

    Architect

    The ashes of Stephen Dykes Bower, Surveyor of the Fabric of Westminster Abbey from 1951-1973, are buried in the Islip chapel.

  • Stephen, 2nd Baron Catto

    Philanthropist

    Stephen, 2nd Baron Catto of Cairncatto was a trustee of and benefactor to the Westminster Abbey Restoration Appeal. In Henry VII's chapel is a window.

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