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Westminster Abbey honours Sir Ernest Shackleton
A memorial stone to Sir Ernest Shackleton, one of the most celebrated Antarctic Explorers of the twentieth century, was dedicated at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 15th February 2024.
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‘Capability’ Brown fountain dedicated
Wednesday, 30th May 2018
A fountain in Westminster Abbey’s cloister garth to commemorate the tercentenary of the great 18th century landscape gardener Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown was dedicated after Evensong.
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Paul Baumann installed as Receiver General
Monday, 14th January 2019
Paul Baumann CBE was installed as the Receiver General and Chapter Clerk of Westminster Abbey during Evensong on Saturday 12th January 2019.
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Dr David Hoyle installed as 39th Dean of Westminster
Saturday, 16th November 2019
The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle was installed as the 39th Dean of Westminster at Evensong at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 16th November 2019.
Dean of Westminster The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle Special Service
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Abbey marks first anniversary of Ukraine war
Friday, 24th February 2023
The Ukrainian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, His Excellency Vadym Prystaiko, attended Evensong at Westminster Abbey on Friday 24th February 2023, the first anniversary of the start of the war in Ukraine.
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Story Club
Explore 1,000 years of mystery and history in your classroom with Westminster Abbey’s after school clubs. Available to primary schools within the City of London boundary.
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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.
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Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday of Easter 2024
Sunday, 12th May 2024
They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
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Howel Holland Edwards
Priest/Minister
In the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey is the grave of the Reverend Howel Holland Edwards and his wife Caroline.
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The Lord Carrington’s orders and decorations were brought forward at the start of the service
The Duke of Kent represented The Queen at a Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of Lord Carrington at Westminster Abbey today.
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Charles Hall
Priest/Minister
In the north cloister is the grave of the Reverend Charles Hall. From 1761 he was Dean of Bocking in Essex.
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Rebecca Folliott
The Honourable Rebecca Folliott was buried in the north ambulatory on 9th September 1697. She was a daughter of Henry, Lord Folliott of Ballyshannon, Ireland.
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Ash Wednesday 2023
Wednesday, 22nd February 2023
Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Ash Wednesday 2023: We do not easily use the words provided. Working somewhere else I used to sit next to a thoughtful devout Catholic in.
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Truth in the Public Square
Lecture given by Claire Foster-Gilbert, Westminster Abbey Institute, at the 2015 conference of the Newbigin House of Studies Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 15th July 2015.
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Public service seminars
Westminster Abbey Institute holds ‘under the radar’, tailored seminars with Government Departments, MPs and Peers, Parliamentary Select Committees, and senior staff in public service institutions.
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Medley family
In the south cloister is a gravestone to three members of the Medley family. The mother lived in New Peter Street, near the Abbey.
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Abbey to light up red for 25th anniversary of Modern Martyrs
Thursday, 6th July 2023
The Abbey’s west front will be floodlit in blood red as the sun goes down on the evening of Saturday 8th July to mark the eve of the 25th anniversary of the dedication of the modern martyrs.
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Cornelius Van Dun
Soldier and Philanthropist
In St Margaret's is a painted stone bust to Cornelius Van Dun who died in 1577. His wife Gylbarte was also buried in the church.
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Garret and Norton Fitzgerald
Garret Fitzgerald and his wife and family are buried in St Margaret's church and have a memorial. Norton Fitzgerald's tablet is now hidden from view.
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William Bent and family
On the north wall of St Margaret's Westminster is a tablet to William Bent and family. Much of the inscription is now illegible.