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Medieval Monastery tour
Tuesday, 1st April 2025
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.
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Medieval Monastery tour
Thursday, 1st May 2025
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.
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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.
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A new girls' choir for St Margaret's Church
Friday, 17th March 2023
St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, is to launch a new choir for girls aged eleven to seventeen.
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Tour: Medieval monastery
Monday, 1st September 2025
Discover the story of Westminster Abbey’s Benedictine monastery, from the arrival of the first twelve monks in 960 AD to its dramatic dissolution under Henry VIII in 1540.
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Tour: Medieval monastery
Thursday, 2nd October 2025
Discover the story of Westminster Abbey’s Benedictine monastery, from the arrival of the first twelve monks in 960 AD to its dramatic dissolution under Henry VIII in 1540.
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Tour: Medieval monastery
Saturday, 1st November 2025
Discover the story of Westminster Abbey’s Benedictine monastery, from the arrival of the first twelve monks in 960 AD to its dramatic dissolution under Henry VIII in 1540.
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Evensong, sung by the St Margaret’s Choristers and Consort
Wednesday, 8th May 2024
The First Evensong of Ascension Day will be sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort, with music by Marenzio, Smith, Stanford and Haydn.
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Edward's monastery
In a chapel at the heart of Westminster Abbey is the Shrine of Edward the Confessor, king and saint.
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St Cecilia Festival Celebrates Britten Centenary
Wednesday, 20th November 2013
A Service to Mark the Festival of St Cecilia was held at Westminster Abbey in conjunction with the Musicians Benevolent Fund on Wednesday 20th November 2013.
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St George's Day
Saturday, 23rd April 2005
Representations of St George and his dragon can be seen in Westminster Abbey on Henry VIIs tomb and grille, in the Lady Chapel statue series, in stained glass windows to the YMCA and Sir Benjamin Baker in the nave, and in the window in St Benedicts chapel.
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Abbey loans rare 1588 first edition Welsh Bible to St Davids Cathedral
Monday, 16th June 2025
A rare 1588 Welsh Bible from Westminster Abbey’s Library collection – the first complete translation of the Bible into the Welsh language – has been loaned to St Davids Cathedral, where it will go on public display for the first time this week.
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Festival of St Cecilia
Wednesday, 19th November 2025
Join us for the annual Festival of St Cecilia, featuring the combined choirs of St Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Cathedral, and Westminster Abbey.
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Abbey receives support from the Cathedral Music Trust
Wednesday, 15th June 2022
The Cathedral Music Trust has made a generous donation to Westminster Abbey, funding its Assistant Organist post for a year.
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Conservation at St Margaret's
Sunday, 24th April 2005
Working during their holidays, two students from the Coutaulds Institute, have cleaned the altar screen in St Margaret's.
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Westminster Abbey Choir to sing at St Peter's in Rome
Monday, 25th June 2012
Westminster Abbey’s world-famous choir arrives in Italy this week (Tuesday 26th June) for a tour of Rome and Montecassino which will include singing for Pope Benedict XVI, with the Cappella Musicale Pontificia ‘Sistina’, the Sistine Chapel Choir, at the Papal Mass marking the Solemnity of St Peter and St Paul (Friday 29th June) in St Peter’s Basilica.
Choir of Westminster Abbey Pope Benedict XVI St Peter’s Basilica
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Robert Quinney appointed Director of Music at Peterborough Cathedral
Friday, 19th October 2012
The Chapter of Peterborough Cathedral has announced that it has appointed Mr Robert Quinney as Director of Music. He will take up his new post in April 2013.
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The Reverend Jane Sinclair appointed Rector of St Margaret's Church
Thursday, 21st January 2016
It is announced that the Reverend Jane Sinclair, Canon of Westminster, is to take on the responsibility of the Rector of St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, in succession to the Venerable Andrew Tremlett, with effect from 1st September 2016, following his installation as Dean of Durham in the summer.
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Abbey Celebrates St Peter's Day
Thursday, 30th June 2016
Westminster Abbey, since 1560 the Collegiate Church of St Peter Westminster, has from the beginning been under the patronage of St Peter, Apostle and Martyr. On St Peter's Day, Wednesday 29th June 2016, a Sung Eucharist was celebrated at which the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, preached the sermon.
