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  • A podcast for Candlemas

    Tuesday, 2nd February 2021

    Today’s episode of Abbeycast, A podcast for Candlemas, was recorded this week in the Abbey’s magnificent Lady Chapel.

    Abbeycast Candlemas

  • A podcast for Ash Wednesday

    Wednesday, 17th February 2021

    Today’s episode of Abbeycast, A podcast for Ash Wednesday, was recorded this week in the Florence Nightingale Chapel in Westminster Abbey.

    Ash Wednesday

  • William Wilberforce & family

    Priest/Minister, Statesman and Abolitionist

    William Wilberforce, MP, who took up the cause for the abolition of slavery was buried in the north transept. Samuel was Dean of Westminster and Basil was Archdeacon.

  • Frederick Lewis Donaldson

    Priest/Minister

    The ashes of Christian socialist and clergyman Frederic(k) Lewis Donaldson (known as Eric in his family) are buried in the vault of the Islip chapel.

  • Florence Nightingale honoured at Abbey

    Wednesday, 12th May 2010

    A Service to Celebrate the Life of Florence Nightingale in the centennial year of her death was held at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 12th May 2010.

    Florence Nightingale Special Service Archbishop Desmond Tutu

  • Hatton Family

    Statesman

    The large monument to Sir Christopher Hatton is now in the triforium, having being moved from the lower Islip chapel. He and his wife Alice are both buried just outside this area .

  • Alan Campbell Don

    Dean and Priest/Minister

    Alan Campbell Don K.C.V.O. was Dean of Westminster from 1946 to 1959 and his ashes are buried in the nave. He was born in Scotland.

  • R.P. Howgrave Graham

    Historian

    The ashes of Robert Pickersgill Howgrave Graham, F.S.A., M.I.E.E., Assistant Keeper of the Muniments of Westminster Abbey from 1948-1959, are buried in the Islip chapel.

  • Sir Charles Peers

    b.1868 Architect

    The ashes of Sir Charles Peers are buried in the Islip chapel. He was Surveyor of the Fabric at the Abbey from 1935 to 1951.

  • Lawrence Tanner

    Historian

    The ashes of Lawrence Edward Tanner, Westminster Abbey historian and antiquary, are buried in the vault of the lower Islip chapel in the Abbey.

  • Abbey podcast for the Feast of the Annunciation

    Wednesday, 25th March 2020

    A podcast produced in a locked down Westminster Abbey has been released today to mark the Feast of the Annunciation of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

    Feast of the Annunciation of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary Our Lady of Pew COVID-19

  • 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.

  • John Esteney

    Abbot

    The tomb of John Esteney (or Estney), Abbot of Westminster, is now in the north ambulatory of Westminster Abbey, in front of General Wolfe's memorial.

  • Abbey holds 50th Florence Nightingale service

    Thursday, 7th May 2015

    A Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale was held at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 6th May 2015.

  • Take Time to Reflect

    Spend time with God this Lent, and explore what repentance means and why it matters.

  • The Groom and his Best Man

    Relive the wedding day of Prince William and Kate Middleton, from the moment the guests arrive to the moment the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.

  • Elizabeth Woodville

    Elizabeth Woodville is buried with her husband King Edward IV at St George's chapel, Windsor, but she took Sanctuary at Westminster Abbey on two occasions.

  • Frances Teresa Stuart, Duchess of Richmond

    A wax effigy of Frances Teresa (Stuart), Duchess of Richmond and Lennox, with her pet parrot, can be seen in the triforium galleries at Westminster Abbey.

  • Henry VIII

    The coronation of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon took place in the Abbey on 24th June 1509. He is buried at Windsor.

  • Verger-guided tours

    Explore a place that's touched the lives of kings, queens, and statesmen, poets, heroes and villains. Westminster Abbey has been the coronation church since 1066.

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