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• Dr John Chamber(s)

  Priest/Minister, Physician and Doctor

  Dr John Chamber or Chambers was buried in St Margaret's church Westminster on 2nd July 1549 but nothing marks his grave.

• Watch the service

  Commonwealth Day is the annual celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations. Westminster Abbey celebrates the occasion with a special service that takes place on the second Monday of March each year.

• P.G. Wodehouse

  Writer, Playwright and Novelist

  A memorial to Sir P.G. Wodehouse was unveiled at Westminster Abbey in September 2019. The stone is near the memorial to Noel Coward.

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• Listen to the reflection

  A reflection for Holy Week by the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster

• Westminster Abbey Honours PG Wodehouse

  Friday, 20th September 2019

  HRH The Duke of Kent attended the dedication of a memorial stone to PG Wodehouse at Westminster Abbey on Friday 20th September 2019.

  PG Wodehouse Poets' Corner Memorial dedication Special Service

• Luke Flintoft

  Composer, Musician and Priest/Minister

  The Reverend Luke Flintoft, composer, was a Minor Canon of Westminster Abbey from 1720-1727 and was buried in the south cloister on 6th November 1727.

• Tommy Thompson

  The gilded stone cross on the west gable is a memorial to Thomas (Tommy) G. Thompson, Secretary and Executive Director of the Westminster Abbey Trust.

• Sung Eucharist on Easter Day

  Sunday, 5th April 2026

  Our evening Easter service, sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

  Easter Day Holy Week and Easter St Margaret's Church

• Charles Gore lecture: Theology for Commonwealth: God’s Dreaming, Common Worth, Planetary Communion

  Wednesday, 17th September 2025

  Join us for a lecture that offers a theology look for Commonwealth by turning our attention from Word to Dreaming, from wealth to worth, from common good to planetary communion.

  Charles Gore Memorial Lectures

• Sir Mark Rylance returns to Westminster Abbey

  Thursday, 4th January 2018

  Sir Mark Rylance will return to Westminster Abbey with a company of actors bringing the words of William Shakespeare to life for six special performances in April.

• Study of the ‘cosmatesque’ mosaics published

  Friday, 18th October 2019

  A nine-year, two-volume study into the Abbey's ‘cosmatesque’ mosaics has been published this week by Oxbow Books.

  The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey Cosmati pavement 750th anniversary

• Gervase de Blois

  Abbot

  Gervase de Blois, a son of King Stephen by a lady called Dameta, was abbot of Westminster from 1137 until he was deposed in 1157.

• Royals attend Service of Hope

  Westminster Abbey held a Service of Hope following the terror attack in Westminster. The service was attended by Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry.

• Duke of Edinburgh opens 83rd Royal British Legion Field of Remembrance at Abbey

  Thursday, 10th November 2011

  His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh opened the 83rd Royal British Legion’s Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 10th November 2011.

  HRH The Duke of Edinburgh Field of Remembrance Royal Visit

• Abbey mourns former Organist and Master of the Choristers

  Monday, 16th May 2022

  Simon Preston CBE, who was Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey from 1981 to 1987, and Sub-Organist between 1962 and 1967, has died aged 83.

  Music Choir of Westminster Abbey

• William Carey

  Priest/Minister

  On 11th October 1949 the Baptist Missionary Society gave a carved English walnut lectern to Westminster Abbey in memory of William Carey, missionary in India.

• Symposium: Dignity and Hostility

  Thursday, 2nd November 2023

  Westminster Abbey Institute brings together a panel of speakers for a lunchtime symposium on Dignity and Hostility.

  Westminster Abbey Institute

• Dialogue: Dignity and Imprisonment

  Tuesday, 21st November 2023

  Westminster Abbey Institute brings together a panel of speakers for a lunchtime symposium on Dignity and Hostility.

• Workshop: Dignity and Trauma

  Wednesday, 22nd November 2023

  Westminster Abbey Institute brings together a panel of speakers for a lunchtime symposium on Dignity and Hostility.