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  • St Margaret's Choristers to sing their first service

    Wednesday, 27th September 2023

    The St Margaret's Choristers, a new choir for girls aged 11 - 17, will sing its first service in St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey.

    St Margaret's Church

  • Innocent Victims' Memorial

    Just outside the west door is a memorial to Innocent Victims of war and oppression. It is a large circular slate memorial, slightly raised.

  • Patrons lend their support to the St Margaret’s Choristers

    Friday, 1st March 2024

    Five patrons from across the worlds of public service and the arts have lent their support to the St Margaret’s Choristers – a new girls’ choir founded at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, last year.

  • Colonial Territories Memorial

    In south cloister is a tablet in memory of those who served in the Colonial Territories. At the top is the Royal achievement of arms.

  • Armed Forces memorial

    Soldier, Airman and Sailor

    In the south cloister is a memorial to UK Armed Forces who have lost their lives in conflicts since the end of the 1939-1945 war.

  • Poets' Corner Honour for Elizabeth Gaskell

    Friday, 24th September 2010

    A memorial window panel in Westminster Abbey’s Poets’ Corner to the Victorian novelist and biographer Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810 – 1865) was dedicated on Saturday 25th September 2010.

    Elizabeth Gaskell Poets' Corner Memorial dedication

  • Combined Services Memorial

    Soldier, Airman and Sailor

    A monument in the cloisters commemorates men of the Submarine Service, the Commandos, and Airborne Forces and Special Air Service who died in the war.

  • Crimea and Indian Mutiny memorial

    Soldier

    Opposite the west entrance of Westminster Abbey is a column, remembering former pupils of Westminster School who died in the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny.

  • Pioneer of Industrial Revolution Honoured at Abbey

    Friday, 17th October 2014

    A memorial to the 18th century Birmingham industrialist, Matthew Boulton FRS was dedicated in the Chapel of St Paul, Westminster Abbey, on Friday 17th October 2014.

    Special Service Matthew Boulton

  • Constant Endeavour - A Special Service at Westminster Abbey

    Tuesday, 16th March 2004

    On Tuesday 16th March a service of thanksgiving and the dedication of a memorial to those who served with Royal Air Force Coastal Command took place in the presence HM The Queen, HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and HRH, Prince Michael of Kent.

    RAF Coastal Command

  • Greg Morris new Director of Music at St Margaret’s

    Friday, 29th March 2019

    The Dean and Chapter of Westminster have appointed Greg Morris as Director of Music at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey.

    Greg Morris

  • A Service of Thanksgiving for the life of The Lord King of Wartnaby

    Thursday, 26th October 2006

    The Rector of St Margaret's Church, Canon Robert Wright, officiated and gave the Bidding and the Blessing.

    Lord King of Wartnaby

  • 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

  • Robert Hooke memorialised at Westminster Abbey

    Wednesday, 23rd February 2005

    Robert Hooke, one of the most brilliant and versatile of seventeenth-century English scientists will be memorialised at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 3 March at 6.00pm.

    Robert Hooke

  • Dean of Westminster appointed Chair of the RSCM

    Friday, 27th July 2018

    The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster, will succeed Lord Gill as the next Chair of the Council of the Royal School of Church Music.

    Dean of Westminster Royal School of Church Music

  • 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

  • The nation's parish church

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

  • St Margaret's welcomes Coptic Christians for New Year service.

    Wednesday, 11th September 2013

    St Margaret’s Church at Westminster Abbey welcomed Coptic Christians for the service of Raising Evening Incense for the Celebration of El Nayrouz, which marks the beginning of the Coptic New Year, on Tuesday 10th September 2013.

    Coptic New Year

  • First definitive history of the Abbey published

    Wednesday, 9th October 2019

    A definitive history book of Westminster Abbey was launched last night to celebrate the 750th anniversary of Henry III’s rebuilding of the church.

    Westminster Abbey A Church in History 750th anniversary

  • Sung Eucharist with the Blessings of Palms and Procession

    Sunday, 24th March 2024

    Sung Eucharist with the Blessings of Palms and Procession: This Palm Sunday Sung Eucharist marks the start of Holy Week. It represents Jesus Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem, where the crowd laid.

    Holy Week and Easter

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