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• St Maximilian Kolbe

  Priest/Minister

  St Maximilian Kolbe is one of ten martyrs with a memorial statue above the west door of Westminster Abbey. He offered his own life to save a fellow prisoner in Auschwitz-Birkenau.

• Charles de St. Denis, Sieur de St. Evremond

  Writer and Soldier

  Charles de St. Denis, Sieur (or Lord) of St Evremond, soldier and writer, was buried in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.

• Lunchtime concert: St Margaret's Consort

  Wednesday, 12th June 2024

  A musical journey through 500 years of English history.  

  Events Music

• Catherine, Lady St John of Bletso

  Catherine, Lady St John of Bletso was buried in Westminster Abbey in March 1615. Her monument had originally shown her two children, Oliver and Anne.

• Maud Holland, Countess of St Pol

  Maud Holland, Countess of St Pol was apparently buried in Westminster Abbey but the location of her grave is unknown.

• Ordination and Consecration of Bishops

  Thursday, 14th May 2015

  The Reverend Canon Martin Seeley, Principal, Westcott House, was ordained and consecrated Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich; and the Reverend Canon Michael Beasley, Director of Mission in the Diocese of Oxford, was ordained and consecrated Bishop of Hertford in the Diocese of St Albans at a Eucharist at Westminster Abbey on Ascension day, Thursday 14th May 2015.

  Ordination and Consecration of Bishops Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Bishop of Hertford

• St Margaret's choir war memorial

  Soldier and Airman

  Former choristers of St Margaret's church Westminster who died in the two world wars are commemorated by brass plaques in the church.

• Canon Jane Sinclair to retire

  Tuesday, 31st March 2020

  The Reverend Canon Jane Sinclair, Rector of St Margaret’s, will retire on 30th April after five and a half years as a Canon of Westminster.

  Canon Jane Sinclair St Margaret's Church Westminster Abbey Institute

• Chapel reveals old stonework

  Friday, 14th September 2007

  The conservators have discovered a discarded fragment of stonework in the Chapel of St John the Baptist.

  St John the Baptist conservation

• The Feast of St Michael and All Angels at Westminster Abbey

  Monday, 10th September 2007

  Westminster Abbey's choir has released a new CD on the Hyperion label.

  Recording Choir

• The Chennai Books Project

  Thursday, 30th March 2006

  A lunchtime concert was held in St Margaret's Church on Thursday 30th March by some of the Lay Vicars of the Choir of Westminster Abbey.

• Dean of Westminster gives One People Oration

  Tuesday, 22nd October 2019

  The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, gave this year’s One People Oration at Westminster Abbey on Monday 21st October 2019.

  One People Oration Dean of Westminster The Very Reverend Dr John Hall

• A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of The Rt Hon Lord Elton

  Tuesday, 6th February 2024

  A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of Lord Elton will be held in St Margaret's Church.

  Special Service

• A Service of Thanksgiving for the Lord Morris of Aberavon

  Wednesday, 28th February 2024

  A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of The Rt Hon the Lord Morris of Aberavon KG, KC will be held in St Margaret's Church, Westminster on Wednesday 28th February 2024.

• St Margaret’s holds Parliament service to mark Centenary

  Tuesday, 6th November 2018

  A service for Parliament to mark the centenary of the end of World War I was held at St Margaret's Church on 6th November 2018.

  Armistice

• 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.

• Handel Jephtha performed by the Westminster Abbey Choir and St James

  Friday, 18th June 2004

  Handel's last oratorio, Jephtha, written in 1751 as the composer's health was failing was both moving and magnificent against the background of the Nave of Westminster Abbey.

• Nelson - 200th Anniversary Celebrations

  Friday, 21st October 2005

  The Choir of St Margaret's Church made their own contribution to the Trafalgar anniversary celebrations on 23rd October by singing music from Haydn's 'Nelson Mass' during the 11 o'clock Eucharist service.

  Trafalgar anniversary

• Celebrating St Edward

  In a chapel at the heart of Westminster Abbey is the Shrine of Edward the Confessor, king and saint.

• History of St Margaret's

  Entry to St Margaret’s is free. Find out more about the church with our free plan and guide or ask about the free guided tour.