Skip to main content
  • Westminster Abbey
  • EN
    • English (EN)
    • Français (FR)
    • Deutsch (DE)
    • Nederlands (NL)
    • Portuguĕs (PT)
    • Español (ES)
    • Italiano (IT)
    • Polski (PL)
    • Magyar (HU)
    • Русскийязык (RU)
    • 日本語 (JA)
    • 中文 (ZH)
    • 한국의 (KO)
    • العربية (AR)
  • Visit
  • Worship & music
  • Events
  • Learning
  • Support
  • History
  • About
  • Institute
  • Shop
  • Book tickets
  • Visit
    • Plan your visit
      • What to see and do
      • Multimedia guide
      • Access, facilities and FAQ
      • The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries
        • Your questions answered
      • Security at the Abbey
      • Memorial of the month
    • Prices & entry times
    • Guided tours
    • Food & drink
    • The Abbey shop
  • Worship & music
    • Worship at the Abbey
      • Abbey clergy
      • Attending a service
    • Services & times
      • Regular services
        • Evensong
        • Morning Prayer
        • Holy Communion
        • Evening Prayer
        • Matins
        • Sung Eucharist
      • Choral services
      • Special services
        • Commonwealth
        • Past special services
      • Our Lady of Pew
      • Organ recitals
      • Edwardtide
      • Christmas
      • Holy Week and Easter
    • Watch services
    • Music
      • The Abbey Choir and musicians
        • The Choir
        • Choristership
      • Recordings
        • Dove, Weir & Martin: Choral works
        • Parry: Songs of farewell
        • Bairstow, Harris & Stanford: Choral Works
        • Ludford: Missa Videte miraculum
        • Finzi, Bax & Ireland: Choral Music
        • Taverner: Western Wynde Mass
        • Parry: I was glad & other choral works
        • Music for Remembrance
        • Rejoice the Lord is king
        • Tye: Missa Euge bone
        • Music from the reign of King James I
        • The Feast of Saint Peter
        • O praise the Lord
        • A Christmas Caroll
        • Mary and Elizabeth
        • The Feast of the Ascension
        • The Feast of St Michael and All Angels
        • Elgar: Great is the Lord
        • Organ Masterpieces
        • Abbey Spectacular!
        • Elgar Organ Works
        • Williams, Tavener & MacMillan: Choral works
      • The organs
        • The Harrison & Harrison organ (1937)
        • The Queen's organ (Mander, 2013)
        • Summer Organ Festival
      • Concerts and events
    • Sermons
    • Christianity – some basics
  • Events
    • Bell ringing days
    • Flag days
    • Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lectures
      • The Mystery of the Transfiguration: Seven Meditations
    • Koinonia Lectures
  • Learning
    • Schools
      • Commonwealth Connections
    • Teaching resources
      • Catalogue
    • Families
      • At home
      • A to Z activities
    • Community groups
      • Virtual World of Work
    • Virtual tours
      • Worship and daily life
      • Monarchy
      • The Abbey and national memory
      • Building Westminster Abbey
      • Overview tour
    • Christianity in 10 objects
  • Support
    • Make a donation
    • Join the Abbey Association
      • Individual Associate membership
      • Associate and Guest membership
      • Joint Associate membership
      • Family Associate membership
      • Gift membership
    • Leave a legacy
    • American Fund for Westminster Abbey
    • The King Charles III Sacristy
  • History
    • History of Westminster Abbey
    • Coronations at the Abbey
      • A guide to coronations
      • Spotlight on coronations
        • Coronation Theatre
        • The Liber Regalis
        • Order of Service
        • Coronation Chair
        • Ampulla and spoon
        • Music
        • Royal regalia
      • Queens Consort of Westminster Abbey
      • Coronation stories
      • A history of coronations
    • Royalty
      • The Abbey and the Royal Family
      • Royal weddings
    • Famous people / organisations
    • Explore our History
      • Abbey bells
      • Abbey gardens
        • Features of College Garden
      • Abbey in Wartime
      • Abbots & Deans
      • Architecture
      • Benedictine monastery
      • Britain's Oldest Door
      • Chapter House
      • Cheyneygates
      • The Cloisters
      • College Hall
      • The Coronation Chair
      • Cosmati Pavement
      • Crib
      • Funeral and wax effigies
      • High Altar
      • Icons at Westminster Abbey
      • Jerusalem Chamber
      • Lady Chapel
      • Misericords
      • Modern Martyrs
      • Nave
      • Oil paintings
      • Order of the Bath
      • Poets’ Corner
        • Poet Laureates
      • Processional banners
      • Pyx Chamber
      • The Queen Elizabeth II window
      • The Quire
      • RAF Chapel
      • Retable
      • Royal tombs
      • Stained Glass
      • Statesmen's Aisle
      • Vestments and frontals
      • Wall paintings
      • A joyful noise: the bells of Westminster Abbey
      • The Wedding of William and Kate
      • Celebrating the Commonwealth
      • Buried among the kings
      • Celebrating St Edward
      • Battle of Britain 80th
      • The Nation's Memory
      • VE Day
      • ANZAC Day
      • Thomas Brock 100th anniversary
      • A History of Royal Burials and Funerals
      • A reflection for Holy Week
      • Me and Mr Bennett
      • Portrait of a Dean
      • Bronte versus Brontë
      • The Abbey at War
    • Public History Research
  • About
    • Library & research
      • Using our library and archives
      • Library collection
      • Muniment collection
      • Record series
      • Catalogues
    • Abbey Review magazine
    • Mission & values
    • Governance
    • Jobs & volunteering
      • Employment opportunities
      • Volunteer at Westminster Abbey
    • Safeguarding
    • Contact
      • Sign up to our faith newsletter
    • Photography
    • Modern slavery statement
  • Institute
    • Fellows' Programme
    • Public Programmes
    • Parliamentary and Institutional Engagement
    • Who we are
    • Past Institute lectures
      • Dignity and Public Service
      • Healing
      • God, Gratitude and Being at Home in the World
      • Where does wise leadership come from?
      • Hope
      • Trust in public life
      • Art, Imagination and Public Service
      • Justice
      • Embracing Global Challenges
      • Truth
      • Democracy
      • Integrity
      • In the Public Eye
      • Staying Power
      • In Power
      • Stand and be counted
      • Feeding The Soul
      • Truth in the Public Square
      • The Challenge of Bioethics to Decision-Making in the UK
      • Symposium
  • Shop
  • Book tickets
  • English (EN)
    • English (EN)
    • Français (FR)
    • Deutsch (DE)
    • Nederlands (NL)
    • Portuguĕs (PT)
    • Español (ES)
    • Italiano (IT)
    • Polski (PL)
    • Magyar (HU)
    • Русскийязык (RU)
    • 日本語 (JA)
    • 中文 (ZH)
    • 한국의 (KO)
    • العربية (AR)
  • Choir School
  • St Margaret's Church
  • Corporate hospitality
  • Safeguarding
  1. Home
  2. Search this website

Search this website

What are you looking for? Type something in the box and press Search.

183 results found, displaying page 9 of 10

  • Festival of Commemoration panel discussion

    Wednesday, 19th November 2008

    A panel discussion in the Great Hall of Westminster School on the theme ‘Sisters in hope of the Resurrection’ took place on Tuesday 18th November.

    Mary I Elizabeth I

  • Westminster Abbey discovers link with Charlemagne

    Friday, 6th December 2024

    A medieval silk seal bag dating from the reign of King Henry III has gone on public display for the first time in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries at Westminster Abbey following the discovery by scholars that it is a perfect match to the silk cloth used to wrap the remains of the Emperor Charlemagne who is buried in Aachen Cathedral in Germany.

    Charlemagne Henry III

  • Henry III manuscripts go on display in the Galleries

    Thursday, 3rd October 2019

    Two 13th century manuscripts go on display in our Galleries as part of celebrations to mark the 750th anniversary of the rebuilding of the church.

    750th anniversary

  • Tudor tomb

    When Charles Dickens died at his home in Kent on 9th June 1870, it was presumed that he would be buried in Rochester Cathedral or in one of the nearby parish churches at Cobham or Shorne. This, after all, was what the author of some of the greatest novels in the English language had wanted.

  • President of the United Arab Emirates visits Abbey

    Wednesday, 1st May 2013

    His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, visited Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 1st May during a State Visit and laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.

    State Visit HRH The Duke of York

  • Service for CofE and URC

    Wednesday, 8th February 2012

    A Service of Reconciliation, Healing of Memories and Mutual Commitment for the Church of England and the United Reformed Church was held at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 7th February 2012 at 6.15 pm.

    Special Service Faith leaders United Reformed Church Archbishop of Canterbury Archbishop of York

  • Prince Harry Opens 86th Field of Remembrance

    Thursday, 6th November 2014

    His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales opened the Royal British Legion's 86th Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 6th November 2014.

    Royal Visit HRH Prince Henry of Wales Prince Harry Field of Remembrance

  • Prince Harry opens Field of Remembrance

    Thursday, 9th November 2017

    His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales opened the Royal British Legion's 89th Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 9th November 2017.

  • The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to St Elizabeth

    St Peter flag

  • Abbey Honours the Life and Work of Nelson Mandela

    Monday, 3rd March 2014

    His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales represented Her Majesty The Queen at a Service to Celebrate the Life and Work of Nelson Mandela, former President of the Republic of South Africa, at Westminster Abbey on Monday 3rd March 2014.

    Nelson Mandela

  • King and Queen of Spain visit Westminster Abbey

    Wednesday, 12th July 2017

    The King and Queen of Spain were accompanied by Prince Henry of Wales when they visited Westminster Abbey on Thursday 13th July as part of Their Majesties’ State Visit to the Her Majesty The Queen.

  • The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries

    High above the Abbey floor, the Galleries in the beautiful 13th century triforium display our greatest treasures and tell the story of our thousand-year history.

  • The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries re-open

    Visitors will be welcomed back to The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries today, Monday 12th October, after seven months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Her Majesty The Queen opens Jubilee Galleries

    Her Majesty The Queen with His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales visited Westminster Abbey on 8th June to open The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries.

  • HM The Queen attends service of Holy Communion at the Inauguration of the 9th General Synod

    Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh attended a Service of Holy Communion at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 23rd November 2010 to mark the Inauguration of the 9th General Synod of the Church of England.

  • HM The Queen attends King James Bible Service

    Her Majesty The Queen accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh and His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales attended a service of celebration, in association with the King James Bible Trust, to mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 16th November at 12 noon.

  • Members of The Royal Family attend Commonwealth Day service

    The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall led the congregation at the annual Commonwealth Day service in Westminster Abbey on Monday 14th March 2022.

  • Lady Chapel

    Westminster Abbey is a treasure house of paintings, stained glass, textiles and artefacts – and is also where some significant people are buried or remembered.

  • Modern Martyrs

    Above the Abbey's Great West Door stand ten statues to modern martyrs - Christians who gave up their lives for their beliefs.

  • Channel 4 to screen Time Team dig Sunday 18th April

    Channel 4 kicks off the new series of Time Team on Sunday 18th April at 5.30pm with Westminster Abbey as the first show. Time Team visited the Abbey in September 2009 and dug up a section of North Green looking for evidence of Henry III’s sacristy.

  • « Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • » Next

Related searches

Mary I

Elizabeth I

Charlemagne

Henry III

750th anniversary

State Visit

HRH The Duke of York

Special Service

Faith leaders

United Reformed Church

Archbishop of Canterbury

Archbishop of York

Royal Visit

HRH Prince Henry of Wales

Prince Harry

Field of Remembrance

Nelson Mandela

 
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Digital Communications Award 2018 Stevie International Business Gold Award 2018

Useful links

  • Podcast
  • Jobs & volunteering
  • News & media
  • Corporate hospitality
  • Contact
  • Support
  • Safeguarding

Contact us

The Chapter Office
Westminster Abbey
20 Dean's Yard
London
SW1P 3PA

Follow us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter/X
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
  • Podcast

Sign up to our newsletter

Subscribe

Designed by M&C Experience Design

Developed by Pixel to Code website development in Umbraco

  • © 2025 Dean and Chapter of Westminster
  • Terms & conditions
  • Privacy policy
  • Cookies
  • Access, facilities and FAQ
  • Mission & values
  • Social engagement
Twitter/X logo Tweet this