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Grace Gethin
The marble monument to, Grace Gethin, daughter of Sir George and Lady Frances Norton, is on the wall of the south choir aisle.
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Richard Pecksall
In the chapel of St Edmund is an alabaster and marble monument to Sir Richard Pecksall, Master of the Royal Buckhounds, a post he inherited from the Brocas family.
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Sir Goldsworthy Gurney
Physician and Engineer
Unfortunately the memorial window in St Margaret's Westminster to Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, surgeon and engineer, was destroyed by blast during the 1939-1945 war.
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Thomas Blood
Soldier
"Colonel" Thomas Blood, who attempted to steal the Crown Jewels, was buried in the New Chapel burial ground in Westminster in 1680.
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Reflection: Fourth Sunday of Lent
Monday, 1st January 0001
Read or listen to the reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Lent 2024.
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Princes Philip and Harry Open Field of Remembrance
Thursday, 10th November 2016
His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh and His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales opened the Royal British Legion's 88th Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 10th November 2016.
Royal Visit HRH The Duke of Edinburgh HRH Prince Henry of Wales Prince Harry Field of Remembrance Special Service
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Westminster Abbey People Share Stories for #MakeHistory Campaign
Thursday, 9th March 2017
Westminster Abbey has released a new collection of images telling the stories of the people who work behind the scenes to support the Abbey’s first public appeal in 30 years to raise funds for The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries.
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Westminster Abbey Releases Drone Film of its Hidden Attic for World Architecture Day
Monday, 2nd October 2017
Westminster Abbey today releases a drone film for World Architecture Day (2nd October 2017) which shows one of the world’s most iconic buildings as it has never been seen before.
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Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist for St Michael and All Angels
Tuesday, 29th September 2015
Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity 2016
Sunday, 31st July 2016
Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity 2016
Sunday, 11th September 2016
Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White, Canon in Residence.
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Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Sixth Sunday of Easter 2017
Sunday, 21st May 2017
Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon Treasurer and Almoner.
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Sermon at Evensong on Trinity Sunday 2018
Sunday, 27th May 2018
Sermon at Evensong on Trinity Sunday 2018: It is God "that breathes fire into the equations of the universe." Next month, on Friday 15 June, a Service of Thanksgiving will take place here.
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Sermon at Evensong on the Second Sunday after Trinity 2019
Sunday, 30th June 2019
Sermon at Evensong on the Second Sunday after Trinity 2019: “With what two crownes is this Citie adorned?”.
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Sermon given at Midnight Mass, Christmas 2019
Tuesday, 24th December 2019
It is my first Christmas in the Abbey, I have been here a month. Kind people keep asking me if I am looking forward to my first Christmas here.
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Sermon at the Festival Eucharist on the National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor
Saturday, 17th October 2020
Sermon at the Festival Eucharist on the National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor: Holiness is not an idea, or an aspiration. Holiness is bones and flesh, a life.
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Sermon at the Installation of Tricia Hillas as Canon of Westminster - Revelation 3:14
Sunday, 9th May 2021
The Sermon given by the Dean of Westminster at the installation of Tricia Hillas as Canon of Westminster.
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Sermon at Evening Prayer on the Third Sunday of Easter 2021
Sunday, 18th April 2021
Sermon at Evening Prayer on the Third Sunday of Easter 2021: There is something important about the strangeness of scripture. Research publicised by the BBC this week has brought the documents known.
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Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday before Advent 2021
Sunday, 14th November 2021
Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday before Advent 2021: We often fail to get angry about the right things, in the right way. The email arrived whilst I was on.
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Sermon given at Evensong on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2022
Sunday, 25th September 2022
Sermon given at Evensong on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2022: George Herbert Two of this month’s sermons at Evensong are based upon religious figures educated (at different times) at Westminster School.