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David & Eva Garrick
Actor
On the west wall of Poets' Corner is a monument to the famous actor David Garrick, not far from his grave. By H. Webber.
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Cosmati Pavement
The Cosmati Pavement was laid down in 1268 by order of Henry III who had started re-building the Abbey in the new Gothic style.
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Day of Pentecost 2018
Sunday, 20th May 2018
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Day of Pentecost 2018: Let us pray that the Holy Spirit of God will uplift us and transform us. It was summer. August in Milan.
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Sermon preached at the First Eucharist of Christmas 2023
Sunday, 24th December 2023
Sermon preached at the First Eucharist of Christmas 2023: The Incarnation of Jesus Christ is not a myth. It’s a very particular sound-world. At Christmas, in the villages surrounding Rome, you can.
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Sermon Given at Evensong on Palm Sunday 2016
Sunday, 20th March 2016
Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.
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Frances and Charles Burney
Writer, Novelist, Musician and Priest/Minister
In a window in Poets’ Corner is a memorial panel to Fanny Burney. Her father Charles, musician, has a memorial in the north choir aisle.
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Sir George Gilbert Scott
Architect, Historian and Writer
In the centre of the nave is the grave of Sir George Gilbert Scott, architect and Surveyor of the Fabric at the Abbey from 1849-1878.
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Edward Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury
Politician
Edward Talbot, 8th Earl of Shrewsbury, was buried in St Edmund's chapel in Westminster Abbey. His wife Jane erected a large monument for him.
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RAF Chapel
At the eastern end of the Lady Chapel is the Royal Air Force chapel dedicated to the men who died in the Battle of Britain in 1940.
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James O’Donnell secures role at Yale University
Tuesday, 26th April 2022
James O’Donnell, Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey, has been appointed as Professor in the Yale School of Music and Yale Institute of Sacred Music. He will leave the Abbey this Christmas.
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The Dean's Sermon
Saturday, 2nd December 2006
Sermon given by The Very Reverend John Hall, Dean of Westminster.
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George V
King George V was crowned in Westminster Abbey on 22nd June 1911. He supported proposals for the burial of the Unknown Warrior in the Abbey.
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Nicholas Rowe
Poet and Playwright
Nicholas Rowe, Poet Laureate and dramatist, was buried in Poets' Corner. His monument was moved to the triforium and can be seen there.
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Robert Ayton
Poet
Sir Robert Ayton (Aytoun or Aiton), courtier, poet and philosopher, was buried in the south ambulatory. He was born in Scotland in 1570.
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James Palmer
Priest/Minister and Philanthropist
On the north wall of St Margaret's church Westminster is a damaged and blackened monument and bust to philanthropist and priest James Palmer.
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Thomas May
Writer and Historian
Thomas May, writer and historian, was buried in the south transept. When Charles II was restored, May's body was buried in St Margaret's churchyard.
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Robert South
Priest/Minister and Philanthropist
Robert South, prebendary of Westminster, is buried in the lantern area, just before the steps up to the Cosmati pavement and next to Richard Busby.
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Monks of Westminster
In the chapel of St Benedict is a stone tablet set beneath the carved head of a monk. The sculptor was Albert Siegenthaler.
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Creation stories: Sowing the seeds
Tuesday, 6th August 2024
Join us for an enchanting evening of storytelling in Dean's Yard.
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Benedictine monastery
The monks at Westminster Abbey wore the habit of the Order of St Benedict, who established the Benedictine rules for the monks in about 540AD.