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28th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 2nd May 2013
Dame Averil Cameron gives the 28th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture on Constantine's Vision and the Church Today - From the Battle of the Milvian Bridge (AD 312) to the twenty-first century.
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Third Sunday of Advent 2015
Sunday, 13th December 2015
Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Seventh Sunday of Easter 2017
Sunday, 28th May 2017
Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White, Canon in Residence.
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Address given at A Service of Thanksgiving and Rededication to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain
Sunday, 20th September 2020
Today marks the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. It is a time for us to reflect and remember, to recall memories, to remember the sacrifices made and not least the pivotal nature of the event.
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Sir Bernard Brocas
Soldier
In the chapel of St Edmund is the tomb of Sir Bernard Brocas (1330?-1395). Brocas was a favourite knight of Edward the "Black Prince".
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John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll
Soldier
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and 1st Duke of Greenwich, orator and soldier, was buried in Henry VII's chapel but his large monument is in the south transept.
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Owen and William Wynne
Lawyer
On the wall of the north cloister of Westminster Abbey is a marble tablet with a sculpted coat of arms to Owen Wynne.
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Edward and Robert Atkyns
In the south transept is a monument of marble, erected in 1746, to the memory of Sir Edward, Robert Atkyns and members of the family.
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Herbert Thorndyke
Writer and Priest/Minister
Herbert Thorndike, priest, was buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey with his brother John. There is no marked gravestone to see.
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Jerusalem Chamber
The Jerusalem Chamber is a medieval room with an original roof and historic tapestries woven in France. King Henry IV died here in 1413.
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Library collection
Today’s library was established after the Abbey was founded as a collegiate church in 1560. It has been in the former monastic dormitory since 1591.
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Sermon given at Sung Eucharist on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2022
Sunday, 25th September 2022
Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2022: Honest and the knowledge that a different sort of community exists in God and can be ours. I have.
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Richard Bingham
Soldier
In the south choir aisle of Westminster Abbey is a wall tablet of black alabaster, with a shield of arms, for Sir Richard Bingham.
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Joseph Armitage Robinson
Writer, Dean and Priest/Minister
Joseph Armitage Robinson K.C.V.O. was Dean of Westminster from 1902-1911 but he has no memorial. There is however a bronze bust and portrait of him.
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Sir William Sanderson
Writer and Historian
In the west aisle of the north transept is an alabaster and black marble monument to historian Sir William Sanderson. This shows his bust.
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Robert Stephenson
Engineer
Robert Stephenson, called the greatest engineer of the nineteenth century, was buried in the centre part of the nave of Westminster Abbey. His stained glass window is nearby.
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John Gideon Loten
On a window ledge in the north aisle of the nave is a memorial to John Gideon Loten, Governor of Batavia (Jakarta) who died 1789.
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Sir Oliver Lambert & family
d.1618 Politician
Sir Oliver Lambert or Lambart, politician, was buried in Westminster Abbey but the register just gives the location as "in the monuments".
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Edward Carpenter
Writer, Dean and Priest/Minister
The ashes of Dr Edward Frederick Carpenter K.C.V.O., a much loved Dean of Westminster, are buried in the nave near the graves of his predecessors.
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Stephen Hawking
Physicist, Scientist and Writer
The ashes of eminent physicist Professor Stephen Hawking were interred in the nave of Westminster Abbey near Newton.