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Our Lady of Pew
The Society of Our Lady of Pew venerates the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, and regularly holds Mass and retreats in the Abbey.
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Wall paintings
Our most important wall paintings are from the late 13th century, and include the figures of St Faith, Christ with St Thomas, and St Christopher.
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Retable
The Westminster Retable is England's oldest altarpiece. It is acknowledged to be amongst the most important surviving examples of panel painting from 13th century England.
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Architecture
The present Abbey building dates mainly from the reign of Henry III. In 1245 he pulled down the eastern part of the 11th century Abbey.
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of Christ the King 2019
Sunday, 24th November 2019
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of Christ the King 2019: The ambiguity of a king who serves. Westminster Abbey is not exactly short of imagery surrounding the subject of.
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Christmas tree returns to North Green
Tuesday, 7th December 2010
A 25-foot illuminated Christmas tree now welcomes visitors to Westminster Abbey’s Great North Door and to St Margaret’s Church.
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The Harrison & Harrison organ (1937)
The Harrison & Harrison organ of Westminster Abbey was installed for the Coronation of King George VI in 1937. With four manuals and eighty-four speaking stops.
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Stained Glass
Westminster Abbey has very little medieval glass now remaining but there are good examples of glass from the 18th century to the present day.
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The Coronation Chair
The Coronation Chair is one of the most famous pieces of furniture in the world. It has been the centrepiece of coronations for 700 years.
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The Queen Elizabeth II window
David Hockney’s stained glass window in Westminster Abbey is a vibrantly-coloured contemporary work commissioned to celebrate the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Statesmen’s Aisle
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.
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The Westminster Morris Day of Dance
Saturday, 14th May 2005
The Westminster Morris Day of Dance, an annual event, took place this year on Saturday 14th May on the North Green.
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Zouch Allen
Zouch Allen, surgeon of the parish of St Martin in the Fields, was buried in the north ambulatory on 28th December 1620.
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Rebecca Folliott
The Honourable Rebecca Folliott was buried in the north ambulatory on 9th September 1697. She was a daughter of Henry, Lord Folliott of Ballyshannon, Ireland.
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Westminster Abbey honour for Lord Callaghan
Wednesday, 8th July 2015
A memorial ledger stone to the Right Honourable The Lord Callaghan of Cardiff KG was dedicated in the north-west corner of the nave of Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 7th July 2015.
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John Bligh, Earl of Darnley
Politician
John Bligh, Earl of Darnley, politician, was buried on 25th September 1728 in the north ambulatory, near the steps leading up to the Lady Chapel.
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George Wylde
Politician
George Wylde, politician is buried in the north ambulatory, near the entrance to St Paul's chapel. The stone is rather damaged and has been re-cut.
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Westminster Abbey celebrates Our Lady of Walsingham
Westminster Abbey, in collaboration with the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, held a day of celebration in honour of Our Lady of Walsingham.
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Sir John Corbet
Sir John Corbet, 2nd Baronet of Stoke in Shropshire was buried in Westminster Abbey in February 1665. There is no marker or monument for him.
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Edward Gee
Writer and Priest/Minister
Reverend Dr Edward Gee, author, was buried in Westminster Abbey on 6th March 1730 "within the north gate of the tombs", presumably the north ambulatory.