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Florence Nightingale remembered at annual service
Thursday, 16th May 2024
A Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale was held at Westminster Abbey at 6.30pm on Wednesday 15th May 2024.
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Dean highlights significance of Vatican visit
Thursday, 26th January 2017
As the Abbey Choir flies back from Rome after a week-long visit to the Vatican, the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall has underlined the ecumenical significance of the trip.
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Judges Service Marks the Start of the Legal Year
Monday, 2nd October 2017
The annual Judges Service took place at Westminster Abbey on Monday 2nd October 2017.
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Abbey gender pay gap report
Wednesday, 7th March 2018
Westminster Abbey has published its gender pay gap statistics.
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Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir to sing at Abbey
Monday, 7th May 2018
The Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir sings at Evensong at the Abbey today, Monday 7th May as the finale of their European tour – a rare opportunity to hear one of Europe’s finest cathedral choirs, and music from the Danish choral tradition including works by Waldemar Åhlén, David Sandstrøm and Carl Nielsen.
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Sistine Chapel Choir joins Abbey Choir for Evensong tonight
Friday, 25th May 2018
The Cappella Musicale Pontificia ‘Sistina’ (Sistine Chapel Choir) joins the Choir of Westminster Abbey in singing Evensong today at 5.00 pm.
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Judges service marks start of the legal year
Monday, 1st October 2018
The annual Judges Service was held at Westminster Abbey on Monday 1st October 2018.
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Abbey opens to visitors after longest closure since 1953 Coronation
Tuesday, 7th July 2020
Visitors will be welcomed back to Westminster Abbey on 11th July, after closure due to the coronavirus pandemic – the longest period of time it has been closed to visitors since the coronation.
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Judges service marks start of the 2020 legal year
Thursday, 1st October 2020
The annual Judges Service was held at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 1st October 2020.
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Watch the Abbey Choir’s Summer Festival concert online
Wednesday, 29th September 2021
Audiences around the world will be able to enjoy an evening of the finest choral music from the comfort of their own homes as.
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Florence Nightingale remembered at annual service
Thursday, 12th May 2022
The service is held annually to celebrate nursing and midwifery and all staff, both qualified and unqualified, and the importance of supporting one another through challenging times.
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Abbey seeks new Organist and Master of the Choristers
Thursday, 26th May 2022
Westminster Abbey is welcoming applications for its next Organist and Master of the Choristers.
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Abbey hosts international military chaplains
Wednesday, 24th August 2022
Westminster Abbey welcomed a group of international military chaplains to a meeting St Margaret’s Church on Tuesday 23rd August.
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Musicians celebrated at St Cecilia service
Wednesday, 23rd November 2022
A service to Mark the Festival of St Cecilia - the patron saint of music and musicians - was held at Westminster Abbey in conjunction with Help Musicians UK on 23rd November 2022.
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Judges mark the start of the new legal year
Monday, 2nd October 2023
Judges and members of the legal profession gathered in Westminster Abbey on Monday 2nd October 2023 for a service to mark the start of the legal year in England and Wales.
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Louis Bennett & Royal Flying Corps
Airman
In 1922 a stained glass window was unveiled in Westminster Abbey to members of the Royal Flying Corps 1914-1918 given by Mrs Louis Bennett.
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John Windebank
Physician
John Windebank, physician, was buried in the middle part of the south cloister in 1704. But he never seems to have had an inscribed gravestone.
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Thomas Thirlby
Priest/Minister
Thomas Thirlby (c.1500-1570) was consecrated the first and only Bishop of the new short-lived diocese of Westminster in December 1540.
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Aaron Hill
Writer and Poet
Aaron Hill, poet and dramatist, was buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey on 18th February 1750 alongside his wife Margaret.
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Alfred, Viscount Milner
Statesman
A memorial to Alfred, Viscount Milner can be found on the wall of the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey.