The service always includes one or more psalms. These ancient prayers, taken from the Old Testament, reflect the full range ...

O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord! Words: 'Adeste fideles laeti triumphantes' attributed to John Wade (1711–86) verse 3 by Etienne de ...

A service of Word and Sacrament, according to Common Worship, in which the Holy Scriptures are read, prayers are offered, and bread and wine are consecrated and received as the body and blood of Jesus ...

Just by the west door in the nave of Westminster Abbey is a memorial to astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks (1617?-1641). The inscription was set into a plain piece of curved white marble on the monument to ...

Explore the story of the French gothic masterpiece, Notre Dame de Paris (Our Lady of Paris) from its earliest origins in the 12th century and its illustrious 850-year history to its painstaking ...

The first of these, to fighter squadrons that took part in the Battle of Britain in 1940, was dedicated on 10th July 1947 in the eastern section of Henry VII's Lady Chapel which was designated the ...

A traditional service including the singing of Christmas carols. There will also be readings as well as anthems sung by the St Margaret's Choir.

A service following the traditional pattern in The Book of Common Prayer of psalms, readings from Holy Scripture and prayers. It’s very hard not to be enthusiastic working at the Abbey. If this place ...

Most of the information about the life of this agricultural labourer who found fame because of his longevity is recorded in John Taylor's pamphlet printed in 1635 entitled The Old, Old, Very Old Man ...

Alexandrina Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (a son of George III) and his wife Princess Victoria. She was born at Kensington Palace on 24th May 1819 and succeeded to the ...

Sir George Villiers and his wife Mary Countess of Buckingham have a white marble monument with effigies in the chapel of St Nicholas in Westminster Abbey. Mary died on 19th April 1632 and was buried a ...