Last Friday the Most Honourable Order of the Bath held its quadrennial Service for the Installation of Knights Grand Cross in their designat...

The Pilgrimage now makes its way southwards to Westminster, to the Abbey and to two Marian shrines, those of Our Lady at the North Door in t...

   Westminster Abbey never seems to cease to yield up new treasures from its archives and stores. The Daily Telegraph  reports the discovery...

Today, were it not a Sunday, would be the Feast of St Edward the Confessor, a patron of England, of the Monarchy and of the Order of the Ga...

Writing about the proposed rebuilding of the north-west tower and spire of the Abbey of St Denis coincides, I find, with publicity about a ...

Today is the 640th anniversary of the coronation of King Richard II in Westminster Abbey on July 16 1377. The chronicler of St Albans Abb...

Whilst researching illustrations for my previous post on my visit to Islip i came across this piece and thought I would share it with reade...

Today is the 640th anniversary of the death at Sheen Palace on June 21 1377 of King Edward III. He was 65 and the longest lived English mon...

Thursday July 19th 1821 witnessed the Coronation of King George IV at Westminster. This spectacular occasion 195 years ago outdid all previ...

Looking for pictures of Westminster abbey I found these two reconstructions of the medieval palace of Westminster and thought I would post ...

Yesterday I joined a group from the Oxford Oratory on a pilgrimage to Westminster Abbey. There we had the privilege of celebra...

It was on this day 950 years ago in 1066 that King Edward the Confessor died.   King Edward on his deathbed and being prepared for bu...

Today is the 600th anniversary of the battle of Agincourt.  The English route to Agincourt Each arrow represents a days travel ...

Today is the feast of St Matthew Apostle and Evangelist. This is going to be a long post, but I have several good friends called Matthew so...