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Abbey Road, London <=SEP=> Abbey Road is a thoroughfare in the borough of Camden and the City of Westminster in London, running roughly northwest to southeast through St. John's Wood, near Lord's Cricket Ground. It is part of the B507 road. This road is best known for the Abbey Road Studios and the 1969 album, Abbey Road, by The Beatles.The north-western end of Abbey Road begins in Kilburn, at the junction with Quex Road and West End Lane.

Abbey Road Studios <=SEP=> Abbey Road Studios (formerly known as EMI Studios) is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, which owned it until 2012.Abbey Road Studios is most notable as being the venue in the 1960s for innovative recording techniques adopted by the Beatles, Pink Floyd, the Hollies, Badfinger, and others.

Abbot of Westminster <=SEP=> The Abbot of Westminster was the head (abbot) of Westminster Abbey.

Burials and memorials in Westminster Abbey <=SEP=> Honouring individuals with Burials and Memorials in Westminster Abbey has a long tradition.

City and Liberty of Westminster <=SEP=> The City and Liberty of Westminster was a unit of local government in the county of Middlesex, England. It was located immediately to the west of the City of London. Originally under the control of Westminster Abbey, the local authority for the area was the Westminster Court of Burgesses from 1585 to 1900. The area now forms the southern part of the City of Westminster in Greater London.

City of Westminster <=SEP=> The City of Westminster (/ˈwɛstmɪnstər/) is an Inner London borough which occupies much of the central area of Greater London including most of the West End.  It is to the west of and adjoining the ancient City of London, directly to the east of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and its southern boundary is the River Thames.  It was created with the 1965 establishment of Greater London.

Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter <=SEP=> The Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter was an extra-parochial area, and later civil parish, in the metropolitan area of London, England.

College Green (London) <=SEP=> College Green (formally known as Abingdon Street Gardens) is a small public park in the City of Westminster in Central London. The gardens are situated behind Westminster Abbey, and to the east of Westminster Abbey Gardens and are adjacent to the Houses of Parliament. The gardens are not enclosed and are accessible at all times.The park is a common place for television reporters to interview Members of Parliament.

Dean's Yard <=SEP=> Dean's Yard, Westminster, comprises most of the remaining precincts of the former monastery of Westminster, not occupied by the Abbey buildings. It is known to members of Westminster School as Green, and referred to without an article. It is a large gated quadrangle, closed to public traffic, surrounding a green upon which Westminster School pupils have legal rights to play football (they have some claim to have invented the modern game).

Dean and Chapter of Westminster <=SEP=> The Dean and Chapter of Westminster are the ecclesiastical governing body of Westminster Abbey, a collegiate church of the Church of England and royal peculiar in Westminster, Greater London. They consist of the Dean and several canons meeting in chapter and are also (less frequently) known as the Dean and Canons of Westminster.

Dean of Westminster <=SEP=> The Dean of Westminster is the head of the chapter at Westminster Abbey. Due to the Abbey's status as a Royal Peculiar, the dean answers directly to the Queen (not to the Bishop of London as ordinary, nor to the Archbishop of Canterbury as metropolitan). Initially, the office was a successor to that of abbot of Westminster, and was for the first 10 years cathedral dean for the Diocese of Westminster. The current dean is John Hall.

Diocese of Westminster <=SEP=> The Diocese of Westminster was a short-lived diocese of the Church of England, extant from 1540–1550. Westminster Abbey served as its cathedral.

Edmund Hooper (organist) <=SEP=> Edmund Hooper (c. 1553 – 1621) was an English composer and organist.He was employed at Westminster Abbey from 1588 to 1621 and organist of the Chapel Royal from 1618 to 1621.

Grade I listed buildings in the City of Westminster <=SEP=> There are over 9,000 Grade I listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the City of Westminster.

High Steward of Westminster Abbey <=SEP=> The High Steward of Westminster Abbey is an honorary role at Westminster Abbey, London.  He is appointed by the Dean and Chapter, and holds the office for life.  Past holders have included Robert Cecil (16th century [1]) and Douglas Hurd (fl. 2004 [2]), and the present holder is Lord Luce.The official costume is an orange cape and white ruff.[3]The deputy High Steward is an ex officio role of the Lord Mayor of Westminster.

Howard Nixon <=SEP=> Howard Millar Nixon OBE (3 September 1909 – 18 February 1983) was a British librarian and historian of bookbinding. He was a librarian at the British Museum then Librarian of Westminster Abbey from 1974 until his death.

Imperial Monumental Halls and Tower <=SEP=> The Imperial Monumental Halls and Tower was a grandiose Gothic complex designed for a site in London adjacent to Westminster Abbey.  The plans, exhibited at the Royal Academy in March 1904, included a 167 metres (548 ft) high tower that would have dominated the Clock Tower and Victoria Tower of the nearby Houses of Parliament.

James Bartleman (singer) <=SEP=> James Bartleman (1769-1821), was an English bass singer who performed at the Concerts of Ancient Music and revived the solo songs of Henry Purcell.

James O'Donnell (organist) <=SEP=> James O'Donnell, KCSG, FRCM, FRSCM, HonRAM (born 1961) is Organist and Master of the Choristers of Westminster Abbey. He has held this position since 2000.O'Donnell was born in Scotland but moved to England and attended Westcliff High School for Boys and the Royal College of Music and later attended Cambridge University, where he was Organ Scholar of Jesus College.

List of Westminster Abbey organists <=SEP=> This is a list of Westminster Abbey organists. The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as "Westminster Abbey", is a large, mainly Gothic abbey church, in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional site for the Coronation of the British monarch and many former kings and queens are buried there.

List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England <=SEP=> These monasteries were dissolved by King Henry VIII of England in the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The list is by no means exhaustive, since over 800 religious houses existed before the Reformation, and virtually every town, of any size, had at least one abbey, priory, convent or friary in it. (Often many small houses of monks, nuns, canons or friars.)

Martin Neary <=SEP=> Martin Gerard James Neary LVO (born 28 March 1940, London) is an English organist and choral conductor. He was Organist and Director of Music at Winchester Cathedral from 1972 to 1988, and Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey from 1988 to 1998.

Osbert of Clare <=SEP=> Osbert of Clare (died in or after 1158) was a monk, elected prior of  Westminster Abbey and briefly abbot. He was a prolific writer of letters, a hagiographer and a forger of charters.

Palace of Westminster <=SEP=> The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Commonly known as the Houses of Parliament after its occupants, the Palace lies on the northern bank of the River Thames in the City of Westminster, in central London.

Removal of the Stone of Scone in 1950 <=SEP=> On Christmas Day 1950, four Scottish students from the University of Glasgow (Ian Hamilton, Gavin Vernon, Kay Matheson and Alan Stuart) removed the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey in London and took the Stone back to Scotland.  The students were members of the Scottish Covenant Association, a group that supported home rule for Scotland. In 2008 the incident was made into a film called Stone of Destiny.

Sir Sidney Herbert, 1st Baronet <=SEP=> Sir Sidney Herbert, 1st Baronet (29 July 1890 – 22 March 1939) was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1922 to 1931 and 1932 to 1939.He was born in 1890, the son of The Hon. Sir Michael Herbert, the British Ambassador to the USA from 1902 to 1903. His mother was Leila Belle Wilson, a New York heiress.Sidney Herbert was first elected to Parliament in the 1922 general election for the North Yorkshire constituency of Scarborough and Whitby.

St Margaret's, Westminster <=SEP=> The church of St Margaret, Westminster Abbey, is situated in the grounds of Westminster Abbey on Parliament Square, and is the Anglican parish church of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in London. It is dedicated to Margaret of Antioch.

The Westminster Chronicle <=SEP=> An important historical document for the reign of Richard II, the chronicle written at Westminster Abbey covers the years from 1381 to 1394.

Westminster <=SEP=> Westminster (/ˈwɛsᵗmɪnstər/) is an area of central London within the City of Westminster on the north bank of the River Thames.

Westminster (UK Parliament constituency) <=SEP=> Westminster was a parliamentary constituency in the Parliament of England to 1707, the Parliament of Great Britain 1707–1800 and the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801. It returned two members to 1885 and one thereafter.The constituency was first known to have been represented in Parliament in 1545 and continued to exist until the redistribution of seats in 1918. The constituency's most famous former representatives are Charles James Fox and John Stuart Mill.

Westminster Abbey <=SEP=> Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, is a large, mainly Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, London, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the most notable religious buildings in the United Kingdom and has been the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English and, later, British monarchs. Between 1540 and 1556 the abbey had the status of a cathedral.

Westminster Abbey (British Columbia) <=SEP=> Westminster Abbey is a community of Benedictine monks in Mission, British Columbia, established in 1939 from the Abbey of Mount Angel, Oregon. The abbey is home to the Seminary of Christ the King and is a member of the Swiss American Congregation within the Benedictine Confederation.The abbey's official name is the Abbey of Saint Joseph of Westminster; Saint Joseph is the abbey's patron saint. The abbey was designed by the firm of Gardiner, Thornton, Gathe and Associates.

Westminster Abbey (UK Parliament constituency) <=SEP=> Westminster Abbey was a constituency in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons by the first past the post system of election.

Westminster Abbey Choir School <=SEP=> Westminster Abbey Choir School is a boarding preparatory school for boys in Westminster, London and the only remaining choir school in the United Kingdom which exclusively educates choristers. It is located in Dean's Yard, by Westminster Abbey.  It educates about 35 boys, aged 8–13 who sing in the Choir of Westminster Abbey which takes part in state and national occasions as well as singing evensong everyday (except Wednesday) and gives concert performances around the world.

Westminster Abbey Muniments <=SEP=> The Westminster Abbey Muniments is a collection of muniments and manuscripts comprising archives of Westminster Abbey from the tenth century to the present day.

Westminster Abbey Museum <=SEP=> The Westminster Abbey Museum is located in the 11th-century vaulted undercroft beneath the former monks' dormitory in Westminster Abbey, London, England. This is one of the oldest areas of the Abbey, dating back almost to the foundation of the Norman church by Edward the Confessor in 1065. This space has been used as a museum since 1908.

Westminster Abbey by-election, 1921 <=SEP=> The Westminster Abbey by-election, 1921 was a parliamentary by-election held on 25 August 1921 for the British House of Commons constituency of Westminster Abbey in London.  The seat had become vacant when the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) William Burdett-Coutts had died on 28 July 1921. Burdett-Coutts had held the seat since it had been created for the 1918 general election, when he had been returned unopposed.

Westminster Abbey by-election, 1924 <=SEP=> The Westminster Abbey by-election, 1924 was a parliamentary by-election held on 19 March 1924 for the British House of Commons constituency of Westminster Abbey in London. It was notable for the challenge of Winston Churchill to the party system.

Westminster Abbey by-election, 1932 <=SEP=> The Westminster Abbey by-election, 1932 was a parliamentary by-election held on 12 July 1932 for the British House of Commons constituency of Westminster Abbey in London. The seat had become vacant when the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Otho Nicholson resigned from the Commons by becoming the Steward of the Manor of Northstead on 4 July 1932. He had held the seat since a 1924 by-election.

Westminster Abbey by-election, 1939 <=SEP=> The Westminster Abbey by-election, 1939 was a parliamentary by-election held on 17 May 1939 for the British House of Commons constituency of Westminster Abbey in London.

Westminster Abbey by-election <=SEP=> Westminster Abbey by-election could refer to four by-elections held for the Parliament of the United Kingdom;Westminster Abbey by-election, 1921Westminster Abbey by-election, 1924Westminster Abbey by-election, 1932Westminster Abbey by-election, 1939__DISAMBIG__

Westminster Court of Burgesses <=SEP=> The Westminster Court of Burgesses was established by Act of Parliament in 1585 and abolished in 1900. It formed part of the local government of Westminster in the metropolis of London, England.The court was set up following the dissolution of the monasteries, filling a power vacuum created by Westminster Abbey ceasing to exert control over the area.Initially it had the powers to deal with nuisances and adjudicate the prosecutions of some minor criminal offences.

Westminster Retable <=SEP=> The Westminster Retable, the oldest known panel painting altarpiece in England, is estimated to have been painted in the 1270s in the circle of Plantagenet court painters, for Westminster Abbey, very probably for the high altar. It is thought to have been donated by Henry III of England as part of his Gothic redesign of the Abbey. The painting survived only because it was incorporated into furniture between the 16th and 19th centuries, and much of it has been damaged beyond restoration.

Westminster School <=SEP=> The Royal College of St Peter in Westminster, better known as Westminster School, is an independent school within in the precincts of Westminster Abbey in England. It has the highest Oxford and Cambridge acceptance rates of any secondary school or college in the world. With a history going back to the 14th century, the school's alumni include Ben Jonson, John Dryden, Robert Hooke, Sir Christopher Wren, John Locke, Jeremy Bentham, Edward Gibbon, Henry Mayhew, A. A.

Westminster St Margaret and St John <=SEP=> St Margaret was an ancient parish in the City and Liberty of Westminster and the county of Middlesex. It included the core of modern Westminster, including the Palace of Westminster and the area around, but not including Westminster Abbey.

William Heather <=SEP=> William Heather (c. 1563 – 1627) was a musician, and founder of the position of the Heather Professor of Music at the University of Oxford.