…choruses, a haunting Northumbrian lullaby with flutes, violin and hammer dulcimer, original… 5 events, 5 5 events, 5 8:00 am until 8:45 am Event Series Holy Communion Sun 5 May…
Her Majesty Queen Camilla Visits Bath Abbey for St John’s Foundation 850th Celebration Service
On 1st February, Her Majesty The Queen visited Bath Abbey for a service to mark the 850th anniversary of the St John’s Foundation. Originally founded as a medieval refuge, St…
Bath Abbey to take part in 200th anniversary of the Ellacombe Chimes
…bells instead of six to twelve bell ringers. Ellacombe originally made the invention to dispense with ‘wayward’ bell ringers. During the COVID-19 pandemic the invention has enabled bells to continue…
Bath Abbey Choirs celebrate start of the year with a new Christmas CD
…features old favourites (such as Hark the herald!) and some new surprises such as Whitacre’s luminous ‘Lux Aurumque’. It also features an original arrangement of ‘Away in a manger’ by…
Lunchtime Recital – Swn y Gan Choir
…from Sondheim to Fauré, and including many original arrangements. In a range of languages, including Welsh. It performed at the Abbey last June and is delighted to return for…
Collections
…Caxton’s original typesetting. The largest donation was made by Bishop Thomas Ken who died in 1711. He gave his foreign language books, many of them collected during his travels in…
Anglo Saxon Monastery
…He is said to have been buried in the vault of the original Anglo-Saxon Cathedral at Canterbury next to Archbishop Dunstan. After the Norman Conquest in 1066 Anglo-Saxon saints such…
Terms and Conditions
…purchase. Items must be unused and returned in the original packaging and in a re-saleable condition and must be returned within 28 days of receipt of your goods. Goods returned…
Our commitment to racial justice
…Group conducted research at Bath Record Office, and wrote audio pieces based on their findings which were incorporated into a film: https://hiddenpresencebath.wordpress.com/ Black History Matters – Online Exhibition https://www.batharchives.co.uk/galleries/black-history-matters-online-exhibition …
Bath Abbey awarded £534,000 in Culture Recovery Funding
…hospitality, worship and service to the city. More information can be found on our website: www.bathabbey.org Notes to editors: The full list of capital grant awards from National Lottery Heritage…
