You’ll be very warmly welcomed if you are planning a visit to Malmesbury Abbey over the summer. We now have a bookshop, café and toilets in the Abbey and although many of us will be on holiday when you plan your visit, King Athelstan, the first king of all England, will remain in our North Aisle to give you a particularly warm welcome. You can find more details of how to visit and opening hours here and you can find our normal pattern of Sunday services here.
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You’ll be very warmly welcomed if you are planning a visit to Malmesbury Abbey over the summer. We now have a bookshop, café and toilets in the Abbey and although many of us will be on holiday when you plan your visit, King Athelstan, the first king of all England, will remain in our North Aisle to give you a particularly warm welcome. You can find more details of how to visit and opening hours here and you can find our normal pattern of Sunday services here.
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Neill Archer writes: I don’t normally see people cry in church, the preaching isn’t generally that bad. But last summer I did see people crying for joy when we worked for a day with Music for Autism and the Orchestra of St John’s. Children and young people on the autistic spectrum, from schools across Wiltshire, arrived anxiously with their enablers as a professional orchestra prepared at the front of the Abbey. As the music started everyone relaxed a bit and then the conductor, John Lubbock, started to gently encourage young …
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Make your way to Malmesbury Abbey on Saturday 12th May 2012 at 7.30pm for songs, music, stories and testimonies from Kampala, Uganda as the passionate music and faith of Uganda Fire comes to North WIltshire. Contemporary rhythm, music and life as 21st century African fire fills a beautiful 12th century Abbey. Admission is free, come early to get a seat.
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Neill writes: Before Easter two tourists came into the Abbey. They walked up to the stewards’ desk and asked ‘do you have a café?’ The steward’s answered no, and then the couple turned around and walked straight out. I want to say they ‘flounced’ out but it wasn’t that dramatic really. You’d want to ask them were they not a little interested in seeing the tomb of the first king of England, Athelstan the Glorious? Did they not want to stand on the site where saints since the 7th century …
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Sally Archer & Band
Sally Archer & Band
Sally Archer & Band
An interview with paleontologist Dr Mike Taylor
Mozart Requiem
Mozart Requiem
At the end of a long youth pilgrimage
Churches together Good Friday service
Easter eve night vigil
Easter eve night vigil
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