In 2010, Westminster School celebrated its 450th Anniversary. The Anniversary was celebrated in many ways, and the documents created from organising and carrying out these celebrations are catologued here.
Includes administrative records from the 450th Anniversary celebrations relating to budget, website and design, the 2010 Working Party and the Abbey 2010 Group.
To mark the 450th Anniversary of the Westminster School, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh attended a service at the Abbey before unveiling a statue of Queen Elizabeth I in Little Dean's Yard on 21st May 2010. Includes, correspondence, programmes, schedules, seating plans and notes relating to preparation for this event and the event itself.
The Elizabethan Club Ball took place within the grounds of The Abbey and The School, on 9th July 2010, to celebrate the 450th Anniversary of Westminster School. Includes documents relating to the planning and preparation of the Ball, which began in 2007.
This series contains material held by the school on events at Westminster Abbey which do not feature the school in any prominent fashion, although representatives from the School often attended and this is how such material came to be in the Westminster School collections.
A more extensive Westminster Abbey collective is held at the Abbey itself: https://www.westminster-abbey.org/about-the-abbey/library-research
Containing copies of the college newsletter, produced by the Master of Scholar's for members of the college society.