Abbey of Saint-Pierremont being made directly subordinate to the cathedral chapter of Metz, the community itself survived until the French Revolution. Abbey of Saint-Pierremont The Ancient Abbey of Canons Regular of St. Augustine of Saint-Pierremont ("i.e.", St. Peter's mountain) (, ) is a former Augustinian abbey in the commune of Avril in what is now the Meurthe-et-Moselle "département" of France (formerly part of the Duchy of Bar in the Upper Lorraine region of the Holy Roman Empire), founded in the late eleventh century and dedicated to Saint Peter. Little is left of the medieval abbey buildings. Some buildings of the eighteenth century survive
Westminster Abbey Choir School centenary year) and underwent renovations in 1990s. The two houses of the Choir School are named after the musicians John Blow and Henry Purcell, who were both Organists of Westminster Abbey, and who are both buried in the abbey. The Chairman of the Governors of the school is the Very Reverend John Hall, Dean of Westminster and former Chief Education Officer for the Church of England. The school was inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate in October 2015. As a choir school, boys are selected by musical ability. The Dean and Chapter meet the cost of their vocal training and