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• Sermon given at Festival of Our Lady of Walsingham Solemn Eucharist

  Saturday, 4th May 2019

  Into this great Abbey church - burial site of kings, the place of coronations - we have just carried a penniless peasant girl from Nazareth.

  Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham

• Sermon Given at the Our Lady of Pew Summer Eucharist

  Friday, 21st July 2017

  Sermon given by The Right Reverend Michael Colclough Honorary Assistant Bishop, Diocese of London.

• Staying Power

  Staying Power offered seminars, dialogues and lectures to the Abbey's neighbours on Parliament Square as a rich and nourishing resource for the public life.

• Royal tombs

  Westminster Abbey is the final resting place of many kings and queens, starting with King Edward the Confessor whose shrine stands just behind the High Altar.

  Royalty

• Lady Chapel

  The 16th-century historian John Leland called the Henry VII Lady Chapel ‘the wonder of the world’ and it continues to inspire wonder amongst visitors today.

  Architecture

• Sermon at the Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday of Advent 2017

  Sunday, 24th December 2017

  Sermon at the Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday of Advent 2017: Every tall story comes true It was the smell that first alerted her. Not an unpleasant smell, not at all, just.

• Sir James Stewart Denham

  Sir James Stewart (or Steuart) Denham has a memorial tablet by Joseph Wilton in a window splay in the nave of Westminster Abbey

• James Stewart Mackenzie

  On the wall of the south transept is a marble monument to Scottish politician James Stewart Mackenzie. This shows a portrait relief medallion of James.

• Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh

  Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and 2nd Marquis of Londonderry, politician, was buried in the centre of the north transept of Westminster Abbey.

• The Prince of Wales attends service for Lady Mary Soames

  Wednesday, 19th November 2014

  Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall attended a Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of The Lady Soames LG DBE at Westminster on Thursday 20th November 2014 at Noon.

  Royal Visit Prince Charles Camilla Duchess of Cornwall Lady Mary Soames

• Mary Queen of Scots

  Mary Queen of Scots is buried in a tomb erected by her son James I in the south aisle of the Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey.

• Festival of Commemoration Evensong

  Monday, 17th November 2008

  An Evensong to mark the start of the Abbey’s ‘Mary and Elizabeth: Sisters in Hope of Resurrection’ festival took place on Monday 17th November 2008.

  Mary I Elizabeth I

• Mary Shelvocke

  Mary Shelvocke was buried in the west cloister on 1st August 1761. Her stone has now nearly worn away and the inscription is very faint.

• Mary Brocas

  On the south wall of St Margaret's church is a monument with bust to Mary Brocas. It shows her in Puritan dress within a roundel.

• Mary I

  Mary Tudor was the daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon. She was crowned in the Abbey on 1st October 1553 and lies buried with Elizabeth I.

• Mary II

  Mary and her husband William III were crowned as joint monarchs in 1689. A coronation chair was specially made for Mary's use. Their wax effigies can also be seen.

• Mary Trevor

  Mary Trevor was buried in St John the Baptist's chapel in Westminster Abbey on 29th March 1780 aged 71. She was unmarried.

• Mary Hope

  In the south transept is a marble monument to Mary Hope put up by her husband, a wealthy London merchant. The sculptor was Robert Adam.

• Mary Beaufoy

  In the north aisle of the nave is a marble monument, by sculptor Grinling Gibbons, to Mary Beaufoy. She was buried on 17th July 1705.

• Mary Manningham

  Mary Manningham was buried in the north transept of Westminster Abbey in 1751, with her daughter Elizabeth,