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• Elizabeth Gaskell

  Writer and Novelist

  In 2010 a memorial to Elizabeth Gaskell, novelist and biographer, was dedicated in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. It consists of a window panel.

• Elizabeth Cecil

  There are four Elizabeth Cecils buried here - Baroness Ros, the Countess of Berkshire, the Countess of Devonshire and the wife of Sir Robert Cecil.

• Elizabeth Woodfall

  Elizabeth, daughter of printer Henry Sampson Woodfall, was buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey. Her tablet no longer remains.

• Elizabeth Herrick

  In St Margaret's is a modern painted wooden tablet to Elizabeth Herrick, which replaced one which had disappeared from the church in the 18th century.

• Elizabeth Claypole

  Elizabeth Claypole, favourite daughter of Oliver Cromwell, is buried in Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey. A small stone marks her burial place.

• Elizabeth Dinwiddie

  Elizabeth, a daughter of Robert Dinwiddie, Lt. Governor of Virginia USA, was buried in St Margaret's but her memorial is now hidden behind the organ.

• Elizabeth Fane

  In St Nicholas’ chapel is a large elaborate monument of alabaster and marble to Elizabeth Fane. She was buried on 19th November 1618.

• Archbishops endorse Abbey's First World War vigil liturgy

  Friday, 27th June 2014

  The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have endorsed Westminster Abbey’s liturgy for churches planning to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War.

  Archbishop of Canterbury Archbishop of York WW1

• Elizabeth Elstob

  writer

  Elizabeth Elstob, Anglo Saxon scholar and governess, was buried at St Margaret's Church in 1756 but has no marker.

• Queen Elizabeth II remembered during Royal carol service

  Saturday, 24th December 2022

  Tributes were paid to HM Queen Elizabeth II during the second annual Royal Carols: Together at Christmas service at Westminster Abbey.

  Christmas Royal Visit Special Service

• Royal wedding bouquet rests on Warrior’s grave

  Saturday, 13th October 2018

  Princess Eugenie has sent the bouquet she carried during her wedding ceremony to Westminster Abbey to rest on the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.

  Princess Eugenie of York Royal Wedding

• Festival of Commemoration concert

  Thursday, 20th November 2008

  A concert of sacred music to conclude the ‘Mary and Elizabeth: Sisters in Hope of Resurrection’ festival took place at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 20th November 2008.

  Elizabeth I Mary I The Choir of Westminster Abbey

• Elizabeth, Countess of Desmond

  Elizabeth Butler, Countess of Desmond was buried in St Paul's chapel in Westminster Abbey in 1629 but she has no marker. Her father's first wife Elizabeth Berkeley is also buried in this chapel.

• Elizabeth, Countess of Mexborough

  A memorial to Elizabeth, Countess of Mexborough is on the wall of St John the Baptist's chapel. This shows a woman grieving beside an urn.

• Grand Duchess Elizabeth

  A statue to this modern martyr, Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt, was unveiled in July 1998 and stands above the west entrance to Westminster Abbey.

• Lady Elizabeth & Joseph Nightingale

  In St Michael’s chapel, off the north transept of Westminster Abbey, is a remarkable monument, by L.F. Roubiliac, commemorating Lady Elizabeth Nightingale and her husband Joseph.

• Mary & Elizabeth Illingworth

  Mary Illingworth and her mother Elizabeth are buried in the north transept of Westminster Abbey. The gravestone is near Robert Peel's statue.

• Lady Elizabeth Rich

  Lady Elizabeth Rich was buried in the north transept of Westminster Abbey on 20th October 1773 aged 81 but she has no monument or gravestone.

• Elizabeth and John Gregory

  Carpenter

  John Gregory worked as the Abbey carpenter and on his death his widow Elizabeth took over the running of the business.

• Elizabeth, Lady Lumley

  Elizabeth, wife of Richard 1st Viscount Lumley of Waterford, was buried in the vault of the Earl of Exeter in St John the Baptist's chapel.