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HM The Queen visits Abbey's Sacristy project
Thursday, 3rd October 2024
Her Majesty The Queen visited Westminster Abbey on Thursday 3rd October to see the site of The King Charles III Sacristy where building work will begin early next year to transform the welcome the Abbey offers the millions of people who come from around the world to enjoy one of the world’s great churches.
There, she saw some of the archaeological finds made on the site, including dozens of burials.
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Poets' Corner Honour for Elizabeth Gaskell
Friday, 24th September 2010
A memorial window panel in Westminster Abbey’s Poets’ Corner to the Victorian novelist and biographer Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810 – 1865) was dedicated on Saturday 25th September 2010.
Decisions on burials and memorials are made by the Dean of Westminster.
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Family Tour: Under our feet
Monday, 27th October 2025
Explore Westminster Abbey and uncover the extraordinary stories hidden beneath its floor.
For the bravest children (and interested adults!), you’ll hear tales of surprising ends, curious burials, and even an unlucky cat.
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John Williams
Dean and Philanthropist
Dr John Williams was Dean of Westminster from 1620-1644. He has no monument in the Abbey and he is buried at Llandegai in his native Wales.
Knighton, 2006 MS.44 in the Abbey Library is a book about Abbey burials probably written by Jack Mostyn, son of Williams' cousin, which also has a sketch of the...
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Francis and John Beaumont
Poet
Francis Beaumont, poet and dramatist, and his brother Sir John Beaumont are both buried in Poets' Corner, at the entrance to St Benedict's chapel.
The following verses about burials in the Abbey are ascribed to Francis: Mortality, behold and fear!
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Abbey to honour Cranford’s creator
Friday, 8th January 2010
Elizabeth Gaskell, whose novel Cranford formed the basis of one of the BBC’s prime-time television drama successes, will be honoured with a memorial in a window panel in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey.
on burials and memorials are made by the Dean of Westminster for the time being, acting alone, normally in response to approaches from interested parties.
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Saint's and Royal tombs discovered after 1,000 years
Friday, 2nd December 2005
Ancient Royal crypt revealed in Abbey foundations.
...the Abbey using radar that has also revealed a series of Royal tombs dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries and historical secrets related to Royal burials.
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Elizabeth, Duchess of Northumberland & Percy family
Politician and Soldier
A large white marble monument to Elizabeth, Duchess of Northumberland stands in this chapel. This was designed by Robert Adam and sculpted by Nicholas Read.
in the Northumberland vault In 1970 a list of those buried in the Northumberland vault were painted on the base of her monument (and has been kept updated): George...
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Edward Hyde & family
Politician, Historian and Diplomat
Various members of Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon's family are buried with him in a vault in the north ambulatory, near Henry VII's chapel.
The dates given are those of the burials.
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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.
A modern stone records their burials in the vault.
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Edmund, Earl of Lancaster and Aveline de Forz
Soldier
Prince Edmund "Crouchback", Earl of Lancaster and Aveline de Forz were the first royal couple to be married in the newly built Westminster Abbey. Both are also buried in the church.
Both have monuments on the northern side of the High Altar, although the altar screen was not in existence at the period of their burials.
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Ludovic, Frances & Esme Stuart
Diplomat
Ludovic Stuart, Duke of Richmond and Lennox, and several members of his family are buried in a vault in the Lady chapel at Westminster Abbey. He has a large monument.
burials in the Richmond vault Esme Stuart, Earl of March, brother of Ludovic and second son of Esme and Catherine (de Balsac), succeeded him as Duke...
