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• Brian Thomas

  Artist

  Brian Thomas, painter and stained glass artist, executed six lancet windows in Westminster Abbey below the north transept rose window.

• A Battle of Britain airman

  A reflection for Holy Week by the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster

• British Prisoners of War 1914-1918

  Soldier and Airman

  In 1926 a stained glass window was unveiled in the north choir aisle to remember British prisoners of war who died during World War I.

• Alan Campbell Don

  Dean and Priest/Minister

  Alan Campbell Don K.C.V.O. was Dean of Westminster from 1946 to 1959 and his ashes are buried in the nave. He was born in Scotland.

• Gold Crown Commemorates Queen's Diamond Wedding Anniversary

  Thursday, 22nd March 2007

  On 22nd March, the Royal Mint launched gold and silver commemorative £5 crowns to mark Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh's Diamond Wedding Anniversary.

  ...Mint engraver Emma Noble, who took inspiration from the beautiful and intricate rose window at Westminster Abbey where the Queen and Prince Philip were married.

  Diamond Weddng Anniversary HM The Queen HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

• HMS Captain & Hugh Burgoyne

  Sailor

  In the north transept is a glass window and memorial brass to those who were lost when the ship HMS Captain sank with Hugh Burgoyne.

• The enduring power of pilgrimage

  Writer Francis Martin investigates what part the Abbey plays in the life of modern-day pilgrims.

• Queens Consort of Westminster Abbey

  Ahead of the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort on 6 May, we’ll be sharing stories from each of the 38 Coronation services held here since 1066.

• Lord Robens of Woldingham

  Politician and Philanthropist

  As a generous donor to the Westminster Abbey restoration appeal Lord Robens of Woldingham, politician and industrialist, has a small stained glass window.

• James Russell Lowell

  Writer and Poet

  In the vestibule of the Chapter House is a stone tablet and stained glass window in memory of James Russell Lowell, American poet and writer.

• Arthur Phillip

  Sailor and Spymaster

  A memorial stone to Admiral Arthur Phillip, founder of New South Wales in Australia, can be seen in the centre part of the nave.

• Robert Herrick

  Poet and Priest/Minister

  In 1994 a memorial to lyric poet Robert Herrick was unveiled in the new Poets' Corner window. The glass also contains memorials to other writers.

• Crimea and Indian Mutiny memorial

  Soldier

  Opposite the west entrance of Westminster Abbey is a column, remembering former pupils of Westminster School who died in the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny.

  ...1857-1858 Before their destruction during the 1939-1945 war there were also memorial stained glass windows to Barnard, Cooper and Bankes below the north transept rose

• New memorial for Ignatius Sancho

  Saturday, 14th October 2023

  Charles Ignatius Sancho who escaped from a background of slavery and rose to distinction in Georgian London, will be honoured when a new memorial is dedicated in St Margaret’s Church.

  St Margaret's Church

• John Loughborough Pearson

  Architect

  John Loughborough Pearson, architect and Surveyor of the Fabric at Westminster Abbey, was buried in the centre part of the nave of the Abbey.

  ...practically rebuilt the upper section of the north front, changing the form of the rose window and cutting down some of the 18th century stained glass in this

• George Wade

  Soldier

  Field Marshal George Wade, famous for roads he built in Scotland, was buried in the centre aisle of the nave. His monument is by Roubiliac.

• Family Day: Budding Builders

  Thursday, 28th May 2026

  Bring your budding builders to England’s oldest garden to get busy with all things bricks and buttresses.

  ...people who made it what it is. Create your own beautiful rose window. Settle in for storytelling of dragons in the stonework. Meet our friends...

  Family

• James Turle

  Musician and Composer

  James Turle was Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey from 1831-1882. He has a memorial tablet in the cloisters and a memorial window in the Abbey but is not buried here.

• Charles Kingsley

  Writer, Poet and Priest/Minister

  A bust to writer and poet Charles Kingsley has been moved from St George's chapel to Poets' Corner. By T. Woolner.

• New exhibition on Notre Dame de Paris opens

  Wednesday, 7th February 2024

  The world touring immersive exhibition Notre Dame de Paris, The Augmented Exhibition opens today at the Abbey until 1st June 2024.

  ...bells, a full-size replica of one of the structure’s famed chimera statues, and a projection of one of Notre-Dame’s iconic rose windows, which survived the

  Chapter House