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• Planen Sie Ihren Besuch

  Wir möchten, dass Ihr Besuch der Abbey sicher und angenehm verläuft. Daher haben wir einige hilfreiche Informationen zusammengestellt, die Sie bei der Vorbereitung unterstützen.

  Die Westminster Abbey liegt in der Nähe des Parliament Square, der Houses of Parliament und des Big Ben.

• Plan uw bezoek

  We willen graag dat uw bezoek aan de Abbey veilig en aangenaam is. Daarom vindt u hieronder een aantal bruikbare tips ter voorbereiding van uw bezoek.

  Westminster Abbey ligt vlak bij Parliament Square, de Houses of Parliament en Big Ben.

• Beyond the walls

  The Head Gardener at Westminster Abbey shares her experience and insight about how the team care for England's oldest cultivated garden.

  Naturally Westminster Abbey had close associations to Parliament and Royalty.

• New Year's Honours

  Tuesday, 4th January 2011

  Peter Bottomley MP, the Parliamentary Warden of St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, was knighted in the New Year’s Honours List.

  Sir Peter took over from Lord Boswell as Parliamentary Warden in December last year.

  St Margaret's Church

• Henry and Millicent Fawcett

  Philanthropist, Statesman and Writer

  In the chapel of St George, near the west door, is a joint memorial to Henry Fawcett, politician, and his wife Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett.

  ...the age of 24, he became PROFESSOR of POLITICAL ECONOMY in the UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, MEMBER OF FOUR PARLIAMENTS and from 1880 to 1884 H.M.POSTMASTER GENERAL.

• James and Mary Kendall

  Diplomat

  James Kendall and his niece Mary are buried in Westminster Abbey. James Kendall, politician and governor of Barbados, is buried in the south choir aisle.

  He was first chosen a Member of Parliament in the year 1684, and serv'd in most of the succeeding Parliaments.

• Sir Hugh Pollard

  Politician and Soldier

  Politician and Royalist army officer Sir Hugh Pollard, 2nd Baronet of King's Nympton, Devon, died in 1666 and was buried in Westminster Abbey but the location is not known and he has no marker.

  He was Member of Parliament for Bere Alston.

• Richard Warburton

  Politician

  Richard Warburton, descended from the ancient family of Warburton, was buried in the south cloister on 29th October 1771, but he has no readable gravestone.

  He was the eldest son of Richard Warburton of King's County in Ireland, Member of Parliament for Portarlington, and his wife Elizabeth (Pigott).

• John Pym

  Statesman

  John Pym, politician in the time of Cromwell, died in 1643. He was buried in Westminster Abbey but his remains were exhumed at the Restoration.

  John Pym, politician and leader of the popular party in the Long Parliament, died at Derby House in Westminster on 8th December 1643.

• Sir Robert & Sir Thomas Howard

  Poet, Playwright and Historian

  Sir Robert Howard, poet, dramatist and historian, and Sir Thomas Howard, created Earl of Berkshire, are buried in the chapel of St John the Baptist.

  He was a Member of Parliament and travelled abroad.

• Rebecca Folliott

  The Honourable Rebecca Folliott was buried in the north ambulatory on 9th September 1697. She was a daughter of Henry, Lord Folliott of Ballyshannon, Ireland.

  Donegal in Ireland who was a Member of Parliament, and his wife Elizabeth (Pudsey).

• Sir Charles Rich

  Sailor

  Sir Charles Rich, naval captain, was buried in St Margaret's Church Westminster in 1706 but has no memorial.

  His brother Sir Robert was a Member of Parliament, Field Marshal and Governor of Chelsea Hospital.

• St Margaret's Church launches £2 million appeal

  Tuesday, 19th May 2009

  St Margaret’s Church, affectionately known as the ‘parish church of the House of Commons’, and the church where Winston Churchill married his beloved Clemmie in September 1908 has launched a £2 million appeal to fund essential works to repair its roof, external walls and bell tower.

  between the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey, St Margaret’s has played an important spiritual role in parliamentary and national life for over...

• Duchess of Gloucester attends a Service to Mark the 40th Anniversary of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act

  Wednesday, 30th March 2011

  Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester attended a Service at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 30th March 2011 to mark the 40th anniversary of the coming into effect of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act (1970).

  It became an Act of Parliament in 1970.

  HRH The Duchess of Gloucester Special Service Royal Visit

• Book of Condolence for Baroness Thatcher

  Wednesday, 10th April 2013

  A Book of Condolence for The Right Honourable The Baroness Thatcher will be opened at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, at 9.30am on Thursday 11th April 2013.

  as it does between Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament, St Margaret’s is commonly called "the parish church of the House of Commons." St Margaret's...

  Baroness Thatcher

• Sir Edward Rogers

  Politician

  Sir Edward Rogers, Comptroller of the Household of Elizabeth I, was buried in St John the Evangelist's chapel in Westminster Abbey.

  By 1534 Edward was Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII and later was Member of Parliament for Somerset.

• Sir Richard Corbet

  In St Margaret's Church Westminster, at the west end of the north aisle, is a monument to Sir Richard Corbet, 2nd Baronet of Leighton.

  In 1653 he succeeded his grandfather to the title and was a Fellow of the Royal Society and Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury.

• Clarence and Eric Fletcher

  Politician

  On the south side of St Margaret's Church Westminster is a memorial window to Clarence Fletcher. Below is a tablet to his son Eric.

  Member of Parliament for East Islington 1945-1970, Minister without Portfolio 1964-1966.

• Thomas Master

  At the east end of the south cloister is a monument to Thomas Master. Thomas attended Westminster School in the Abbey precincts, where he died.

  1742 His grandfather, Sir Streynsham Master, was governor of Madras and his father was a Member of Parliament, of Codnor Castle in Derbyshire.

• Sir James Berners

  Politician

  Sir James Berners, Knight of the Chamber to Richard II, was buried in St John the Baptist's chapel. No inscription or monument was recorded.

  He served in campaigns in Brittany and became knight of the chamber, owning many estates in Essex and elsewhere, and Member of Parliament for Surrey.