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• Sir John Denham

  Poet

  Sir John Denham, poet, was buried on 23rd March 1669 in Poets' Corner, near Chaucer's tomb. He has no monument and had no inscribed gravestone.

• James Thomson

  Poet and Playwright

  James Thomson, poet and playwright, has a memorial in Poets' Corner. It is placed on the wall and was designed by Robert Adam.

• Rudyard Kipling

  Writer and Poet

  The ashes of Rudyard Kipling, poet and writer, were buried in Poets' Corner at noon on 23rd January 1936. His books include The Jungle Book.

• Sir William Davenant

  Poet

  The poet Sir William Davenant is buried in Poets' Corner. He was buried in the grave from which his rival Thomas May had been ejected.

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Poet

  In Poets' Corner is a mural tablet with a lyre to Romantic poet Percy Shelley. This is joined to an identical tablet for John Keats.

• Ted Hughes

  Poet

  A memorial to Ted [Edward James] Hughes O.M., O.B.E. was unveiled in Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey on 6th December 2011 by Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney.

• Oliver Goldsmith

  Writer

  In Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey is a marble memorial to author Oliver Goldsmith by J. Nollekens.

• Philip Larkin

  Writer, Poet and Novelist

  A memorial stone for poet and writer Philip Arthur Larkin, C.H., C.B.E., was unveiled in Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey on 2nd December 2016.

• Abbey to Honour Ted Hughes

  Friday, 19th March 2010

  Westminster Abbey will honour Ted Hughes, one of the most significant poets of the 20th century, with a memorial in Poets’ Corner.

  Ted Hughes

• Nicholas Rowe

  Poet and Playwright

  Nicholas Rowe, Poet Laureate and dramatist, was buried in Poets' Corner. His monument was moved to the triforium and can be seen there.

• Joseph Addison

  Poet and Playwright

  In Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey is a marble statue of Joseph Addison, poet and essayist, by the sculptor Sir Richard Westmacott, erected in 1809.

• John Gay

  Poet and Playwright

  John Gay, poet and dramatist, was buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey. His monument was moved to the triforium and can be seen there.

• Summer: Poetry at the Abbey workshop

  Thursday, 14th August 2025

  Write your own poetry in a series of creative workshops with poets Jacob Sam-La Rose and Bella Cox, exploring nature, identity, and spirituality in the heart of Westminster.

  Events Summer at the Abbey

• William Blake

  Artist and Poet

  In 1957 a larger than life size bronze bust by Epstein to the poet, painter and engraver William Blake was unveiled in Poets' Corner.

• John Milton

  Writer and Poet

  John Milton, poet and writer, died in 1674 but his memorial in Poet's Corner was not erected until 1737. He has a memorial window in St Margaret's church.

• Emily and Alexander Murray Smith

  Writer

  In the west cloister is a memorial stone to Emily Tennyson Bradley, daughter of the Dean of Westminster, and her husband Alexander Murray Smith.

• Hugh Holland

  Writer and Poet

  Hugh Holland, poet and writer, was buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey, near St Benedict's chapel, on 23rd July 1633.

• George Jewell

  In the north cloister of Westminster Abbey is a tablet to George Jewell, schoolmaster, Wife Lucia is buried with him. Her second husband was Vincent Bourne, poet.

• John Ramsay, Earl of Holdernesse

  John Ramsay, Viscount Haddington, Baron of Kingston upon Thames and Earl of Holdernesse was buried in St Paul's chapel on 28th February 1626.

• A. E. Housman

  Poet

  Alfred Edward Housman, poet, has a memorial panel in the window above Chaucer's monument in Poets' Corner. This was unveiled on 17th September 1996.