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• John Keats

  Poet

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

• Sir James Leith

  Soldier

  Sir James Leith, army officer, is buried in the centre part of the nave. He died of yellow fever in Barbados on 16th October 1816.

• William Levinz

  In the north aisle of the nave is a memorial tablet to William Levinz, government official. He was buried on 26th August 1765.

• Long Range Desert Group (LRDG)

  Soldier

  A memorial to members of the Long Range Desert Group was unveiled in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey on 9th December 2013.

• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Poet

  The over life-size marble bust of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was unveiled in 1884, on a pillar near to the tomb of Geoffrey Chaucer.

• Connop Thirlwall

  Historian and Priest/Minister

  Connop Thirlwall, historian and bishop of St David’s, is buried in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey, in the same grave as his friend George Grote.

• William Makepeace Thackeray

  Writer

  On a pillar in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey, is a white marble bust, with a brown marble base, to novelist and essayist William Makepeace Thackeray.

• Henry Petty, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne

  Politician

  In the north west tower chapel in the nave of Westminster Abbey is a memorial bust to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne, politician.

• Alfred Russel Wallace

  Scientist

  In the north choir aisle, next to Charles Darwin’s memorial, is a roundel with a relief bust to the memory of naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace.

• Thomas Arnwaye

  Philanthropist

  On the north wall of St Margaret's church Westminster is a monument to Thomas Arnwaye (Arnway) and his wife Margaret.

• Robert Southey

  Poet

  On the wall of Poets' Corner, near Shakespeare's memorial, is a mural monument with bust to poet Robert Southey. The sculptor was Henry Weekes.

• Susannah Davidson

  In the chapel of St Andrew is part of a memorial to Susannah Davidson. The relief from it can now be seen in the triforium galleries.

• Sir Henry Sumner Maine

  Lawyer

  Sir Henry Sumner Maine K.C.S.I. has a black and white marble memorial on the wall of the west aisle of the north transept.

• Benjamin Disraeli

  Writer, Politician, Statesman and Historian

  In the north transept of Westminster Abbey is an over-life size white marble statue of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, Victorian Prime Minister.

• Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker

  Scientist

  In the north choir aisle is a white marble memorial to eminent botanist Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. The memorial has a profile portrait in relief.

• Ephraim Chambers

  Writer

  Ephraim Chambers, author of the English Encyclopedia, is buried in the north cloister. The white marble monument on the wall is by sculptor N. Hedges.

• Adam Lindsay Gordon

  Poet

  A memorial bust of the "poet of Australia", Adam Lindsay Gordon, was unveiled on 11th May 1934 in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.

• Westminster Abbey’s performance of Messiah

  Wednesday, 15th April 2009

  Westminster Abbey’s performance of Messiah by G.F. Handel on Tuesday 14th April 2009 was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and in a number of European countries.

  The Choir of Westminster Abbey

• Long Range Desert Group memorial dedicated

  Monday, 9th December 2013

  A memorial to the Long Range Desert Group was dedicated in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey on Monday 9th December 2013.

  Long Range Desert Group Memorial dedication

• Abbey honours Philip Larkin with Poets’ Corner memorial

  Thursday, 1st December 2016

  A memorial to the poet Philip Larkin CH CBE was dedicated in Poets’ Corner in the south transept of Westminster Abbey on Friday 2nd December 2016.

  Poets' Corner