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• Jane, Lady Clifford

  Jane, Lady Clifford's monument stands in the chapel of St Nicholas. The marble monument may be ascribed to sculptor John Bushnell, on stylistic grounds.

• Lady Susanna Williams

  Lady Susanna Williams was buried "near Sir Edward Spragge" on 26th September 1689. This was most probably in the north ambulatory but neither have markers.

• Westminster Abbey Marks Centenary of Lady Margaret School

  Tuesday, 17th October 2017

  Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra attended a Service to Celebrate the Centenary of Lady Margaret School at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 17th October 2017.

  Special Service Royal Visit HRH Princess Alexandra

• The Birthday of Catherine, Princess of Wales

  the bells of Westminster Abbey are rung from 1.00 pm

• Sir Thomas Robinson & Lady Lechmere

  Architect

  In the south transept is a memorial to Sir Thomas Robinson, architect, and his wife Elizabeth, Lady Lechmere. The monument incorporates two busts.

• Lady Waldegrave

  Mary, wife of James, 2nd Baron Waldegrave and later Earl Waldegrave, was buried in the middle aisle of the nave on 27th January 1719.

• Mary, Lady Dudley and Lord Dudley

  Soldier

  In the south aisle of St Margaret's church Westminster is a large monument to Mary, wife of Edward Sutton, Lord Dudley. Both are buried in the church.

• Lady Dorothy Stafford & her son Edward

  In St Margaret's church Westminster is a monument to Lady Dorothy Stafford, lady of the bedchamber to Elizabeth I. She and her son Sir Edward Stafford are buried in the church.

• Conservators focus on St Catherine’s Chapel Garden

  Saturday, 19th May 2007

  Abbey conservators are examining the best way of cleaning the remains of the stonework of the 12th century Chapel of St. Catherine.

  St Catherines Chapel Garden Conservation

• Esther de la Tour de Gouvernet, Lady Eland

  The graves of Esther de la Tour de Gouvernet, her mother and grandmother are in the north ambulatory. The gravestone inscription was re-cut in 1997.

• Elizabeth, Lady Lumley

  Elizabeth, wife of Richard 1st Viscount Lumley of Waterford, was buried in the vault of the Earl of Exeter in St John the Baptist's chapel.

• A History of Royal Burials and Funerals

  Find out about the many elaborate royal funerals have taken place in Westminster Abbey prior to burial here.

• Abbey podcast for the Feast of the Annunciation

  Wednesday, 25th March 2020

  A podcast produced in a locked down Westminster Abbey has been released today to mark the Feast of the Annunciation of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

  Feast of the Annunciation of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary Our Lady of Pew Abbeycast COVID-19

• Lunchtime Talk: English history through poetry

  Wednesday, 15th April 2026

  Explore the history of England through its poetry in this lunchtime talk with Professor Catherine Clarke.

• The Poetics of Life: Life as Poetry

  Wednesday, 18th September 2024

  Join us in the Abbey as Professor Catherine Pickstock gives the annual Charles Gore lecture.

  Charles Gore Memorial Lectures Voice and Verse

• Dean & Chapter commissions Abbey paintings

  Thursday, 15th March 2018

  Westminster Abbey’s Dean & Chapter has commissioned a unique series of watercolours of the interior and precincts of the Abbey church by the artist Alexander Creswell.

  Alexander Creswell Exhibition Lady Chapel

• President George W. Bush and First Lady visit Abbey

  Thursday, 20th November 2003

  The Dean of Westminster, The Very Reverend Dr Wesley Carr welcomed President Bush and Mrs George W Bush to Westminster Abbey today and invited him to lay a wreath on the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.

  State Visit President of the United States George W. Bush Laura Bush

• Four Knights Grand Cross installed in Bath chapel

  Tuesday, 20th July 2021

  Four Knights Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath were installed in the Abbey’s Lady Chapel on Monday 19th July..

• The King’s Christmas message to be from Westminster Abbey

  Tuesday, 23rd December 2025

  His Majesty The King’s Christmas message, which will be broadcast on Christmas Day, was filmed in the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey by the BBC.

• Lunchtime Talk: Margaret Beaufort - Survivor, Rebel, Conspirator

  Wednesday, 10th June 2026

  Historian Lauren Johnson explores the extraordinary life of Lady Margaret Beaufort, the driving force behind the Tudor dynasty, in this revealing talk.