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• Download your A to Z certificate

  Discover over 1,000 years of faith and history with our brand-new A to Z of Westminster Abbey. Perfect for primary-aged children, and their accompanying adults, these independent and team activities are designed to spark creativity, ignite imaginations and keep young brains ticking, with little or no materials required. Letter-by-letter, uncover the many places, themes and beliefs that can be found within this national place of worship. What are you waiting for?

• George Pollock

  Soldier

  Sir George Pollock, army officer, was buried in the nave, to the west of Lord Clyde. He was the fifth son of David Pollock.

• John Henderson

  Actor

  John Henderson, actor, is buried at the foot of the grave of David Garrick in the south transept. The inscription has now worn away

• Susanna Cibber

  Actor

  Susanna Cibber, actress, is buried in the north cloister. She seems never to have had an inscribed gravestone and there is no memorial to her.

• James Macpherson

  Writer and Poet

  Writer James Macpherson is buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey. His grave adjoins that of fellow Scot Robert Adam.

• Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester

  The carved and painted shield of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, can be seen in the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey.

• Richard Dimbleby

  Broadcaster

  Richard Dimbleby, radio and television broadcaster, has a memorial in the south choir aisle. In the stone wall slab is inserted a bronze portrait relief.

• Hannah Pritchard

  Musician and Actor

  The memorial to actress and singer Hannah Pritchard was moved from Poets' Corner to the triforium and can be seen there. Sculptor Richard Hayward.

• William Murray, Lord Mansfield

  Statesman, Lawyer and Abolitionist

  William Murray, Earl of Mansfield was buried in the north transept and has a large monument by John Flaxman.

• John

  John was crowned in Westminster Abbey on 27th May 1199. It seems he displayed "unseemly levity" during the ceremony and left before receiving the Sacrament.

• Sir John Betjeman

  Writer, Poet and Broadcaster

  On a pillar in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey is a memorial to Sir John Betjeman, Poet Laureate and broadcaster.

• Robert Adam

  Architect

  In the south transept of Westminster Abbey is the grave of the celebrated Scottish architect Robert Adam. The stone was re-cut in 1974.

• Sir James Young Simpson

  Physician

  A marble bust of physician Sir James Young Simpson is on the wall of St Andrew's chapel in Westminster Abbey (obscured by a large monument).

• Samuel Johnson

  Writer

  In the south transept of Westminster Abbey is the grave of Dr Samuel Johnson, lexicographer and critic. He lies just in front of Shakespeare’s memorial.

• W.H. Smith

  Politician

  In St Margaret's church Westminster, on the north side near the organ, is a stained glass window to William Henry Smith, newsagent and politician.

• Ian Fraser, Lord Fraser of Lonsdale

  Politician, Soldier and Philanthropist

  In the west cloister of Westminster Abbey is a memorial, with a braille version of the inscription, for Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Lonsdale. Blinded at the battle of the Somme he devoted his life to the welfare of visually impaired people.

• Gerard Manley Hopkins

  Poet and Priest/Minister

  A memorial stone to Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet, was unveiled on 8th December 1975 in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey by the Duke of Norfolk.

• Robert Henry Charles

  Priest/Minister

  Dr Robert Henry Charles was Canon of Westminster from 1913 and Archdeacon from 1919 and is buried with his wife in the north cloister.

• Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Playwright and Statesman

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan, statesman, dramatist and wit, was buried in Poets’ Corner. The inscription on his gravestone was re-cut in 1956 but is now faint.

• Prime Minister visits Abbey on eve of VE Day

  Thursday, 7th May 2020

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson was welcomed to the Abbey tonight by the Dean of Westminster on the eve of the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

  VE Day Prime Minister Boris Johnson COVID-19