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• Music

  Uncover the role and significance of traditional and commissioned music within coronations throughout history.

• Mansell Family

  Several members of the Mansell family of Glamorgan in south Wales are buried in Westminster Abbey, including Thomas, Edward, Henry, Mary, Francis and Elizabeth.

• Centenary services

  ANZAC Day is the anniversary of the landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey by allied forces on 25th April 1915.

• Martyrs of the Reformation

  In October 1977 Lady Fisher of Lambeth unveiled a memorial stone to Martyrs of the Reformation. This is to the west of Elizabeth I’s tomb.

• Richard Knevet

  Richard Knevet was a gentleman pensioner of Elizabeth I and was buried in St John the Evangelist's chapel at Westminster Abbey in 1559.

• Lucy Baynton

  Lady Lucy Baynton was buried in the north ambulatory in Westminster Abbey at the entrance to St John the Baptist's chapel on 14th June 1621.

• Sir John Cutler

  Politician

  Sir John Cutler 1607-1693 was buried in the middle chancel of St Margaret's on 28th April 1693. But he has no monument or surviving gravestone.

• Abbey Bells Ring for Royal Anniversary

  Monday, 20th November 2017

  Westminster Abbey will mark the 70th wedding anniversary of Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh on Monday 20th November.

• 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.

• Edward Herbert

  On a pillar in the north nave aisle is a white marble cartouche to Edward Herbert. This shows a winged cherub head at the base.

• Thomas Donkley

  Thomas Donkley, closet keeper to Charles II, was buried in the north cloister with his wife and many children. His grave is not marked.

• Attending a service

  People from all over the world visit Westminster Abbey to join our services, which form part of a tradition of daily Christian worship.

• Abbey documentary series to air on Channel 5

  Wednesday, 21st September 2022

  Channel 5 is to screen a major new six-part documentary series bringing viewers behind the scenes at Westminster Abbey.

• Stephen Baber

  Stephen Baber was buried in the north cloister of Westminster Abbey on 27th March 1679 but his gravestone is no longer readable.

• Richard Guise

  Musician and Composer

  Richard Guise, singer and composer, was buried in the north cloister on 17th March 1806. He never seems to have had an inscribed gravestone.

• Battle of Britain 80th

  The Battle of Britain – a 112-day fight for control of Britain’s skies – was the first decisive battle in history fought entirely in the air.

• Abbey Celebrates The Queen's 90th Birthday

  Thursday, 21st April 2016

  Westminster Abbey will mark the 90th birthday of Her Majesty the Queen at Evensong on Thursday 21st April and with a full peal of bells at 1.00pm.

  HM The Queen 90th birthday

• Thomas Waldron

  Physician

  Dr Thomas Waldron, physician in ordinary to Charles II, was buried in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey on 14th February 1677.

• George Darell

  Priest/Minister

  The Reverend Dr George Darell, Canon of Westminster 1607-1631, is buried in the south aisle of the nave but has no monument or readable gravestone.

• Sir Joseph Tredenham

  Sir Joseph Tredenham, Member of Parliament for St Mawes in Cornwall, was buried in the south aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey.