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• Elizabeth II

  Queen Elizabeth II's coronation was held at Westminster Abbey on 2nd June 1953. Her wedding to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, took place in 1947. Her funeral was held on 19th September 2022.

• Richard III

  Richard III was crowned in the Abbey on 6th July 1483. Almost the entire peerage of England was present at what was a magnificent spectacle.

• Anne Radcliffe

  Anne Radcliffe (or Ratcliffe), wife of Sir George Radcliffe, lawyer and politician of Thomhill, Yorkshire, was buried in the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey.

• Dame Margaret Skipwith

  Dame Margaret Skipwith was buried 8th January 1742 in the Duke of Ormond's vault at the eastern end of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey.

• President Trump visits Westminster Abbey

  President Donald J. Trump visited Westminster Abbey on Monday 3rd June on the first day of his State Visit to Her Majesty The Queen.

• An Evening with Helen Carr: Sceptred Isle

  Wednesday, 28th May 2025

  Join Helen Carr as she speaks to fellow historian Helen Castor about the turbulent events and colourful characters that shaped 14th century England.

  Events

• Princess Alexandra of Kent

  On 24th April 1963 Princess Alexandra of Kent was married to the Hon. Angus Ogilvy, second son of the Earl of Airlie, in Westminster Abbey.

• Frederic, Baron Schulenberg

  Frederic William, Baron Schulenberg was buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey on 14th January 1720. He has no monument or gravestone.

• Elizabeth Woodfall

  Elizabeth, daughter of printer Henry Sampson Woodfall, was buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey. Her tablet no longer remains.

• Henry and James Cornewall

  Sailor

  In the entrance archway to the cloisters of Westminster Abbey is a large monument (36 feet high) to Captain James Cornewall (or Cornwall) of the Royal Navy.

• Sir William Elphinstone

  Lawyer

  Sir William Elphinstone (Elphinstoun or Elveston) was buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey on 10th December 1645 but his grave is not marked.

• Dorothy Stuart, Countess of Roscommon

  Dorothy Stuart, Countess of Roscommon was buried in St Edmund's chapel in the Abbey but has no monument.

• Abbey to mark Warrior centenary

  Thursday, 29th October 2020

  Westminster Abbey will mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior with a special service, to be broadcast live on BBC One, on 11th November.

• Elizabeth Fane

  In St Nicholas’ chapel is a large elaborate monument of alabaster and marble to Elizabeth Fane. She was buried on 19th November 1618.

• Princess Amelia

  Amelia is one of several children of George II to be buried in a vault below an aisle of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey.

• Spring Family

  In the west cloister of Westminster Abbey is a gravestone for various members of the Spring family. The inscription is faint in places.

• James Nares

  Musician and Composer

  On the west wall of St Margaret's church Westminster is an oval tablet to musician and organist James Nares who was buried nearby.

• Mary Shelvocke

  Mary Shelvocke was buried in the west cloister on 1st August 1761. Her stone has now nearly worn away and the inscription is very faint.

• Sir Clement Clerke

  Sir Clement Clerke was buried in the north cloister on 10th December 1693. His wife Sarah had been buried there on 13th November 1693.

• Eleanor Bowes

  Eleanor Verney, wife of George Bowes, was buried in the Duke of Ormond's vault in Westminster Abbey.