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• About the Abbey

  An architectural masterpiece of the 13th to 16th centuries, Westminster Abbey has become a treasure house of artefacts. This is also the coronation church where some of the most significant people in Britain's history are buried or commemorated.

• On the trail of love: the Eleanor crosses

  In 2024, historian Alice Loxton retraced the 200-mile route of Eleanor of Castile’s memorial crosses and discovered one of the most romantic stories in British history.

• An Evening with Helen Castor: The Eagle and the Hart

  Thursday, 9th October 2025

  Renowned medieval historian Helen Castor explores the fateful relationship between the complex King Richard II and his usurper cousin King Henry IV in this thought-provoking talk with live Q&A.

  Events

• Suffragan Bishop of Lewes consecrated at Abbey

  Wednesday, 14th May 2014

  The Right Reverend Richard Jackson was ordained and consecrated to the episcopate as Suffragan Bishop of Lewes in the Diocese of Chichester by the Archbishop of Canterbury and other bishops at a Eucharist in the Abbey on Wednesday 14th May 2014, the feast of St Matthias the Apostle.

  Special Service Bishop of Lewes Consecration of Bishops

• Robert Hooke memorialised at Westminster Abbey

  Wednesday, 23rd February 2005

  Robert Hooke, one of the most brilliant and versatile of seventeenth-century English scientists will be memorialised at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 3 March at 6.00pm.

  Robert Hooke Memorial dedication

• Special evening marks 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln

  Wednesday, 8th July 2009

  Abraham Lincoln’s moral purpose and his historical significance were examined in a lecture in St Margaret’s Church on Tuesday 7th July given by Professor Richard Carwardine, Rhodes Professor of American History at St. Catherine's College, Oxford as part of an evening of special events to mark the bicentenary of Lincoln’s birth.

  Abraham Lincoln

• Protecting the royal tombs

  The Reverend Fergus Butler-Gallie explores the crucial role the church played in supporting a nation in conflict.

• Oliver Cromwell and Family

  Soldier and Politician

  Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector, was buried in Westminster Abbey in 1658. However, he was exhumed after the Restoration. His daughter Elizabeth Claypole still lies in the Abbey

• Dame Mary Steele

  Dame Mary Steele, second wife of politician and writer Sir Richard Steele, is buried in the south transept. Her gravestone inscription is now very worn.

• John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham & family

  Statesman

  In Henry VII's chapel at Westminster Abbey there is a monument to John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham. The wax effigies of his wife Catherine and two sons can be seen in the triforium

• Fascinating Women of Westminster Abbey tour

  Saturday, 1st March 2025

  From actresses, writers and spies to philanthropists, social reformers and modern martyrs - discover the extraordinary lives of some of the women buried and commemorated in Westminster Abbey.

• Sir Thomas Hardy

  Sailor

  At the west end of the nave is a monument to Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy. He is shown in Roman armour reclining on a sarcophagus.

• BSL Tour: 1,000 years of history

  Saturday, 17th January 2026

  British Sign Language guide Edward Richards explores the fascinating stories and beautiful sights of this historic coronation church.

  British Sign Language

• BSL Tour: 1,000 years of history

  Saturday, 18th April 2026

  British Sign Language guide Edward Richards explores the fascinating stories and beautiful sights of this historic coronation church.

  Tour Accessible

• BSL Tour: 1,000 years of history

  Thursday, 24th September 2026

  British Sign Language guide Edward Richards explores the fascinating stories and beautiful sights of this historic coronation church.

• Dr Thomas Reynolds

  Priest/Minister

  The Revd. Dr Thomas Reynolds, a chaplain to Mary I, was buried in St Margaret's Westminster but he has no monument or marker.

• Mary Manningham

  Mary Manningham was buried in the north transept of Westminster Abbey in 1751, with her daughter Elizabeth,

• John Bligh

  Lawyer

  John Bligh of Abingdon Street Westminster was buried in the north cloister on 6th February 1815. The inscription on his gravestone has now worn away.

• John Broxholme

  Politician

  John Broxholme of Lincolnshire was a member of the Long Parliament and was buried on 5th March 1647 but nothing marks his grave.

• Mauleverer family

  Sir Richard Mauleverer and various members of his family were buried in Westminster Abbey. Grace has a memorial tablet.